XStudio 3

[F1]

Displays context-sensitive help, if available, for the active control. This keystroke applies to all displayed windows and dialogs in XStudio.

[F10]

Toggles the [Auto] (Auto-Segue) button on and off. Has the effect of enabling or disabling automatic sequencing of audio playback from the log. If [F10] playback is enabled, this keystroke will also start play from the log in selected operating modes.

[F11]

Displays the Log Search dialog. See the topic on Searching a Log for details on using the search dialog.

[F12]

Search Again. Repeats the last search on the log, starting from the most recent successful match. No dialog is displayed.

[Ctrl-1]

Deck 1 Play. The effect is the same as clicking on the Channel 1 (Deck 1) [Play] button. XStudio plays the item on the log marked as Next-To-Play. The Next-To-Play item is highlighted on the log, using a reverse color scheme and the text Next=> in the Status Info column.

[Ctrl-2]

Deck 2 Play. The effect is the same as clicking on the Channel 2 (Deck 2) [Play] button. XStudio will either start playing the Next-To-Play item on the log or the next item in the Audio Clipboard, depending on the state of the deck's Playback Source button.

[Ctrl-3]

Deck 3 Play. The effect is the same as clicking on the Channel 3 (Deck 3) [Play] button. XStudio will either start playing the Next-To-Play item on the log or the next item in the Audio Clipboard, depending on the state of the deck's Playback Source button.

[Ctrl-4]

Deck 4 Play. The effect is the same as clicking on the Channel 4 (Deck 4) [Play] button. XStudio will either start playing the Next-To-Play item on the log or the next item in the Audio Clipboard, depending on the state of the deck's Playback Source button.

[Ctrl-H]

Toggles the Cart Wall visibility on and off.

[Ctrl-I]

Toggles the inventory display visibility on and off.

[Ctrl-M]

Toggles the Music Search Dialog visibility on and off.

[Ctrl-O]

Open a log. Displays the Open Log Dialog. The Open Log dialog is used to manually open (load) a log into XStudio.

[Ctrl-P]

Print Log. Displays the Print Log Dialog.

[Ctrl-V]

Validate Log. Validates the current log and displays the results. See the topic on Log Validation for more information.

[Ctrl-X]

Exit XStudio. You are prompted to confirm that you want to close down XStudio and if the host audio engine is XEngine, given the option to close it as well.

[Tab]
[Shift-Tab]

The tab key. Moves from one control to another on the main display. You will be cycled through the log display, filters, inventory and hourly totals. [Tab] moves forward, [Shift-Tab] moves backward.

Mouse Actions

[Right-Click]

If the control has a context pop-up menu, the pop-up menu is displayed. If there is no pop-up menu for the control, context-sensitive help is displayed.

[F2]

Jump to Log Time. Displays a dialog to enter a time to move to. The Hour Totals list can also be used to move to a specific hour.

[F3]

Edit log item. Displays the appropriate log item edit dialog for the selected log item.

[Ctrl-F3]

Copies the selected spot record to the spot clipboard for use in pasting the item into the log.

Note: Only spot (commercial) records can be copied to the clipboard.

[F4]

Jump to the next Directive. Locates the next Directive on the log, starting from the currently selected log item.

[Shift-F4]

Jump to the previous Directive. Locates the previous Directive on the log, starting from the currently-selected log item.

[F5]

If a time approximate directive is selected on the log, marks the directive as the "active" directive. For all other records, the keystroke is ignored.

[F7]

Sets the Next-To-Play item on the log without user confirmation.

[F8]

Jump to the next Open Avail. Locates the next open spot availability on the log, starting from the currently-selected log item.

[Shift-F8]

Jump to the previous Open Avail. Locates the previous open spot availability on the log, starting from the currently-selected log item.

[Ins] [Insert]

Insert a new log item (record). Displays the Insert Log Item dialog.

[Ctrl-Ins]
[Ctrl-Insert]

Paste spot record. Pastes a previously copied audio item from the spot clipboard into the log at the selected log record position. If the spot clipboard is empty, nothing happens.

[Del] [Delete]

Delete a log item. Deletes the selected log item after user confirmation.

[UpArrow]
[DnArrow]

Move up or down one item on the log.

[LeftArrow]
[RightArrow]

Scroll left or right on the current row of the log. Has the same effect as using the log's horizontal scroll bar.

[PgUp] [PgDn]

Pages through the log, moving one page up or one page down.

[Ctrl-Home]

Move to the beginning of the log.

[Ctrl-End]

Move to the end of the log.

Mouse Actions

[Double-Click]

Sets the Next-To-Play item on the log after user confirmation. Double-clicking on a log item has the same effect as the [F7] keystroke except you are asked to confirm your action.

[Right-Click]

Displays the log pop-up context menu, which provides a number of options including adding, editing and deleting log items.

[F1]

Context-sensitive help for the selected field.

[Enter]

Move to the next field or button in the dialog.

[Tab],
[Shift-Tab]

Move from one control to another in the dialog. [Tab] moves forward, [Shift-Tab] moves backward.

Mouse Actions

[Right-Click]

Displays a field edit menu, typically Cut, Copy and Paste. Not all fields in the edit dialogs support cut, copy or paste, depending on the field type.

[Ctrl-A]

Adds the selected inventory item to the Audio Clipboard.

[Del] [Delete]

Delete a log item. Deletes the selected log item after user confirmation.

[UpArrow]
[DnArrow]

Move up or down one item in the inventory list.

[LeftArrow]
[RightArrow]

Scroll left or right on the current row of the inventory list, if applicable. Has the same effect as using the list's horizontal scroll bar, if visible.

[PgUp] [PgDn]

Pages through the inventory list, moving one page up or one page down.

[Home]

Move to the beginning of the inventory list.

[End]

Move to the end of the inventory list.

Mouse Actions

[Right-Click]

Displays the inventory list pop-up context menu, which provides a number of options including immediate play of the selected inventory item, adding the selected item to the Audio Clipboard, forcing a manual refresh of the inventory, and printing the inventory list.