Keyboard shortcuts

Premiere.Studio has keyboard shortcuts for nearly everything. Learning even a few of them will make your writing faster and more fluid.

Quick reference inside the app

Open the command palette with Cmd+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows) and choose Keyboard shortcuts to see the shortcuts panel inside the Editor.

Writing

These shortcuts help you move through your script and manage screenplay elements.

Action	Mac	Windows
Cycle to next element type	Tab	Tab
Cycle to previous element type	Shift+Tab	Shift+Tab
New line (the editor picks the next element type)	Enter	Enter
Turn an empty line back into action	Enter	Enter

When you press Tab, the current line's element type cycles through the standard screenplay order: scene heading, action, character, dialogue, parenthetical, transition, and act break. Shift+Tab cycles in the opposite direction. This is the fastest way to switch between element types while writing.

Text formatting

Action	Mac	Windows
Bold	Cmd+B	Ctrl+B
Italic	Cmd+I	Ctrl+I
Underline	Cmd+U	Ctrl+U

Navigation and search

Action	Mac	Windows
Command palette	Cmd+K	Ctrl+K
Find	Cmd+F	Ctrl+F
Find and replace	Cmd+H	Ctrl+H
Back to projects	Choose from command palette	Choose from command palette

The command palette is your best friend

Press Cmd+K to open the command palette. From there, you can search for any action by name: switching modes, opening panels, formatting, printing, and more. If you forget a shortcut, the command palette will show it to you.

Views and panels

Action	Mac	Windows
Preview mode (paginated view)	Choose from command palette	Choose from command palette
Toggle focus mode	Toolbar button or command palette	Toolbar button or command palette
Exit focus mode	Escape	Escape
Toggle comments panel	Open from command palette	Open from command palette
Toggle suggesting mode	Cmd+Shift+S	Ctrl+Shift+S
Auto-scroll in Preview	Cmd+Shift+A	Ctrl+Shift+A

Editing

Action	Mac	Windows
Undo	Cmd+Z	Ctrl+Z
Redo	Cmd+Shift+Z	Ctrl+Shift+Z
Add comment on selection	Cmd+Shift+M	Ctrl+Shift+M
Add script note	Cmd+Shift+N	Ctrl+Shift+N
Tag for production breakdown	Cmd+Shift+B	Ctrl+Shift+B

File operations

Action	Mac	Windows
Save now	Cmd+S	Ctrl+S
Print	Cmd+P	Ctrl+P

Help

Action	Mac	Windows
Keyboard shortcuts panel	Choose from command palette	Choose from command palette

Tips for faster writing

Stay on the keyboard. You can write an entire screenplay without touching the mouse. Use Tab and Enter to move between element types, and the command palette (Cmd+K) for everything else.
Let formatting happen automatically. When you type a scene heading like INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY and press Enter, the editor knows the next line should be action. When you press Enter on a character line, the next line is dialogue. You only need Tab when you want to override the default.
Use the command palette for anything you can't remember. Every editor action is searchable from Cmd+K, and the palette shows the shortcut next to actions that have one so you'll learn them over time.