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Final Draft 11 (Windows) keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 5/10/2019 on
https://defkey.com/final-draft-11-windows-shortcuts

Final Draft is a screenwriting software. It meets the submission standards
of theater, television and film industries. The software can also be used
to write documents like stageplays, novels, manuscripts, and basic text
documents.

Final Draft 11 (Windows) has 45 shortcuts and we have listed all of them
below.



Context menus
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Right click             Open context menu
Ctrl + Left click       Open context menu

Right click or Ctrl + click on a misspelled word will display spelling
alternatives.

Right click or Ctrl + click at the end of a character name to display a
list of character extensions.



Element
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An alternative method to add new paragraphs is using the Ctrl key
combinations.

Ctrl + 0                Add a General paragraph
Ctrl + 1                Add a Scene Heading paragraph
Ctrl + 2                Add a Action paragraph
Ctrl + 3                Add a Character paragraph
Ctrl + 4                Add a Parenthetical paragraph
Ctrl + 5                Add a Dialogue paragraph
Ctrl + 6                Transition paragraph
Ctrl + 7                Add a Shot paragraph
Ctrl + 8                Add a Cast List paragraph
Ctrl + 9                Add a New Act paragraph
Ctrl + :                Add an End of Act paragraph


General
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Ctrl + N                New document
Ctrl + O                Open
Ctrl + S                Save
Ctrl + P                Print
Ctrl + X                Cut
Ctrl + C                Copy
Ctrl + P                Paste
Ctrl + A                Select all
Ctrl + Shift + A        Select current scene
Ctrl + F                Find
Ctrl + G                Go to
Ctrl + M                Insert bookmark
Ctrl + J                Insert scriptnote
Ctrl + Shift + S        Scene navigator
Ctrl + D                Spelling
Ctrl + Shift + D        Thesaurus
Ctrl + R                Mark revised
Ctrl + Shift + R        Clear revised
F1                      Final Draft User Guide


Element tab / Enter key
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Enter + Tab             Go to Character from Action
Tab + Enter             Go to Character from Dialogue

For full list of Enter key shortcuts, please refer to the manual.



Reformatting
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Ctrl + Shift + [1 - 9]  Reformat a paragraph

The number of above shortcut corresponds to the number displayed for each
element type in the Status bar at the bottom of the application window.



Tab key
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Tab                     key supplements the functions of the Return key.
Tab                     Scene heading to Action
Tab                     Action to Character
Tab                     Character to Transition (only when character is blank)
Tab                     Transition to Scene Heading
Tab                     Dialogue to Parenthetical
Tab                     Parenthetical to Dialogue

On the Beat Board:

Tab                     Beat or Structure Point title field to Beat or Structure Point body
Tab                     Beat or Structure Point body field to Beat or Structure Point title field
Tab                     Accept a SmartType list selection and move to the next logical element

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