Draw Guide 7.4

Appendix A,
Keyboard Shortcuts

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Copyright.......................................................................................................................... 2
Contributors................................................................................................................................2
Feedback....................................................................................................................................2
Publication date and software version........................................................................................2

Introduction...................................................................................................................... 4
macOS keyboard shortcuts............................................................................................4
Shift, Control and Alt keys...........................................................................................................4
Home and End keys...................................................................................................................4
Page Up and Page Down...........................................................................................................4

Draw function key and keyboard shortcuts..................................................................5
Draw function keys.....................................................................................................................5
Draw keyboard shortcuts............................................................................................................5
Editing text keyboard shortcuts...................................................................................................7

Menu function key and keyboard shortcuts..................................................................8
LibreOffice..................................................................................................................................8
File menu....................................................................................................................................8
Edit Menu....................................................................................................................................9
View menu................................................................................................................................10
Insert menu...............................................................................................................................10
Format menu............................................................................................................................10
Shape menu..............................................................................................................................11
Tools menu................................................................................................................................11
Windows menu.........................................................................................................................12
Help menu................................................................................................................................12

General function key and keyboard shortcuts............................................................12
Opening menus and menu items..............................................................................................12
Accessing Menu bar commands..........................................................................................13
Accessing toolbar commands..............................................................................................13
Controlling dialogs....................................................................................................................14

Toolbar function key and keyboard shortcuts............................................................14
Drawing.....................................................................................................................................14
Find...........................................................................................................................................14
Form Design.............................................................................................................................15
Image........................................................................................................................................15
Line and Filling..........................................................................................................................15
Standard...................................................................................................................................16
Standard (Viewing Mode).........................................................................................................17
Text Formatting.........................................................................................................................17

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Introduction
LibreOffice can be used without requiring a pointing device, such as a mouse or trackball, byusing the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Draw. Tasks as varied and complex as docking
and un-docking toolbars and windows, or changing the size or position of objects can all beaccomplished with using keyboard shortcuts. Although LibreOffice has an extensive set of
keyboard shortcuts, each LibreOffice module has keyboard shortcuts that are specific to thatmodule.
For help with LibreOffice keyboard shortcuts, or using LibreOffice with a keyboard only, search
the LibreOffice Help using the “shortcut” or “accessibility” as keywords.
In addition to using keyboard shortcuts that are listed in this appendix, keyboard shortcuts canalso be defined. Assign keyboard shortcuts to standard Impress functions or macros and savethem for use with Draw only, or with the other modules in LibreOffice. To customize keyboard
shortcuts, see the Getting Started Guide for more information.

macOS keyboard shortcuts
Some keystrokes and menu items are different on a macOS computer from those used in
Windows or Linux computers. This due to the way the different operating systems work and thedifferent types of keyboards used. Also, the labelling on the keyboards may vary depending on
the age of the computer and style of keyboard being used. The following information shows themost common variations in keyboard shortcuts and keyboard labelling.

Shift, Control and Alt keys
Windows or LinuxmacOS

Control or Ctrl

⌘ or Cmd or CommandAlt⌥ or Option or Alt

Shift or ⇧Shift or ⇧Caps Lock⇪ or Caps LockControl or Ctrl

⌃ or Control or Ctrl

Home and End keys
Windows or Linux

macOS

Home

Fn+Left ArrowEnd

Fn+Right Arrow

Page Up and Page Down
Windows or LinuxmacOS

Screen Up

Fn+Up Arrow

Page Up⌥ or Option or
Alt+Fn+Up Arrow

Screen Down

Fn+Down Arrow

Page Down⌥ or Option or
Alt+Fn+Down Arrow

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NoteSome keyboard shortcuts are not available for computers using macOS and are
indicated in the following tables by a blank cell.

Draw function key and keyboard shortcuts
Draw function keys
Windows
Linux

macOS

EffectF1

F1

Opens LibreOffice Draw help.

F2

F2

Switches to text edit mode and opens the Text Formatting
toolbar.

F3F3Enters a group of objects for editing.

