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Good morning All, 
 I am using the current version of Studio 2015, but I have been aware of this issue on previous versions too: 
 My Keyboard Short-cuts are set to the default for: 
 Move to Next Segment: Ctrl+Down 
 Move to Previous Segment: Ctrl+Up 
 However the actual effect of these short-cut keys is consistent with the Up and Down "Go To" arrows in the ribbon, which appear to default to the next unconfirmed segment in either direction. 
 Is there a "one-at-a-time" step available? 
 Incidentally, I have always wondered what "Focus Next/Previous Row" is for perhaps it could be changed to a simple one segment up/down move?

Paul · Answer

Timothy Barton 
 Timothy Barton said: It looks to me like you didn't understand Michael's problem. 
 I don't see where I misunderstood the problem... but as this is 5-yrs old now I don't remember what I experienced when using this feature at the time. 
 Having said this I have just tested this in 2021 (I'm not wasting time with 2017 as it's too old anyway) and the behaviour is the same and I can reproduce it. 
 Timothy Barton said: In the list of keyboard shortcuts, there's one called "Move to next segment". It does not say "Move to next unconfirmed segment". So one would expect it to move to the very next segment, irrespective of its status. It does not. It moves to the next unconfirmed segment. Even if you don't create a feature enabling us to move to the next segment, I think at the very least you should rename "Move to next segment" as "Move to next unconfirmed segment". 
 I completely agree with you. I'll suggest this. 
 In the meantime perhaps you can use the solution I use for this using AHK: 
 https://community.sdl.com/product-groups/translationproductivity/f/autohotkey/13184/move-from-segment-to-segment 
 Timothy Barton said: On a related note, is there a better workflow for revising my translations? In MemoQ, I would set my status to "Reviser 1", then I could include "Confirmed by Translator" as one of the "go to" statuses. In Studio, at the moment, I simply revise the translation a only change the row status if I make a change. But it's not ideal if I don't finish the revision in one go, as I have nothing to tell me which rows I've revised and which I haven't. 
 Why don't you open the files for revision instead of for translation? Or even open for sign-off. Each of these uses a different status when you confirm so you always know where you got to. No point trying to "force" Studio to work the way you did in a different tool. Makes sense to learn how to use this one.

Paul · Answer

Hello Michael, 
 Unknown said: Is there a "one-at-a-time" step available? 
 I don't really understand this question. The arrows and the shortcuts you mention are exactly the same thing and they are one at a time step. I can only think I'm completely misunderstanding what you are asking here? 
 Unknown said: I have always wondered what "Focus Next/Previous Row" is for perhaps it could be changed to a simple one segment up/down move? 
 This is to allow you to select segments using only the keyboard. 
 Regards 
 Paul

Paul · Answer

Sorry Michael... I should have added. Try this, Alt+down, Alt +down, spacebar, Alt+down, Alt+down, Alt+down, spacebar. You keep the Alt key pressed all the time you do this. Now press Ctrl+L without the Alt key and you should have just locked three non-consecutive segments.

Regards
Paul

Walter Blaser · Answer

Michael 
 What about CTRL-ALT-Enter? This goes to the next segment. And if you prefer Studio to always go to the next segment instead of the "next unconfirmed" - as I do - simply exchange these two shortcuts (CTRL-Enter and CTRL-ALT-Enter) in "File - Options - Keyboard Shortcuts". 
 Unknown said: As far as I can recall it has always been this way.
 Michael 
 No, these settings have not changed since Studio came out (2009). 
 
 Walter

Paul · Answer

Unknown said: That is exactly what I would expect and what does not happen when I do it - it jumps to the next unconfirmed segment. 
 Hi Michael, 
 Have you checked the actual keyboard shortcuts you have for this feature? Perhaps there is some conflict causing an unusual effect... maybe some 3rd party software you have running at the same time that you could switch off to test again? 
 Regards 
 Paul

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