Shortcut keys in Windows and Linux versions

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Shortcut keys in Windows and Linux versions

In the Windows and the Linux version, the following shortcut keys are available:

Shortcut keys for commands

 

Command

 

Shortcut key

 

Quick access toolbar: Undo last command

 

Ctrl+Z

 

Quick access toolbar: Redo

 

Ctrl+Y

 

File | New

 

Ctrl+N

 

File | Open

 

Ctrl+O

 

File | Close

 

Ctrl+F4 or Ctrl+W

 

File | Save

 

Ctrl+S

 

File | Print

 

Ctrl+P

 

File | File manager

 

F12

 

File | Exit

 

Alt+F4 or Ctrl+Q

 

Home | Paste

 

Ctrl+V

 

Home | Paste Special

 

Ctrl+Alt+V

 

Home | Cut

 

Ctrl+X

 

Home | Copy

 

Ctrl+C

 

Home | Format painter (copying step)

 

Ctrl+Shift+C

 

Home | Format painter (pasting step)

 

Ctrl+Shift+V

 

Home | Add new slide

 

Ctrl+M

 

Home | group Character:

 

 

 

Select font from the list

 

Ctrl+D

 

Bold on/off

 

Ctrl+B

 

Italics on/off

 

Ctrl+I

 

Underline on/off

 

Ctrl+U

 

Superscript

 

Ctrl+Shift+Plus key (numeric keypad)

 

Subscript

 

Ctrl+Shift+Minus key (numeric keypad)

 

Remove superscript or subscript

 

Ctrl+Shift+Multiply key (numeric keypad)

 

Change uppercase/lowercase of selected text
(from "test" to "Test" to "TEST")

 

Shift+F3

 

Reset character formatting

 

Ctrl+Space

 

Home | group Paragraph:

 

 

 

Alignment: Left

 

Ctrl+L

 

Alignment: Centered

 

Ctrl+E

 

Alignment: Right

 

Ctrl+R

 

Alignment: Justified

 

Ctrl+J

 

Home | Search

 

Ctrl+F

 

Home | Replace

 

Ctrl+H

 

Home | Search again (or Replace again)

 

F3

 

Home | Go to slide...

 

Ctrl+G

 

Home| Select all

 

Ctrl+A

 

Insert | Hyperlink

 

Ctrl+K

 

Insert | Character

 

 

 

Insert a soft hyphen (optional hyphen)

 

Ctrl+Hyphen

 

Insert a non-breaking hyphen

 

Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen

 

Insert an en dash (–)

 

Ctrl+Minus key (numeric keypad)

 

Insert an em dash (—)

 

Ctrl+Alt+Minus key (numeric keypad)

 

Insert a non-breaking space

 

Ctrl+Shift+Space

 

Slide show | Spell check

 

F7

 

Slide show | Thesaurus

 

Shift+F7

 

Slide show | Start from first slide

 

F5

 

Slide show | Start from current slide

 

Shift+F5

 

View | Full screen

 

F6

Shortcut keys for selecting text

 

Command

 

Shortcut key

 

Select single characters (forward)

 

Shift+à

 

Select single characters (backward)

 

Shift+ß

 

Select single words (forward)

 

Ctrl+Shift+à

 

Select single words (backward)

 

Ctrl+Shift+ß

 

Select up to the end of the line

 

Shift+End

 

Select up to the beginning of the line

 

Shift+Home

 

Select paragraph (down)

 

Ctrl+Shift+â

 

Select paragraph (up)

 

Ctrl+Shift+á

 

Select up to the end of the placeholder

 

Ctrl+Shift+End

 

Select up to the beginning of the placeholder

 

Ctrl+Shift+Home

 

Select all

 

Ctrl+A

Shortcut keys in current slide shows

 

Command

 

Shortcut key

 

Arrow tool (cursor)

 

A

 

Pen tool

 

R

 

Highlighter tool

 

M

 

Eraser tool

 

E

 

Pause

 

P

 

Black screen

 

B

 

White screen

 

W

 

Previous slide

 

PageUpá or Backspace

 

Next slide

 

PageDownâ or Space

 

First slide

 

Home

 

Last slide

 

End

 

End slide show

 

Esc

Other useful shortcut keys

 

Command

 

Shortcut key

 

Display help content

 

F1

 

Show/hide ribbon

 

Ctrl+F1

 

Switch to the next ribbon tab

 

Ctrl+F12

 

Switch to the previous ribbon tab

 

Ctrl+Shift+F12

 

For open dialog boxes: switch to the next tab

 

Ctrl+Tab

 

For open dialog boxes: switch to the previous tab

 

Ctrl+Shift+Tab

 

Switch to the next slide

 

PageDownâ

 

Switch to the previous slide

 

PageUpá

 

Switch to the first slide

 

Home

 

Switch to the last slide

 

End

 

Switch to the next placeholder

 

Tab

 

Switch to the previous placeholder

 

Shift+Tab

 

If the cursor is in the placeholder:

 

 

 

Switch to the next placeholder

 

Ctrl+

 

Switch to the previous placeholder

 

Ctrl+Shift+

 

Switch to the beginning of the placeholder

 

Ctrl+Home

 

Switch to the end of the placeholder

 

Ctrl+End

 

Insert current date

 

Ctrl+. (period)

 

Insert current time

 

Ctrl+Shift+. (period)

 

Convert a hexadecimal character code into Unicode characters*

 

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X

*If, for example, you type 20AC and then press this shortcut key, a euro sign € will appear (since this character has the code 20AC in the Unicode character set).