Using shortcut keys

By using keyboard shortcuts, you can quickly accomplish many common tasks. The following table provides an overview of the tasks you can complete using shortcut keys.

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Create a new file

Ctrl+N

Open a file

Ctrl+O

Save changes to a snapshot file

Ctrl+S

Show or hide the cassette recorder

Ctrl+K

Show or hide the Microdrives window

Ctrl+D

Show or hide the +3 disk drives window

Ctrl+Shift+D

Show or hide the ZX Printer

Ctrl+E

Enable or disable the TV scan lines effect

Ctrl+T

Enter or leave full screen mode

Alt+Enter

Zoom to 100%

Alt+1

Zoom to 200%

Alt+2

Reset the Spectrum

Ctrl+R

Pause or restart the emulation

Pause

Generate an NMI

Alt+F5

Record Action Replay

ALT+F8

Record AVI Movie

ALT+F9

Mute sound output

Ctrl+U

Stop action replay playback or recording

Ctrl+Break

Poke memory

Ctrl+P

Show cheat options

Ctrl+H

Activate the Multiface

Ctrl+M

Show the options property page

Ctrl+Y

Show help topics

F1

Show help for the current program

F12

Show the keyboard map

Alt+F1

Stop or start cassette recorder playback

Ctrl+Space

Press record on cassette recorder

Ctrl+Alt+Space

Increase emulation speed

Keypad +

Decrease emulation speed

Keypad -

Increase emulation speed to 1000%

Ctrl+Keypad +

Set emulation speed to normal (100%)

Ctrl+Keypad -

Note

  • If you choose to use the Ctrl keys for Symbol shift, most of the shortcut keys will change. Browse through the menus to view the new shortcuts.