Keyboard Shortcuts
You can use keyboard shortcuts to move the focus to a frequently used toolbar and menu options without using the mouse.
To activate the menu bar via the keyboard: Press the Alt key once; each menu option is identified by a single underlined letter which indicates its shortcut key. Pressing on the Alt key again will return the focus to the editor.
To navigate the menu bar via the keyboard:
- The required menu is presented by pressing the appropriate shortcut key. You can navigate between menu options using the Left and Right keys.
- You can navigate through the menu using the following cursor keys:
- Use the up and down arrows to move up and down the list of menu items.
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Use the Esc key to cancel the menu.
- Use the Right or Enter keys to open a sub-menu.
- Use the Left or Esc keys to close a sub-menu and return to the parent menu.
When working with combo boxes, use the following to navigate and select items:
- To move up one item, use the up arrow.
- To move down one item, use the down arrow.
- To select an item from the combo box, press the return key.
To exit from the toolbar control, press the Esc (Escape) key.
Toolbar options
| Clipboard shortcuts: | |
| Cut | CTRL+X |
| Copy | CTRL+C |
| Paste | CTRL+V |
| Paste Special | CTRL+ALT+V |
| Action shortcuts: | |
| Undo | CTRL+Z |
| Redo | CTRL+Y |
| View related shortcuts: | |
| Select magnification from the zoom box | CTRL+SHIFT+Z |
| Toggle formatting Marks | CTRL+SHIFT+8 |
| Toggle boundaries | CTRL+SHIFT+9 |
| Language shortcuts: | |
| Select document Language box | CTRL+SHIFT+E |
| Text formatting shortcuts: | |
| Select font size from the size box | CTRL+SHIFT+P |
| Select the font from the font box | CTRL+SHIFT+F |
| Select text color options | CTRL+SHIFT+C |
| Make selected text bold | CTRL+B |
| Make selected text italic | CTRL+I |
| Underline selected text | CTRL+U |
| Keep lines together | CTRL+K |
| Align left | CTRL+L |
| Center text | CTRL+T |
| Align right | CTRL+R |
| Justify | CTRL+J |
| Full justify | CTRL+SHIFT+J |
| Start a bulleted list | CTRL+SHIFT+L |
| Start a numbered list | CTRL+Alt+L |
| Review related shortcuts: | |
| Spell check | F7 |
| Toggle Formatting Marks | CTRL+SHIFT+8 |
| Toggle Boundaries | CTRL+SHIFT+9 |
Other keyboard shortcuts
| Display the font dialog when working with editable text | CTRL+D |
| Open the prompt help window | F1 |
| Close the prompt help window | SHIFT+F1 |
Prompt related shortcuts
To select paragraph text into an editable text area:
| Toggle pushpins | CTRL+SHIFT+7 |
| Select prompt | CTRL+SHIFT+I |
| Show prompt | CTRL+4 |
| Show help for current free-form text | ALT+F1 |
| To activate prompting from the Editor: | |
| Show next prompt | TAB |
| Show previous prompt | SHIFT+TAB |
| Show first incomplete prompt | CTRL+ENTER |
| Keyboard shortcuts in Prompt dialogs: | |
| Next prompt field | TAB |
| Previous prompt field | SHIFT+TAB |
| Next incomplete prompt field | CTRL+TAB |
| Previous incomplete prompt field | CTRL+SHIFT+TAB |
| Close prompt dialog | ALT+F4 or ESCAPE |
| Open the prompt help window | F1 |
| Close the prompt help window | SHIFT+F1 |
| Place cursor in the prompt help window | CTRL+I |
| Return to prompt field | CTRL+B |
| A character to the right | SHIFT + Right Arrow |
| A character to the left | SHIFT + Left Arrow |
| A line before | SHIFT + Up Arrow |
| A line after | SHIFT + Down Arrow |
| To end of line | SHIFT + END |
| To beginning of line | SHIFT + HOME |
| All | CTRL + A or from the Edit menu click Select All |
To navigate to browser, documents and text boxes:
| Move focus to browser | F6 or SHIFT + F6 |
| Move to the next document in a multi document template | CTRL + PAGE UP |
| Move to the previous document in a multi document template | CTRL + PAGE DOWN |
| Move to next text box or image | CTRL+6 |
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Move to the previous text box or image |
CTRL+SHIFT+6 |