Shift+F3

Shift+F3

Opens the Duplicate dialog of a selected object.

Ctrl+F3⌘+F3Exits a group of objects.

F4

F4Opens the Position and Size dialog of a selected object.

F5F5Opens the Navigator.

F6

F6

Forward navigation of the emphasis within the on screen
elements.

Shift+F6

Shift+F6

Backward navigation of the emphasis within the on
screen elements.

F7

F7

Starts the spelling checker. Only available in text editing
mode.

Shift+F7

Shift+F7

Switches on or off the automatic spell checking. Only
available in text editing mode.

Ctrl+F7⌘+F7

Opens the Thesaurus dialog for the language being
used. Only available in text editing mode.

F8

F8Opens the Edit Points toolbar.

Ctrl+Shift+F8⌘+Shift+F8

Fits text to frame of a selected object.

Shift+F10

Shift+F10

Opens the context menu of a selected object.

F11

⌘+T

Opens the Styles deck on the Sidebar.

Draw keyboard shortcuts
Windows
Linux

macOS

EffectPlus (+)

Fn+Shift++Zooms in.

Minus (-)

Fn+––

Zooms out.

Times (×) on
number pad

Times (*) on
numeric keyboard

Fits the drawing to fill the Workspace view.

Divide (÷) on
number pad

Divide (/) on
numeric keyboard

Zooms in on the selected object.

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Windows
Linux

macOS

EffectCtrl+Shift+G⌘+Shift+G

Groups selected objects.

Shift+Ctrl+Alt⌘+Shift+⌥+G+G

Ungroups selected group.

Ctrl+click⌘+click

Enters a group to edit individual objects in the group.
Click outside the group to return to normal view.

Ctrl+Shift+K⌘+Shift+K

Combines selected objects.

Ctrl+Shift+
Alt+K⌘+Shift+⌥+K

Splits a selected object that has been combined from agroup of two or more objects.

Ctrl++⌘++

Brings current selection forward.

Ctrl+Shift++⌘+Shift++

Brings current selection to the front.

Ctrl+-⌘+-

Sends current selection backward.

Ctrl+Shift+-⌘+Shift+-Sends current selection to the back.

Page Up⌥+Fn+Up Arrow Switches to previous page. No function on the first page.

Page Down⌥+Fn+Down
Arrow

Ctrl+Page Up⌘+Fn+Up Arrow Switches to previous layer.

Ctrl+Page Down⌘+Fn+Down
Arrow

Switches to next layer.

Arrow

Arrow

Moves a selected object in the direction of the arrow.

Ctrl+Arrow

Ctrl+Arrow

Moves the page view in the direction of the arrow.

Left Arrow

Left Arrow

With Pages Pane selected, switches to the previous pagein a drawing. No function on the first page.

Right Arrow

Right Arrow

With Pages Pane selected, switches to the next page in a
drawing. No function on the last page.

Shift

Shift

When selecting objects, adds or removes object to orfrom a selection of objects.

Shift

Shift

Hold down Shift then click and drag a selection handle
when resizing an object to maintain the proportions of theobject.

Shift

Shift

Hold down the Shift key while moving a selected object
to constrain the movement in multiples of 45 degrees.

Shift

Shift

Hold down the Shift key before selecting several
adjacent objects or characters. Click at the start of a
selection, move to the end of the selection.

⌘

Hold down the Ctrl (⌘) key, then click and drag aselected object to create a copy of the object. Note that
this shortcut works only when the Copy when moving
option in LibreOffice > Preferences > LibreOffice
Draw > General is enabled (this option is enabled bydefault).

Ctrl

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Switches to next page. No function on the last page.

Windows
Linux

macOS

EffectAlt⌥

Hold down the Alt (⌥) key and draw or resize an
object from the centre of the object.

Alt⌥

Hold down the Alt (⌥) key when selecting an object
that is behind the currently selected object.

Alt+ Shift⌥+Shift

Hold down the Alt (⌥)+Shift keys when selecting an
object that is in front of the currently selected object.

Tab

Tab

Selects objects in the order in which they were created.

