Getting Started Guide

Getting help
Shortcut Keys Result
F1
Opens OOo Help dialog. In OOo Help: jumps to first help
page of the selected tab.
Shift+F1
Turns cursor into the What’s This? question mark. Shows
tip for an item underneath the cursor.
Shift+F2 Shows tip for a selected item.
Esc In OOo Help: goes up one level.
Managing documents
Shortcut Keys Result
Ctrl+F4 or Alt+F4
Closes the current document. Closes OpenOffice.org when
the last open document is closed.
Ctrl+O Launches Open dialog to open a document.
Ctrl+S
Saves the current document. If you are working on a
previously unsaved file, the shortcut launches the Save As
dialog.
Ctrl+N Creates a new document.
Shift+Ctrl+N Opens the Templates and Documents dialog.
Ctrl+P Opens the Print dialog to print the document.
Ctrl+Q Closes (“quits”) the application.
Del
In the Save and Open dialogs, deletes the selected files or
folders. Items can be retrieved from the Recycle Bin
(Garbage Bin).
Shift+Del
In the Save and Open dialogs, deletes the selected files or
folders. Items are permanently deleted: they can not be
retrieved from the Recycle Bin.
Backspace
In the Save and Open dialogs, shows contents of the
current directory's parent folder.
Navigating across OpenOffice.org
Shortcut Keys Result
F6 Selects next subwindow (for example: Menu bar, Standard
toolbar, document view, and so on).
Shift+F6 Selects previous subwindow.
F10 Selects first menu, typically the File menu.
Shift+F10 Opens context menu.
Appendix A Keyboard Shortcuts 361