General shortcut keys for OpenOffice.org
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Shortcut Keys | Result |
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Enter key | Activates the focused button in a dialog. |
Esc | Terminates the action or dialog. If in OpenOffice.org Help: goes up one level. |
Spacebar | Toggles the focused check box in a dialog. |
Arrow keys | Changes the active control field in an option section of a dialog. |
Tab | Advances focus to the next section or element in a dialog. |
Shift + Tab | Moves the focus to the previous section or element in a dialog. |
Alt+Down Arrow | Opens the list of the control field currently selected in a dialog. These shortcut keys apply not only to combo boxes but also to icon buttons with pop-up menus. Close an opened list by pressing the Escape key. |
Del | Deletes the selected items into the recycle bin. |
Shift+Del | Deletes the selected items without putting them in the recycle bin. |
Backspace | When a folder is shown: goes up one level (goes back). |
Ctrl+Shift+Space | Removes direct formatting from selected text or objects (as in Format > Default Formatting). |
Ctrl + Tab | When positioned at the start of a header, a tab is inserted. |
Enter (if an OLE object is selected) | Activates the selected OLE object. |
Enter (if a drawing object or text object is selected) | Activates text input mode. |
Ctrl + O | Opens a document. |
Ctrl + S | Saves the current document. |
Ctrl + N | Creates a new document. |
Shift+Ctrl+N | Opens Templates and Documents dialog. |
Ctrl + P | Prints document. |
Ctrl + Q | Exits application. |
Ctrl + X | Cuts out the selected elements. |
Ctrl + C | Copies the selected items. |
Ctrl + V | Pastes from the clipboard. |
Ctrl + Shift + V | Opens the Paste Special dialog. |
Ctrl + A | Selects all. |
Ctrl + Z | Undoes last action. |
Ctrl + Y | Redoes last action. |
Ctrl+F | Calls the Find & Replace dialog. |
Ctrl+Shift+F | Searches for the last entered search term. |
Ctrl+Shift+J | Toggles the view between fullscreen mode and normal mode in Writer or Calc. |
Ctrl+Shift+R | Redraws the document view. |
Shift+Ctrl+I | Enable or disable the selection cursor in read-only text. |
Ctrl+I | Applies the Italic attribute to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also marked in italic. |
Ctrl+B | Applies The Bold attribute to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also put in bold. |
Ctrl+U | Applies the Underlined attribute to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also underlined. |
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