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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.