Hotkeys and shortcuts for Libreoffice Writer (Windows)

(Total 111)

Ctrl + A
General
Select All
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 + plus
General
Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard.
Ctrl + Shift + -
General
Non-breaking hyphen (is not used for hyphenation)
Ctrl + * (only on number pad)
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 without numbering inside a list. Does not work when the cursor is at the end of the list.
Alt + Enter
General
Inserting a new paragraph directly before or after a section, or before a table.
Arrow Left
General
Move cursor to left
Shift + Arrow Left
General
Move cursor with selection to the left
Ctrl + Arrow Left
General
Go to beginning of word
Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Left
General
Selecting to the left word by word
Arrow Right
General
Move cursor to right
Shift + Arrow Right
General
Move cursor with selection to the right
Ctrl + Arrow Right
General
Go to start of next word
Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Right
General
Selecting to the right word by word
Arrow Up
General
Move cursor up one line
Shift + Arrow Up
General
Selecting lines in an upwards direction
Ctrl + Arrow Up
General
Move cursor to beginning of the previous paragraph
Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Up
General
Select to beginning of paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to beginning of previous paragraph
Arrow Down
General
Move cursor down one line
Shift + Arrow Down
General
Selecting lines in a downward direction
Ctrl + Arrow Down
General
Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.
Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Down
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
General
Go to start of document
Ctrl + Home + Shift
General
Go and select text to start of document
Ctrl + End
General
Go to end of document
Ctrl + End + Shift
General
Go and select text to end of document
Ctrl + PageUp
General
Switch cursor between text and header
Ctrl + PageDown
General
Switch cursor between text and footer
Insert
General
Insert mode on/off
PageUp
General
Screen page up
Shift + PageUp
General
Move up screen page with selection
PageDown
General
Move down screen page
Shift + PageDown
General
Move down screen page with selection
Ctrl + Delete
General
Delete text to end of word
Ctrl + Backspace
General
Delete text to beginning of word In a list
Ctrl + Delete + Shift
General
Delete text to end of sentence
Ctrl + Shift + Backspace
General
Delete text to beginning of sentence
Ctrl + Tab
General
Next suggestion with Automatic Word Completion
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 + Shift + F10
General
Use this combination to quickly dock or undock the Navigator, Styles and Formatting window, or other windows
F2
Function Keys
Formula Bar
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 + Alt + Arrow Up
Paragraphs and Heading Levels
Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs up one paragraph.
Ctrl + Alt + Arrow Down
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.
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 + 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 + 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 + Tab
Tables
Inserts a tab stop (only in tables). Depending on the Window Manager in use, Alt+Tab may be used instead.
Alt + Arrow Keys
Tables
Increases/decreases the size of the column/row on the right/bottom cell edge
Alt + Shift + Arrow Keys
Tables
Increase/decrease the size of the column/row on the left/top cell edge
Alt + Ctrl + Arrow Keys
Tables
Like Alt, but only the active cell is modified
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Arrow Keys
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 + Delete
Tables
3 seconds in Delete mode, Arrow key deletes row/column, Ctrl+Arrow key merges cell with neighboring cell
Esc
Moving,Resizing Frames, Graphics and Objects
Cursor is inside a text frame and no text is selected: Escape selects the text frame.
F2
Moving,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.
Alt + Arrow Keys
Moving,Resizing Frames, Graphics and Objects
Move object.
Alt + Ctrl + Arrow Keys
Moving,Resizing Frames, Graphics and Objects
Resizes by moving lower right corner.
Alt + Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Keys
Moving,Resizing Frames, Graphics and Objects
Resizes by moving top left corner.
Ctrl + Tab
Moving,Resizing Frames, Graphics and Objects
Selects the anchor of an object (in Edit Points mode).