Hot Keys


 

Edit menu

     
Cut Copies the selection to the Clipboard and delete it from the search field   Ctrl+X
Copy  Copies the selection to the Clipboard   Ctrl+C;Ctrl+Ins
Paste Pastes the contents of the Clipboard into the search field (available only if you have copied some text into the Clipboard before)   Ctrl+V; Shift+Ins

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View menu

     
Arrange Cards Arranges the open cards so that all headings are visible   Ctrl+A
Close Temporary Cards Closes only temporary cards  Shift+Esc
Close All Cards Closes both temporary and permanent cards   Shift+F2
History... Shows card history   Ctrl+H
Always on Top Always keeps the ABBYY Lingvo 10 windows above all other windows   Ctrl+T

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Tools menu

     
Translate  Opens the card of the word selected in the word list or typed in the search field  Enter
Translate Text in Search Field Translates the word or phrase typed in the search field  Ctrl+Enter
Open Card Opens the card of the word selected in the word list  Shift+Enter
Find Searches for translations of the word in the dictionaries of the current translation direction  Ctrl+F
Find in All Languages Searches for translations of the word in all the enabled dictionaries of the current group and in all the other dictionaries currently available to the program  Ctrl+Shift+F
Show Word Forms... Displays all the grammatical forms (i.e. the paradigm) of the word typed in the search field  Ctrl+W
Suggest... Displays spelling suggestions for the word typed in the search field  F7
Create/Edit Card... Adds a new card or edits an existing card in an editable user dictionary  Ctrl+Num +
Delete Card... Deletes a card from an editable user dictionary  Ctrl+Num -
Dictionary Group... Opens the Dictionary Group dialog box  Ctrl+G
Languages... Opens the Languages dialog box  Ctrl+L
Dictionaries... Opens the Dictionaries dialog box  Ctrl+D
Options... Opens the Options dialog box  Ctrl+O

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Lingvo main window

Translates the word selected in the word list   Enter
Moves to the next word or phrase in the word list   Down arrow
Moves to the previous word or phrase in the word list   Up arrow
Translates the text typed in the search field within the current pair of languages   Ctrl+Enter
Translates the text typed in the search field by using all the dictionaries of all languages available to the program   Ctrl+Shift+F5
Reverses the translation direction   Ctrl+I

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Card window

Makes the card permanent   Ctrl+T
Shows a brief/full translation   Ctrl+Num *
Syncs the contents   Ctrl+S
Finds text in the card   F3
Repeats the previous search within the card   ALT+F3
Goes to the previous dictionary   ALT+Down arrow
Goes to the next dictionary   ALT+Up arrow
Translates the word selected in the card   Enter
Translates the word selected in the word list   ALT+Enter
Closes the card   Esc
Switches between windows   Ctrl+TAB,   
  Ctrl+Shift+TAB

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Translations, Suggestions, History, and Search dialog boxes

   
Opens the card of the word selected in the word list   Enter
Synchronizes the contents   Ctrl+S
Clears history   Ctrl+Num-
Changes search options   Ctrl+O
Shows more search results   Ctrl+Page Down
Shows fewer search results   Ctrl+Page Up
Closes the window   Esc
Switches between windows   Ctrl+TAB,   
  Ctrl+Shift+TAB
Displays all the search results   Ctrl+END

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Dictionaries dialog box

   
Opens the About Dictionary dialog box for the selected dictionary Ctrl+A
Creates a new dictionary Ctrl+N
Adds a dictionary Ctrl+O
Rearranges the dictionaries on the Bookshelf Ctrl+Up arrow, Ctrl+Down arrow

 

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Other

   
Launches ABBYY Lingvo and translates the selected word or phrase   Ctrl+Ins+Ins
  Ctrl+C+C
Copies the text to the search field and selects it in the word list   Ctrl+S
Help   F1

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