Key Bindings Summary

Keybindings for Working with Documents

Start New Document	Ctrl+N
Open Document	Ctrl+O
Save Document	Ctrl+S
Print Document	Ctrl+P
Close Document	Ctrl+W
Quit KWord	Ctrl+Q

Keybindings for Character Selection

Move selection one character to the left.	Shift+Left Arrow
Move selection one word to the left.	Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow
Move selection one character to the right.	Shift+Right Arrow
Move selection one word to the right.	Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow
Selects all characters from the start of the selection, to the character directly up one line.	Shift+Up Arrow
Selects all characters from the start of the selection, to the first character of the line directly above.	Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow
Selects all characters from the start of the selection, to the character directly down one line.	Shift+Down Arrow
Selects all characters from the start of the selection, to the last character of the line directly below.	Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow
Selects all characters from the start of the selection, to the beginning of the line.	Shift+Home
Selects all characters from the start of the selection, to the beginning of the document.	Ctrl+Shift+Home
Selects all characters from the start of the selection, to the end of the line.	Shift+End
Selects all characters from the start of the selection, to the end of the document.	Ctrl+Shift+End
Moves the current endpoint one screen up.	Shift+Page-Up
Moves the current endpoint one page up. The endpoint is located at the first character of this page.	Ctrl+Shift+Page-Up
Moves the current endpoint down one screen.	Shift+Page-Down
Moves the current endpoint down one page. The endpoint is located at the first character of this page.	Ctrl+Shift+Page-Down
Select all text in the current frame.	Ctrl+A

Keybindings for Character Formatting

Toggle Boldface On/Off	Ctrl+B
Toggle Italics On/Off	Ctrl+I
Toggle Underline On/Off	Ctrl+U
Format Font	Alt+Ctrl+F
Decrease Font Size	Ctrl+<
Increase Font Size	Ctrl+>

Keybindings for Paragraph Formatting

Align Block (Justify)	Ctrl+J
Align Center	Alt+Ctrl+C
Align Left	Ctrl+L
Align Right	Alt+Ctrl+R
Format Paragraph	Alt+Ctrl+P

Keybindings for Basic Editing Functions and Search and Replace

Copy	Ctrl+C (Ctrl+Insert)
Cut	Ctrl+X (Shift+Delete)
Paste	Ctrl+V (Shift+Insert)
Find	Ctrl+F
Replace	Ctrl+R
Undo	Ctrl+Z
Redo	Ctrl+Shift+Z

Keybindings for Inserting

Create Text Frame	F10
Insert Picture	Shift+F5
Create Formula Frame	F4
Create Table	F5
Insert Special Character	Alt+Shift+C
Insert Non-breaking Space	Ctrl+Space
Insert Soft Hyphen	Ctrl+-
Insert Line Break	Shift+Return
Insert Hard Frame Break	Ctrl+Return

Keybindings for Accessibility

Popup Context Menu	Menu (see note below)
Resize Panel Forward	F8
Resize Panel Reverse	Shift+F8
Set Focus to Widget	Alt+F8
Enter keyboard Mouse Emulation mode	Alt+F12
Click mouse in Mouse Emulation mode	spacebar
Go to Document Structure	Alt+1
Go to Document	Alt+2

Note

On most keyboards, the Menu key is on the righthand side between the Windows® and Ctrl keys. It has a menu icon on it.

Keybindings for Mouse Navigation

Miscellaneous Keyboard Shortcuts

KWord Handbook	F1
What's This?	Shift+F1
Completion	Ctrl+E
Lower Frame	Ctrl+Shift+L
Raise Frame	Ctrl+Shift+R
Show Stylist	Alt+Ctrl+S

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