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⤢ POWERDIRECTOR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 48 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q Ctrl Import M… W Ctrl Import a… E Ctrl Center-A… R Alt Start / … T Ctrl Split Cl… Y Ctrl Redo U I Ctrl Italic T… O Ctrl Open Pro… P Ctrl Take Sna… A Ctrl Select A… S Ctrl Save Pro… D Ctrl Detect S… F Ctrl Fast For… G Ctrl Go to Ti… H Alt Customiz… J K L Ctrl Left-Ali… Z Ctrl Undo X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Bold Tex… N Ctrl New Proj… M Shift Add Mark… MORE SHORTCUTS Play / Pause Space Delete / Remo… Del Stop Ctrl / Mark In [ Mark Out ] Previous Unit… , Next Unit (se… . Full Screen P… F Go to Beginni… HOME Go to End END Remove and Le… Shift Del Open Trim Win… Ctrl Alt T Zoom In on Ti… + Zoom Out on T… − Save Project … Ctrl Shift S Switch to Med… F3 Remove and Mo… Ctrl Del Go to Previou… Shift LEFT Go to Next Ma… Shift RIGHT Move Selected… Alt LEFT Move Selected… Alt RIGHT Switch Timeli… Tab Open User Pre… Alt C Switch to Eff… F4 Switch to Tit… F7 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH POWERDIRECTOR · WINDOWS
POWERDIRECTOR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 48 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A Ctrl Select A… Z Ctrl Undo E Ctrl Center-A… R Alt Start / … T Ctrl Split Cl… Y Ctrl Redo U I Ctrl Italic T… O Ctrl Open Pro… P Ctrl Take Sna… Q Ctrl Import M… S Ctrl Save Pro… D Ctrl Detect S… F Ctrl Fast For… G Ctrl Go to Ti… H Alt Customiz… J K L Ctrl Left-Ali… M Shift Add Mark… W Ctrl Import a… X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Bold Tex… N Ctrl New Proj… MORE SHORTCUTS Play / Pause Space Delete / Remo… Del Stop Ctrl / Mark In [ Mark Out ] Previous Unit… , Next Unit (se… . Full Screen P… F Go to Beginni… HOME Go to End END Remove and Le… Shift Del Open Trim Win… Ctrl Alt T Zoom In on Ti… + Zoom Out on T… − Save Project … Ctrl Shift S Switch to Med… F3 Remove and Mo… Ctrl Del Go to Previou… Shift LEFT Go to Next Ma… Shift RIGHT Move Selected… Alt LEFT Move Selected… Alt RIGHT Switch Timeli… Tab Open User Pre… Alt C Switch to Eff… F4 Switch to Tit… F7 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH POWERDIRECTOR · WINDOWS
⤢ FILE Save Project Ctrl S New Project Ctrl N Open Project Ctrl O Import Media Files Ctrl Q Save Project As Ctrl Shift S Import a Media Folder Ctrl W TIMELINE Mark In [ Mark Out ] Add Marker at Playhead Shift M Zoom In on Timeline Ruler + Zoom Out on Timeline Ruler − Go to Previous Marker Shift LEFT Go to Next Marker Shift RIGHT Move Selected Object One F… Alt LEFT Move Selected Object One F… Alt RIGHT Switch Timeline / Storyboa… Tab TITLE DESIGNER Bold Text (Designer) Ctrl B Italic Text (Designer) Ctrl I Left-Align Text (Designer) Ctrl L Center-Align Text (Designe… Ctrl E Right-Align Text (Designer) Ctrl R PLAYBACK Play / Pause Space Stop Ctrl / Previous Unit (seek) , Next Unit (seek) . Fast Forward Ctrl F Full Screen Preview F Go to Beginning HOME Go to End END Go to Timecode Ctrl G Previous Second Alt DOWN Next Second Alt UP VIEW Switch to Media Room F3 Switch to Effect Room F4 Switch to Title Room F7 Switch to Transition Room F8 Switch to Edit Module Alt F10 Switch to Produce Module Alt F11 Open Help File F1 View Hotkey List Shift F12 EDITING Split Clip at Playhead Ctrl T Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Delete / Remove Selected Del Select All Ctrl A Remove and Leave Gap Shift Del Open Trim Window Ctrl Alt T Remove and Move Clips on S… Ctrl Del TOOLS Take Snapshot of Preview Ctrl P Detect Scenes Ctrl D Customize Keyboard Hotkeys Alt H Open User Preferences Alt C Display Project Properties