============================== LibreOffice keyboard shortcuts ============================== First published at 4/4/2018 on https://defkey.com/libreoffice-shortcuts LibreOffice is a free and open source office software suite. It was forked from OpenOffice.org in 2010 which was open source version of the earlier StarOffice. LibreOffice contains programs for editing text, spreadsheets, diagrams, slideshows, databases and more. LibreOffice has 108 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. General ------- Some of the shortcut keys may be assigned to your desktop system. Keys that are assigned to the desktop system are not available to LibreOffice. Try to assign different keys either for LibreOffice, in Tools - Customize - Keyboard, or in your desktop system. Alt Open menu by underlined character. After menu opens, the menu items will be also underlined. You can just press this character to activate the feature Shift + Left click + Move the mouse While dragging items with mouse, hold Shift, Ctrl or Alt key to access modified features. The cursor will change to highlight the activated feature Ctrl + Left click + Move the mouse While dragging items with mouse, hold Shift, Ctrl or Alt key to access modified features. The cursor will change to highlight the activated feature Alt + Left click + Move the mouse While dragging items with mouse, hold Shift, Ctrl or Alt key to access modified features. The cursor will change to highlight the activated feature Ctrl + A Select entire text Ctrl + Del Delete everything from the cursor position to the end of the word Insert Switch between insert mode and overwrite mode Ctrl + Z Undo modifications one step at a time Down arrow Scroll through AutoComplete suggestions Ctrl + Shift + Q Terminate running macros Controlling dialogs ------------------- Enter Activates the focused button in a dialog Esc Terminates the action or dialog. If in LibreOffice Help: goes up one level Space Toggles the focused check box in a dialog Arrow keys Changes the active control field in an option section of a dialog Tab Advances focus to the next section or element in a dialog Shift + Tab Moves the focus to the previous section or element in a dialog Alt + Down arrow Opens the list of the control field currently selected in a dialog. These shortcut keys apply not only to combo boxes but also to icon buttons with pop-up menus.Close an opened list by pressing the Escape key. Controlling documents and windows --------------------------------- Ctrl + O Opens a document Ctrl + S Saves the current document Ctrl + N Creates a new document Ctrl + Shift + N Opens Templates and Documents dialog Ctrl + P Prints document Ctrl + F Activates the Find toolbar Ctrl + H Calls the Find & Replace dialog Ctrl + Shift + F Searches for the last entered search term Ctrl + Shift + J Toggles the view between fullscreen mode and normal mode in Writer or Calc Ctrl + Shift + R Redraws the document view Ctrl + Shift + I Enable or disable the selection cursor in read-only text F1 Starts the LibreOffice Help Shift + F1 Context Help Shift + F2 Turns on Extended Tips for the currently selected command, icon or control F6 Sets focus in next subwindow (for example, document/data source view) Shift + F6 Sets focus in previous subwindow. F10 Activates the first menu (File menu) Shift + F10 Opens the context menu. Ctrl + F4 Closes the current document (close LibreOffice when the last open document is closed) Alt + F4 Closes the current document (close LibreOffice when the last open document is closed) Ctrl + Q Exits application. Editing and formatting documents -------------------------------- Ctrl + Tab When positioned at the start of a header, a tab is inserted Enter (when an OLE object is selected) Activates the selected OLE object Enter (when a drawing object or text object is selected) Activates text input mode Ctrl + X Cuts out the selected elements Ctrl + C Copies the selected items Ctrl + V Pastes from the clipboard Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V Pastes unformatted text from the clipboard. The text is pasted using the format that exists at the insertion point Ctrl + Shift + V Opens the Paste Special dialog Ctrl + A Selects all Ctrl + Z Undoes last action Ctrl + Y Redoes last action Ctrl + Shift + Y Repeats last command Ctrl + I The Italic attribute is applied to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also marked in italic Ctrl + B The Bold attribute is applied to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also put in bold Ctrl + U The Underlined attribute is applied to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also underlined Ctrl + M Removes direct formatting from selected text or objects (as in Format - Clear Direct Formatting) Gallery ------- Tab Moves between areas Shift + Tab Moves between areas (backwards) New Theme area of the Gallery ----------------------------- Up arrow Moves the selection up one Down arrow Moves the selection down Ctrl + Enter Opens the Properties dialog Shift + F10 Opens a context menu Ctrl + U Refreshes the selected theme Ctrl + R Opens the Enter Title dialog Ctrl + D Deletes the selected theme Insert Inserts a new theme Gallery preview area -------------------- Home Jumps to the first entry End Jumps to the last entry Left arrow Selects the next Gallery element on the left Right arrow Selects the next Gallery element on the right Up arrow Selects the next Gallery element above Down arrow Selects the next Gallery element below Page Up Scroll up one screen Page Down Scroll down one screen Ctrl + Shift + Insert Inserts the selected object as a linked object into the current document Ctrl + I Inserts a copy of the selected object into the current document Ctrl + T Opens the Enter Title dialog Ctrl + P Switches between themes view and object view Space Switches between themes view and object view Enter Switches between themes view and object view Selecting rows and columns in a database table ---------------------------------------------- Space Toggles row selection, except when the row is in edit mode Ctrl + Space Toggles row selection Shift + Space Selects the current column Ctrl + Page Up Moves pointer to the first row Ctrl + Page Down Moves pointer to the last row Drawing objects --------------- Select the toolbar with F6. Use the Down Arrow and Right Arrow to select the desired toolbar icon and press Ctrl+Enter:  Inserts a Drawing Object. Ctrl + F6 then Tab Selects a Drawing Object Tab Selects the next Drawing Object Shift + Tab Selects the previous Drawing Object Ctrl + Home Selects the first Drawing Object Ctrl + End Selects the last Drawing Object Esc Ends Drawing Object selection Esc (in Handle Selection Mode) Exit Handle Selection Mode and return to Object Selection Mode Arrow keys Move the selected point (the snap-to-grid functions are temporarily disabled, but end points still snap to each other) Alt + Arrow keys Moves the selected Drawing Object one pixel (in Selection Mode) Alt + Arrow keys Re-sizes a Drawing Object (in Handle Selection Mode) Alt + Arrow keys Rotates a Drawing Object (in Rotation Mode) Alt + Arrow keys Opens the properties dialog for a Drawing Object Alt + Arrow keys Activates the Point Selection mode for the selected drawing object Space Select a point of a drawing object (in Point Selection mode) / Cancel selection Space The selected point blinks once per second Shift + Space Select an additional point in Point Selection mode Ctrl + Tab Select the next point of the drawing object (Point Selection mode) Ctrl + Tab In Rotation mode, the center of rotation can also be selected Ctrl + Shift + Tab Select the previous point of the drawing object (Point Selection mode) Ctrl + Enter A new drawing object with default size is placed in the center of the current view Ctrl + Enter (at the Selection icon) Activates the first drawing object in the document. Esc Leave the Point Selection mode. The drawing object is selected afterwards Esc Edit a point of a drawing object (Point Edit mode) Pressing any text or numerical key:   If a drawing object is selected, switches to edit mode and places the cursor at the end of the text in the drawing object. A printable character is inserted Alt (while creating or scaling a graphic object) The position of the object's center is fixed Shift (while creating or scaling a graphic object) The ratio of the object's width to height is fixed Last modified on (UTC): Wednesday, February 5, 2020 Defkey © All rights reserved.