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Keyboard shortcuts

OmegaT shortcuts

Here is a table summarizing all functions you need to remember to work in OmegaT. Shortcuts (keyboard combinations) are provided if they are frequently used.

Shortcut Action Function
Ctrl+L Project > Project Files Open the Project Files window
Ctrl+J Go To > Segment Number… Go to the segment thus numbered
Ctrl+Space N/A Open the Auto-Completer and cycle through it (every time you press this shorcut, a different section of the auto-completer is available: tags. character table, etc.)
Ctrl+U Go To > Next Untranslated Segment Go to the next untranslated segment
Ctrl+T Edit > Insert Next Missing Tag Insert the next missing tag
Enter Go to Next Segment
Ctrl+I Insert active fuzzy match or selection of fuzzy match
N/A Right click > Create Alternative Translation Mark a segment as alternative translation
Ctrl+Shift+S
Mark a segment as a translation identical to the source
Ctrl+Shift+V Tools > Check issues Run the QA checks
Ctrl+Shift+D Project > Create Current Translated Document Export or generate the target file for the current document
Ctrl+D Project > Create Translated Documents Export or generate all target files
N/A Project > Access Project Contents > … Go to the project folders
Shift+F3 Change capitalization of selected text