As well as the shortcut keys that can be used in an Audio Notetaker project users can use the keyboard to access the traditional Windows menus.
These menus can be displayed by pressing the ALT key or can always be shown in Settings.
You can use the arrow keys to navigate through these menus or use the quick key shortcuts below:
| Function | Key Combination | Description |
|---|---|---|
| New | ALT F, N | Opens a new project tab |
| Open | ALT F, O | Open an existing Project |
| Open Append | ALT F, D | Opens an existing document and appends it |
| Import | ALT F, I | Opens Import Menu |
| Audio Files | ALT F, I, A | Imports an audio file |
| Slides or PDF's | ALT F, I, S | Imports PowerPoint slides or PDF document |
| Images | ALT F, I, I | Imports image files |
| Transcription | ALT F, I, T | Imports a Transcription |
| Export | ALT F, E | Opens Export Menu |
| Audio as Album | ALT F, E, A | Exports your audio as an album |
| Album to iTunes | ALT F, E, I | Exports your audio as an album in iTunes |
| Selected Audio | ALT F, E, S | Exports the selected audio as a single file |
| Audio and Images as Video | ALT F, E, V | Creates a video with your audio and images |
| Text and Images | ALT F, E, T | Creates an RTF file with your image and text |
| Use Playback Settings for Export | ALT F, E, P | Applies any settings (speed, volume, noise cancellation etc) to your exported audio |
| Close | ALT F, C | Closes the current project |
| Save | ALT F, S | Saves the current project |
| Save As | ALT F, A | Saves the current project with a new filename |
| Page Setup | ALT F, U | Configure the page settings for printing |
| Print Preview | ALT F, V | Preview the project before printing |
| ALT F, P | Prints the current project | |
| Properties | ALT F, R | View the status of the audio files in the current project |
| Exit | ALT F, X | Closes Audio Notetaker |
| Function | Key Combination | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Undo | ALT E, U | Undo last action |
| Redo | ALT E, R | ReDo last action |
| Cut | ALT E, U | Cuts selected content and places on clipboard |
| Copy | ALT E, C | Copies selected content onto clipboard |
| Copy All Text and Images | ALT E, T | Copies all Images and text (visible panes) and places on clipboard |
| Paste | ALT E, P | Pastes clipboard contents |
| Delete | ALT E, D | Deleted selected content |
| Select All | ALT E, A | From Audio and Image Pane - selects entire project From Text and Ref Panes - selects entire 'cell' |
| Find | ALT E, F | Opens the Search bar to find whole words |
| Edit Tags | ALT E, G | Edit Title, Topic, Speaker and Date of project |
| Extract Text: All Slides | ALT E, S | Copies any accessible text from all slides in the Image Pane into the Text or Reference Pane with focus. |
| Extract Text: This Slide | ALT E, I | Copies any accessible text from the slide in the current sections Image Pane into the Text or Reference Pane. |
| Push Text to Section Below | ALT E, H | Moves any text after the cursor into the start of the next section |
| Function | Key Combination | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Images Pane | ALT V, I | Opens Image Pane Menu |
| Hide | ALT V, I, H | Hides Image Pane |
| Show | ALT V, I, S | Shows Image Pane |
| Truncate | ALT V, I, T | Minimises height of Image Pane |
| Reference Pane | ALT V, E | Open Reference Pane Menu |
| Hide | ALT V, E, H | Hides Reference Pane |
| Show | ALT V, E, S | Shows Reference Pane |
| Truncate | ALT V, E, T | Minimises height of Reference Pane |
| Text Pane | ALT V, T | Open Text Pane Menu |
| Hide | ALT V, T, H | Hides Text Pane |
| Show | ALT V, T, S | Shows Text Pane |
| Truncate | ALT V, T, T | Minimises height of Text Pane |
| Audio Pane | ALT V, A | Opens Audio Pane Menu |
| Hide | ALT V, A, H | Hides Audio Pane |
| Show | ALT V, A, S | Shows Audio Pane |
| Zoom Out | ALT V, A, Z | Switches to the 'zoomed' setting for the Audio Pane |
| Show Timecode | ALT V, A, T | Displays the Section Numbering and Time Codes in the Audio Pane. |
| Move Focus Left | ALT V, L | Moves the Pane with focus to the left |
| Move Focus Right | ALT V, R | Moves the Pane with focus to the right |
| Full Screen | ALT V, F | Switches to Audio Notetaker's Full Screen view |
| Function | Key Combination | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Play | ALT A, P | Plays audio from cursor position |
| Record | ALT A, R | Records audio at end of current section |
| Record Options | ALT A, O | Open Record Option menu to select recording device(s) |
| Mic Only | ALT A, O,M | Sets recording to microphone only |
| Mic And Audio Output | ALT A, O, A | Sets recording to microphone AND computer output |
| Audio Output Only | ALT A, O, O | Sets recording to computer output only |
| Record From | ALT A, O, F | Opens device selection menu to set specific device(s) to record from |
