General shortcut keys for OpenOffice.org

Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3.x

Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts

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Shortcut Keys	Result
Enter key	Activates the focused button in a dialog.
Esc	Terminates the action or dialog. If in OpenOffice.org Help: goes up one level.
Spacebar	Toggles the focused checkbox in a dialog.
Arrow keys	Changes the active control field in an option section of a dialog.
Tab	Advances focus to the next section or element in a dialog.
Shift+Tab	Moves the focus to the previous section or element in a dialog.
Alt+Down Arrow	Opens the list of the control field currently selected in a dialog. This shortcut applies to combo boxes and to icon buttons with pop-up menus. Close an opened list by pressing the Esc key.
Del	Deletes the selected items into the recycle bin.
Shift+Del	Deletes the selected items without putting them in the recycle bin.
Backspace	When a folder is shown: goes up one level (goes back).
Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar	Removes direct formatting from selected text or objects (as in Format > Default Formatting).
Ctrl+Tab	When positioned at the start of a header, a tab is inserted.
Enter (if an OLE object is selected)	Activates the selected OLE object.
Enter (if a drawing object or text object is selected)	Activates text input mode.
Ctrl+O	Opens a document.
Ctrl+S	Saves the current document.
Ctrl+N	Creates a new document.
Shift+Ctrl+N	Opens Templates and Documents dialog.
Ctrl+P	Prints the document.
Ctrl+Q	Exits the application.
Ctrl+X	Cuts the selected elements.
Ctrl+C	Copies the selected items.
Ctrl+V	Pastes 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+F	Calls the Find & Replace dialog.
Ctrl+Shift+F	Searches for the last entered search term.
Ctrl+Shift+J	Toggles the view between fullscreen mode and normal mode in Writer or Calc.
Ctrl+Shift+R	Refreshes (redraws) the document view.
Shift+Ctrl+I	Enables or disables the selection cursor in read-only text.
Ctrl+I	Applies the Italic attribute to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also marked in italic.
Ctrl+B	Applies The Bold attribute to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also put in bold.
Ctrl+U	Applies the Underlined attribute to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also underlined.