Keyboard shortcuts

To accelerate menu commands in Praat, you can sometimes choose them with the keyboard, sometimes while also pressing the Command key, Option key, or Shift key. All of these commands can also be chosen from a menu.

When mentioning the Command key, this manual refers to the key that is marked with an apple or the word "command" on Apple keyboards or to the key that is marked "Ctrl" if you are on a Windows or Linux computer.

When mentioning the Option key, this manual refers to the key marked "alt" or "option". In Praat, this key is sometimes used together with the Command key for destructive actions that are the reverse of the actions invoked by using the Command key only. For instance, if Command-T means "add a target at the cursor position", Option-Command-T may mean "remove the selected targets".

## Shortcuts

  Command-A: Zoom all
  Command-C: Copy (the selected text, or the selected sound, or the selected part of the Picture window)
  Command-D (in Manipulation window): Insert duration point at cursor
  Option-Command-D (in Manipulation window): Remove selected duration points
  Command-E (in Picture window): Erase all
  Command-E (in OT windows): Edit ranking
  Command-F: Find
  Command-G: Find again
  Command-H (in script window): Paste history
  Shift-Command-H: Move cursor to maximum pitch
  Command-I: Zoom in
  Command-L (in Objects window): Open long sound file...
  Command-L (in sound windows): View spectral slice
  Shift-Command-L: Move cursor to minimum pitch
  Command-M: Search Praat manual...
  Command-N: Zoom to selection
  Command-O (in Objects window): Read from file...
  Command-O (in sound windows): Zoom out
  Command-P (in Picture window): Print
  Command-P (in PointProcess window): Add point at cursor
  Command-P (in Manipulation window): Add pulse at cursor
  Option-Command-P (in Manipulation window): Remove selected pulses
  Command-Q: Quit
  Command-R (in Script window): Run
  Command-R: Reverse selection
  Command-S: Save
  Command-T (in script window): Run selection
  Command-T (in PitchTier/DurationTier/RealTier/FormantGrid window): Add point at cursor
  Command-T (in Manipulation window): Add pitch point at cursor
  Option-Command-T (in Manipulation window): Remove selected pitch points
  Command-U: Calculator...
  Command-V: Paste (insert the text or sound clipboard over the selected text or the selected sound)
  Command-W: Close window
  Command-X: Cut (the selected text or the selected sound)
  Command-Y: Redo
  Command-Z: Undo
  Command-0 (in sound windows): Move cursor to nearest zero crossing
  Command-0 (in OT windows): Evaluate with zero noise
  Command-2 (in Manipulation window): Stylize pitch (2 semitones)
  Command-2 (in OT windows): Evaluate with noise 2.0
  Command-4 (in Manipulation window): Interpolate quadratically (4 points)
  Shift-Command-?: Local help
  Command-,: Move start of selection to nearest zero crossing
  Command-.: Move end of selection to nearest zero crossing
  F1: Get first formant
  F2: Get second formant
  F3: Get third formant
  F4: Get fourth formant
  F5: Get pitch
  Option-F5: Get minimum pitch
  Shift-F5: Get maximum pitch
  F6: Get cursor
  F7: Get spectral power at cursor cross
  F8: Get intensity
  Option-F8: Get minimum intensity
  Shift-F8: Get maximum intensity
  F12: Log 1
  Shift-F12: Log 2
  Option-F12: Log script 3
  Command-F12: Log script 4 [note: Command-Fxx combinations are not available to apps on all computers]
  Tab (in sound windows): Play selection
  Shift-Tab (in sound windows): Play window
  Arrow-up (in sound windows): Select earlier
  Arrow-down (in sound windows): Select later
  Shift-Arrow-up (in sound windows): Move start of selection left
  Shift-Arrow-down (in sound windows): Move start of selection right
  Command-Arrow-up (in sound windows): Move end of selection left
  Command-Arrow-down (in sound windows): Move end of selection right
  Page-up (in sound windows): Scroll page back
  Page-down (in sound windows): Scroll page forward
  Escape: Interrupt playing

### Links to this page

- Calculator
- Editors
- Formulas 1.1. Formulas in the calculator
- Formulas 1.8. Formulas in scripts
- Log files
- ManipulationEditor
- OT learning 2.4. Evaluation
- OT learning 2.5. Editing a grammar
- OT learning 2.6. Variable output
- OTGrammarEditor
- PitchTierEditor
- PointEditor
- ScriptEditor
- SoundEditor
- TextGridEditor