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 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 TextGrid window): Align interval
  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 Praat
  Command-R (in Script window): Run
  Command-R: Reverse selection
  Command-S: Save
  Command-T (in script window): Run selection
  Command-T (in TextGrid window): Transcribe interval
  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-1 through Command-8: Add interval on tier 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8.
  Extra-Command-1 through Extra-Command-8 (TextGrid window): Add boundary on tier 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 (you can also just click in the circle).
  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)
  Extra-Command-9 (TextGrid window): Add a boundary on all tiers.
  Shift-Command-?: Local help
  Command-,: Move start of selection to nearest zero crossing
  Command-.: Move end of selection to nearest zero crossing
  Command-F1: Formant listing
  F1: Get first formant
  F2: Get second formant
  F3: Get third formant
  F4: Get fourth formant
  On Windows and Linux: F5: Get pitch
  On Windows and Linux: Command-F5: Pitch listing
  On Windows and Linux: Option-F5: Get minimum pitch
  On Windows and Linux: Shift-F5: Get maximum pitch
  F6: Get cursor
  F7: Get spectral power at cursor cross
  F8: Get intensity
  Command-F8: Intensity listing
  Option-F8: Get minimum intensity
  Shift-F8: Get maximum intensity
  Command-F9: Pulse listing
  On the Mac: F10: Get pitch
  On the Mac: Command-F10: Pitch listing
  On the Mac: Option-F10: Get minimum pitch
  On the Mac: Shift-F10: Get maximum pitch
  F11: Voice report
  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