Lingvo system hotkeys

You can quickly accomplish tasks you perform frequently by using shortcut keys.

Edit menu

Cut Copy the selection to the clipboard and delete it from the Edit Line   CTRL+X
Copy  Copy the selection to the clipboard   CTRL+C;CTRL+INS
Paste Paste the contents of the clipboard in the Edit Line (available only if you have copied some text into the clipboard before)   CTRL+V; SHIFT+INS

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View menu

Arrange Cards Arrange open cards so that all headings are visible   CTRL+A
Close Temporary Cards Close only temporary cards  SHIFT+ESC
Close All Cards Close both temporary and permanent cards   SHIFT+F4
History... Show History   CTRL+H
Always on Top Always keeps the ABBYY Lingvo 9.0 windows above all other windows   CTRL+T

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Tools menu

Translate  Open the card of the word selected in the Word List or typed in the Edit Line  ENTER
Translate Text from Edit Line Open the card of the word selected in the Word List or typed in the Edit Line. The word does not have to be in its primary form.  CTRL+ENTER
Open Card from Word List Open the card of the word selected in the Word List  SHIFT+ENTER
Search Search for your word in the dictionaries of the current pair of languages  CTRL+F
Search in All Languages Search for your word in all the active dictionaries of all the  languages   CTRL+SHIFT+F
Show Word Forms... Display all the word forms (i.e. the paradigm) of the word from the Edit Line  CTRL+W
Suggest... Display spelling suggestions for the word from the Edit Line  F7
Create/Edit card... Add a new card or edit an existing one in a user dictionary  CTRL+Num +
Delete Card... Delete a word from a user dictionary  CTRL+Num -
Languages & Dictionaries... You can add or remove dictionaries in this dialog  CTRL+D
Options... Specify Lingvo parameters  CTRL+O

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Lingvo Main Window

Translate the word selected in the Word List   ENTER
Move to the next word (phrase) in the Word List.   DOWN ARROW
Move to the previous word (phrase) in the Word List   UP ARROW
Translates text from the Edit Line for the current pair of languages   CTRL+ENTER
Translates text from the Edit Line for all languages   CTRL+SHIFT+F5
Invert translation direction   CTRL+I

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Card Window

Make the card permanent   CTRL+T
Show a brief/full translation   CTRL+Num *
Sync contents   CTRL+S
Find in card   F3
Repeat the previous search in the card   ALT+F3
Go to the previous dictionary   ALT+DOWN ARROW
Go to the next dictionary.   ALT+UP ARROW
Translate the word from the open card   ENTER
Translate selected word from the Word List of inactive Lingvo main window   ALT+ENTER
Close the card   ESC
Switch between opened windows   CTRL+TAB,   
  CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

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Windows: Translation, Suggestions, Card history, Search

Open the selected word card   ENTER
Synchronize contents   CTRL+S
Clear card history   CTRL+Num-
Change search options   CTRL+O
Add search results   CTRL+Page Down
Reduce search results   CTRL+Page Up
Close the window   ESC
Switch between opened windows   CTRL+TAB,   
  CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

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Languages&Dictionaries Window

Opens the About Dictionary dialog for the selected dictionary CTRL+A
Creates a new dictionary CTRL+N
Connects a dictionary from a file CTRL+O
Rearranges the dictionaries on the Dictionary Bar CTRL+UpArrow, CTRL+DownArrow

 

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Other

Translate a word or a phrase; start Lingvo    CTRL+INS+INS
  Ctrl +C+C
Copy text to the Edit Line and synchronize the Word List   CTRL+S
Help   F1

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