Alt P CAPTURE Start / Stop Recording (Ca… Alt R PowerDirector KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 57 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH POWERDIRECTOR · WINDOWS ⤢ FILE 06 Save Project Ctrl S New Project Ctrl N Open Project Ctrl O Import Media Files Ctrl Q Save Project As Ctrl Shift S Import a Media Folder Ctrl W TIMELINE 10 Mark In [ Mark Out ] Add Marker at Playhead Shift M Zoom In on Timeline Ruler + Zoom Out on Timeline Ruler − Go to Previous Marker Shift LEFT Go to Next Marker Shift RIGHT Move Selected Object One Fra… Alt LEFT Move Selected Object One Fra… Alt RIGHT Switch Timeline / Storyboard… Tab TITLE DESIGNER 05 Bold Text (Designer) Ctrl B Italic Text (Designer) Ctrl I Left-Align Text (Designer) Ctrl L Center-Align Text (Designer) Ctrl E Right-Align Text (Designer) Ctrl R PLAYBACK 11 Play / Pause Space Stop Ctrl / Previous Unit (seek) , Next Unit (seek) . Fast Forward Ctrl F Full Screen Preview F Go to Beginning HOME Go to End END Go to Timecode Ctrl G Previous Second Alt DOWN Next Second Alt UP VIEW 08 Switch to Media Room F3 Switch to Effect Room F4 Switch to Title Room F7 Switch to Transition Room F8 Switch to Edit Module Alt F10 Switch to Produce Module Alt F11 Open Help File F1 View Hotkey List Shift F12 EDITING 11 Split Clip at Playhead Ctrl T Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Delete / Remove Selected Del Select All Ctrl A Remove and Leave Gap Shift Del Open Trim Window Ctrl Alt T Remove and Move Clips on Sam… Ctrl Del TOOLS 05 Take Snapshot of Preview Ctrl P Detect Scenes Ctrl D Customize Keyboard Hotkeys Alt H Open User Preferences Alt C Display Project Properties Alt P CAPTURE 01 Start / Stop Recording (Capt… Alt R PowerDirector KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 57 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH POWERDIRECTOR · WINDOWS
⤢ POWERDIRECTOR · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 8 SETS · No.01 POWERDIRECTOR TOTAL 57 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS PLAYBACK 11 EDITING 11 FILE 06 TIMELINE 10 TOOLS 05 VIEW 08 CAPTURE 01 TITLE DESIGNE 05 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Play / Pause Space Stop Ctrl / Previous Unit (seek) , Next Unit (seek) . Fast Forward Ctrl F Full Screen Preview F Go to Beginning HOME Go to End END Go to Timecode Ctrl G Previous Second Alt DOWN Next Second Alt UP Split Clip at Playhead Ctrl T Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Delete / Remove Selected Del Select All Ctrl A Remove and Leave Gap Shift Del Open Trim Window Ctrl Alt T Remove and Move Clips on S… Ctrl Del Save Project Ctrl S New Project Ctrl N Open Project Ctrl O Import Media Files Ctrl Q Save Project As Ctrl Shift S Import a Media Folder Ctrl W Mark In [ Mark Out ] Add Marker at Playhead Shift M Zoom In on Timeline Ruler + Zoom Out on Timeline Ruler − Go to Previous Marker Shift LEFT Go to Next Marker Shift RIGHT Move Selected Object One F… Alt LEFT Move Selected Object One … Alt RIGHT Switch Timeline / Storyboard Mode Tab Take Snapshot of Preview Ctrl P Detect Scenes Ctrl D Customize Keyboard Hotkeys Alt H Open User Preferences Alt C Display Project Properties Alt P Switch to Media Room F3 Switch to Effect Room F4 Switch to Title Room F7 Switch to Transition Room F8 Switch to Edit Module Alt F10 Switch to Produce Module Alt F11 Open Help File F1 View Hotkey List Shift F12 Start / Stop Recording (Captu… Alt R Bold Text (Designer) Ctrl B Italic Text (Designer) Ctrl I Left-Align Text (Designer) Ctrl L Center-Align Text (Designer) Ctrl E Right-Align Text (Designer) Ctrl R
