General shortcut keys for OpenOffice.org
From Apache OpenOffice Wiki
| 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. |
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