========================== Scribus keyboard shortcuts ========================== First published at 3/23/2022 on https://defkey.com/scribus-shortcuts Scribus is an open-source desktop publishing software. It can run under most desktop operating systems. Scribus is designed for layout, typesetting, and preparation of files for professional-quality image-setting equipment. Scribus is written in Qt language and released under the GNU General Public License. Scribus has 100 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Interface Actions ----------------- F1 Display the Help Manual F2 Toggle display of the Properties Palette F3 Toggle display of the Style Manager F6 Toggle display of the Layers Manager Context menu key Display the Context Menu File Actions ------------ Ctrl + N Create a new document Ctrl + Alt + N Create a new document from a Template Ctrl + O Open an existing document Ctrl + F4 Close the current document Ctrl + S Save the current document Ctrl + Shift + S Save the current document with a different name Ctrl + Alt + S Save the current document as a Template Ctrl + Alt + P Print Preview Ctrl + P Print the current document Ctrl + Shift + E Export the document (or page) as an image Ctrl + Q Quit Scribus Edit Actions ------------ Ctrl + C Copy Ctrl + X Cut Ctrl + V Paste Ctrl + Z Undo last action Ctrl + Y Redo last undone action Ctrl + A Select All Ctrl + Alt + A Advanced Select All Ctrl + Shift + A Deselect All R Rotate the currently selected item (drag to rotate) Some interesting things about the Copy, Cut, and Paste functions is that they do not just apply to text. If you copy an object, like a text frame, image frame, or shape for example, you can then paste these on another page, and it will be placed with the same X-Pos, Y-pos it had in the original location. You can also use graphics inside a body of text, something called inline graphics, if you paste while in Edit Contents mode in the text frame. Weirder still is that you can copy/cut and paste a text frame that might include inline graphics as inline graphics itself. Related Mouse Actions Ctrl Constrain angle to 15 degree steps while rotating Item Actions ------------ Del Delete selected object(s) Left arrow Delete selected object(s) Ctrl + K Delete selected object(s) Ctrl + D Duplicate selected object(s) Ctrl + Shift + D Duplicate selected object(s) multiple times Ctrl + G Group multiple objects together Ctrl + Shift + G Ungroup objects Home Raise object to the highest level Ctrl + Home Raise object to the next level up Ctrl + End Lower object to the next level down End Lower object to the lowest level Ctrl + L Toggle the locking of the currently selected object Ctrl + Shift + L Toggle the locking of the size of the currently selected object Related Mouse Actions Ctrl Constrain object to vertical/horizontal axis after dragging has started Ctrl Resize proportionally after dragging by a handle has started Shift + Left click Add object to selection set Ctrl + Left click Select object on next level down under currently selected object Ctrl + Shift + Left click + Move the mouse Move object under the currently selected object Text Actions ------------ T Insert new text frame E Edit text frame contents (inline editing) Ctrl + T Edit text frame contents with the Story Editor Ctrl + I Import text from external file N Link text frame to another text frame U Unlink text frame from other text frames Ctrl + F Search (and Replace) text Shift + F7 Spellcheck Related Mouse Actions Ctrl + Wheel up and wheel down Scroll list of fonts in font drop-down list a page at a time Inline Text Editing Mode ------------------------ Shift + Enter Insert Line Break (start new line without starting a new paragraph) Ctrl + Enter Insert Frame Break (force text to jump to the next linked frame) Ctrl + Shift + Enter Insert Column Break (force text to jump to the next column) Ctrl + Up arrow Move to the start of the current paragraph Ctrl + Down arrow Move to the end of the current paragraph Ctrl + Page Up Move to the start of the current text frame Ctrl + Page Down Move to the end of the current text frame Related Mouse Actions Double click Select the whole word where double-clicked Ctrl + Double click Select the whole paragraph where double-clicked Special Characters ------------------ Ctrl + Alt + - Insert non-breaking hyphen Ctrl + Space Insert non-breaking space Ctrl + Alt + Shift + P Insert page number Ctrl + Shift + - Insert soft (smart) hyphen Ctrl + Shift + U Start special unicode sequence Image Actions ------------- I Insert new image frame Ctrl + I Import image into frame Ctrl + E Change image effects Ctrl + Shift + C Copy image contents Ctrl + Shift + V Paste image contents Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V Paste image contents (absolute location) Y Eyedropper (get colour from image) Alt + Up arrow Resize image smaller (in image edit mode on free scaling image only) Alt + Down arrow Resize image larger (in image edit mode on free scaling image only) Related Mouse Actions Double click On an image frame, enters image editing mode (frame must be set to free scaling first). Graphics Actions ---------------- B Insert new bezier line/curve F Insert new freehand line L Insert new line S Insert new shape (shape defaults to the last shape drawn, or a rectangle if the first shape drawn) P Insert new polygon A Insert new table frame D Insert new render frame (a rendering engine - e.g. LaTeX - must be installed first) Related Mouse Actions Ctrl Constrain angle to 15 degree steps while drawing a line View Actions ------------ Z Zoom to drawn area Ctrl + + Zoom in Ctrl + - Zoom out Ctrl + 1 Zoom to 100% Ctrl + 0 Zoom to fit height of page F11 Toggle display of all guides (including rulers) F12 Toggle display of all palettes (except "Align and Distribute") Ctrl + Shift + R Toggle display of rulers Related Mouse Actions Ctrl + Wheel up and wheel down Zoom IN or OUT (may not work on OS X). Adjustment Actions ------------------ Arrow keys Move selected item(s) by 1 unit in arrow key direction Shift + Arrow keys Move selected item(s) by 0.1 units in arrow key direction Ctrl + Arrow keys Move selected item(s) by 10 units in arrow key direction Ctrl + Shift + Arrow keys Move selected item(s) by 0.01 units in arrow key direction Alt + Arrow keys Resize selected item(s) outwards by 1 unit in arrow key direction Alt + Shift + Arrow keys Resize selected item(s) inwards by 1 unit in arrow key direction Source: Scribus wiki Last modified on (UTC): Wednesday, March 23, 2022 Defkey © All rights reserved.