Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Trados Cheat Sheet - Useful Shortcuts

 

Description

Menu

Shortcut

Open project

File > Open > Open project

CTRL + 0

Open package

File > Open > Open package


Remove project

Projects view > right-click > Remove from list

CTRL + ALT + F4

View analysis

Projects view > bottom window > Analysis Statistics


Open file

Files view > select file > right-click > Open for Translation/Review/Sign-Off


Save file

File > Save

CTRL + S

Save all files

File > Save All

CTRL + SHIFT + S

Close file

File > Close

CTRL + F4

Close all files

File > Close All

CTRL + SHIFT + F4

Open segment

Click on first target segment


Commit segment to TM and move to next segment

Home ribbon > Segment Actions > Confirm > Confirm and Move to Next Segment

CTRL + ALT + ENTER

Commit segment to TM and move to next unconfirmed segment

Home ribbon > Segment Actions > Confirm

CTRL-ENTER

Move to next unconfirmed segment without confirming

Home ribbon > Navigation > Move to Next Segment

CTRL - DOWN

Move to previous unconfirmed segment without confirming

Home ribbon > Navigation > Move to Previous Segment

CTRL-UP

Copy Source to Target

Home ribbon > Segment Actions > Copy Source to Target

CTRL + INS

Clear target segment

Home ribbon > Segment Actions > Clear Target Segment

ALT-DEL

Browse TM matches


ALT + PgUp/PgDn

Select current TM match


CTRL + T

Source concordance

Concordance Search window in translation editor

F3

Target concordance

Concordance Search window in translation editor

CTRL + SHIFT + F3

Insert placeable


CTRL +, [read: CTRL and comma]

Expand segment

Select segment numbers > right-click > Merge Segments

Select segment numbers (use SHIFT to select multiple) > CTRL + ALT + S

Shrink segment

Click in target > right-click > Split segment

ALT-SHIFT-T

Filter segments

Review ribbon > Display Filter > {various presets with the Filter Icon)


Change segment status

Select segment numbers (use SHIFT to select multiple) > right-click > Change segment status


Activate termbase term recognition

View ribbon > Information > Term recognition


Activate termbase search

View ribbon > Information > Termbase Search


Insert selected termbase match

Button in the Termbase Search/Term recognition window

CTRL + SHIFT + L

Insert formatting marks shortcuts (en/em dash, hyphens)

Home ribbon> Quickinsert


Add comment

RightClick > Add Comment or Review ribbon > Comments > Add Comment

CTRL - SHIFT + N

Go to next comment

Review ribbon > Comments > Next

CTRL + M

View Comments

View ribbon > Information > Comments


Print

File > Print & View > Print Preview

CTRL + P

Spellcheck one file

Review ribbon > Quality Assurance > Check Spelling

F7

QA check current file

Review ribbon > Quality Assurance > Verify

F8

QA check all files

Projects view > right-click project > Batch Tasks > Verify Files


Editor/ QA Checker settings

File > Options


Display tags (no tags, partial, full)

View ribbon > Options


Display formatting tags {toggle on/off)

View ribbon > Options

CTRL + SHIFT + H