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# Shortcut Keys for LibreOffice Writer

You can use shortcut keys to quickly perform common tasks in LibreOffice. This section lists the default shortcut keys for LibreOffice Writer.

Some of the shortcut keys may be assigned to your desktop system. Keys that are assigned to the desktop system are not available to LibreOffice. Try to assign different keys either for LibreOffice, in Tools - Customize - Keyboard, or in your desktop system.

You can also use the general shortcut keys in LibreOffice.

## Function Keys for LibreOffice Writer

Shortcut keys | Effect
F2 | Formula Bar
Command+TF11 | Insert Fields
F3 | Complete AutoText
Command+TF11 | Edit AutoText
Shift+F4 | Select next frame
Ctrl+Shift+F4 | Open Data Source View
F5 | Navigator on/off
Shift+F5 | Moves the cursor to the position that it had when the document was last saved before it was last closed.
Command+TF11 | Navigator on, go to page number
F7 | Spelling
Command+TF11 | Thesaurus
F8 | Extension mode
Command+TF11 | Field shadings on / off
Shift+F8 | Additional selection mode
Ctrl+Shift+F8 | Block selection mode
F9 | Update fields
Command+TF11 | Show fields
Shift+F9 | Calculate Table
Command+TF11 | Update Input Fields and Input Lists
Command+TF11 | Nonprinting Characters on/off
Command+TF11 | Styles window on/off
Shift+F11 | Create Style
Command+TF11 | Sets focus to Apply Style box
Command+TF11 | Update Style
F12 | Numbering on
Command+TF11 | Insert or edit Table
Shift+F12 | Bullets on
Command+TF11 | Numbering / Bullets off

## Shortcut Keys for LibreOffice Writer

Shortcut keys | Effect
Command+TF11 | Select All
Command+TF11 | Justify
Command+TF11 | Double Underline
Command+TF11 | Centred
Command+TF11 | Find and Replace
Command+TF11 | Superscript
Command+TF11 | Align Left
Command+TF11 | Align Right
Command+TF11 | Subscript
Command+Shift+ZCtrl+Y | Redo last action
Command+TF11 | Apply Text Body paragraph style
Command+TF11 | Apply Heading 1 paragraph style
Command+TF11 | Apply Heading 2 paragraph style
Command+TF11 | Apply Heading 3 paragraph style
Command+TF11 | Apply Heading 1 paragraph style
Command+TF11 | Apply Heading 1 paragraph style
Command+TF11 | Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard.
Command+TF11 | Soft hyphens; hyphenation set by you.
Command+TF11 | Non-breaking hyphen (is not used for hyphenation)
Command+TF11 | Run macro field
Command+TF11 | 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
Command+TF11 | Manual page break
Command+TF11 | Column break in multicolumnar texts
Command+TF11 | Inserting a new paragraph without numbering inside a list. Does not work when the cursor is at the end of the list.
Command+TF11 | 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
Command+TF11 | Go to beginning of word
Command+TF11 | Selecting to the left word by word
Arrow Right | Move cursor to right
Shift+Arrow Right | Move cursor with selection to the right
Command+TF11 | Go to start of next word
Command+TF11 | 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
Command+TF11 | 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
Command+TF11 | Move cursor to beginning of the previous paragraph
Command+TF11 | Select to end of paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to end of next paragraph
Command+TF11 | Go to beginning of line
Command+TF11 | Go and select to the beginning of a line
Command+TF11 | Go to end of line
Command+TF11 | Go and select to end of line
Command+Shift+ZCtrl+Y | Go to start of document
Command+Shift+ZCtrl+Y | Go and select text to start of document
Command+Shift+ZCtrl+Y | Go to end of document
Command+Shift+ZCtrl+Y | Go and select text to end of document
Command+TF11 | Switch cursor between text and header
Command+TF11 | 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
Command+Shift+ZCtrl+Y | Delete text to end of word
Command+TF11 | Delete text to beginning of word In a list: delete an empty paragraph in front of the current paragraph
Command+Shift+ZCtrl+Y | Delete text to end of sentence
Command+TF11 | Delete text to beginning of sentence
Command+TF11 | Next suggestion with Automatic Word Completion
Command+TF11 | Use previous suggestion with Automatic Word Completion
Command+Shift+ZCtrl+Y | Paste the contents of the clipboard as unformatted text.
CommandCtrl + double-click or CommandCtrl + Shift + F10 | Use this combination to quickly dock or undock the Navigator, Styles window, or other windows

## Shortcut Keys for Paragraphs and Heading Levels

Shortcut keys | Effect
Command+Shift+ZCtrl+Y | Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs up one paragraph.
Command+Shift+ZCtrl+Y | 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.
Command+TF11 | At the start of a heading: Inserts a tab stop. Depending on the Window Manager in use, OptionAlt+Tab may be used instead. To change the heading level with the keyboard, first position the cursor in front of the heading.

## Shortcut Keys for Tables in LibreOffice Writer

Shortcut Keys | Effect
Command+TF11 | If the active cell is empty: selects the whole table. Otherwise: selects the contents of the active cell. Pressing again selects the entire table.
Command+TF11 | 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.
Command+TF11 | 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.
Command+TF11 | Inserts a tab stop (only in tables). Depending on the Window Manager in use, OptionAlt+Tab may be used instead.
Command+TF11 | Increases/decreases the size of the column/row on the right/bottom cell edge
Command+TF11 | Increase/decrease the size of the column/row on the left/top cell edge
Command+TF11 | Command+TF11
Command+Shift+ZCtrl+Y | Command+TF11
Command+TF11 | 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.
Command+TF11 | 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 completely or partially, the entire table will be deleted.

## Shortcut Keys for Moving and Resizing Frames, Graphics and Objects

Shortcut Keys | Effect
Esc | Cursor is inside a frame and no text is selected: Escape selects the frame. Frame is selected: Escape clears the cursor from the frame.
F2 or Enter or any key that produces a character on screen | If a frame is selected: positions the cursor to the end of the text in the 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.
Command+TF11 | Move object.
Command+TF11 | Resizes by moving lower right corner.
Command+TF11 | Resizes by moving top left corner.
Command+TF11 | Selects the anchor of an object (in Edit Points mode).

Related Topics

Navigating and Selecting With the Keyboard

Using Shortcut Keys (LibreOffice Writer Accessibility)

Shortcuts (LibreOffice Accessibility)