Skip to main content

Keyboard Shortcuts

Work faster with this tightly curated set of keyboard shortcuts πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

Christiane Jory avatar
Written by Christiane Jory
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Our goal is to help you write as fluidly and efficiently as possible. Our current set of keyboard shortcuts are all about keeping you focused on writing instead of fiddling with formatting.
​

πŸ’« Note: Shortcuts are enabled in Chrome, Firefox and Edge only.
Shortcuts are listed as "Mac | Windows β€” shortcut"


Basic Text FormattingΒ 

Scripto uses the same keyboard shortcuts for basic text formatting that you're used to from every other writing program.

⌘B | Ctrl+B β€” Bold

⌘I | Ctrl+I β€” Italics

⌘U | Ctrl+U β€” Underline

β‡§βŒ˜U | Ctrl+Shift+Alt β€” Strikethrough

βŒ₯⌘A | Ctrl+Alt+A β€” Shifts text t All caps

βŒ₯⌘M | Ctrl+Alt+M β€” Opens a comment field


Selecting Block Types

If you memorize just one keyboard shortcut, it should be Tab.

Every text block in the script needs to have a type. For instance character, dialogue, scene heading. Scripto does its best to predict which type of block you'll want next based but sometimes there are a few plausible options.


Tab cycles through the likely block types

So if Scripto creates a new text block and it's not the type you want, hit Tab a few times and you'll probably get to the one you want. (Poweruser move: Shift + Tab cycles through block types in the opposite order.)


If you aren't getting the block type that you want...

⌘\ | Ctrl+\ β€” will open and close the block type menuΒ 

or, you can memorize the keyboard shortcuts for each individual block type.


Screenplay

⌘0 | Ctrl+0 β€” General

⌘1 | Ctrl+1 β€” Scene Heading

⌘2 | Ctrl+2 β€” Action

⌘3 | Ctrl+3 β€” Character

⌘4 | Ctrl+4 β€” Parenthetical

⌘5 | Ctrl+5 β€” Dialogue

⌘6 | Ctrl+6 β€” Transition

⌘8 | Ctrl+8 β€” New Act

⌘9 | Ctrl+9 β€” End of Act

⌘Return | Ctrl+Enter β€” Insert Page break


Studio Script

The studio script uses slightly different block types than the screenplay.Β 

⌘0 | Ctrl+0 β€” General

⌘1 | Ctrl+1 β€” Slug

⌘2 | Ctrl+2 β€” Bracket

⌘3 | Ctrl+3 β€” Character

⌘4 | Ctrl+4 β€” Parenthetical

⌘5 | Ctrl+5 β€” Dialogue

⌘8 | Ctrl+8 β€” New Act

⌘9 | Ctrl+9 β€” End of Act

⌘Return | Ctrl+Enter β€” Insert Page break


Rundown

⌘P | Ctrl+P β€” Print / Export PDF

βŒ₯⌘P | Ctrl+Alt+P β€” for Quick print

βŒ₯⌘I | Ctrl+Alt+I β€” for Insert row above

β‡§βŒ˜P |Ctrl+Shift+P β€” for Push to prompter


Let us know if there are new keyboard shortcuts you'd like to see introduced!Β 

Did this answer your question?