Complete Camtasia keyboard shortcuts reference — 129 shortcuts across 11 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & macOS.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + R | New recording |
| F9 | Start/pause recording |
| F10 | Stop recording |
| Ctrl + M | Add marker while recording |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Shift + T | Add last used transition |
| Shift + A | Add custom animation |
| Alt + I | Jump to next animation |
| Shift + I | Jump to previous animation |
| Ctrl + Shift + V | Start/stop narration recording |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Alt + C | Center canvas |
| Ctrl + 0 | Scale to fill |
| Alt + Z | Pan and scale to 100% |
| Ctrl + Semicolon | Enable/disable canvas snapping |
| Left | Move selected media left |
| Right | Move selected media right |
| Up | Move selected media up |
| Down | Move selected media down |
| Shift | Move media 10 pixels |
| Esc | Exit full screen canvas view |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + 1 | Show/hide tools panel |
| Ctrl + 2 | Show/hide properties panel |
| Ctrl + 3 | Attach/detach timeline |
| B | Open media bin subtab |
| E | Open Camtasia assets subtab |
| R | Open library subtab |
| F | Open favorites tab |
| N | Open annotations tab |
| T | Open transitions tab |
| O | Open behaviors tab |
| A | Open animations tab |
| U | Open cursor effects tab |
| V | Open voice narration tab |
| D | Open audio effects tab |
| X | Open visual effects/video effects tab |
| C | Open captions tab |
| Ctrl + H | Launch home dialog |
| Ctrl + Comma | Launch preferences dialog |
| Ctrl + Alt + A | Launch Camtasia Audiate recorder |
| Ctrl + Alt + S | Launch Snagit Image Capture |
| Ctrl + Shift + P | Import package |
| Ctrl + Shift + E | Export package |
| See + below + - + Maximize | Maximize or de-maximize window (Mac) |
| Alt + F4 | Exit/quit Camtasia |
| Alt + Spacebar | Display system menu |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + I | Import media into media bin |
| Ctrl + F | Export frame as |
| Ctrl + E | Export to local file (Windows) Export (Mac) |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Export frame at playhead |
| Ctrl + N | New project |
| Ctrl + O | Open project |
| Ctrl + S | Save project |
| F1 | Launch online help |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + G | Group |
| Ctrl + U | Ungroup |
| Ctrl + Shift + G | Open group |
| Ctrl + Shift + U | Close group |
| Shift + S | Silence audio |
| Shift + R | Restore audio |
| S | Split selected media at playhead |
| Ctrl + Shift + S | Split all tracks at playhead |
| Ctrl + Alt + I | Stitch selected media |
| Ctl + Shift + \ | Remove all stitches from selected track |
| Shift + N | Add annotation |
| Ctrl + Shift + A | Add selection to library |
| P | Add placeholder |
| Ctrl + Alt + P | Convert to placeholder |
| Ctrl + Shift + D | Deselect all |
| Ctrl + A | Select all |
| Ctrl + X | Cut Copies to clipboard No gap (Windows only) Stitches media together on timeline |
| Ctrl + D | Duplicate |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Delete | Delete Leaves space on timeline |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo |
| Crl + Z | Undo |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Spacebar | Play/pause/stop video |
| Ctrl + Alt + M | Return playhead |
| Ctrl + Alt + Comma | Move playhead to previous clip |
| Ctrl + Alt + Period | Move playhead to next clip |
| Comma | Step backward on timeline |
| Period | Step forward on timeline |
| Ctrl + Shift + 8 | Zoom to selection |
| Ctrl + Home | Jump to beginning of timeline Move playhead to beginning |
| Ctrl + End | Jump to end of timeline Move playhead to end |
| Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Right | Extend selection to next clip |
| Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Left | Extend selection to previous clip |
| Shift + Comma | Extend selection range left |
| Shift + Period | Extend selection range right |
| Alt + Equal + sign | Increase track heights |
| Alt + Minus | Decrease track heights |
| Ctrl + Shift + Home | Extend selection to timeline beginning |
| Ctrl + Shift + End | Extend selection to timeline end |
| Alt + Right | Select succeeding media |
| Alt + Left | Select preceding media |
| Ctrl + Alt + J | Select all media to left of playhead |
| Ctrl + Alt + L | Select all media to right to right of playhead |
| J | Increase reverse playback speed |
| Shift + J | Decrease reverse playback speed |
| K + J | Step backward one frame |
| Shift + K + J | Step backward 1/2 second |
| K | Stop Playback |
| L | Increase forward playback speed |
| Shift + L | Decrease forward playback speed |
| K + L | Step forward one frame |
| Shift + K + L | Step forward 1/2 second |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Shift + C | Add caption |
| Ctrl + Alt + ] | Increase caption duration |
| Ctrl + Alt + [ | Decrease caption duration |
| Tab | Next caption |
| Shift + Tab | Previous caption |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Shift + M | Add marker |
| Shift + Q | Add quiz |
| Ctrl + Q | Show/hide quiz view |
| Ctrl + T | Show/hide transcript view |
| Ctrl + ] | Next marker |
| Ctrl + [ | Previous marker |
| Ctrl + Shift + ] | Select next marker Extend selection to next marker |
| Ctrl + Shift + [ | Select previous marker Extend selection to previous marker |
| Ctrl + 9 | Previous quiz (jump to and select) |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Shift + I | Import to library |
| Ctrl + Left | Collapse all folders |
| Ctrl + Right | Expand all folders |
| Home | Scroll to top |
| End | Scroll to bottom |
| Page + Up | Scroll upwards by height of view |
| Page + Down | Scroll downwards by height of view |
| F2 | Enter asset rename mode (In custom library) |
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Play/Pause |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
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