Shift+Tab

Shift+Tab

Selects objects in the reverse order in which they werecreated.

Esc

Esc

Exits current mode.

Enter

Enter

Enters text mode if a text object in the drawing isselected.

Ctrl+Enter⌘+Enter

Inserts a new page after the selected page in a drawing.

Home

Fn+Left Arrow

Selects the first page in a drawing.

End

Fn+Right Arrow Selects the last page in a drawing.

Editing text keyboard shortcuts
Windows
Linux

macOS

EffectCtrl+-⌘+-

Inserts a custom hyphen (soft hyphen) in text at the
cursor position.

Ctrl+Shift+-⌘+Shift+-

Inserts a non-breaking hyphen (hard hyphen) in text at
the cursor position.

Ctrl+Shift+Space⌘+Shift+Space

Inserts a non-breaking space, which is not used for
hyphenation and is not expanded if the text is justified.

Shift+Enter

Shift+Enter

Inserts a line break without paragraph change.

Left arrow

Left arrow

Moves the cursor one character to the left.

Shift+Left
arrow

Shift+Left
arrow

Moves the cursor one character to the left and selects thecharacter.

Ctrl+Leftarrow⌥+Left arrow

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.

Ctrl+Shift+
Left arrow⌥+Shift+Left
arrow

Moves the cursor to the left and selects the word on theleft.

Right arrow

Right arrow

Moves the cursor one character to the right.

Shift+Right
arrow

Shift+Rightarrow

Moves the cursor one character to the right and selects
the character.

Ctrl+Right
arrow⌥+Right arrow Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word.

Ctrl+Shift+
Right arrow⌥+Shift+Right Moves the cursor to the right and selects the word on thearrowright.

Up arrow

Up arrow

Moves the cursor up one line.

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Windows
Linux

macOS

EffectShift+Up arrow Shift+Up arrow Moves the cursor up one line in the text and selects thelines of text.
Ctrl+Up arrow⌥+Up arrow

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the paragraph.

Ctrl+Shift+Up
arrow⌥+Shift+Up
arrow

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the paragraph.
Selects the text in the paragraph from the cursor position
to the beginning of the paragraph.

Down arrow

Down arrow

Moves the cursor down one line.

Shift+Down
arrow⌥+Down arrow

Moves the cursor down one line in the text and selects
the lines of text.

Ctrl+Down
arrow⌘+Down arrow

Moves the cursor to the end of the paragraph.

Ctrl+Shift+
Down arrow⌥+Shift+Down
arrow

Moves the cursor to the end of the paragraph. Selects
the text in the paragraph from the cursor position to theend of the paragraph.

Ctrl+Backspace ⌘+Backspace
Ctrl+Shift+
Backspace⌘+Shift+
Backspace

Deletes the text from the cursor position to the beginningof the word.
Deletes the text from the cursor position to the beginningof the sentence.

Menu function key and keyboard shortcuts
The function key and keyboard shortcuts listed in the following tables are available in each menu
category on the Menu bar. The tables give the menu item or sub-item, operating system validity,
and the effect or purpose of the shortcut.

Note
The menus listed below are in the same order as displayed on the Menu bar fromleft to right.

LibreOffice
The LibreOffice menu is only available for computers using the macOS operating system.
Menu item or sub-item

macOS

EffectPreferences⌘+,

Opens the Options dialog.

Hide LibreOffice⌘+H

Temporarily hides LibreOffice, but does
not close LibreOffice.

Exit LibreOffice⌘+Q

Closes LibreOffice. Make sure all
LibreOffice files are saved before using.

File menu
Menu item or
sub-itemWindows
Linux

macOS

EffectNew

Ctrl+N⌘+N

Opens a new drawing.

