Windows Live Essentials Help & How-to
You can do many common tasks in Windows Live Writer by using just the keyboard.
Create a new post
Ctrl+N
Create new page
Ctrl+G
Open a post
Ctrl+O
Save a post
Ctrl+S
Publish a post
Ctrl+Shift+P
Post draft to blog
Ctrl+Shift+D
Insert hyperlink
Ctrl+K
Add picture from computer
Ctrl+J
Add picture from the web
Ctrl+Shift+J
See post properties
F2
Set categories
Ctrl+Shift+C
Update blog theme
Ctrl+F11
Change to edit view
F11
Change to preview view
F12
Change to source view
Shift+F11
Bold
Ctrl+B
Italicize
Ctrl+I
Strikethrough
Ctrl+H
Underline
Ctrl+U
Subscript
Ctrl+=
Superscript
Ctrl+Shift+=
Bullets
Ctrl+Shift+L
Clear formatting
Ctrl+Space
Center text
Ctrl+E
Align text left
Ctrl+L
Align text right
Ctrl+R
New paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+N
Heading 1
Ctrl+Left Alt+1
Heading 2
Ctrl+Left Alt+2
Heading 3
Ctrl+Left Alt+3
Heading 4
Ctrl+Left Alt+4
Heading 5
Ctrl+Left Alt+5
Heading 6
Ctrl+Left Alt+6
Set text direction from left to right(Only available in RTL mode)
Ctrl+Left Shift
Set text direction from right to left(Only available in RTL mode)
Ctrl+Right Shift
Cut
Ctrl+X
Copy
Ctrl+C
Paste
Ctrl+V
Paste special
Ctrl+Left Alt+V
Select all
Ctrl+A
Find
Ctrl+F
Undo
Ctrl+Z
Redo
Ctrl+Y
Print
Ctrl+P
Show or hide ribbon
Ctrl+F1
Get Help for Writer
F1
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