52 Shortcuts for Open Office Impress

Jump to: Function Keys, Comments, Slide Shows, Normal View, Select and Move Elements, Slide Sorter

1. Function Keys

F2

Edit text.

F3

Edit group.

Ctrl+F3

Exit group.

Shift+F3

Duplicate

F4

Position and Size

F5

View Slide Show.

Ctrl+Shift+F5

Navigator

F7

Spellcheck

Ctrl+F7

Thesaurus

F8

Edit Points.

Ctrl+Shift+F8

Fit text to frame.

F11

Styles and Formatting

2. Comments

Ctrl+Alt+Page Up

mov thru commnts

Ctrl+Alt+Page Down

mov thru commnts

3. Slide Shows

Esc

End presentation.

Down Arrow

Play next effect (if any, else go to next slide). Or Space , Right arrow or or Page Down or Enter or N

Up Arrow

Play previous effect again. If no previous effect exists on this slide, show previous slide. Or Arrow Left/ Page Up or Backspace or P

Alt+Page Down

Go to next slide without playing effects.

1...9+Enter

Type a number of a slide and press Enter to go to the slide.

Alt+Page Up

Go to the previous slide without playing effects.

Home

Jump to first slide in the slide show.

End

Jump to the last slide in the slide show.

Ctrl+Page Up

Go to the previous slide.

Ctrl+Page Down

Go to the next slide.

b/.

Show black screen until next key or mouse wheel event.

w/,

Show white screen until next key or mouse wheel event.

4. Normal View

+ / -

Zoom in / Zoome out

* on numeric keyboard

Fit page in window.

/ on numeric keyboard

Zoom in on current selection.

Shift+Ctrl+g

Group selected objects.

Shift+Ctrl+Alt+a

Ungroup selected group.

Ctrl+ lick

Enter a group, so that you can edit the individual objects of the group. Click outside the group to return to the normal view.

Shift+Ctrl+k

Combine selected objects. Press again to split selected object

Ctrl++ / Ctrl+-

Bring to forward / Send backwards

Shift+Ctrl++ / Shift+Ctrl+=

Bring to front / send to back

5. Select and Move Elements

Arrow Keys

Moves the selected object or the page view in the direction of the arrow.

Ctrl+Arrow Key

Move around in the page view.

Shift+ drag

Constrains the movement of the selected object horizontally or vertically.

Ctrl+drag (with Copy when moving option active)

Hold down Ctrl and drag an object to create a copy of the object.

Alt

Hold down Alt to draw or resize objects by dragging from the center of the object outward.

Alt+click

Select the object behind the currently selected object.

Alt+Shift+click

Select the object in front of the currently selected object.

Shift+click

Select adjacent items or a text passage. Click at the start of a selection, move to the end of the selection, and then hold down Shift while you click.

Shift+drag (when resizing)

Hold down Shift while dragging to resize an object to maintain the proportions of the object.

Tab

Select objects in the order in which they were created.

Shift+Tab

Select objects in the reverse order in which they were created.

Esc

Exit current mode.

Enter

Activate a placeholder object in a new presentation (only if the frame is selected).

Ctrl+Enter

Moves to the next text object on the slide.

6. Slide Sorter

Esc

Moves the focus to the first slide.

Arrow Key

Moves the focus to the next slide.

Space

Makes the slide with the focus the current slide.

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Open Office Impress Shortcuts

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