LibreOffice Writer Shortcut Keys Download PDF

LibreOffice Writer

A phrase processor with similar functionality and file help to Microsoft word or WordPerfect. It has great WYSIWYG phrase processing capabilities, however also can be used as a simple textual content editor.


LibreOffice Writer Shortcut Keys

 

Shortcut Key Information
Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow Selecting to the left word by word
F2 Formula Bar
Ctrl + F2 Insert Fields
F3 Complete AutoText
Ctrl + F3 Edit AutoText
F4 Open Data Source View
F4 Select next frame
F5 Navigator on/off
Ctrl + Shift + F5 Navigator on, go to page number
F7 Spellcheck
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
Ctrl + 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
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 + + Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard.
Ctrl + – Soft hyphens; hyphenation set by you.
Ctrl + Shift + – Non-breaking hyphen (is not used for hyphenation)
Ctrl + * 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.
< Move cursor to left
Shift + < Move cursor with selection to the left
Ctrl + < Go to beginning of word
Ctrl + Shift + < Selecting to the left word by word
> Move cursor to right
Shift + > Move cursor with selection to the right
Ctrl + > Go to start of next word
Ctrl + Shift + > Selecting to the right word by word
Top Arrow Move cursor up one line
Shift + Top Arrow Selecting lines in an upwards direction
Ctrl + Top Arrow Move cursor to beginning of the previous paragraph
Ctrl + Shift + Top Arrow Select to beginning of paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to beginning of previous paragraph
Bottom Arrow Move cursor down one line
Shift + Bottom Arro Selecting lines in a downward direction
Ctrl + Bottom Arro Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.
Ctrl + Shift + Bottom Arro 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 + Shift + Home Go and select text to start of document
Ctrl + Home Go to end of document
Ctrl + Shift + End Go and select text to end of document
Ctrl + PgUp Switch cursor between text and header
Ctrl + PgDN Switch cursor between text and footer
Insert Insert mode on/off
PgUp Screen page up
Shift + PgUp Move up screen page with selection
PgDN Move down screen page
Shift + PgDN 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: delete an empty paragraph in front of the current paragraph
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
Ctrl + Alt + Top Arrow Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs up one paragraph.
Ctrl + Alt + Bottom Arro 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.
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.
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. Tables in LibreOffice Writer
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. 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. Tables in LibreOffice Writer
Alt + > Increases/decreases the size of the column/row on the right/bottom cell edge Tables in LibreOffice Writer
Alt + Shift + > Increase/decrease the size of the column/row on the left/top cell edge Tables in LibreOffice Writer
Alt + Ctrl + > Like Alt, but only the active cell is modified Tables in LibreOffice Writer
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + > Like Alt, but only the active cell is modified Tables in LibreOffice Writer
Alt + Insert 3 seconds in Insert mode, Arrow Key inserts row/column, Ctrl+Arrow Key inserts cell Tables in LibreOffice Writer
Alt + Delete 3 seconds in Delete mode, Arrow key deletes row/column, Ctrl+Arrow key merges cell with neighboring cell Tables in LibreOffice Writer
Ctrl + Shift + Delete If no whole cell is selected, the text from the cursor to the end of the current sentence is deleted. If the cursor is at the end of a cell, and no whole cell is selected, the contents of the next cell are deleted. If no whole cell is selected and the cursor is at the end of the table, the paragraph following the table will be deleted, unless it is the last paragraph in the document. If one or more cells are selected, the whole rows containing the selection will be deleted. If all rows are selected co Tables in LibreOffice Writer
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. Moving and Resizing Frames, Graphics and Objects
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. Tables in LibreOffice Writer
Alt + > Move object. Tables in LibreOffice Writer
Alt + Ctrl + > Resizes by moving lower right corner. Tables in LibreOffice Writer
Alt + Ctrl + Shift + > Resizes by moving top left corner. Tables in LibreOffice Writer
Ctrl + Tab Selects the anchor of an object (in Edit Points mode). Tables in LibreOffice Writer
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