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Live-Edit Keyboard Shortcuts

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Working with Document
Open ‘File’ panel Alt+F Open the File panel to save, download, print the current document, view its info, create a new document or open an existing one, access Document Editor help or advanced settings.
Open ‘Find and Replace’ dialog box Ctrl+F Open the Find and Replace dialog box to start searching for a character/word/phrase in the currently edited document.
Open ‘Find and Replace’ dialog box with replacement field Ctrl+H Open the Find and Replace dialog box with the replacement field to replace one or more occurrences of the found characters.
Open ‘Comments’ panel Ctrl+Shift+H Open the Comments panel to add your own comment or reply to other users’ comments.
Open comment field Alt+H Open a data entry field where you can add the text of your comment.
Open ‘Chat’ panel Alt+Q Open the Chat panel and send a message.
Save document Ctrl+S Save all the changes to the document currently edited with Document Editor. The active file will be saved with its current file name, location, and file format.
Print document Ctrl+P Print the document with one of the available printers or save it to a file.
Download As… Ctrl+Shift+S Open the Download as… panel to save the currently edited document to the computer hard disk drive in one of the supported formats: DOCX, PDF, TXT, ODT, RTF, HTML.
Full screen F11 Switch to the full screen view to fit Document Editor into your screen.
Help menu F1 Open Document Editor Help menu.
Open existing file Ctrl+O On the Open local file tab in desktop editors, opens the standard dialog box that allows to select an existing file.
Element contextual menu Shift+F10 Open the selected element contextual menu.
Close file Ctrl+W Close the selected document window.
Close the window (tab) Ctrl+F4 Close the tab in a browser.
Navigation
Jump to the beginning of the line Home Put the cursor to the beginning of the currently edited line.
Jump to the beginning of the document Ctrl+Home Put the cursor to the very beginning of the currently edited document.
Jump to the end of the line End Put the cursor to the end of the currently edited line.
Jump to the end of the document Ctrl+End Put the cursor to the very end of the currently edited document.
Scroll down Page Down Scroll the document approximately one visible page down.
Scroll up Page Up Scroll the document approximately one visible page up.
Next page Alt+Page Down Go to the next page in the currently edited document.
Previous page Alt+Page Up Go to the previous page in the currently edited document.
Zoom In Ctrl+Plus sign (+) Zoom in the currently edited document.
Zoom Out Ctrl+Minus sign (-) Zoom out the currently edited document.
Move one character to the left Left arrow Move the cursor one character to the left.
Move one character to the right Right arrow Move the cursor one character to the right.
Move to the beginning of a word or one word to the left Ctrl+Left arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of a word or one word to the left.
Move one word to the right Ctrl+Right arrow Move the cursor one word to the right.
Move one line up Up arrow Move the cursor one line up.
Move one line down Down arrow Move the cursor one line down.
Writing
End paragraph Enter End the current paragraph and start a new one.
Add line break Shift+Enter Add a line break without starting a new paragraph.
Delete Backspace, Delete Delete one character to the left (Backspace) or to the right (Delete) of the cursor.
Create nonbreaking space Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar Create a space between characters which cannot be used to start a new line.
Create nonbreaking hyphen Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen Create a hyphen between characters which cannot be used to start a new line.
Undo and Redo
Undo Ctrl+Z Reverse the latest performed action.
Redo Ctrl+Y Repeat the latest undone action.
Cut, Copy, and Paste
Cut Ctrl+X, Shift+Delete Delete the selected text fragment and send it to the computer clipboard memory. The copied text can be later inserted to another place in the same document, into another document, or into some other program.
Copy Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Insert Send the selected text fragment to the computer clipboard memory. The copied text can be later inserted to another place in the same document, into another document, or into some other program.
Paste Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert Insert the previously copied text fragment from the computer clipboard memory to the current cursor position. The text can be previously copied from the same document, from another document, or from some other program.
Insert hyperlink Ctrl+K Insert a hyperlink which can be used to go to a web address.
Copy style Ctrl+Shift+C Copy the formatting from the selected fragment of the currently edited text. The copied formatting can be later applied to another text fragment in the same document.
Apply style Ctrl+Shift+V Apply the previously copied formatting to the text in the currently edited document.
