Shortcut Keys for OpenOffice.org Writer
You can use shortcut keys to quickly perform common tasks in OpenOffice.org. This section lists the default shortcut keys for OpenOffice.org Writer.
You can also use the general shortcut keys in OpenOffice.org.
Function Keys for OpenOffice.org Writer
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Shortcut keys |
Effect |
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F2 |
Formula Bar |
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Ctrl+F2 |
Insert Fields |
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F3 |
Complete AutoText |
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Ctrl+F3 |
Edit AutoText |
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F4 |
Open Data Source View |
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Shift+F4 |
Select next frame |
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F5 |
Navigator on/off |
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Ctrl+Shift+F5 |
Navigator on, go to page number |
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F7 |
Spellcheck |
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Ctrl+F7 |
Thesaurus |
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F8 |
Extension mode |
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Ctrl+F8 |
Field shadings on / off |
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Shift+F8 |
Additional Selection |
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F9 |
Update fields |
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Ctrl+F9 |
Show fields |
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Shift+F9 |
Calculate Table |
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Ctrl+Shift+F9 |
Update Input Fields and Input Lists |
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Ctrl+F10 |
Nonprinting Characters on/off |
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F11 |
Styles and Formatting window on/off |
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Shift+F11 |
Create Style |
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Ctrl+Shift+F11 |
Update Style |
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F12 |
Numbering on |
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Ctrl+F12 |
Insert or edit Table |
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Shift+F12 |
Bullets on |
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Ctrl+Shift+F12 |
Numbering / Bullets off |
Shortcut Keys for OpenOffice.org Writer
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Shortcut keys |
Effect |
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Ctrl+A |
Select All |
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Ctrl+J |
Justify |
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Ctrl+D |
Double Underline |
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Ctrl+E |
Centered |
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Ctrl+F |
Find and Replace |
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Ctrl+Shift+P |
Superscript |
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Ctrl+L |
Align Left |
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Ctrl+R |
Align Right |
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Ctrl+Shift+B |
Subscript |
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Ctrl+Y |
Redo last action |
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Ctrl+0 (zero) |
Apply Default paragraph style |
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Ctrl+1 |
Apply Heading 1 paragraph style |
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Ctrl+2 |
Apply Heading 2 paragraph style |
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Ctrl+3 |
Apply Heading 3 paragraph style |
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Ctrl+5 |
1.5 Line Spacing |
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Ctrl+ Plus Key(+) |
Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard. |
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Ctrl+Hyphen(-) |
Custom hyphens; hyphenation set by you. |
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Ctrl+Shift+minus sign (-) |
Non-breaking dash (is not used for hyphenation) |
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Ctrl+multiplication sign * (only on number pad) |
Run macro field |
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Ctrl+Space |
Non-breaking spaces. Non-breaking spaces are not used for hyphenation and are not expanded if the text is justified. |
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Shift+Enter |
Line break without paragraph change |
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Ctrl+Enter |
Manual page break |
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Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
Column break in multicolumnar texts |
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Alt+Enter |
Inserting a new paragraph without numbering |
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Alt+Enter |
Inserting a new paragraph directly before or after a section or a table. |
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Arrow Left |
Move cursor to left |
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Shift+Arrow Left |
Move cursor with selection to the left |
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Ctrl+Arrow Left |
Go to beginning of word |
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Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left |
Selecting to the left word by word |
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Arrow Right |
Move cursor to right |
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Shift+Arrow Right |
Move cursor with selection to the right |
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Ctrl+Arrow Right |
Go to end of word |
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Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right |
Selecting to the right word by word |
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Arrow Up |
Move up one line |
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Shift+Arrow Up |
Selecting lines in an upwards direction |
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Arrow Down |
Move cursor down one line |
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Shift+Arrow Down |
Selecting lines in a downward direction |
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Home |
Go to beginning of line |
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Shift+Home |
Go and select to the beginning of a line |
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End |
Go to end of line |
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Shift+End |
Go and select to end of line |
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Ctrl+Home |
Go to start of document |
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Ctrl+Shift+Home |
Go and select text to start of document |
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Ctrl+End |
Go to end of document |
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Ctrl+Shift+End |
Go and select text to end of document |
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Ctrl+PageUp |
Switch cursor between text and header |
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Ctrl+PageDown |
Switch cursor between text and footer |
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Insert |
Insert mode on/off |
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PageUp |
Screen page up |
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Shift+PageUp |
Move up screen page with selection |
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PageDown |
Move down screen page |
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Shift+PageDown |
Move down screen page with selection |
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Ctrl+Del |
Delete text to end of word |
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Ctrl+Backspace |
Delete text to beginning of word |
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Ctrl+Shift+Del |
Delete text to end of sentence |
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Ctrl+Shift+Backspace |
Delete text to beginning of sentence |
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Ctrl+Tab |
Next suggestion with Automatic Word Completion |
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Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
Use previous suggestion with Automatic Word Completion |
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Alt+W |
Spellchecker dialog: Call back the original unknown word into the text box |
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Ctrl+ double-click or Ctrl+Shift+F10 |
Use this combination to quickly dock or undock the Navigator, Styles and Formatting window, or other windows |
Shortcut Keys for Paragraphs and Heading Levels
Shortcut Keys for Tables in OpenOffice.org Writer
Shortcut Keys for Moving and Resizing Frames, Graphics and Objects
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Shortcut Keys |
Effect |
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Esc |
Cursor is inside a text frame and no text is selected: Escape selects the text frame. Text frame is selected: Escape clears the cursor from the text frame. |
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F2 or Enter or any key that produces a character on screen |
If a text frame is selected: positions the cursor to the end of the text in the text frame. If you press any key that produces a character on screen, and the document is in edit mode, the character is appended to the text. |
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Alt+Arrow Keys |
Move object. |
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Alt+Ctrl+Arrow Keys |
Resizes by moving lower right corner. |
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Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Keys |
Resizes by moving top left corner. |
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Ctrl+Tab |
Selects the anchor of an object (in Edit Points mode). |
Index
shortcut keys, in text documents
text documents, shortcut keys in
headings, switching levels by keyboard
paragraphs, moving by keyboard
tab stops, before headings
headings, starting with tab stops
removing, cell protection in text documents
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