Shortcut Keys for LibreOffice Writer

F2

Formula Bar

Ctrl+F2

Insert Fields

F3

Complete AutoText

Ctrl+F3

Edit AutoText

Shift+F4

Select next frame

Ctrl+Shift+F4

Open Data Source View

F5

Navigator on/off

Ctrl+Shift+F5

Navigator on, go to page number

F7

Spellcheck

Ctrl+F7

Thesaurus

F8

Extension mode

Ctrl+F8

Field shadings on / off

Shift+F8

Additional Selection

Ctrl+Shift+F8

Block selection mode

F9

Update fields

Ctrl+F9

Show fields

Shift+F9

Calculate Table

Ctrl+Shift+F9

Update Input Fields and Input Lists

Ctrl+F10

Nonprinting Characters on/off

F11

Styles window on/off

Shift+F11

Create Style

Ctrl+F11

Sets focus to Apply Style box

Ctrl+Shift+F11

Update Style

F12

Numbering on

Ctrl+F12

Insert or edit Table

Shift+F12

Bullets on

Ctrl+Shift+F12

Numbering / Bullets off

Ctrl+A

Select All

Ctrl+J

Justify

Ctrl+D

Double Underline

Ctrl+E

Centered

Ctrl+H

Find and Replace

Ctrl+Shift+P

Superscript

Ctrl+L

Align Left

Ctrl+R

Align Right

Ctrl+Shift+B

Subscript

Ctrl+Y

Redo last action

Ctrl+0 (zero)

Apply Text Body paragraph style

Ctrl+1

Apply Heading 1 paragraph style

Ctrl+2

Apply Heading 2 paragraph style

Ctrl+3

Apply Heading 3 paragraph style

Ctrl+4

Apply Heading 1 paragraph style

Ctrl+5

Apply Heading 1 paragraph style

Ctrl + Plus Key(+)

Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard.

Ctrl+Hyphen(-)

Soft hyphens; hyphenation set by you.

Ctrl+Shift+minus sign (-)

Non-breaking hyphen (is not used for hyphenation)

Ctrl+multiplication sign * (only on number pad)

Run macro field

Ctrl+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

Ctrl+Enter

Manual page break

Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Column break in multicolumnar texts

Alt+Enter

Inserting a new paragraph without numbering inside a list. Does not work when the cursor is at the end of the list.

Alt+Enter

Inserting a new paragraph directly before or after a section, or before a table.

Arrow Left

Move cursor to left

Shift+Arrow Left

Move cursor with selection to the left

Ctrl+Arrow Left

Go to beginning of word

Ctrl+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

Ctrl+Arrow Right

Go to end of word

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right

Selecting to the right word by word

Arrow Up

Move up one line

Shift+Arrow Up

Selecting lines in an upwards direction

Ctrl+Arrow Up

Move cursor to beginning of the previous paragraph

Ctrl+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

Ctrl+Arrow Down

Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Down

Select to end of paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to end of next paragraph

Home

Go to beginning of line

Home+Shift

Go and select to the beginning of a line

End

Go to end of line

End+Shift

Go and select to end of line

Ctrl+Home

Go to start of document

Ctrl+Home+Shift

Go and select text to start of document

Ctrl+End

Go to end of document

Ctrl+End+Shift

Go and select text to end of document

Ctrl+PageUp

Switch cursor between text and header

Ctrl+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

Ctrl+Del

Delete text to end of word

Ctrl+Backspace

Delete text to beginning of word

In a list: delete an empty paragraph in front of the current paragraph

Ctrl+Del+Shift

Delete text to end of sentence

Ctrl+Shift+Backspace

Delete text to beginning of sentence

Ctrl+Tab

Next suggestion with Automatic Word Completion

Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Use previous suggestion with Automatic Word Completion

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V

Pastes the content of the clipboard.

Ctrl + double-click or Ctrl + Shift + F10

Use this combination to quickly dock or undock the Navigator, Styles window, or other windows

Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow

Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs up one paragraph.

Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow

Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs down one paragraph.

Tab

The heading in format “Heading X” (X = 1-9) is moved down one level in the outline.

Shift+Tab

The heading in format “Heading X” (X = 2-10) is moved up one level in the outline.

Ctrl+Tab

At the start of a heading: Inserts a tab stop. Depending on the Window Manager in use, Alt+Tab may be used instead.

To change the heading level with the keyboard, first position the cursor in front of the heading.

Ctrl+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.

Ctrl+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.

Ctrl+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.

Ctrl+Tab

Inserts a tab stop (only in tables). Depending on the Window Manager in use, Alt+Tab may be used instead.

Alt+Arrow Keys

Increases/decreases the size of the column/row on the right/bottom cell edge

Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys

Increase/decrease the size of the column/row on the left/top cell edge

Alt+Ctrl+Arrow Keys

Like Alt, but only the active cell is modified

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys

Like Alt, but only the active cell is modified

Ctrl+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+Ctrl+Del

If nothing is selected, the contents of the next cell are deleted. If cells are selected, the whole line of the selection will be deleted. If all rows are selected completely or partially, the entire table is 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.

Esc

Cursor is inside a text frame and no text is selected: Escape selects the text frame.

Text frame is selected: Escape clears the cursor from the text frame.

F2 or Enter or any key that produces a character on screen

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

Move object.

Alt+Ctrl+Arrow Keys

Resizes by moving lower right corner.

Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Keys

Resizes by moving top left corner.

Ctrl+Tab

Selects the anchor of an object (in Edit Points mode).