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Menu item or
sub-itemWindows
Linux

Templates

Shift+Ctrl+N ⌘+Shift+NOpen

Ctrl+OManageTemplates

Shift+Ctrl+N ⌘+Shift+N

Save

Ctrl+S

Save As

Ctrl+Shift+S ⌘+Shift+S

Print

Ctrl+P

Exit LibreOffice

Ctrl+Q

macOS

⌘+O

⌘+S

⌘+P

EffectOpens the Drawings category in the
Templates dialog.
Opens a file browser allowing navigation
to a folder and file selection.
Opens the Drawings category in the
Templates dialog.
Saves the open drawing.
Opens a file browser allowing navigation
to a folder and save the open drawing as
a new file.
Opens the Print dialog allowing selectionof how the drawing is printed.
Closes LibreOffice. Make sure all files are
saved before using.

Edit Menu
Menu item or
sub-itemWindows
Linux

macOS

EffectUndo

Ctrl+Z⌘+Z

Undoes the previous editing action.

Redo

Ctrl+Y⌘+Y

Reverses the action of the last Undo
command.

Cut

Ctrl+X⌘+X

Deletes the selected object and places iton the clipboard.

Copy

Ctrl+C⌘+C

Copies the selected object to the
clipboard.

Paste

Ctrl+V⌘+V

Inserts the contents of the clipboard at thelocation of the cursor replacing any
selected text or objects.

Paste Special >Paste Special

Ctrl+Shift+V ⌘+Shift+V

Pastes the contents of the clipboard at the
cursor position in a format that is specified
using the Paste Special dialog.

Duplicate

Shift+F3

Shift+F3

When an object is selected, opens the
Duplicate dialog providing options for
duplicating a selected object.

Select All

Ctrl+A⌘+A

Selects all the pages and objects in a
drawing.

Find

Ctrl+F⌘+F

Opens the Find toolbar.

Replace

Ctrl+H⌘+⌥+F

Opens the Find and Replace dialog.

Points

F8

F8Opens the Edit Points toolbar if there is anobject on the drawing that uses editable
points, for example a freeform line.

Edit Mode

Ctrl+Shift+M ⌘+Shift+M

Allows a read only drawing to be edited if
the user has writer permission.

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View menu
Menu item or
sub-itemWindows
Linux

RulersCtrl+Shift+R ⌘+Shift+R

SidebarCtrl+F5⌘+F5

Opens or closes the Sidebar.

Styles

F11⌘+T

Opens or closes the Styles deck on the
Sidebar.

Navigator

F5

F5Opens the Navigator dialog.

Menu item or
sub-itemWindows
Linux

macOS

EffectText Box

F2

F2

Switches to text edit mode and opens the
Text Formatting toolbar.

Comment

Ctrl+Alt+C⌘+⌥+C

Inserts a new comment box onto theselected page.

Hyperlink

Ctrl+K⌘+K

Opens the Hyperlink dialog.

Insert nonbreaking space

Ctrl+Shift+Space⌘+Shift+Space

Inserts a non-breaking space at the cursor
position.

Insert Narrow
No-break Space

Alt+Shift+Space⌥+Shift+
Space

Inserts a narrow non-breaking space at
the cursor position.

⌘+/

Inserts a narrow no-width optional breakat the cursor position.

macOS

EffectSwitches the rulers off and on in theWorkspace.

Insert menu

No-width Optional
Ctrl+/BreakFormat menu
Menu item or
sub-itemWindows
Linux

macOS

EffectBold

Ctrl+B⌘+B

Applies Bold format to selected text.

ItalicCtrl+I⌘+I

Applies Italic format to selected text.

Superscript

Ctrl+Shift+P⌘+Shift+P

Reduces the font size of the selected text
and raises the text above the baseline.

Subscript

Ctrl+Shift+B ⌘+Shift+B

Reduces the font size of the selected text
and lowers the text below the baseline.

Increase Size

Ctrl+]⌘+]

Increases the point size of selected text.

Decrease Size

Ctrl+[⌘+[

Decreases the point size of selected text.

Line Spacing 1

Ctrl+1⌘+1

Sets the line spacing in a paragraph to asingle line.

Line Spacing 5

Ctrl+5⌘+5

Sets the line spacing in a paragraph toone and half lines.

Line Spacing 2

Ctrl+2⌘+2

Sets the line spacing in a paragraph totwo lines.

