Impress GuideAAppendix
Keyboard Shortcuts

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Authors
Peter Hillier-Brook
Jean Hollis Weber
Michele Zarri
Rachel Kartch

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This document is based on the equivalent Appendix A for Calc, theOpenOffice.org spreadsheet program.

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Published 2 November 2010. Based on OpenOffice.org 3.2.1.

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Contents
Copyright............................................................................................... 2
Introduction........................................................................................... 4
Tip for Macintosh users......................................................................4
Function keys for Impress...................................................................... 5
Other shortcut keys for Impress............................................................6
Shortcut keys in the Normal view..........................................................7
Shortcut keys in slide shows..................................................................8
Navigating in the Slide Sorter...............................................................8Keyboard Shortcuts

3Introduction
You can use OpenOffice.org (OOo) without requiring a pointing device,
such as a mouse or trackball, by using its built-in keyboard shortcuts.
Tasks as varied and complex as docking and un-docking toolbars andwindows, or changing the size or position of objects can all beaccomplished with only a keyboard. Although OOo has its own
extensive set of keyboard shortcuts, each component provides others
which are specific to its work.
For help with OOo’s keyboard shortcuts, or using OOo with a keyboard
only, search the OOo Help using the “shortcut” or “accessibility”
keywords.
In addition to using the built-in keyboard shortcuts (listed in thisAppendix), you can also define your own. You can assign shortcuts tostandard Impress functions or your own macros and save them for use
with Impress only, or with the entire OpenOffice.org suite.
To adapt shortcut keys to your needs, use the Customize dialog box as
described in this section and in “Customizing keyboard shortcuts” inChapter 11 (Setting Up and Customizing Impress).

Tip for Macintosh users
Some keystrokes are different on a Mac from those used in Windowsand Linux. The following table gives some common substitutions forthe instructions in this book. For a more detailed list, see theapplication Help.

4Windows/LinuxMac equivalent

EffectRight-click

Control+click

Open context menu

Ctrl (Control)z (Command)

Used with other keys

F5

Shift+z+F5

Open the Navigator

F11z+T

Open the Styles andFormatting window

Keyboard Shortcuts

Function keys for Impress
Shortcut Keys

EffectF2

Select text tool

F3

Enter group

Ctrl+F3

Exit group

Shift+F3

Duplicate graphic object

F4Open Position and Size dialog box

F5

View slide show

Ctrl+Shift+F5Open Navigator

F7

Start spelling checker

Ctrl+F7Open thesaurus

F8

Edit points

Ctrl+Shift+F8

Fit text to frame

F11Open the Styles and Formatting window

Function keys for Impress

5Other shortcut keys for Impress

6

Shortcut Keys

EffectArrow keyMove the selected object or the page view in the
direction of the arrow.

Ctrl+Arrow key

Move the slide in the normal view.

Shift+drag

Constrain the movement of the selected object
horizontally or vertically.

Ctrl+drag(with Copy whenmoving option active)

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

Alt key

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

Alt+click

Select the object behind the currently selectedobject.

Alt+Shift+click

Select the object in front of the currently selectedobject.

Shift+click

Select adjacent items or a text passage. Click at
the start of a selection, move to the end of theselection, 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 werecreated.

Shift+Tab

Select objects in the reverse order in which theywere created.

EscapeExit current mode.

Enter

Activate a place-holder object in a newpresentation (only if the frame is selected).

Ctrl+Enter

Move to the next text object on the slide.
If there are no text objects on the slide, or if youreached the last text object, a new slide is inserted
after the current slide. The new slide uses thesame layout as the current slide.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut keys in the Normal view
Shortcut Keys

EffectPlus(+) key

Zoom in.

Minus(-) key

Zoom out.

Times(×) key(number pad)Fit page in window.

Divide(÷) key(number pad)Zoom in on current selection.

Shift+Ctrl+GGroup selected objects.

Shift+Ctrl+Alt+A

Ungroup selected group.

Ctrl+click

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.

Shift+Ctrl+K

Split selected object. This combination only
works on an object that was created by
combining two or more objects.

Ctrl+Plus key

Bring to front.

Shift+Ctrl+Plus key

Bring forward.

Ctrl+Minus key

Send backward.

Shift+Ctrl+Minus key

Send to back.

Shortcut keys in the Normal view

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Shortcut keys in slide shows
Shortcut Keys

EffectEsc

End presentation.

Spacebar or Right arrow or
Down arrow or Page Down orEnter or Return or N

Play next effect (if any, else go to nextslide).

Alt+Page Down

Go to next slide without playing effects.

[number] + Enter

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

Left arrow or Up arrow orPage Up or Backspace or P

Play previous effect again. If no previouseffect exists on this slide, show previousslide.

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 or .

Show black screen until next key or mousewheel event.

W or ,Show white screen until next key or mousewheel event.

Navigating in the Slide Sorter

8

Shortcut Keys

EffectEscapeMoves the focus to the first slide.

Arrow key

Moves the focus to the next slide.

Spacebar

Makes the slide with the focus the current slide.

Keyboard Shortcuts