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Sway (web) keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 7/7/2023 on https://defkey.com/sway-web-shortcuts

Microsoft Sway is a presentation software released on August 2015. Since
iOS app was discontinued in December 2018, the company didn't post any
feature updates in the Sway tech blog. Sway isn't mentioned in Microsoft
Office roadmap, so it's future is unclear.

Sway (web) has 60 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Frequently used shortcuts
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Ctrl + F6               Move forward between the following main regions: Top navigation bar,
Secondary navigation bar, Storyline, Design, Task pane
Shift + Ctrl + F6       Move backward between the following main regions: Top navigation bar,
Secondary navigation bar, Storyline, Design, Task pane
Esc                     Cancel the current action, remove the current selection, or exit the Play
mode.
Ctrl + C                Copy text
Ctrl + X                Cut text
Ctrl + V                Paste text
Del                     Delete the selected Card and all of its contents
Ctrl + Z                Undo the last action
Ctrl + Y                Redo the last action
Alt + Shift + V         Switch to the Accessibility view
Alt + Shift + P         Turn on Play mode
Alt + Shift + S         Share the current Sway
Ctrl + +                Zoom in
Ctrl + -                Zoom out


Navigate in Sway with only the keyboard
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Ctrl + F6               Move forward between the following main regions: Top navigation bar,
Secondary navigation bar, Storyline, Design, Task pane
Shift + Ctrl + F6       Move backward between the following main regions: Top navigation bar,
Secondary navigation bar, Storyline, Design, Task pane
Alt + Shift + I         Open the Insert pane
Alt + Shift + G         Open the Styles pane


Format text and cards
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Ctrl + B                Apply bold formatting to the text
Ctrl + I                Apply italic formatting to the text
Ctrl + Alt + 1          Apply a heading style to the text
Ctrl + .                Start or continue a bulleted list
Ctrl + /                Start or continue a numbered list
Ctrl + K                Add or edit a hyperlink
Ctrl + Left click       Follow a hyperlink
Ctrl + G                Group all cards in a Card selection
Ctrl + Shift + G        Ungroup all cards in a Card selection
Ctrl + C                Copy all cards in a Card selection
Ctrl + X                Cut all cards in a Card selection
Ctrl + V                Paste all cards in a Card selection


Select and navigate in text
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Shift + Left arrow      Select a character to the left
Shift + Right arrow     Select a character to the right
Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow Select left, one word at a time
Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow Select right, one word at a time
Shift + Up arrow        Select up, one line at a time
Shift + Down arrow      Select down, one line at a time
Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow Select up, one paragraph at a time
Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow Select down, one paragraph at a time
Ctrl + Left arrow       Go to the previous word
Ctrl + Right arrow      Go to the next word
Ctrl + Up arrow         Go to the start of the paragraph
Ctrl + Down arrow       Go to the start of the next paragraph


Interact with cards
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Space                   Select the current Card
Down arrow              Move focus to the next Card
Up arrow                Move focus to the previous Card
Right arrow             Expand the selected Group or Section
Left arrow              Collapse the selected Group or Section
Alt + Shift + Up arrow  Move the current Card up in the Storyline
Alt + Shift + Down arrow Move the current Card down in the Storyline


Play a Sway
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When you preview or play your Sway, use these keyboard shortcuts to
navigate.

Left arrow              Go to the previous image
Right arrow             Go to the next image
Esc                     Exit the slideshow
Alt + Left arrow        Exit the slideshow


View a comparison
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When you play a Sway that includes a comparison, use these keyboard
shortcuts to control the divider line.

Tab                     key Move the focus to the divider line
Left arrow              Slide left by chunks
Right arrow             Slide right by chunks
Alt + Left arrow        Slide left by pixels
Alt + Right arrow       Slide right by pixels
Ctrl + Left arrow       Snap left
Ctrl + Right arrow      Snap right

Source: Sway documentation


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