| Device Selection | ALT A, O, F (use arrow keys to select or M and S to cycle through) | All compatible recording devices are listed. Use the arrow keys to select the required device or use the initial letter. M will normally cycle through all microphones and S will cycle through output devices. |
| Set Recording Level Automatically | ALT A, O, L | Automatically adjusts the recording volume for quieter recordings |
| Skip Forwards | ALT A, F | Skips to the beginning of the next audio chunk |
| Skip Backwards | ALT A, B | Skips to the beginning of the current audio chunk or, if already at the beginning, to the start of the previous chunk |
| Stop | ALT A, S | Stops recording |
| Speed Up | ALT A, U | Increase the playback speed |
| Slow Down | ALT A, L | Decreases the playback speed |
| Increase Volume | ALT A, I | Increases the playback volume |
| Decrease Volume | ALT A, D | Decreases the playback volume |
| Pause Mode Playback | ALT A, M | Activates Pause Mode |
| Clean-Up | ALT A, C | Opens the Audio Clean-up menu |
| Noise & Cancellation | ALT A, C, N | Reduces background noise during playback |
| Click & Reduction | ALT A, C, C | Reduces typing and click noise during playback |
| Low & Frequency Cut | ALT A, C, L | Removes low frequency noise during playback |
| High & Frequency Cut | ALT A, C, H | Removes high frequency noise during playback |
| Thinner | ALT A, C, T | Gradually reduces low frequency noise during playback |
| Brighter | ALT A, C, B | Brightens the audio during playback |
| Adjust Volume Automatically | ALT A, C, V | Automatically adjusts the playback volume to a consistent level |
| Playback in Mono | ALT A, C, M | Plays your audio in mono |
| Voice Shift | ALT A, V | Opens the Voice Shift menu |
| Effects | ALT A, V (use arrow keys to select or initial letter; N, D, H) | Apply voice effects during playback. Select from Deepest, Deeper, Normal, Higher or Highest. |
| Function | Key Combination | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Insert Section Break | ALT O, N | Inserts a section break at audio position |
| Remove Section Break | ALT O, R | Remove section break above current section |
| Insert Section Above | ALT O, O | Inserts section above current section |
| Insert Section Below | ALT O, W | Inserts section below current section |
| Select Section | ALT O, C | Selects all panes in current section |
| Adjust Boundaries | ALT O, B | Open boundary menu |
| Push Audio | ALT O, B, P | Moves all audio in current section, after cursor, into the start of the next section |
| Push Audio Back | ALT O, B, B | Moves all audio in current section, before cursor, into the end of the previous section |
| Split Chunk | ALT O, T | Splits the current chunk at the cursor position |
| Trim Silence | ALT O, L | Reduces silences between selected chunk |
| Merge Chunks | ALT O, M | Combines the selected chunks into one |
| Select Colour Template | ALT O, T | Open the template menu listing all available colour templates |
| Select Template | ALT O, T (use arrow keys to select) | Use the arrow keys (or initial letters) to move through available templates |
| Audio/Text Colours | ALT O, A | Shows the current Audio/text colours for the template in use |
| Select Colour | ALT O, A (use arrow keys to select) | Use the arrow keys (or initial letters) to move through available colours |
| Section Colours | ALT O, S | Shows the current section colours for the template in use |
| Select Colours | ALT O, S (use arrow keys to select) | Use the arrow keys (or initial letters) to move through available colours |
| Continuous Colouring | ALT O, U | Turns continuos colouring off/on |
| Edit ColourColor Key | ALT O, E | Allows you to alter the current ColourColorKey template, remove temples or add new templates |
| Text | ALT O, X | Opens the Text formatting menu |
| Font | ALT O, X, F | Allows you to alter the font, font size and style |
| Superscript | ALT O, X, S | Applies superscript to the selected text |
| Subscript | ALT O, X, U | Applies Subscript to the selected text |
| List | ALT O, X, L | Open the list formatting menu |
| Bullets | ALT O, X, L, B | Applies bullets to the selected text |
| 1. 2. 3. | ALT O, X, L, 1 | Applies the numbered list to the selected text |
| a. b. c. | ALT O, X, L, 2 | Applies a lower-case alphabetical list to the selected text |
| A. B. C. | ALT O, X, L, 3 | Applies an upper-case alphabetical list to the selected text |
| i. ii. iii. | ALT O, X, L, 4 | Applies a lower-case roman numeral list to the selected text |
| I. II. III. | ALT O, X, L, 5 | Applies an upper-case roman numeral list to the selected text |
| Set Numbering Value | ALT O, X, N | Allows you to alter the numbering value of an item in a list |
| Increase Indent | ALT O, X, I | Increases the indent of selected text |
| Decrease Indent | ALT O, X, D | Decreases the indent of selected text |
| Function | Key Combination | Description |
|---|---|---|
| View Home Screen | ALT M, H | Switches to or opens the Home Tab |
