78 Shortcuts for Open Office Writer 3

Jump to: General OpenOffice Writer Shortcuts, Working with Tables, Paragraph and Heading Tables

1. General OpenOffice Writer Shortcuts

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+[+]

Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard

Ctrl+-

Custom hyphens; hyphenation set by you

Ctrl+Shift+-

Non-breaking dash (is not used for hyphenation)

Ctrl+* (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+Page Up

Switch cursor between text and header

Ctrl+Page Down

Switch cursor between text and footer

Insert

Insert mode on/off

Page Up

Screen page up

Shift+Page Up

Move up screen page with selection

Page Down

Move down screen page

Shift+Page Down

Move down screen page with selection

Ctrl+Delete

Delete text to end of word

Ctrl+Backspace

Delete text to beginning of word

Ctrl+Shift+Delete

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

F10+ double-click /Ctrl+Shift+F10

Dock or un-dock the Navigator, Styles and Formatting window, or other windows.

2. Working with Tables

Ctrl+A

If the active cell is empty, ctrl+a selects the whole table; otherwise it selects the contents of the active cell. Pressing ctrl+a a second time selects the entire table.

Ctrl+Home

If the active cell is empty, ctrl+home moves the cursor to the beginning of the table. Pressing ctrl+home again moves the cursor to the beginning of document.

Ctrl+End

If the active cell is empty, ctrl+end moves the cursor to the end of the table. Pressing ctrl+end again moves the cursor to the end of document.

Ctrl+Tab

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

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Up

Jumps to start of table.

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Down

Jumps to end of table.

Alt+Arrow Keys

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

Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys

Increases or decreases the size of the column or row on the left or top cell edge.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys

Like Alt, but only the active cell is modified.

Alt+Insert

Provides 3 seconds in Insert mode, during which time pressing an Arrow key inserts a row or column, or ctrl+arrow key will insert a cell.

Alt+Delete

Provides 3 seconds in Delete mode, during which time pressing an Arrow key deletes a row or column, or ctrl+arrow key merges the active cell with the neighbouring cell.

Ctrl+Shift+T

Removes cell protection from all selected tables. If no table is selected, then cell protection is removed from all of the tables in the document.

Ctrl+Shift+Delete

If nothing is selected, the contents of the next cell will be deleted. If cells are selected, the whole row(s) of the selection will be deleted. If all rows are selected completely or partially, the entire table will be deleted

3. Paragraph and Heading Tables

Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Up/Ctrl+Arrow Up

Moves the active paragraph or selected paragraphs up one paragraph.

Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Down/Ctrl+Arrow Down

Moves 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.

Ctrl+Tab

At the start of a heading, inserts a tab stop. Depending on the Window Manager in use, Alt+Tab may be used instead. To change the heading level with the keyboard, first position the cursor in front of the heading.

Created by admin on 8/1/2010. Last updated by admin on 5/11/2015

 

1 Comments for 'Open Office Writer 3'   

 
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Comment #1 by jsk Nov 8, 2015 at 02:34 pm  Reply

Is there a setting to stop the cursor and insert from hopping around? Is there a setting to stop the page from scrolling unexpectedly? Thank-you.

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