Using Windows Live Movie Maker Efficiently

This article offers some Windows Live Movie Maker tips on keyboard shortcut for easy photo movie making and movie editing. The following keyboard hotkeys or accelerators are the lists of common and useful shortcuts which built into Windows Live Movie Maker.

General Movie Making Operations

F1- Help
Esc - Stop current task
Alt + F4 - Close Windows Live Movie Maker
F12 – Save movie making project with new name
Ctrl + N - Create new movie project
Ctrl + O - Open existing project
Ctrl + S - Save movie making project
Ctrl + Z - Undo last action
Ctrl + Y - Redo last action
ALT+ENTER - Play video in full screen

Preview and edit movies

I - Trim the video so it starts at the current point in the video
O - Trim the video so it ends at the current point in the video
M - Split the video into two items at the current point in the video
Space or K – Play/pause
J - Previous frame
L - Next frame

Windows Live Movie Maker Storyboard

Delete - Delete selected item(s)
Ctrl + X - Cut selected item
Ctrl + C - Copy selected item
Ctrl + V - Paste selected item
Ctrl + A - Select all items on the same track
Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow - Move the selection one item in the direction of the arrow
Ctrl + Left Arrow, Ctrl + Right Arrow, Ctrl + Up Arrow, Ctrl + Down Arrow - Move the focus one item in the direction of the arrow
Page Up - Move selection up one page
Page Down - Move selection down one page
Home - Select first item on the storyboard
End – Select ast item on the storyboard
+ (plus sign) - Zoom in on the storyboard
- (minus sign) - Zoom out on the storyboard

Windows Live Movie Maker Timeline

Ctrl+Delete - Clear the storyboard/timeline
Ctrl+T - Switch between the storyboard and the timeline
Page Down - Zoom in on the timeline
Page Up - Zoom out on the timeline
F9 - Zoom the timeline to fit on the screen
+ (plus sign) - Expand the Video track when it is selected in the timeline
- (minus sign) - Collapse the Video track when it is selected in the timeline

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