Hotkeys and shortcuts for LibreOffice Writer

(Total 107)

F2
Moving and resizing frames, graphics and objects
If a text frame is selected: positions the cursor to the end of the text in the text frame. If you press any key that produces a character on screen, and the document is in edit mode, the character is appended to the text
Ctrl + F2
Function keys
Insert Fields
F3
Function keys
Complete AutoText
Ctrl + F3
Function keys
Edit AutoText
F4
Function keys
Open Data Source View
↑   Shift + F4
Function keys
Select next frame
F5
Function keys
Navigator on/off
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + F5
Function keys
Navigator on, go to page number
F7
Function keys
Spellcheck
Ctrl + F7
Function keys
Thesaurus
F8
Function keys
Extension mode
Ctrl + F8
Function keys
Field shadings on / off
↑   Shift + F8
Function keys
Additional selection mode
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + F8
Function keys
Block selection mode
F9
Function keys
Update fields
Ctrl + F9
Function keys
Show fields
↑   Shift + F9
Function keys
Calculate Table
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + F9
Function keys
Update Input Fields and Input Lists
Ctrl + F10
Function keys
Nonprinting Characters on/off
F11
Function keys
Styles and Formatting window on/off
↑   Shift + F11
Function keys
Create Style
Ctrl + F11
Function keys
Sets focus to Apply Style box
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + F11
Function keys
Update Style
F12
Function keys
Numbering on
Ctrl + F12
Function keys
Insert or edit Table
↑   Shift + F12
Function keys
Bullets on
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + F12
Function keys
Numbering / Bullets off
Ctrl + A
Tables
If the active cell is empty: selects the whole table. Otherwise: selects the contents of the active cell. Pressing again selects the entire table
Ctrl + J
General
Justify
Ctrl + D
General
Double Underline
Ctrl + E
General
Centered
Ctrl + H
General
Find and Replace
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + P
General
Superscript
Ctrl + L
General
Align Left
Ctrl + R
General
Align Right
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + B
General
Subscript
Ctrl + Y
General
Redo last action
Ctrl + 0
General
Apply Text Body paragraph style
Ctrl + 1
General
Apply Heading 1 paragraph style
Ctrl + 2
General
Apply Heading 2 paragraph style
Ctrl + 3
General
Apply Heading 3 paragraph style
Ctrl + 4
General
Apply Heading 4 paragraph style
Ctrl + 5
General
Apply Heading 5 paragraph style
Ctrl + +
General
Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard
Ctrl + -
General
Soft hyphens; hyphenation set by you.
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + -
General
Non-breaking hyphen (is not used for hyphenation)
Ctrl + Num *
General
Run macro field
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + Space
General
Non-breaking spaces. Non-breaking spaces are not used for hyphenation and are not expanded if the text is justified
↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter
General
Line break without paragraph change
Ctrl + ⤶ Enter
General
Manual page break
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter
General
Column break in multicolumnar texts
Alt + ⤶ Enter
General
Inserting a new paragraph directly before or after a section, or before a table.
General
Move cursor to left
↑   Shift +
General
Move cursor with selection to the left
Ctrl +
General
Go to beginning of word
Ctrl + ↑   Shift +
General
Selecting to the left word by word
General
Move cursor to right
↑   Shift +
General
Move cursor with selection to the right
Ctrl +
General
Go to start of next word
Ctrl + ↑   Shift +
General
Selecting to the right word by word
General
Move cursor up one line
↑   Shift +
General
Selecting lines in an upwards direction
Ctrl +
General
Move cursor to beginning of the previous paragraph
Ctrl + ↑   Shift +
General
Select to beginning of paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to beginning of previous paragraph
General
Move cursor down one line
↑   Shift +
General
Selecting lines in a downward direction
Ctrl +
General
Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.
Ctrl + ↑   Shift +
General
Select to end of paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to end of next paragraph
Home
General
Go to beginning of line
Home + ↑   Shift
General
Go and select to the beginning of a line
End
General
Go to end of line
End + ↑   Shift
General
Go and select to end of line
Ctrl + Home
Tables
If the active cell is empty: goes to the beginning of the table. Otherwise: first press goes to beginning of the active cell, second press goes to beginning of the current table, third press goes to beginning of document
Ctrl + Home + ↑   Shift
General
Go and select text to start of document
Ctrl + End
Tables
If the active cell is empty: goes to the end of the table. Otherwise: first press goes to the end of the active cell, second press goes to the end of the current table, third press goes to the end of the document
Ctrl + End + ↑   Shift
General
Go and select text to end of document
Ctrl + Page Up
General
Switch cursor between text and header
Ctrl + Page Down
General
Switch cursor between text and footer
Insert
General
Insert mode on/off
Page Up
General
Screen page up
Shift + Page Up
General
Move up screen page with selection
Page Down
General
Move down screen page
Shift + Page Down
General
Move down screen page with selection
Ctrl + Del
General
Delete text to end of word
Ctrl + ⬅ Backspace
General
(in a list) Delete an empty paragraph in front of the current paragraph
Ctrl + Del + ↑   Shift
General
Delete text to end of sentence
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + ⬅ Backspace
General
Delete text to beginning of sentence
Ctrl + ⭾ Tab
Moving and resizing frames, graphics and objects
Selects the anchor of an object (in Edit Points mode)
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + ⭾ Tab
General
Use previous suggestion with Automatic Word Completion
Ctrl + Alt + ↑   Shift + V
General
Paste the contents of the clipboard as unformatted text.
Ctrl + Mouse double click
General
Use this combination to quickly dock or undock the Navigator, Styles and Formatting window, or other windows
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + F10
General
Use this combination to quickly dock or undock the Navigator, Styles and Formatting window, or other windows
Ctrl + Alt +
Paragraphs and Heading Levels
Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs up one paragraph
Ctrl + Alt +
Paragraphs and Heading Levels
Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs down one paragraph
⭾ Tab
Paragraphs and Heading Levels
The heading in format "Heading X" (X = 1-9) is moved down one level in the outline
↑   Shift + ⭾ Tab
Paragraphs and Heading Levels
The heading in format "Heading X" (X = 2-10) is moved up one level in the outline
Alt + Keys
Tables
Increases/decreases the size of the column/row on the right/bottom cell edge
Alt + ↑   Shift + ← ↑ → ↓
Tables
Increase/decrease the size of the column/row on the left/top cell edge
Alt + Ctrl + ← ↑ → ↓
Moving and resizing frames, graphics and objects
Resizes by moving lower right corner
Ctrl + Alt + ↑   Shift + ← ↑ → ↓
Tables
Like Alt, but only the active cell is modified
Alt + Insert
Tables
3 seconds in Insert mode, Arrow Key inserts row/column, Ctrl + Arrow Key inserts cell
Alt + Del
Tables
3 seconds in Delete mode, Arrow key deletes row/column, Ctrl + Arrow key merges cell with neighboring cell
Ctrl + ↑   Shift + T
Tables
Removes cell protection from all selected tables. If no table is selected, then cell protection is removed from all of the tables in the document
↑   Shift + Ctrl + Del
Tables
If one or more cells are selected, the whole rows containing the selection will be deleted. If all rows are selected completely or partially, the entire table will be deleted
Esc
Moving and resizing frames, graphics and objects
(when text frame is selected) Clears the cursor from the text frame
Alt + ← ↑ → ↓
Moving and resizing frames, graphics and objects
Move object
Alt + Ctrl + ↑   Shift + ← ↑ → ↓
Moving and resizing frames, graphics and objects
Resizes by moving top left corner