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 that is marked with the word "option" on Apple keyboards or with "Alt" if you are on Windows or Linux.
When mentioning the Extra-Command key, this manual refers to pressing the “Command” and “Shift” keys together (on Windows) or pressing the “Command” and “Option” keys together (on the Mac). In Praat, Extra-Command is sometimes used 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", Extra-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
- Extra-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
- Extra-Command-F: Replace (yes, this is destructive...)
- Command-G: Find again
- Extra-Command-G: Replace again (yes, this is destructive...)
- Command-H (in script window): Paste history
- Extra-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
- Extra-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
- Extra-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
- Extra-Command-T (in Manipulation window): Remove selected pitch points
- Command-U: Calculator...
- Command-V (in text window or TextGrid window): Paste (insert over the selected text
- Command-V (in Sound window): Paste after selection (insert the sound clipboard after the selected sound)
- Extra-Command-V (in Sound window): Paste over selection (insert the sound clipboard over 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
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