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Left

Ctrl+L⌘+L

Sets the paragraph alignment to leftaligned.

Center

Ctrl+E⌘+E

Sets the paragraph alignment to centeraligned.

Right

Ctrl+R⌘+R

Sets the paragraph alignment to rightaligned.

Justified

Ctrl+J⌘+J

Sets the paragraph alignment to justified.

Clear Direct
Formatting

Ctrl+M⌘+M

Removes direct formatting that has been
applied without using styles.

Edit Style

Alt+P

⌥+P

Opens the Graphic Styles dialog to edit a
selected style.

Manage Styles

F11

⌘+T

Opens or closes the Styles deck on the
Sidebar.

F4

Opens the Position and Size dialog of a
selected object.

macOS

EffectPosition and Size F4

Shape menu
Menu item or
sub-itemWindows
Linux

Bring to Front

Ctrl+Shift++ ⌘+Shift++

Bring Forward

Ctrl++⌘++

Moves a selected object in front of theforward object.

Send Backward

Ctrl+-⌘+-

Moves a selected object behind the
backward object.

Send to Back

Ctrl+Shift+- ⌘+Shift+-

Moves a selected object to the back ofother objects.

Group

Ctrl+Shift+G ⌘+Shift+GGroups selected objects.

Ungroup

Ctrl+Alt+
Shift+G⌘+⌥+Shift+G

Ungroups selected group.

Enter GroupF3F3Enters a group of objects for editing.

Exit Group

Ctrl+F3⌘+F3Exits a group of objects.

CombineCtrl+Shift+K ⌘+Shift+K

Combines two or more selected objects
into a single shape.

Split

Ctrl+Shift+
Alt+K⌘+⌥+Shift+K

Splits a combined object into individual
objects.

Duplicate

Shift+F3

Shift+F3

When an object is selected, opens the
Duplicate dialog providing options for
duplicating a selected object.

Menu item or
sub-itemWindows
Linux

macOS

EffectSpelling

F7

Moves a selected object to the front ofother objects.

Tools menu

Starts spelling checker. Only available intext editing mode.
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Menu item or
sub-itemWindows
Linux

macOS

EffectAutomatic Spell
Checking

Shift+F7

Shift+F7

Switches on or off the automatic spell
checking. Only available in text editing
mode.

Thesaurus

Ctrl+F7⌘+F7

Opens the thesaurus dialog for the
language being used. Only available intext editing mode.

Extension
Manager

Ctrl+Alt+E⌘+⌥+E

Opens the Extension Manager dialog.

Options

Alt+F12

Opens the Options LibreOffice dialog.

Windows menu
Menu item or
sub-itemWindows
Linux

macOS

EffectCloses Window

Ctrl+W⌘+W

Closes the active window. If there is only
one window, closes LibreOffice.

Menu item or
sub-itemWindows
Linux

macOS

EffectLibreOffice Help

F1

F1

Opens a browser application at the
LibreOffice Help pages.

SearchCommands

Shift+Esc

Help menu

Opens a dialog to search for a command.

General function key and keyboard shortcuts
Opening menus and menu items
Windows
Linux

macOS

Press the Alt key first, then select the underlined characterof the menu to be opened. The <?> is the underlined
character in the menu. For example, Alt+F opens the Filemenu.
With the menu open, menu items have an underlined
character. To access these menu items directly, press theunderlined character key. Where two menu items have thesame underlined character, press the character key again to
move to the next item.
If an item in a menu has no underlined character, click on themenu item directly.

Alt+<?>(Windows only)
F6+<?>(Linux only)

Esc

EffectEsc

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Closes an open menu.

Windows
Linux

macOS

EffectF6F6Repeatedly pressing F6 cycles the focus through thefollowing objects:
Menu bar (Windows and Linux operating systems only)
Each toolbar from top to bottom and from left to right
Each free window from left to right
Drawing

Shift+F6

Shift+F6

Repeatedly pressing Shift+F6 cycles the focus in the
opposite direction.

Ctrl+F6⌘+F6

Cycles the focus back to the drawing.

F10

Switches the access on or off for the Menu bar.

