===================================== LibreOffice Writer keyboard shortcuts ===================================== First published at 4/3/2018 on https://defkey.com/libreoffice-writer-shortcuts LibreOffice Writer is an open source and free word processor. It is a part of the LibreOffice software package and is a fork of OpenOffice.org Writer. It has similar features to Microsoft Word. LibreOffice Writer has 124 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Function keys ------------- F2 Formula Bar Ctrl + F2 Insert Fields F3 Complete AutoText Ctrl + F3 Edit AutoText F4 Open Data Source View Shift + F4 Select next frame 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 mode 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 and Formatting 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 General ------- Ctrl + B Bold Ctrl + I Italic Ctrl + V Paste 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 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 4 paragraph style Ctrl + 5 Apply Heading 5 paragraph style Ctrl + + Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard Ctrl + - Soft hyphens; hyphenation set by you. Ctrl + Shift + - Non-breaking hyphen (is not used for hyphenation) Ctrl + Num * 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. Left arrow Move cursor to left Shift + Left arrow Move cursor with selection to the left Ctrl + Left arrow Go to beginning of word Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow Selecting to the left word by word Right arrow Move cursor to right Shift + Right arrow Move cursor with selection to the right Ctrl + Right arrow Go to start of next word Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow Selecting to the right word by word Up arrow Move cursor up one line Shift + Up arrow Selecting lines in an upwards direction Ctrl + Up arrow Move cursor to beginning of the previous paragraph Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow Select to beginning of paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to beginning of previous paragraph Down arrow Move cursor down one line Shift + Down arrow Selecting lines in a downward direction Ctrl + Down arrow Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph. Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow 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 + Page Up Switch cursor between text and header Ctrl + Page Down Switch cursor between text and footer Insert Insert mode on/off Page Up Screen page up Shift + Page Up Move up screen page with selection Page Down Move down screen page Shift + Page Down Move down screen page with selection Ctrl + Del Delete text to end of word Ctrl + Backspace Delete text to beginning of word Ctrl + Backspace (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 Paste the contents of the clipboard as unformatted text. Ctrl + Double click Use this combination to quickly dock or undock the Navigator, Styles and Formatting window, or other windows Ctrl + Shift + F10 Use this combination to quickly dock or undock the Navigator, Styles and Formatting window, or other windows Ctrl + Alt + C Insert new comment Paragraphs and Heading Levels ----------------------------- 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 Tables ------ 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 Alt + Insert 3 seconds in Insert mode, Arrow Key inserts row/column, Ctrl + Arrow Key inserts cell Alt + Del 3 seconds in Delete mode, Arrow key deletes row/column, Ctrl + Arrow key merges cell with neighboring cell 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 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 Shift + Ctrl + Del 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 Shift + Ctrl + Del 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 Moving and resizing frames, graphics and objects ------------------------------------------------ Esc Cursor is inside a text frame and no text is selected: Escape selects the text frame Esc (when text frame is selected) Clears the cursor from the text frame F2 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 Enter 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) Source: LibreOffice help Last modified on(UTC): Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Defkey © All rights reserved.