Camtasia Shortcuts

Quickly reference the keyboard shortcuts in Camtasia.

Note: Shortcuts are tested on a QWERTY keyboard. Some shortcuts may not work with the keyboard you use. To customize the shortcuts:

On Windows, select Edit > Preferences > Shortcuts tab.
On Mac, select Camtasia > Settings (macOS 13 or later) or Preferences (macOS 12 or earlier) > Shortcuts tab.

Recorder Options

Option	Customizable	Windows Shortcut	Mac Shortcut
New recording	No	Ctrl+R	Ctrl+R
Start/pause recording	Yes	F9	Command+Shift+2
Stop recording	Yes	F10	Command+Option+2
Add marker while recording	Yes	Ctrl+M	Shift+Ctrl+Option+Command+M

Option	Customizable	Windows Shortcut	Mac Shortcut
Add last used transition	Yes	Shift+T	Shift+T
Add custom animation	Yes	Shift+A	Shift+A
Jump to next animation	Yes	Alt+I	Option+I
Jump to previous animation	Yes	Shift+I	Shift+I
Start/stop narration recording	Yes	Ctrl+Shift+V	—

Note: Do not use side or rotate handles.

Option	Customizable	Windows Shortcut	Mac Shortcut
Show/hide tools panel	Yes	Ctrl+1	Command+1
Show/hide properties panel	Yes	Ctrl+2	Command+2
Attach/detach timeline	Yes	Ctrl+3	Command+3 (On Timeline Navigation tab on Mac)
Open media bin subtab	Yes	B	B
Open Camtasia assets subtab	Yes	E	E
Open library subtab	Yes	R	R
Open favorites tab	Yes	F	F
Open annotations tab	Yes	N	N
Open transitions tab	Yes	T	T
Open behaviors tab	Yes	O	O
Open animations tab	Yes	A	A
Open cursor effects tab	Yes	U	U
Open voice narration tab	Yes	V	V
Open audio effects tab	Yes	D	D
Open visual effects/video effects tab	Yes	X	X
Open gesture effects tab	Yes (Mac only)	—	G
Open captions tab	Yes	C	—
Launch home dialog	Yes	Ctrl+H	Command+Period
Launch preferences dialog	Yes (Windows only)	Ctrl+Comma	Command+Comma
Launch recorder	Yes (Windows only)	Ctrl+R	Ctrl+R
Launch Camtasia Audiate recorder	Yes (Windows only)	Ctrl+Alt+A	—
Launch Snagit Image Capture	Yes (Windows only)	Ctrl+Alt+S	—
Import package	Yes	Ctrl+Shift+P	Ctrl+Shift+P
Export package	Yes	Ctrl+Shift+E	Ctrl+Shift+E
Maximize or de-maximize window (Mac)	Yes (Mac only)	See below – Maximize/Minimize window (Windows)	Command+Shift+M
Hide other programs	No	—	Command+Option+H
Maximize/Minimize window (Windows)	No	Maximize: Windows logo key+Up Arrow

Option	Customizable	Windows Shortcut	Mac Shortcut
Import media into media bin	Yes	Ctrl+I	Command+I
Export frame as	Yes	Ctrl+F	Ctrl+F
Export to local file (Windows) Export (Mac)	Yes	Ctrl+E	Command+E
Export frame at playhead	Yes	Ctrl+Shift+F	Ctrl+Shift+F
New project	No	Ctrl+N	Command+N
Open project	No	Ctrl+S	Command+O
Save project	No	Ctrl+S	Command+S
Launch online help	No	F1	—

Option	Customizable	Windows Shortcut	Mac Shortcut
Add caption	Yes	Shift+C	Shift+C
Increase caption duration	Yes (Windows only)	Ctrl+Alt+]	Command+]
Decrease caption duration	Yes (Windows only)	Ctrl+Alt+[	Command+[
Next caption	No	Tab	Tab
Previous caption	No	Shift+Tab	Shift+Tab
Replay current caption segment (Loop button)	No	Enter -Or- Click Loop button	Enter -Or- Click Loop button

Option	Customizable	Windows Shortcut	Mac Shortcut
Add marker	Yes	Shift+M	Shift+M
Add quiz	Yes	Shift+Q	Shift+Q
Show/hide marker view	Yes	Ctrl+M	Ctrl+M
Show/hide quiz view	Yes	Ctrl+Q	Ctrl+Q
Next marker	Yes	Ctrl+]	Ctrl+]
Previous marker	Yes	Ctrl+[	Ctrl+[
Select next marker Extend selection to next marker	Yes	Ctrl+Shift+]	Ctrl+Shift+]
Select previous marker Extend selection to previous marker	Yes	Ctrl+Shift+[	Ctrl+Shift+[
Next quiz (jump to and select)	Yes	Ctrl+0	Ctrl+0
Previous quiz (jump to and select)	Yes	Ctrl+9	Ctrl+9

Option	Customizable	Windows Shortcut	Mac Shortcut
Import to library	Yes (Windows only)	Ctrl+Shift+I	—
Add selection to library	Yes	Ctrl+Shift+A	Command+Option+A
Open library tab	No	R	R
Collapse selected folder Move upwards to parent	No	Left Arrow -Or- Double-click	Left Arrow -Or- Double-click
Expand selected folder	No	Right Arrow -Or- Double-click	Right Arrow -Or- Double-click
Collapse all folders	No	Ctrl+Left Arrow	Command+Left Arrow
Expand all folders	No	Ctrl+Right Arrow	Command+Right Arrow
Collapse/expand subfolders	No	Alt+Click	Option+Click
Select next element upwards	No	Up Arrow	Up Arrow
Select next element downwards	No	Down Arrow	Down Arrow
Scroll to top	No	Home	Fn+Left Arrow
Scroll to bottom	No	End	Fn+Right Arrow
Scroll to and select top	No	Ctrl+Home	Option+Command+Up Arrow
Scroll to and select bottom	No	Ctrl+End	Option+Command+Down Arrow
Scroll upwards by height of view	No	Page Up	Fn+Up Arrow
Scroll downwards by height of view	No	Page Down	Fn+Down Arrow
Delete selected items (In custom library)	No	Delete	Delete
Multi-select items	No	Shift+Click -Or- Shift+Arrow Key	Shift+Click -Or- Shift+Arrow Key
Add/remove item from selection	No	Ctrl+Click	Command+Click
Enter asset rename mode (In custom library)	No	F2	Enter

Option	Windows Shortcut	Mac Shortcut
Edit text	—	Option+Return
Bold	Ctrl+B	Command+Shift+B
Italic	Ctrl+I	Command+Shift+I
Select one character right of the cursor	Shift+Right Arrow	Shift+Right Arrow
Select one character left of the cursor	Shift+Left Arrow	Shift+Let Arrow
Select all characters after the cursor	Shift+Down Arrow	Shfit+Down Arrow
Select all characters before the cursor	Shift+Up Arrow	Shift+Up Arrow
Underline	Ctrl+U	Command+Shift+U
Copy selected text	Ctrl+C	Command+C
Paste text	Ctrl+V	Command+V
Undo	Ctrl+Z	Command+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Y	Shift+Command+Z
Delete text	Select text and press Delete	Select text and press Delete
Align left	—	Select text and press Command+Shift+Left Bracket
Align center	—	Select text and press Command+Shift+Backslash
Align right	—	Select text and press Command+Shift+Right Bracket
Copy style	—	Command+Option+C
Paste style	—	Command+Option+V
Show special characters	—	Ctrl+Command+Spacebar

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