Accessing Menu bar commands• Press F6 to select the first item on the Menu bar (the File menu).
• Press the right arrow to select the next menu to the right.
• Press the left arrow to select the previous menu to the left.
• Press the Home and End keys to select the first or last item on the Menu bar.
• Press the down arrow to open a selected menu. An additional press on the down arrowor up arrow moves the selection through the menu commands.
• Press the right arrow to open any submenus on the selected menu. Submenus areindicated by a triangle ► next to the menu item.
• Press Enter to execute the selected menu command.

Accessing toolbar commands• Press F6 repeatedly until the first tool on a toolbar is selected.
• Use the right and left arrows to select a tool on a horizontal toolbar, or the up and downarrows to select a tool on a vertical toolbar.
• Press the Home key to select the first tool on a toolbar, or the End key to select the lasttool on a toolbar.
• Press Enter to activate the selected tool.
• Press the right arrow to open any sub-toolbar on the selected toolbar. Sub-toolbars areindicated by a triangle ▼ next to the tool.
• Keep pressing the right arrow to select a tool on a sub-toolbar.
• Press Ctrl+Enter to insert the selected draw object. The draw object is placed in thecenter of the drawing, with a predefined size.

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Controlling dialogs
When any dialog is opened, one element (for example a button or option field) indicates it has
focus by highlighting, a check mark, or a dotted box around the field or button name.
Windows
Linux

EffectEnter

Activates the selected option. Where no option is selected, Enter isthe equivalent to clicking on OK.

Esc

Closes a dialog without saving any changes made while it was open,
the equivalent to selecting Cancel.

Up/Down arrow keys

Moves focus up and down a list.
Increases or decreases the 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

Moves the focus to the previous section or element in a dialog.

Alt+Down Arrow

Shows the options available in a drop-down list.

Spacebar

Checks or selects an empty checkbox.
Clears or deselects a checked checkbox.

Toolbar function key and keyboard shortcuts
Draw provides several toolbars for the creation and editing of drawings. Some tools on the Draw
toolbars can be activated using a function key, or keyboard shortcut.

Note
The Draw toolbars are listed in the same order displayed in the context menu thatis opened by going to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar.

Drawing
Tool nameWindows
Linux

macOS

EffectInsert Text Box

F2

F2

Switches to text edit mode and opens the
Text Formatting toolbar.

Edit Points

F8

F8Opens the Edit Points toolbar if there is anobject on the drawing that uses editable
points, for example a freeform line.

Windows
Linux

macOS

EffectFind and Replace Ctrl+H⌘+⌥+H

Finds and replaces all instances of text ina drawing.

Find
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Form Design
Tool nameWindows
Linux

Bring to Front

Ctrl+Shift++ ⌘+Shift++

Moves a selected object to the front ofother objects.

Send to Back

Ctrl+Shift+- ⌘+Shift+-

Moves a selected object to the back ofother objects.

Group

Ctrl+Shift+G ⌘+Shift+GGroups selected objects.

Ungroup

Ctrl+Alt+
Shift+G⌘+⌥+Shift+G Ungroups selected group.

Enter GroupF3F3Enters a group of objects for editing.

Exit Group

Ctrl+F3⌘+F3Exits a group of objects.

Windows
Linux

macOS

EffectF4

Opens the Position and Size dialog of a
selected object.

macOS

EffectImage
Tool name

Position and Size F4

Moves a selected object to the front ofother objects.

Bring to Front

Ctrl+Shift++ ⌘+Shift++

Bring Forward

Ctrl++⌘++

Moves a selected object in front of theforward object.

Send Backward

Ctrl+-⌘+-

Moves a selected object behind the
backward object.

Send to Back

Ctrl+Shift+- ⌘+Shift+-

Moves a selected object to the back ofother objects.

Line and Filling
Tool nameWindows
Linux

Position and Size F4

macOS

EffectF4

Opens the Position and Size dialog of a
selected object.
Moves a selected object to the front ofother objects.