POWERDIRECTOR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E R T Ctrl Split Cl… Y Ctrl Redo U I O P A S Ctrl Save Pro… D F G H J K L Z Ctrl Undo X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B N M MORE SHORTCUTS Play / Pause Space Delete / Remove S… Del Stop Ctrl / Mark In [ Mark Out ] Previous Unit (se… , Next Unit (seek) . shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH POWERDIRECTOR · WINDOWS Keyboard map EDITING Split Clip at Playhead Ctrl T Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Delete / Remove Selected Del TIMELINE Mark In [ Mark Out ] PLAYBACK Play / Pause Space Stop Ctrl / Previous Unit (seek) , Next Unit (seek) . FILE Save Project Ctrl S PowerDirector KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH POWERDIRECTOR · WINDOWS Isometric EDITING 07 Split Clip at Playhead Ctrl T Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Delete / Remove Selected Del TIMELINE 02 Mark In [ Mark Out ] PLAYBACK 04 Play / Pause Space Stop Ctrl / Previous Unit (seek) , Next Unit (seek) . FILE 01 Save Project Ctrl S PowerDirector KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH POWERDIRECTOR · WINDOWS Typewriter POWERDIRECTOR · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 4 SETS · No.01 POWERDIRECTOR TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS PLAYBACK 04 EDITING 07 FILE 01 TIMELINE 02 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Play / Pause Space Stop Ctrl / Previous Unit (seek) , Next Unit (seek) . Split Clip at Playhead Ctrl T Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Delete / Remove Selected Del Save Project Ctrl S Mark In [ Mark Out ] Editorial PowerDirector is CyberLink's consumer video editor packed with timeline editing, effects, and fast rendering. Learning its shortcuts speeds up trimming, splitting clips, and adding transitions so projects come together more efficiently.
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All PowerDirector keyboard shortcuts (Windows)
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+ 8 more controls in the table below
11 Action Shortcut Play / Pause Space Stop Ctrl / Previous Unit (seek) , Next Unit (seek) . Fast Forward Ctrl F Full Screen Preview F Go to Beginning HOME Go to End END Go to Timecode Ctrl G Previous Second Alt DOWN Next Second Alt UP
11 Action Shortcut Split Clip at Playhead Ctrl T Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Delete / Remove Selected Del Select All Ctrl A Remove and Leave Gap Shift Del Open Trim Window Ctrl Alt T Remove and Move Clips on Same Track Ctrl Del
10 Action Shortcut Mark In [ Mark Out ] Add Marker at Playhead Shift M Zoom In on Timeline Ruler + Zoom Out on Timeline Ruler − Go to Previous Marker Shift LEFT Go to Next Marker Shift RIGHT Move Selected Object One Frame Left Alt LEFT Move Selected Object One Frame Right Alt RIGHT Switch Timeline / Storyboard Mode Tab
8 Action Shortcut Switch to Media Room F3 Switch to Effect Room F4 Switch to Title Room F7 Switch to Transition Room F8 Switch to Edit Module Alt F10 Switch to Produce Module Alt F11 Open Help File F1 View Hotkey List Shift F12
6 Action Shortcut Save Project Ctrl S New Project Ctrl N Open Project Ctrl O Import Media Files Ctrl Q Save Project As Ctrl Shift S Import a Media Folder Ctrl W
5 Action Shortcut Take Snapshot of Preview Ctrl P Detect Scenes Ctrl D Customize Keyboard Hotkeys Alt H Open User Preferences Alt C Display Project Properties Alt P
5 Action Shortcut Bold Text (Designer) Ctrl B Italic Text (Designer) Ctrl I Left-Align Text (Designer) Ctrl L Center-Align Text (Designer) Ctrl E Right-Align Text (Designer) Ctrl R
1 Action Shortcut Start / Stop Recording (Capture) Alt R
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