Issue with capital letters

Question

Hi folks!
I usually make translations of video materials in my language (italian), so I usually open Word for Mac and Quick Time Pro together.
Since I write these translations in capital letters, to make them easier to read by voice talents, I noticed that, in last Quick Time updates, with caps Lock inserted the transport keys J, K, L don't work, and the keys I and O (to loop a sequence) either.
Have you ever heard about it?
Is anybody able to suggest a work-out?
Thanx in advance!

Answer 1

Not really a workaround or a solution, but two things to consider...
1) DOING SCRIPTS IN ALL CAPS IS AN ARCHAIC PRACTICE WHICH DATES BACK TO THE STONE AGES WHEN THE ONLY WAY TO GET LARGE TEXT WAS TO USE A PRIMARY TYPEWRITER WHICH WAS INCAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOWER CASE TEXT. I STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY MIXED CASE IN A LARGE FONT SIZE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY MUCH EASIER TO READ THAN ALL-CAPS, HAS STILL NOT BECOME THE WORLDWIDE STANDARD. THIS PARAGRAPH IS IN CAPS NOT BECAUSE I AM TRYING TO SHOUT, WHICH IS THE USUAL INTERPRETATION ON THE INTERNET, BUT TO DEMONSTRATE A POINT: READING THIS PARAGRAPH IS ACTUALLY MADE MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE CAPS AS THEY OBSCURE THE SYMBOLS, THE SENTENCE ENDINGS, AND ANY OTHER METHODS WHICH MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR EMPHASIS.
THAT SAID, IT MAY NOT REALLY BE YOUR CHOICE. OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH WHATEVER STANDARDS ARE ESTABLISHED BY YOUR CLIENT, EVEN IF THOSE STANDARDS DON'T REALLY MAKE SENSE.
2) Have you considered getting yourself a Shuttle Express or Shuttle Pro controller? I'm trying to remember the manuf...I think it's Contour Design or something like that. Yeah, here it is: http://www.contourdesign.com It's a multimedia controller which plugs into the USB port and emulates a jog/shuttle control found on a professional VCR. The neat thing about it is that all of the buttons and functions are completely programmable, and you can even use it to fire off AppleScripts. I've got the Shuttle Express which has five buttons (the Shuttle Pro has "a whole bunch"), and the really cool thing about it is that because you can program it on a per-application basis or on a global basis. Even cooler is that the device focus does not necessarily follow the application focus, but it does follow the mouse pointer.
(Okay, Dave, what the heck does all that mean?)
What that means is that not only can you use it as a bi-directional jog/shuttle controller for QuickTime, not only can you program the buttons for, say, set-in, set-out, play-forward, loop, stop...but I'm pretty certain that you can set it up so that while you are TYPING MERRILY AWAY IN ALL CAPS IN MICROSOFT WEIRD, it can still control QuickTime Player *even though QuickTime Player is not the foreground application*.
It isn't really a solution or a workaround to your problem, but it's a tool that might be beneficial to your workflow.
Disclaimer: That's an unsolicited endorsement. I don't sell hardware, I have no connection whatsoever to Contour Design, and can't think of any possible way to benefit financially from giving this advice. I do own a Shuttle Express and think it's a cool little gadget.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.