Keyboard shortcuts
You can quickly perform tasks by using keyboard shortcuts —one or more keys that you press on the keyboard to perform an NVivo command. For example, you can press ⌘+Z to undo your previous action.
For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys simultaneously, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign (+).
In this topic
- Common tasks
- Navigate the project
- Work with text
- Select text
- Work with audio and video
- Analysis tasks
Common tasks
| To do this | Press |
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Undo previous action. |
⌘+Z |
| Select all—for example, all items in a list, all text in a source, or an entire image. |
⌘+A |
| Copy selected text or project item. | ⌘+C |
| Paste text or project item. | ⌘+V |
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Cut selected text. |
⌘+X |
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Delete selected text or project item. |
DELETE or BACKSPACE |
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Open a project. |
⌘+O |
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Print project item. |
⌘+P |
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Export project item. |
⌘+SHIFT+E |
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Save the project. |
⌘+S |
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Create a new project. |
⌘+N |
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Switch between edit mode and read-only mode |
FUNCTION+F2 |
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Get Help. |
⌘+ QUESTION MARK (?) |
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Refresh the NVivo work area (Navigation View, List View and Detail View). |
⌘+R |
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Import a new Internal source (document, PDF, audio or video). |
⌘+SHIFT+I |
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Show the activity pane so that you can cancel a process such as a query |
⌘+ Period (.) |
Navigate the project
| To do this | Press |
| Open Project Properties | ⌘+SHIFT+COMMA(,) |
| Open the Sources folder. | ⌘+1 |
| Open the Nodes folder. |
⌘+2 |
| Open the Classifications folder. | ⌘+3 |
| Open the Collections folder. | ⌘+4 |
| Open the Queries folder. | ⌘+5 |
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Open the selected project item. |
⌘+SHIFT+O |
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Display the properties of the selected project item. |
⌘+OPTION+I |
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Open the memo that is linked to the selected project item. |
⌘+SHIFT+M |
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Move between Navigation View, List View and Detail View. |
CONTROL+TAB |
| Scroll to the currently selected content | ⌘+J |
Work with text
Many of these shortcuts are only available when a source is open in edit mode.
| To do this | Press |
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Apply bold to selected text. |
⌘+B |
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Apply italics to selected text. |
⌘+I |
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Apply an underline to selected text. |
⌘+U |
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Increase the font size for selected text |
⌘+ Plus(+) |
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Decrease the font size for selected text |
⌘+ Minus (-) |
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Indent text to the left |
⌘+ LEFT BRACKET([) |
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Indent text to the right |
⌘+ RIGHT BRACKET(]) |
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Align text flush left |
⌘+OPTION+ LEFT BRACKET([) |
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Align text flush right |
⌘+OPTION+ RIGHT BRACKET(]) |
Select text
| To do this | Press |
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Extend or decrease a text selection by one or more characters. |
Hold down SHIFT and then press the RIGHT or LEFT arrow to extend or decrease your selection by one or more characters (not available in PDF sources). |
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Select a single word. |
Double-click anywhere in the word. |
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Select a whole paragraph. |
Triple-click anywhere in the paragraph (not available in PDF sources). |
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Select a single line of text. |
In PDF sources, triple-click anywhere in the line.
In other source types, click in the line, then press ⌘+LEFT ARROW to move to the start of the line, and then hold down ⌘+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW. |
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Select multiple lines of text. |
Select the first line, and then hold down SHIFT and use the DOWN and UP arrows to extend the selection to one or more lines immediately below or above (not available in PDF sources). |
Extend a text selection to the beginning of:
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OPTION+SHIFT+UP ARROW |
Extend a text selection to the end of:
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OPTION+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
Extend a text selection to the beginning of:
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⌘+SHIFT+UP ARROW |
Extend a text selection to the end of:
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⌘+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
Work with audio and video
| To do this | Press |
| Play / pause. |
F8* If your keyboard has media keys, you can use the Play/Pause key. |
| Skip back. |
F7* If your keyboard has media keys, you can use the Previous track key. |
| Skip forward. |
F9* If your keyboard has media keys, you can use the Next track key. |
| Start selection. |
⌘+OPTION+SHIFT+ LEFT BRACKET([) |
| Finish selection. |
⌘+OPTION+ SHIFT+RIGHT BRACKET(]) |
| Use the playhead position as the start time | ⌘+\ |
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Use the playhead position as the end time |
⌘+/ |
| Use the selected media time range as the start and end times | ⌘+SHIFT+= |
| Insert transcript row | ⌘+SHIFT+I |
| Remove selected transcript row | ⌘+BACKSPACE |
*You may need to press Fn in addition to the indicated key—for example press Fn+F7 to skip back.
Analysis tasks
| To do this | Press |
| Link selected item to a new memo. | ⌘+SHIFT+K |
| Open the memo that is linked to the selected project item. | ⌘+SHIFT+M |
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Create a new annotation for selected content. |
⌘+SHIFT+A |
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Show next annotation |
⌘+OPTION+K |
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Show previous annotation |
⌘+OPTION+SHIFT+K |
| Code selection at existing node. |
OPTION+⌘+2 |
| Code selection at new node. |
OPTION+⌘+3 |
| Code sources at existing node. |
OPTION+⌘+5 |
| Code sources at new node. |
OPTION+⌘+6 |
| Make a node from selected text (In Vivo coding). |
OPTION+⌘+8 |
| Uncode selection at existing nodes. |
⌘+SHIFT+2 |
| Uncode selection at this node. |
⌘+SHIFT+3 |
| Uncode sources at existing nodes. |
⌘+SHIFT+5 |