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Keyboard Shortcuts in crossDesk Web

Tip

The default keyboard shortcuts are listed below. You can change them if necessary.

Tip

Some of the keyboard shortcuts in crossDesk Web are different from those in the crossDesk of the Across Client. This is especially because some keyboard shortcuts are already used by the Web browsers by means of which crossWeb is accessed.

General

Keys
Function
Alt+Q
Close task
Ctrl+Shift+F
Finish task
Ctrl+Alt+B
Add/remove bookmark
Ctrl+Alt+C
Add comment

Paragraph Properties

Keys
Function
Ctrl+Shift+U
Set paragraph to Untouched
Ctrl+Shift+S
Set paragraph to Touched
Ctrl+Shift+R
Set paragraph to Translated
Ctrl+Shift+K
Set paragraph to Corrected
Ctrl+Shift+A
Set paragraph to Reviewed
Ctrl+S
Save the current paragraph and set it to the editing state selected under Tools > User Settings > crossDesk > Target Editor in the Across Client. By default, this is the editing state of the current task (e.g. Touched in case of a translation task).
Ctrl+Alt+Enter
Set paragraph to a final paragraph state (e.g. Translated) and go to next paragraph
Ctrl+Alt+P
Start the pre-translation on the fly. The current paragraph will be set to an editing state of the task (e.g. Touched in the case of a translation). All subsequent paragraphs for which 100% matches exist are automatically pre-translated and set to the final editing state up to the next untouched paragraph for which no 100% match exists.
Ctrl+Alt+Z
Set paragraph to a final paragraph state (e.g. Translated) and go to next untouched paragraph. Pre-translated paragraphs between the current paragraph and the next untouched paragraph are automatically set to the final paragraph state.

Navigating in document

Keys
Function
Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow
Go to next paragraph
Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow
Go to previous paragraph
Alt+plus (number pad)
Go to next sentence or segment
Alt+minus (number pad)
Go to previous sentence or segment
Ctrl+Alt+End
Go to next edited paragraph
Ctrl+Alt+Home
Go to last edited paragraph
Ctrl+Alt+Page Up
Go to next untouched paragraph
Ctrl+Alt+Page Down
Go to previous untouched paragraph
Shift+
Alt+End
Go to next touched paragraph
Shift+
Alt+Home
Go to previous touched paragraph
Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow
Go to next finalized paragraph (e.g., with editing state Translated)
Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow
Go to previous finalized paragraph (e.g., with editing state Translated)
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Down Arrow
Go to next corrected paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Up Arrow
Go to previous corrected paragraph
Shift+Alt+B
Go to next bookmark
Shift+Alt+C
Go to next comment

QM v7.0

The following keyboard shortcuts are available for the QM mode v7.0:

Keys
Function
Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow
Go to previous QM error
Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow
Go to next QM error
Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Apply selected QM proposal
Ctrl+Shift+I
Ignore selected QM error

Search

Keys
Function
Ctrl+Shift+C
Start a concordance search for the word selected in the Source View or the Target Editor
Ctrl+Shift+I
Start crossSearch for selected word in Source View or Target Editor
Ctrl+Alt+F
Start search in crossTerm for the selected word in the Target Editor or start search for the word at which the cursor is currently located in the Target Editor
Ctrl+Shift+H
Open "Search and replace" dialog

Editing target text

Keys
Function
Alt+Page Down
Copy the entire active paragraph from the source text to the target text
Shift+Alt+Page Down
Copy the active sentence from the source text to the target text
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Page Down
Copy the active selection from the source text to the target text
Ctrl+Shift+number
(not on number pad)
Copy an inline object (= gray and green field as well as tags) from the source text to the target text: Ctrl+Shift+1 inserts the first inline object, Ctrl+Shift+2 the second, etc.
Shift+Alt+number
(not on number pad)
Copy a number with blue overline from source text to target text: Shift+Alt+1 inserts the first number, Shift+Alt+2 the second, and so on.
Alt+number
(not on number pad)
Insert term of the term list: Alt+1 inserts the first term, Alt+2 the second, and so on.
Ctrl+Alt+number
(not on number pad)
Insert term from the list of retrieved capitalized terms in the translation: Ctrl+Alt+1 inserts the first capitalized term, Ctrl+Alt+2 the second, and so on.
Example: The term "introduction" is to be transferred to the translation. Using the keyboard shortcut Alt+1, it is inserted in the translation as "introduction", without any changes. With Ctrl+Alt+1, however, it is capitalized and inserted as "Introduction".
Alt+Insert
Insert the best existing crossTank hit for the active sentence in the target text. If you select a crossTank hit, or part of a crossTank hit, the selected hit or the selected part of the crossTank hit will be transferred to the target text.
Alt+Page Up
Copy the best crossTank hit (100% matches or fuzzy matches) for the entire active paragraph to the target text
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B
Format selected text in bold type (only in MS Office and MIF documents)
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+I
Italicize selected text (only in MS Office and MIF documents)
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+U
Underline selected text (only in MS Office and MIF documents)
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+3
Format selected text as subscript (only in MS Office and MIF documents)
Ctrl+Shift+Alt++
Format selected text as superscript (only in MS Office and MIF documents)
Ctrl+Z
Undo changes
Ctrl+U
Redo

Editing segments

Keys
Function
Shift+Alt+Up Arrow
Expand source text segment from cursor position by one sentence
Shift+Alt+Down Arrow
Shrink source text segment from cursor position by one sentence
Shift+Alt+Left Arrow
Expand target segment from cursor position by one sentence
Shift+Alt+Right Arrow
Shrink target segment from cursor position by one sentence
Ctrl+Alt+R
Undo changes to the target text segments
Ctrl+Alt+U
Define selected area in the Target Editor as a segment

Review Mode

Keys
Function
Space or
Enter
Set current paragraph to Reviewed (or Not reviewed)
Ctrl+Space or
Ctrl+Enter
Set current paragraph to Reviewed and go to the next paragraph that has not yet been reviewed (or set current paragraph to Not reviewed and go to the next reviewed paragraph)
Down Arrow
Go to next paragraph
Up Arrow
Go to previous paragraph
Ctrl+down arrow
Go to next paragraph that has not been reviewed
Ctrl+Up Arrow
Go to previous paragraph that has not been reviewed