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SharePoint keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 8/10/2018 on
https://defkey.com/microsoft-sharepoint-shortcuts

SharePoint is a web-based document management and storage system. It is
highly configurable and has various usages between organizations.

SharePoint has 25 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



General
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OneDrive for Business and SharePoint provide keyboard shortcuts that you
can use for common tasks. These keyboard shortcuts refer to the U.S.
keyboard layout. Keys on other keyboard layouts may not correspond exactly
to the keys on a U.S. keyboard.



All pages
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Tab                     (Press repeatedly, immediately after you open the page in a browser.) Turn
More Accessible Mode on or off.
Shift + Enter           Expand menus, such as the drop-down menu for a list item.
Alt + Down arrow        Move to different options in a drop down list, such as the Search Scope
menu next to the Search box at the top of some pages.


Using rich text editing
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  Rich text editing is available in several locations, such the Insert tab
when you edit a page on a site.

Ctrl + B                Apply or remove bold formatting from the selected text.
Ctrl + I                Apply or remove italic formatting from the selected text.
Ctrl + U                Apply or remove the underline from the selected text.
Ctrl + Shift + M        Remove a paragraph indent from the left.
Ctrl + M                Indent a paragraph from the left.
Del                     Delete the selection without adding it on the Clipboard.
Insert                  Switch between inserting and overwriting text.
Backspace               Delete the selection, or if there is no selection, the character in front
of the cursor.
Ctrl + Backspace        Delete all of the word in front of the cursor, but not the previous space.
Shift + Enter           Insert a new line (but not inside the HTML Paragraph element ).


List or library page
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  The following keyboard shortcuts are available in OneDrive for Business
or in a SharePoint list or library.

Alt + N                 Create a document.
Alt + U                 Upload a document
Tab                     In a SharePoint list, select a list item and then Tab to find the edit
command
Alt + N then Tab        (press Tab to find New folder on the shortcut menu) Create a folder


Survey page
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Alt + C                 (To open the menu, press Shift + Enter. To select a command, press down
arrow) Activate the Actions menu
Alt + N                 Activate the Respond to this Survey button
Alt + C                 (To open the menu, press Shift + Enter. To select a command, press down
arrow) Activate the Export Results to spreadsheetcommand. This command is
located on the Actions menu
Alt + R                 Activate the Show a graphical summary of responses link
Alt + S                 Select the Save and Close button in a form for editing a survey response
Alt + U                 Activate the Show all responses link
Alt + I                 Activate the Settings menu
Alt + N                 Activate the Next Page button

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