Imovie keyboard shortcuts

Hi,
I am a keen user of imovie 09. I upgraded to Mavericks and initially, the program was too slow to use, so I kept using '09. Since the updates the new version is now working fast, but the keyboard shortcuts aren't working for me.
I don't use many but the shortcut "Shift-A" to move the selection to the playhead position is the thing I use most of all in '09. There's a different shortcut in the new one (I think Q), but it doesn't work for me at all.
Without this function I can't use it, and have to keep using the old one.
Any ideas? I'm using a USB numeric Apple keyboard.
A

Great, thanks - I've found the iMovie community and re-posted it there.
Ta,
Andrew

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I am a keen user of imovie 09. I upgraded to Mavericks and initially, the iMovie program was too slow to use, so I kept using '09. Since the updates to iMovie 10.0.4 the new version is now working fast, but the keyboard shortcuts aren't working for me.
I don't use many but the shortcut "Shift-A" to move the selection to the playhead position is the thing I use most of all in '09. There's a different shortcut in the new one (I think Q), but it doesn't work for me at all.
Without this function I can't use it, and have to keep using the old version of iMovie.
Any ideas? I'm using a USB numeric Apple keyboard.
A

Hi andrewvonb,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand you are looking for keyboard shortcuts for iMovie. Please use the attached article for a list of the shortcuts.
Apple - Support - iMovie - Hot Tips - Keyboard Shortcuts
http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/hottips/shortcuts.html
Have a great day,
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