Shortcut keys for OpenOffice.org Writer
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Table 1: Writer shortcut key combinations
Shortcut Keys | Effect |
---|---|
Ctrl+A | Select All. |
Ctrl+J | Justify. |
Ctrl+D | Double Underline. |
Ctrl+E | Centred. |
Ctrl+F | Find and Replace. |
Ctrl+Shift+P | Superscript. |
Ctrl+L | Align Left. |
Ctrl+R | Align Right. |
Ctrl+Shift+B | Subscript. |
Ctrl+Y | Redo last action. |
Ctrl+0 (zero) | Apply Default paragraph style. |
Ctrl+1 | Apply Heading 1 paragraph style. |
Ctrl+2 | Apply Heading 2 paragraph style. |
Ctrl+3 | Apply Heading 3 paragraph style. |
Ctrl+5 | 1.5 Line Spacing. |
Ctrl+ Plus Key(+) | Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard. |
Ctrl+Hyphen(-) | Custom hyphens; hyphenation set by you. |
Ctrl+Shift+minus sign (-) | Non-breaking dash (is not used for hyphenation). |
Ctrl+multiplication sign * (only on number pad) | Run macro field. |
Ctrl+Space | Non-breaking spaces. Non-breaking spaces are not used for hyphenation and are not expanded if the text is justified. |
Shift+Enter | Line break without paragraph change. |
Ctrl+Enter | Manual page break. |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Column break in multi-columnar texts. |
Alt+Enter | Inserting a new paragraph without numbering. |
Alt+Enter | Inserting a new paragraph directly before or after a section or a table. |
Arrow Left | Move cursor to left. |
Shift+Arrow Left | Move cursor with selection to the left. |
Ctrl+Arrow Left | Go to beginning of word. |
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left | Selecting to the left word by word. |
Arrow Right | Move cursor to right. |
Shift+Arrow Right | Move cursor with selection to the right. |
Ctrl+Arrow Right | Go to end of word. |
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right | Selecting to the right word by word. |
Arrow Up | Move up one line. |
Shift+Arrow Up | Selecting lines in an upwards direction. |
Arrow Down | Move cursor down one line. |
Shift+Arrow Down | Selecting lines in a downward direction. |
Home | Go to beginning of line. |
Shift+Home | Go and select to the beginning of a line. |
End | Go to end of line. |
Shift+End | Go and select to end of line. |
Ctrl+Home | Go to start of document. |
Ctrl+Shift+Home | Go and select text to start of document. |
Ctrl+End | Go to end of document. |
Ctrl+Shift+End | Go and select text to end of document. |
Ctrl+PageUp | Switch cursor between text and header. |
Ctrl+PageDown | Switch cursor between text and footer. |
Insert | Insert mode on/off. |
PageUp | Screen page up. |
Shift+PageUp | Move up screen page with selection. |
PageDown | Move down screen page. |
Shift+PageDown | Move down screen page with selection. |
Ctrl+Del | Delete text to end of word. |
Ctrl+Backspace | Delete text to beginning of word. |
Ctrl+Shift+Del | Delete text to end of sentence. |
Ctrl+Shift+Backspace | Delete text to beginning of sentence. |
Ctrl+Tab | Next suggestion with Automatic Word Completion. |
Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Use previous suggestion with Automatic Word Completion. |
Alt+W | Spell checker dialog: Call back the original unknown word into the text box. |
Ctrl+ double-click or Ctrl+Shift+F10 | Dock or un-dock the Navigator, Styles and Formatting window, or other windows. |
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