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Calibre 6.25.0 keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 9/5/2023 on https://defkey.com/calibre-6-25-0-shortcuts

Calibre is a cross-platform free and open-source suite of e-book software.
It allows organizing e-books into virtual libraries. Calibre supports many
file formats and can edit most e-book formats. This version was released on
August 18, 2023.

Calibre 6.25.0 has 70 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Adding books
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A                       Add books
Ctrl + Shift + E        Add empty book (Book entry with no formats)
Shift + A               Add files to selected book records
Alt + Shift + A         Add files to selected book records from clipboard


Edit metadata
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Ctrl + D                Download metadata and covers
E                       Edit metadata
M                       Merge book records
Alt + M                 Merge into first selected book - keep others
Alt + Shift + M         Merge only formats into first selected book - delete others


Marking books
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Ctrl + M                Mark books
Ctrl + Shift + M        Show marked books


Move to next match
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N                       Move to next match
F3                      Move to next match
Shift + N               Move to previous item
Shift + F3              Move to previous item


Preferences
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Ctrl + P                Preferences
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R  Restart program ignoring third party plugins
Ctrl + Shift + R        Restart in debug mode


Quickview
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Alt + Shift + Q         Focus from Quickview to the book list
Shift + Q               Focus to Quickview
Shift + S               Search from Quickview
Q                       Toggle Quickview


Similar books
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Alt + A                 Books by same author
Alt + P                 Books by this publisher
Alt + Shift + S         Books in this series
Alt + T                 Books with the same tags


Sort by
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F5                      Re-apply current sort
Shift + F5              Reverse current sort
Ctrl + F5               Show the Sort by menu


Tag browser
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Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F  Filter book list


View
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Shift + V               Continue reading previous book
V                       View
Alt + V                 View specific format


Virtual library
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Ctrl + TR               Quick select Virtual library


Other
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Ctrl + Shift + F        Advanced search
Alt + Esc               Clear the additional restriction
Esc                     Clear the current search
Ctrl + Esc              Clear the virtual library
Shift + Esc             Focus the book list
Ctrl + Right arrow      Next virtual library
Ctrl + Left arrow       Previous virtual library
Ctrl + Q                Quit program
Alt + Shift + J         Show/Hide the jobs list
Ctrl + F                Start search
/                       Start search
Alt + S                 Start search
Alt + Shift + D         Toggle book details
Alt + Shift + B         Toggle cover browser
Alt + Shift + G         Toggle cover grid
Alt + Shift + F         Toggle search bar
Alt + Shift + T         Toggle tag browser
Ctrl + *                Virtual library from current search


Misc.
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X                       Auto scroll through the book list
I                       Show book details in a separate window
B                       Browse annotations
Ctrl + Alt + P          Switch to previous library
C                       Convert books
T                       Edit book
K                       Edit ToC
F                       Fetch news
G                       Get books
F1                      Help
O                       Open book folder
P                       Polish books
Ctrl + R                Restart
S                       Save to disk
Ctrl + /                Search full text
Ctrl + Alt + F          Search full text
D                       Send to device
U                       Unpack book

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