Bring to Front

Ctrl+Shift++ ⌘+Shift++

Bring Forward

Ctrl++⌘++

Moves a selected object in front of theforward object.

Send Backward

Ctrl+-⌘+-

Moves a selected object behind the
backward object.

Send to Back

Ctrl+Shift+- ⌘+Shift+-

Styles

F11⌘+T

Moves a selected object to the back ofother objects.
Opens the Styles deck on the Sidebar.

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Standard
Tool nameWindows
Linux

macOS

EffectNew

Ctrl+N⌘+N

Opens a new drawing.

Templates

Ctrl+Shift+N ⌘+Shift+NOpen

Ctrl+O⌘+O

Opens the Open file browser to allow
navigation to a folder and selection of adrawing.

Save

Ctrl+S⌘+S

Saves the open document.

Save As

Ctrl+Shift+S ⌘+Shift+S

Opens the Save as file browser to savethe open drawing as a new drawing.

Edit Mode

Ctrl+Shift+M ⌘+Shift+M

Switches on edit mode when a drawing isin read only mode.

Print

Ctrl+P⌘+P

Opens the Print dialog to select how toprint the drawing.

Cut

Ctrl+X⌘+X

Deletes the selected object and places iton the clipboard.

Copy

Ctrl+C⌘+C

Copies the selected object to the
clipboard.

Paste

Ctrl+V⌘+V

Places the object on the clipboard into the
document.

Clear

Ctrl+M⌃+M

Removes direct formatting that has been
applied without using styles.

Undo

Ctrl+Z⌘+Z

Undoes the previous editing action.

Redo

Ctrl+Y⌘+Y

Reverses the action of the last Undo
command.

Spelling

F7

F7

Starts the spelling checker. Only available
in text editing mode.

Auto Spellcheck

Shift+F7

Shift+F7

Switches on or off the automatic spell
checking. Only available in text editingmode.

Text Box

F2

Switches to text edit mode and opens the
Text Formatting toolbar.

Insert Hyperlink

Ctrl+K

Opens the Hyperlink dialog.

Position and Size F4Edit Points

F8

16 | Appendix A, Keyboard Shortcuts

Opens the Templates dialog to create a
new drawing using a template.

Opens the Position and Size dialog of a
selected object.
Opens the Edit Points toolbar if there is anobject on the drawing that uses editable
points, for example a freeform line.

Standard (Viewing Mode)
Tool nameWindows
Linux

Save As

Ctrl+Shift+S ⌘+Shift+S

Opens the Save as file browser so you
can save the open document as a new
document.

Edit Mode

Ctrl+Shift+M ⌘+Shift+M

Switches on edit mode when a document
is in read only mode.

Print

Ctrl+P⌘+P

Opens the Print dialog so that you canselect how you want to print the
document.

Copy

Ctrl+C⌘+C

Copies the selected object to the
clipboard.

⌘+⌥+F

Opens the Find and Replace dialog.

Find and Replace Ctrl+H

macOS

EffectText Formatting
Tool nameWindows
Linux

macOS

EffectIncrease

Ctrl+]⌘+]

Increases the point size of selected text.

Decrease

Ctrl+[⌘+[

Decreases the point size of selected text.

Bold

Ctrl+B⌘+B

Applies Bold format to selected text.

ItalicCtrl+I⌘+I

Applies Italic format to selected text.

Superscript

Ctrl+Shift+P ⌘+Shift+P

Reduces the font size of the selected text
and raises the text above the baseline.

Subscript

Ctrl+Shift+B ⌘+Shift+B

Reduces the font size of the selected text
and lowers the text below the baseline.

Clear

Ctrl+M⌃+M

Removes direct formatting that has been
applied without using styles.

Left

Ctrl+L⌘+L

Sets the paragraph alignment to leftaligned.

Center

Ctrl+E⌘+E

Sets the paragraph alignment to centeraligned.

Right

Ctrl+R⌘+R

Sets the paragraph alignment to rightaligned.

Justified

Ctrl+J⌘+J

Sets the paragraph alignment to justified.

Select All

Ctrl+A⌘+A

Selects all the text in a text box.

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