Shortcut Keys for Collabora Office Writer

You can use shortcut keys to quickly perform common tasks in Collabora Office. This section lists the default shortcut keys for Collabora Office Writer.

Some of the shortcut keys may be assigned to your desktop system. Keys that are assigned to the desktop system are not available to Collabora Office. Try to assign different keys either for Collabora Office, in Tools - Customize - Keyboard, or in your desktop system.

You can also use the general shortcut keys in Collabora Office.

Function Keys for Collabora Office Writer

Shortcut keys	Effect
F2	Formula Bar
+F2	Insert Fields
F3	Complete AutoText
+F3	Edit AutoText
Shift+F4	Select next frame
Ctrl+Shift+F4	Open Data Source View
F5	Navigator on/off
Shift+F5	Moves the cursor to the position that it had when the document was last saved before it was last closed.
+Shift+F5	Navigator on, go to page number
F7	Spelling
+F7	Thesaurus
F8	Extension mode
+F8	Field shadings on / off
Shift+F8	Additional selection mode
Ctrl+Shift+F8	Block selection mode
F9	Update fields
+F9	Show fields
Shift+F9	Calculate Table
+Shift+F9	Update Input Fields and Input Lists
+F10	Nonprinting Characters on/off
	Styles window on/off
Shift+F11	Create Style
+F11	Sets focus to Apply Style box
+Shift+F11	Update Style
F12	Toggle Ordered List
+F12	Insert or edit Table
Shift+F12	Toggle Unordered List
+Shift+F12	Ordered / Unordered List off

Shortcut Keys for Collabora Office Writer

Shortcut keys	Effect
+A	Select All
+J	Justify
+D	Double Underline
+E	Centered
+H	Find and Replace
+Shift+P	Superscript
+L	Align Left
+R	Align Right
+Shift+B	Subscript
	Redo last action
+0 (zero)	Apply Text Body paragraph style
+1	Apply Heading 1 paragraph style
+2	Apply Heading 2 paragraph style
+3	Apply Heading 3 paragraph style
+4	Apply Heading 4 paragraph style
+5	Apply Heading 5 paragraph style
+ Plus Key(+)	Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard.
+Hyphen(-)	Soft hyphens; hyphenation set by you.
+Shift+minus sign (-)	Non-breaking hyphen (is not used for hyphenation)
+multiplication sign * (only on number pad)	Run macro field
+Shift+Space	Non-breaking spaces. Non-breaking spaces are not used for hyphenation and are not expanded if the text is justified.
Shift+Enter	Line break without paragraph change
+Enter	Manual page break
+Shift+Enter	Column break in multicolumnar texts
+Enter	Inserting a new paragraph without numbering inside a list. Does not work when the cursor is at the end of the list.
+Enter	Insert a new paragraph directly before or after a section or table. For sections, the cursor must be placed at the first or last character. For tables, the cursor must be placed at the first character of the first cell or the last character of the last cell.
Arrow Left	Move cursor to left
Shift+Arrow Left	Move cursor with selection to the left
+Arrow Left	Go to beginning of word
+Shift+Arrow Left	Selecting to the left word by word
Arrow Right	Move cursor to right
Shift+Arrow Right	Move cursor with selection to the right
+Arrow Right	Go to start of next word
+Shift+Arrow Right	Selecting to the right word by word
Arrow Up	Move cursor up one line
Shift+Arrow Up	Selecting lines in an upwards direction
Ctrl+Arrow Up	Move cursor to beginning of paragraph. Next keystroke moves cursor to beginning of previous paragraph
+Shift+Arrow Up	Select to beginning of paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to beginning of previous paragraph
Arrow Down	Move cursor down one line
Shift+Arrow Down	Selecting lines in a downward direction
+Arrow Down	Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.
+Shift+Arrow Down	Select to end of paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to end of next paragraph
	Go to beginning of line
+Shift	Go and select to the beginning of a line
	Go to end of line
+Shift	Go and select to end of line
	Go to start of document
+Shift	Go and select text to start of document
	Go to end of document
+Shift	Go and select text to end of document
+PageUp	Switch cursor between text and header
+PageDown	Switch cursor between text and footer
Insert	Insert mode on/off
PageUp	Screen page up
Shift+PageUp	Move up screen page with selection
PageDown	Move down screen page
Shift+PageDown	Move down screen page with selection
	Delete text to end of word
+Backspace	Delete text to beginning of word In a list: delete an empty paragraph in front of the current paragraph
+Shift	Delete text to end of sentence
+Shift+Backspace	Delete text to beginning of sentence
+Tab	Next suggestion with Automatic Word Completion
+Shift+Tab	Use previous suggestion with Automatic Word Completion
+Shift+V	Paste the contents of the clipboard as unformatted text.
+ double-click or + Shift + F10	Use this combination to quickly dock or undock the Navigator, Styles window, or other windows

