Difference between revisions of "Documentation/Writer for Students/Shortcut"

Revision as of 11:49, 15 June 2014

OpenOffice Writer has a bunch of shortcuts to make life easier:

Ctrl + 0 the paragraph where the cursor is will become Text Body
Ctrl + 1 the paragraph where the cursor is will become Heading 1
Ctrl + 2 the paragraph where the cursor is will become Heading 2
Ctrl + 3 the paragraph where the cursor is will become Heading 3
Ctrl + 4 the paragraph where the cursor is will become Heading 4
Ctrl + i marked text will be italicized
Ctrl + b marked text will change to bold
Ctrl + m marked text will loose all individual formatting – only the paragraph style will remain active
Ctrl + s save file
Ctrl + p print file
Ctrl + f find or replace text
Ctrl + c copy marked text to computer memory
Ctrl + v insert contents of computer memory
Ctrl + shift + v same as above, only you can choose to insert text with reduced formatting
Ctrl + x cut out and move marked text to computer memory
Ctrl + Return start a new page
Shift + Return start a new line (but not a new paragraph)
Ctrl + - insert an optional hyphen – the word will be hyphenated here only if it doesn’t fit on line
Ctrl + Shift + Space insert a non-breaking space
Ctrl + Shift + - insert a non-breaking hyphen
– + Space long hyphen “–”
. + . + . + space ellipse “…”
Alt + shift + F8 to change selection mode from standard to vertical (Block area)

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 * '''– + Space''' long hyphen “–”
 * '''. + . + . + space''' ellipse “…”
+* Alt + shift + F8 to change selection mode from standard to vertical ('''Block area''')
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