User Guide

CHP. 1 INTRODUCTION
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Keyboard command reference
Project file commands
Window view commands
Playback, recording, and preview commands
Description Keys
Create new project Ctrl+N
Create new project and bypass Project
Properties dialog
Ctrl+Shift+N
Open existing project or media file Ctrl+O
Save project Ctrl+S
Open project’s properties Alt+Enter
Close current project Ctrl+F4
Exit Vegas Alt+F4
Description Keys Description Keys
Focus to track view Alt+0 Media Generators Alt+9
Explorer Alt+1 Plug-ins Ctrl+Alt+1
Trimmer Alt+2 Video Scopes Ctrl+Alt+2
Mixer Alt+3 Surround Panner Ctrl+Alt+3
Edit Details Alt+4 Next window F6 or Ctrl+Tab
Media Pool Alt+5 Previous window Shift+F6 or Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Video Preview Alt+6 Toggle focus between track
list and timeline (and bus
track list and timeline if bus
tracks are visible)
Tab
Transitions Alt+7 Show/hide audio bus tracks B
Video FX Alt+8 Show/hide video bus track Ctrl+Shift+B
Description Keys Description Keys
Start/stop playback Spacebar Scrub playback J/K/L (pg. 54)
Stop playback Esc Build dynamic RAM preview Shift+B (pg. 224)
Looped playback mode Q Preview in player Ctrl+Shift+M
Play/pause Enter Prerender video Shift+M
Record Ctrl+R Generate MIDI timecode F7
Arm track for record Ctrl+Alt+R Generate MIDI clock Shift+F7
Arm for record and set
recording path
Ctrl+Alt+
Shift+R
Trigger from MIDI timecode Ctrl+F7
Play back from any window Ctrl+Spacebar
or F12
Preview cursor position
You can specify the length of time Vegas will
preview using the Cursor preview duration field
on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog.
Numeric keypad 0