Keyboard shortcuts

You can do many common tasks in Writer by using just the keyboard.

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Blog and post shortcuts

To do this Press this

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

Text formatting shortcuts

To do this Press this

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

General shortcuts

To do this Press this

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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