Writer Guide

Shortcut Keys Effect
Shift+Tab When the cursor is at the beginning of the
heading text, moves a heading in format Heading
X (X = 2–10) up one level in the outline. Does not
affect the applied paragraph style.
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.
Shortcut keys for moving and resizing
frames, graphics and objects
Shortcut Keys Effect
Esc Cursor is inside a text frame and no text is selected:
Esc selects the text frame.
Text frame is selected: Esc clears the cursor from the
text frame.
F2 or Enter
or any key that
produces a
character on screen
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 Moves the selected object.
Alt+Ctrl+Arrow
Keys
Resizes an object by moving the lower right corner.
Alt+Ctrl+Shift+
Arrow Keys
Resizes an object by moving the top left corner.
Ctrl+Tab Selects the anchor of an object (in Edit Points mode).
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