Appendix A
Keyboard Shortcuts
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Published 22 June 2016. Based on LibreOffice 5.1.
A current list of supported assistive tools can be found on the Wiki at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Accessibility.
Windows or Linux | Mac equivalent | Effect |
Right-click | Control+click and/or right-click depending on computer setup | Open a context menu |
Ctrl (Control) | ⌘ (Command) | Used with other keys |
F5 | Shift+⌘+F5 | Open the Navigator |
F11 | ⌘+T | Open the Styles and Formatting window |
Shortcut Keys | Result |
F1 | Opens the LibreOffice Help dialog. In LibreOffice Help: jumps to the first help page of the selected tab. |
Shift+F1 | Turns the cursor into the What’s This? question mark. Shows the tip for an item underneath the cursor. |
Shift+F2 | Shows tip for a selected item. |
Esc | In LibreOffice Help: goes up one level. |
Shortcut Keys | Result |
Alt+<?> | Opens a menu where <?> is the underlined character of the menu you want to open. For example, Alt+F opens the menu File. With the menu open, you will again find underlined characters. You can access these menu items directly by pressing the underlined character key. Where two menu items have the same underlined character, press the character key again to move to the next item. Example: to access the Printer Settings item of the File menu after opening it, press R twice to move from the initial Digital Signatures selection to Printer Settings. There may be instances where an item in a menu has no underlined character. This will have to be clicked directly. |
Esc | Closes an open menu. |
F6 | Repeatedly pressing F6 switches the focus and circles through the following objects:
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Shift+F6 | Switches through objects in the opposite direction. |
Ctrl+F6 | Switches the focus to the document. |
F10 or Alt | Switches to the Menu bar and back. |
Esc | Closes an open menu. |
Press Enter to run the selected menu command.
You can navigate through a document and make selections with the keyboard.
Key | Function | Plus Ctrl key |
Right, left arrow keys | Moves the cursor one character to the left or to the right. | Moves the cursor one word to the left or to the right. |
Up, down arrow keys | Moves the cursor up or down one line. | (Ctrl+Alt) Moves the cursor up or down one paragraph. |
Home | Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line. | Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document. |
End | Moves the cursor to the end of the current line. | Moves the cursor to the end of the document. |
PgUp | Scrolls up one page. | Moves the cursor to the header. |
PgDn | Scroll down one page. | Moves the cursor to the footer. |
Shortcut Keys | Result |
Enter | Activates selected button. In most cases where no button is selected, Enter is equivalent to clicking OK. |
Esc | Closes dialog without saving any changes made while it was open. In most cases, Esc is equivalent to clicking Cancel. When an open drop-down list is selected, Esc closes the list. |
Spacebar | Checks an empty checkbox. Clears a checked checkbox. |
Up, down arrow keys | Moves focus up and down a list. Increases or decreases value of a variable. Moves focus vertically within a section of dialog. |
Left, right arrow keys | Moves focus horizontally within a section of a dialog. |
Tab | Advances focus to the next section or element of a dialog. |
Shift+Tab | Returns focus to the previous section or element in a dialog. |
Alt+Down Arrow | Shows items in a drop-down list. |
Shortcut Keys | Result |
Ctrl+* (multiplication sign: on number pad only) | Runs a macro field. (See Chapter 9 for more about macros.) |
Shift+Ctrl+Q | Stops a running macro. |
Shortcut Keys | Result |
Ctrl+F4 or Alt+F4 | Closes the current document. Closes LibreOffice when the last open document is closed. |
Ctrl+O | Launches the Open dialog to open a document. |
Ctrl+S | Saves the current document. If you are working on a previously unsaved file, the shortcut launches the Save As dialog. |
Ctrl+N | Creates a new document. |
Shift+Ctrl+N | Opens the Templates and Documents dialog. |
Ctrl+P | Opens the Print dialog to print the document. |
Ctrl+Q | Closes the application. |
Del | In the Save and Open dialogs, deletes the selected files or folders. Items can be retrieved from the Recycle Bin (Trash), if your desktop has one. |
Shift+Del | In the Save and Open dialogs, deletes the selected files or folders. Items are permanently deleted: they can not be retrieved from the Recycle Bin. |
Backspace | In the Save and Open dialogs, shows contents of the current directory’s parent folder. |
Shortcut Keys | Result |
Ctrl+X, Shift+Del | Cuts selected items. |
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Ins | Copies selected items to the clipboard. |
Ctrl+V, Shift+Ins | Pastes copied or cut items from the clipboard. |
Ctrl+Shift+V | Opens the Paste Special dialog. |
Ctrl+A | Selects all. |
Ctrl+Z | Undoes last action. |
Ctrl+Y | Redoes last action. |
Ctrl+Shift+Y | Repeats last command. |
Ctrl+F | Opens the Find dialog |
Ctrl+H | Opens the Find & Replace dialog. |
Ctrl+Shift+F | Searches for the last entered search term. |
Ctrl+Shift+R | Refreshes (redraws) the document view. |
Ctrl+Shift+I | Shows or hides the cursor in read-only text. |
Shortcut keys | Result |
Spacebar | Toggles row selection, except when the row is in edit mode. |
Ctrl+Spacebar | Toggles row selection. |
Shift+Spacebar | Selects the current column. |
Ctrl+Page Up | Moves pointer to the first row. |
Ctrl+Page Down | Moves pointer to the last row. |
Shortcut keys | Result |
Select the toolbar with F6. Use the Down Arrow and Right Arrow to select the desired toolbar icon and press Ctrl+Enter. | Inserts a Drawing Object. |
Select the document with Ctrl+F6 and press Tab. | Selects a Drawing Object. |
Tab | Selects the next Drawing Object. |
Shift+Tab | Selects the previous Drawing Object. |
Ctrl+Home | Selects the first Drawing Object. |
Ctrl+End | Selects the last Drawing Object. |
Esc | Ends Drawing Object selection. |
Esc (in Handle Selection Mode) | Exit Handle Selection Mode and return to Object Selection Mode. |
Up/Down/Left/Right Arrow | Move the selected point (the snap-to-grid functions are temporarily disabled, but end points still snap to each other). |
Alt+Up/Down/Left/Right Arrow | Moves the selected Drawing Object one pixel (in Selection Mode). Re-sizes a Drawing Object (in Handle Selection Mode). Rotates a Drawing Object (in Rotation Mode). Opens the properties dialog for a Drawing Object. Activates the Point Selection mode for the selected drawing object. |
Spacebar | Select a point of a drawing object (in Point Selection mode) / Cancel selection. The selected point blinks once per second. |
Shift+Spacebar | Select an additional point in Point Selection mode. |
Ctrl+Tab | Select the next point of the drawing object (Point Selection mode). In Rotation mode, the center of rotation can also be selected. |
Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Select the previous point of the drawing object (Point Selection mode). |
Ctrl+Enter | A new drawing object with default size is placed in the center of the current view. |
Ctrl+Enter at the Selection icon | Activates the first drawing object in the document. |
Esc | Leave the Point Selection mode. The drawing object is selected afterwards. Edit a point of a drawing object (Point Edit mode). |
Any text or numerical key | If a drawing object is selected, switches to edit mode and places the cursor at the end of the text in the drawing object. A printable character is inserted. |
Alt key while creating or scaling a graphic object | The position of the object’s center is fixed. |
Shift key while creating or scaling a graphic object | The ratio of the object’s width to height is fixed. |