111 Shortcuts for Libreoffice Writer

Jump to: General, Function Keys, Paragraphs and Heading Levels, Tables, Moving,Resizing Frames, Graphics and Objects

1. General

Ctrl+A

Select All

Ctrl+J

Justify

Ctrl+D

Double Underline

Ctrl+E

Centered

Ctrl+H

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

Apply Text Body paragraph style

Ctrl+1

Apply Heading 1 paragraph style

Ctrl+2

Apply Heading 2 paragraph style

Ctrl+3

Apply Heading 3 paragraph style

Ctrl+4

Apply Heading 4 paragraph style

Ctrl+5

Apply Heading 5 paragraph style

Ctrl+plus

Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard.

Ctrl+Shift+-

Non-breaking hyphen (is not used for hyphenation)

Ctrl+* (only on number pad)

Run macro field

Ctrl+Shift+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 multicolumnar texts

Alt+Enter

Inserting a new paragraph without numbering inside a list. Does not work when the cursor is at the end of the list.

Alt+Enter

Inserting a new paragraph directly before or after a section, or before 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 start of next word

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right

Selecting to the right word by word

Arrow Up

Move cursor up one line

Shift+Arrow Up

Selecting lines in an upwards direction

Ctrl+Arrow Up

Move cursor to beginning of the previous paragraph

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Up

Select to beginning of paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to beginning of previous paragraph

Arrow Down

Move cursor down one line

Shift+Arrow Down

Selecting lines in a downward direction

Ctrl+Arrow Down

Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Down

Select to end of paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to end of next paragraph

Home

Go to beginning of line

Home+Shift

Go and select to the beginning of a line

End

Go to end of line

End+Shift

Go and select to end of line

Ctrl+Home

Go to start of document

Ctrl+Home+Shift

Go and select text to start of document

Ctrl+End

Go to end of document

Ctrl+End+Shift

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+Delete

Delete text to end of word

Ctrl+Backspace

Delete text to beginning of word In a list

Ctrl+Delete+Shift

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

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V

Paste the contents of the clipboard as unformatted text.

Ctrl+Shift+F10

Use this combination to quickly dock or undock the Navigator, Styles and Formatting window, or other windows

2. Function Keys

F2

Formula Bar

Ctrl+F2

Insert Fields

F3

Complete AutoText

Ctrl+F3

Edit AutoText

F4

Open Data Source View

Shift+F4

Select next frame

F5

Navigator on/off

Ctrl+Shift+F5

Navigator on, go to page number

F7

Spellcheck

Ctrl+F7

Thesaurus

F8

Extension mode

Ctrl+F8

Field shadings on / off

Shift+F8

Additional selection mode

Ctrl+Shift+F8

Block selection mode

F9

Update fields

Ctrl+F9

Show fields

Shift+F9

Calculate Table

Ctrl+Shift+F9

Update Input Fields and Input Lists

Ctrl+F10

Nonprinting Characters on/off

F11

Styles and Formatting window on/off

Shift+F11

Create Style

Ctrl+F11

Sets focus to Apply Style box

Ctrl+Shift+F11

Update Style

F12

Numbering on

Ctrl+F12

Insert or edit Table

Shift+F12

Bullets on

Ctrl+Shift+F12

Numbering / Bullets off

3. Paragraphs and Heading Levels

Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Up

Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs up one paragraph.

Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Down

Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs down one paragraph.

Tab

The heading in format "Heading X" (X = 1-9) is moved down one level in the outline.

Shift+Tab

The heading in format "Heading X" (X = 2-10) is moved up one level in the outline.

4. Tables

Ctrl+A

If the active cell is empty: selects the whole table. Otherwise: selects the contents of the active cell. Pressing again selects the entire table.

Ctrl+Home

If the active cell is empty: goes to the beginning of the table. Otherwise: first press goes to beginning of the active cell, second press goes to beginning of the current table, third press goes to beginning of document.

Ctrl+End

If the active cell is empty: goes to the end of the table. Otherwise: first press goes to the end of the active cell, second press goes to the end of the current table, third press goes to the end of the document.

Ctrl+Tab

Inserts a tab stop (only in tables). Depending on the Window Manager in use, Alt+Tab may be used instead.

Alt+Arrow Keys

Increases/decreases the size of the column/row on the right/bottom cell edge

Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys

Increase/decrease the size of the column/row on the left/top cell edge

Alt+Ctrl+Arrow Keys

Like Alt, but only the active cell is modified

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys

Like Alt, but only the active cell is modified

Alt+Insert

3 seconds in Insert mode, Arrow Key inserts row/column, Ctrl+Arrow Key inserts cell

Alt+Delete

3 seconds in Delete mode, Arrow key deletes row/column, Ctrl+Arrow key merges cell with neighboring cell

5. Moving,Resizing Frames, Graphics and Objects

Esc

Cursor is inside a text frame and no text is selected: Escape selects the text frame.

F2

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.

Alt+Arrow Keys

Move object.

Alt+Ctrl+Arrow Keys

Resizes by moving lower right corner.

Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Keys

Resizes by moving top left corner.

Ctrl+Tab

Selects the anchor of an object (in Edit Points mode).

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