| View Projects | ALT M, P | Opens a tab viewing all project files |
| View Audio Files | ALT M, A | Opens a tab viewing audio files |
| View Portable Devices | ALT M, D | Opens a tab to allow you to manage audio files on a digital recorder and transfer project files from the Sonocent Recorder App (IOS and Android) |
| Search Projects | ALT M, C | Opens a tab allowing you to search projects for key words |
| Selected Files | ALT M, S | In the manager tabs you can perform actions on selected files |
| Open | ALT M, S, O | Opens the selected Project file |
| Import Into | ALT M, S, I | Imports the selected audio file into an open project |
| Append | ALT M, S, A | With multiple projects selected opens them all in a single workspace |
| Copy | ALT M, S, C | Copies files from a portable device or App to your computer |
| Copy and Open | ALT M, S, P | Copies a project file from the App and opens it in a new workspace |
| Rename | ALT M, S, R | Renames the selected file |
| Delete | ALT M, S, D | Deletes the selected file |
| Find Lost Files | ALT M, S, F | With Linked Audio you can locate missing audio files |
| Show in Explorer | ALT M, S, X | Displays the selected file in a standard Windows Explorer window |
| Refresh File Search | ALT M, R | Refreshed the file list in the manager tabs |
| Select Search Folders | ALT M, E | Allows you to add or remove folders from the search options |
| Function | Key Combination | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Settings | ALT T, S | Allows you to configure the appearance and settings of Audio Notetaker |
| Record Presentation | ALT T, R | Allows you to capture a presentation in Audio Notetaker displaying slides in Audio Notetaker or in PowerPoint |
| Check Spelling | ALT T, K | Checks the spelling in the current Project |
| Capture Screen | ALT T, C | Opens Screen Capture allowing you to take still images from your computer |
| Audio Replace | ALT T, A | Allows you to replace the audio in the current Project with an alternative file |
| Extract | ALT T, X | Allows you to extract specific coloured chunks or sections to a new project file |
| Audio | ALT T, X, A | Extracts specific coloured audio chunks from the current project |
| Sections | ALT T, X, S | Extracts specific coloured sections from the current project |
| Speak | ALT T, E | Opens the Speak menu |
| Turn Text To Speech On/Off | ALT T, E, S | Starts speaking text from the current cursor position |
| Speak All Text | ALT T, E, X | Speaks all text in the project (visible panes only) |
| Send Speech To Audio Pane | ALT T, E, A | Sends the selected text or the text in the current 'cell' as audio to the Audio Pane |
| Send All Speech To Audio Pane | ALT T, E, U | Send all the text in the Project (visible panes only) as audio to the Audio Pane |
| Speech Settings | ALT T, E, P | Opens Windows settings allowing you to change the voice used for Speak |
| Scribe | ALT T, B | Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to transcribe your audio. |
| Open/Configure Speech Recognition | ALT T, B, O | Open, close or change the Dragon Profile in use |
| Scribe Selected Audio | ALT T, B, S | Scribes the selected audio chunks |
| Scribe All Audio | ALT T, B, A | Scribes all the audio in the project |
| Scribe Current Section | ALT T, B, C | Scribes the audio in the current section |
| Scribe By Colour | ALT T, B, B | Allows you to choose specific colours to scribe - you have the option to scribe selected audio, all audio or the current section |
| Settings | ALT T, B, E | Opens the scribe settings menu |
| Send To Text Pane | ALT T, B, E, T | Send the scribed text to the end of the Text Pane |
| Send To Reference Pane | ALT T, B, E, R | Send the scribed text to the end of the Reference Pane |
| Colour Text with Chunk Colour | ALT T, B, E, C | Colours the scribed text with the same colour as the audio chunk |
| View Usage Log | ALT T, U | View what actions are being logged. |
| Function | Key Combination | Description |
|---|---|---|
| User Guide | ALT H, G | Opens the in-built User Guide |
| Tutorial | ALT H, T | Opens the Tutorial Audio Notetaker Project |
| Video Guides | ALT H, V | Switches to the Home Tab showing the on-line video guides |
| Resources | ALT H, R | Goes to the Sonocent website, in your browser, showing useful guides, case studies and downloadable resources |
| Check for Updates | ALT H, U | Checks our website for updates |
| Locate User Data | ALT H, D | Opens a Windows Explorer window showing the 3 user data files |
| Change Licence Key | ALT H, L | Allows you to swap your licence key |
| Provide Feedback | ALT H, F | Launches an on-line form for you to send us feedback |
| About Audio Notetaker | ALT H, A | This brings up two tabs; the first shows the version of Audio Notetaker you have installed and your Licence Key. The Second shows the terms and conditions of the software licence |