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 | group Character:

 

 

 

Select font from the list

 

Ctrl+D

 

Reduce font size

 

Ctrl+8

 

Increase font size

 

Ctrl+9

 

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

 

Shift+F3

 

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)

 

Reset character formatting

 

Ctrl+Space

 

Home | group Paragraph:

 

 

 

Increase left indent

 

Ctrl+M

 

Decrease left indent

 

Ctrl+Shift+M

 

Increase hanging indent

 

Ctrl+T

 

Decrease hanging indent

 

Ctrl+Shift+T

 

Alignment: Left

 

Ctrl+L

 

Alignment: Centered

 

Ctrl+E

 

Alignment: Right

 

Ctrl+R

 

Alignment: Justified

 

Ctrl+J

 

Automatic single line spacing (1 line)

 

Ctrl+1

 

Automatic one and a half line spacing (1.5 lines)

 

Ctrl+5

 

Automatic double line spacing (2 lines)

 

Ctrl+2

 

Home | group Styles:

 

 

 

"Normal" paragraph style

 

Alt+0 or Ctr+Shift+N

 

Paragraph style "Heading 1" to "Heading 9"

 

Alt+1 to Alt+9

 

Increase the paragraph's outline level by 1

 

Alt+Shift+ß

 

Reduce the paragraph's outline level by 1

 

Alt+Shift+à

 

Home | Search

 

Ctrl+F

 

Home | Replace

 

Ctrl+H

 

Home | Search again (or Replace again)

 

F3

 

Home | Go to

 

F5 or Ctrl+G

 

Home| Select all

 

Ctrl+A

 

Insert | Break | Line break

 

Shift+

 

Insert | Break | Column break

 

Ctrl+Shift+

 

Insert | Break | Page break

 

Ctrl+

 

Insert | Hyperlink

 

Ctrl+K

 

Insert | Insert footnote

 

Ctrl+Alt+F

 

Insert | Date

 

Ctrl+. (period)

 

Insert | time

 

Ctrl+Shift+. (period)

 

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

 

Insert | Field | Calculation

 

F2

 

Insert | Calculate
(not available in ribbon by default)

 

F8

 

References | Field | Calculation

 

F2

 

References | Show field names or field contents

 

Alt+F9

 

References | Update fields

 

F9

 

Mailings | Field | Calculation

 

F2

 

Mailings | Show field names or field contents

 

Alt+F9

 

Mailings | Update fields

 

F9

 

Review | Spell check

 

F7

 

Review | Thesaurus

 

Shift+F7

 

Review | Track changes

 

Ctrl+Shift+E

 

View | Show field names or field contents

 

Alt+F9

 

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 entire screen pages (down)

 

Shift+PageDownâ

 

Select entire screen pages (up)

 

Shift+PageUpá

 

Select up to the end of the document

 

Ctrl+Shift+End

 

Select up to the beginning of the document

 

Ctrl+Shift+Home

 

Select entire document

 

Ctrl+A

Other useful shortcut keys

 

Command

 

Shortcut key

 

Display help content

 

F1

 

To the next open document

 

Ctrl+F6

 

To the previous open document

 

Ctrl+Shift+F6

 

Show/hide ribbon

 

Ctrl+F1

 

Move to the next ribbon tab

 

Ctrl+F12

 

Move to the previous ribbon tab

 

Ctrl+Shift+F12

 

For open dialog boxes: move to the next tab

 

Ctrl+Tab

 

For open dialog boxes: move to the previous tab

 

Ctrl+Shift+Tab

 

Move to the next form object
(or in tables: move to the next cell)

 

Ctrl+F11

 

Move to the previous form object
(or in tables: move to the previous cell)

 

Ctrl+Shift+F11

 

Move to the next form object (in form mode)
or select the next object (in object mode)

 

Tab

 

Move to the previous form object (in form mode)
or select the previous object (in object mode)

 

Shift+Tab

 

Move to the beginning of the document

 

Ctrl+Home

 

Move to the end of the document

 

Ctrl+End

 

Return to the last editing position when opening

 

Shift+F5

 

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).