# How To ___

Much of the how to guides is more useful if the Plover2CAT editor is open and there is already an existing transcript in the editor to visualize effects. The user should know what stenography is at this point, and can set up a machine / keyboard for writing through Plover.

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## Perform common CAT functions

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Write only to end of document <lockcursor.md>
Write even when window is not in focus <captureoutput.md>
Merge paragraphs <mergepar.md>
Split a paragraph <splitpar.md>
Add automatic paragraph affixes <auto_affixes.md>
Retroactive Define for selection in editor <retrodefine.md>
Scan for last untranslated and add outline to dictionary/delete <definelast.md>
Define and insert a user field <userfield.md>
Insert index entries <indices.md>
Navigate to paper tape and back <tapelinking.md>
Generate dictionary suggestions from transcript <transcriptsuggest.md>
Use Steno Search <stenosearch.md>
Import RTF/CRE transcript file <importrtf.md>
Enable autocompletion and add terms <autocompletion.md>
Translate tape files <translatetape.md>
Set up and display captions <captions.md>
Set up Text-to-Speech <tts.md>
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## Configure the editor

```{toctree}
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Organize, show, and hide docks <dockmanagement.md>
Organize, show, and hide toolbars <toolbarmanagement.md>
Set window font <windowfont.md>
Set window opaqueness <windowopaqueness.md>
Set window on top <windowontop.md>
Set background color <backgroundcolor.md>
Set highlight color <highlightcolor.md>
Set paper tape font <papertapefont.md>
Show invisible characters <showall.md>
Move cursor <cursormove.md>
Set custom shortcuts for menu items <setcustomshortcuts.md>
Set autosave <autosave.md>
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## Do common editing tasks

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Find/Replace <findreplace.md>
Undo and redo <undoredo.md>
Cut/Copy/Paste/Normal Copy <copypaste.md>
Insert normal text <insertnorm.md>
Insert images <insertimages.md>
Deleting text <deletetext.md>
Spellcheck <spellcheck.md>
Add extra language dictionaries <addspelldict.md>
Reset paragraph <resetparagraph.md>
Revert to previously saved version <revert.md>
Navigate with headings <navigate.md>
Lookup text/phrases online <onlinelookup.md>
Lookup definitions in a local dictionary <definitionlookup.md>
```

## Play and Record Media files

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Select media file to play <selectmedia.md>
Play, pause and stop <playpause.md>
Set playback rate <playbackrate.md>
Set up a time offset for syncing with writing <audiosync.md>
Skip forward and back <audioseeking.md>
Show/hide video <videotoggle.md>
Set up and start audio recording <audiorecording.md>
```

## Set and modify styles for paragraphs

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Apply style to paragraph <applystyle.md>
Modifying existing style <modstyle.md>
Create a new style <newstyle.md>
Select a style file other than the default <selectstylefile.md>
Generate styles from template <generatestyletemplate.md>
```

## Manage transcript dictionaries

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Add custom dictionary <adddict.md>
Remove a transcript dictionary <removedict.md>
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## Set and modify page layout properties

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Set page size and margins <pagesetup.md>
Create headers and footers for export <headerfooter.md>
Set max characters per line and max lines per page <maxlinemaxchar.md>
Enable line numbering and timestamps <linenumtimestamp.md>
```