A keyboard shortcut, also known as an accelerator, allows you to trigger an action without stepping through the menus with the normal menu keys. Listed below are DBT's shortcut keys:
For those who are familiar with DBT for Windows, we have included both Windows and Mac shortcuts.
| Windows | Macintosh | Description |
|---|---|---|
| F1 | Open the Help viewer. | |
| F2 | F2 | View menu, Six-Key Entry |
| F3 | ⇧ + ⌘ + S | File menu, Save As |
| F4 | F4 | Layout menu, Left Margin, 3 |
| F5 | F5 | Layout menu, Code List |
| F6 | ⌘ + R | Edit menu, Replace |
| F8 | F8 | Layout menu, Styles |
| F9 | F9 | Insert Code |
| F10 | Activate Menu Bar (Windows only) | |
| F11 | F11 | Edit menu, Find Misspelling |
| Alt + F2 | ⌥ + F2 | Layout menu, Character Codes, Hard Space |
| Alt + F3 | ⌥ + F3 | View menu, Codes |
| Alt + F4 | ⌘ + Q | File menu, Exit |
| Alt + F7 | ⌥ + F7 | Layout menu, Line Codes, Flush Right w/Leader |
| Ctrl + F4 | ⌘ + W | File menu, Close |
| Ctrl + F5 | ⌘ + F5 | View menu, Print Font (Braille File) |
| Ctrl + F6 | ⌘ + F6 | View menu, Braille Font (Braille File) |
| Ctrl + F7 | ⌘ + F7 | View menu, SimBraille Font (Braille File) |
| Ctrl + F8 | ⌘ + F8 | View menu, Translated Line (Braille or Print File) |
| Ctrl + F9 | F8 | Insert Style |
| Ctrl + F11 | ⌘ + F11 | Document menu, Embosser Setup |
| Ctrl + F12 | ⌘ + F12 | Document menu, Printer Setup |
| Shift + F1 | Layout menu, Line Codes, Single Spacing | |
| Shift + F2 | ⇧ + F2 | Layout menu, Line Codes, Double Spacing |
| Shift + F3 | ⇧ + F3 | Change Case |
| Shift + F4 | ⇧ + F4 | Layout menu, Right Margin, 6 |
| Shift + F6 | ⇧ + F6 | Layout menu, Line Codes, Centering |
| Shift + F7 | ⇧ + F7 | Layout menu, Line Codes, Flush Right |
| Shift + F8 | ⇧ + F8 | Apply Last Style |
| Shift + F11 | ⇧ + F11 | Edit menu, Spell Check (Print File) ( Checks from cursor downwards) |
| Windows | Macintosh | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alt + 0 | ⌥ + 0 | Layout, Translation Codes, Grade 0 |
| Alt + 1 | ⌥ + 1 | Layout, Translation Codes, Grade 1 |
| Alt + 2 | ⌥ + 2 | Layout, Translation Codes, Grade 2 |
| Alt + 3 | ⌥ + 3 | Layout, Translation Codes, CBC |
| Alt + 4 | ⌥ + 4 | Layout, Translation Codes, Spanish Text |
| Alt + 5 | ⌥ + 5 | Layout, Translation Codes, LIFG Text |
| Alt + D | Document menu | |
| Alt + E | Edit menu | |
| Alt + F | File menu | |
| Alt + G | Global menu | |
| Alt + H | Help menu | |
| Alt + K | ⌥ + K | Suppress Skipped Line |
| Alt + L | Layout menu | |
| Alt + V | View menu | |
| Ctrl + A | ⌘ + A | Edit, Select All |
| Ctrl + B | ⌘ + B | Layout, Character Codes, Group |
| Ctrl + C | ⌘ + C | Edit, Copy |
| Ctrl + E | ⌘ + E | File, Emboss |
| Ctrl + F | ⌘ + F | Edit, Find |
| Ctrl + G | ⌘ + G | Edit, Goto (Not applicable in Coded View) |
| Ctrl + H | None | Edit, Highlight |
| Ctrl + I | ⌘ + I | Edit, Find Again |
| Ctrl + K | ⌘ + K | Layout, Line Codes, Skip Line |
| Ctrl + L | ⌘ + L | Layout, Line Codes, New Line |
| Ctrl + M | ⌘ + M | Layout, Line Codes, New Paragraph |
| Ctrl + N | ⌘ + N | File, New |
| Ctrl + O | ⌘ + O | File, Open |
| Ctrl + P | ⌘ + P | File, Print |
| Ctrl + R | ⌘ + R | Layout, Runover Offset, 2 |
| Ctrl + S | ⌘ + S | File, Save |
| Ctrl + T | ⌘ + T | File, Translate |
| Ctrl + V | ⌘ + V | Edit, Paste |
| Ctrl + F4 | ⌘ + W | File, Close |
| Ctrl + X | ⌘ + X | Edit, Cut |
| Ctrl + Y | ⌘ + Y | Redo |
| Ctrl + Z | ⌘ + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + [ | Ctrl + [ | Enter Code dialog (same as Insert Code) |
| Ctrl + ] | Ctrl + ] | Enter DUSCI Code number (to enter a character not found on your keyboard) |
| Windows | Macintosh | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alt + Right Arrow | ⌥ + ⌘ + Right | Layout, Style Level + |
| Alt + Left Arrow | ⌥ + ⌘ + Left | Layout, Style Level - |
| Alt + Enter | ⌥ + ↩ | Layout, New Reference Page |
| Ctrl + Enter | ⌘ + ↩ | Layout, Page Codes, New Page |
| Shift + Arrow keys | ⇧ + Arrow Keys | Highlight text |
| Ctrl + Home | ⌘ + Up | Move to top of document |
| Ctrl + Down | ⌘ + Down | Move to end of document |
| Ctrl +Down Arrow | Move to beginning of the next paragraph | |
| Ctrl + Up Arrow | Move to the beginning of the previous paragraph | |
| Ctrl + Home | ⌘ + Left | Move to beginning of line |
| Ctrl + N | ⌘ + Right | Move to end of line |
| Ctrl + Left Arrow | ⌥ + Left | Move to word left |
| Ctrl + Right Arrow | ⌥ + Right | Move to word right |
| Ctrl +Shift + Down Arrow | Select from cursor to end of paragraph | |
| Ctrl +Shift + Up Arrow | Select from cursor to beginning of paragraph |