Shortcut Keys for Paragraphs, List Paragraphs and Heading Levels

Shortcut keys	Effect
+Up Arrow	Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs up one paragraph.
+Down Arrow	Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs down one paragraph.
Tab	With the cursor positioned in front of a heading or list paragraph: The heading in format "Heading X" (X = 1-9) is moved down one level in the outline. For list paragraphs, the list level is moved down one level.
Shift+Tab	With the cursor positioned in front of a heading or list paragraph: The heading in format "Heading X" (X = 2-10) is moved up one level in the outline. For list paragraphs, the list level is moved up one level.
+Tab	With the cursor placed anywhere in a heading or list paragraph: Increases the alignment for all headings. For list paragraphs, increases the alignment for all paragraphs in the same list.
+Shift+Tab	With the cursor placed anywhere in a heading or list paragraph: Decreases the alignment for all headings. For list paragraphs, decreases the alignment for all paragraphs in the same list.

To insert a tab at the beginning of a heading or list paragraph, use the Numbering followed by option in the Position tab in the Chapter Numbering or Bullets and Numbering dialog. Alternatively, a tab can be copied and then pasted at the beginning.

Shortcut Keys for Tables in Collabora Office Writer

Shortcut Keys	Effect
+A	If the active cell is empty: selects the whole table. Otherwise: selects the contents of the active cell. Pressing again selects the entire table.
+Home	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.
+End	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.
+Tab	Inserts a tab stop (only in tables). Depending on the Window Manager in use, +Tab may be used instead.
+Arrow Keys	Increases/decreases the size of the column/row on the right/bottom cell edge
+Shift+Arrow Keys	Increase/decrease the size of the column/row on the left/top cell edge
+Arrow Keys	Like , but only the active cell is modified
+Shift+Arrow Keys	Like , but only the active cell is modified
+Shift+T	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++Del	If no whole cell is selected, the text from the cursor to the end of the current sentence is deleted. If the cursor is at the end of a cell, and no whole cell is selected, the contents of the next cell are deleted. If no whole cell is selected and the cursor is at the end of the table, the paragraph following the table will be deleted, unless it is the last paragraph in the document. 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.

Shortcut Keys for Moving and Resizing Frames, Graphics and Objects

Shortcut Keys	Effect
Esc	Cursor is inside a frame and no text is selected: Escape selects the frame. Frame is selected: Escape clears the cursor from the frame.
F2 or Enter or any key that produces a character on screen	If a frame is selected: positions the cursor to the end of the text in the 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.
+Arrow Keys	Move object.
+Arrow Keys	Resizes by moving lower right corner.
+Shift+Arrow Keys	Resizes by moving top left corner.
+Tab	Selects the anchor of an object (in Edit Points mode).

Navigating and Selecting With the Keyboard

Using Shortcut Keys (Collabora Office Writer Accessibility)

Shortcuts (Collabora Office Accessibility)