Text Selection
Select all Ctrl+A Select all the document text with tables and images.
Select fragment Shift+Arrow Select the text character by character.
Select from cursor to beginning of line Shift+Home Select a text fragment from the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
Select from cursor to end of line Shift+End Select a text fragment from the cursor to the end of the current line.
Select one character to the right Shift+Right arrow Select one character to the right of the cursor position.
Select one character to the left Shift+Left arrow Select one character to the left of the cursor position.
Select to the end of a word Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow Select a text fragment from the cursor to the end of a word.
Select to the beginning of a word Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow Select a text fragment from the cursor to the beginning of a word.
Select one line up Shift+Up arrow Select one line up (with the cursor at the beginning of a line).
Select one line down Shift+Down arrow Select one line down (with the cursor at the beginning of a line).
Text Styling
Bold Ctrl+B Make the font of the selected text fragment bold giving it more weight.
Italic Ctrl+I Make the font of the selected text fragment italicized giving it some right side tilt.
Underline Ctrl+U Make the selected text fragment underlined with the line going under the letters.
Strikeout Ctrl+5 Make the selected text fragment struck out with the line going through the letters.
Subscript Ctrl+dot (.) Make the selected text fragment smaller and place it to the lower part of the text line, e.g. as in chemical formulas.
Superscript Ctrl+comma (,) Make the selected text fragment smaller and place it to the upper part of the text line, e.g. as in fractions.
Heading 1 style Alt+1 (for Windows and Linux browsers)
Alt+Ctrl+1 (for Mac browsers)		 Apply the style of the heading 1 to the selected text fragment.
Heading 2 style Alt+2 (for Windows and Linux browsers)
Alt+Ctrl+2 (for Mac browsers)		 Apply the style of the heading 2 to the selected text fragment.
Heading 3 style Alt+3 (for Windows and Linux browsers)
Alt+Ctrl+3 (for Mac browsers)		 Apply the style of the heading 3 to the selected text fragment.
Bulleted list Ctrl+Shift+L Create an unordered bulleted list from the selected text fragment or start a new one.
Remove formatting Ctrl+Spacebar Remove formatting from the selected text fragment.
Increase font Ctrl+] Increase the size of the font for the selected text fragment 1 point.
Decrease font Ctrl+[ Decrease the size of the font for the selected text fragment 1 point.
Align center/left Ctrl+E Switch a paragraph between centered and left-aligned.
Align justified/left Ctrl+J, Ctrl+L Switch a paragraph between justified and left-aligned.
Align right/left Ctrl+R Switch a paragraph between right-aligned and left-aligned.
Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing) Ctrl+Equal sign (=) Apply subscript formatting to the selected text fragment.
Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing) Ctrl+Shift+Plus sign (+) Apply superscript formatting to the selected text fragment.
Insert page break Ctrl+Enter Insert a page break at the current cursor position.
Increase indent Ctrl+M Indent a paragraph from the left incrementally.
Decrease indent Ctrl+Shift+M Remove a paragraph indent from the left incrementally.
Add page number Ctrl+Shift+P Add the current page number at the current cursor position.
Nonprinting characters Ctrl+Shift+Num8 Show or hide the display of nonprinting characters.
Delete one character to the left Backspace Delete one character to the left of the cursor.
Delete one character to the right Delete Delete one character to the right of the cursor.
Modifying Objects
Constrain movement Shift+drag Constrain the movement of the selected object horizontally or vertically.
Set 15-degree rotation Shift+drag (when rotating) Constrain the rotation angle to 15-degree increments.
Maintain proportions Shift+drag (when resizing) Maintain the proportions of the selected object when resizing.
Draw straight line or arrow Shift+drag (when drawing lines/arrows) Draw a straight vertical/horizontal/45-degree line or arrow.
Movement by one-pixel increments Ctrl+Arrow keys Hold down the Ctrl key and use the keybord arrows to move the selected object by one pixel at a time.
Working with Tables
Move to the next cell in a row Tab Go to the next cell in a table row.
Move to the previous cell in a row Shift+Tab Go to the previous cell in a table row.
Move to the next row Down arrow Go to the next row in a table.
Move to the previous row Up arrow Go to the previous row in a table.
Start new paragraph Enter Start a new paragraph within a cell.
Add new row Tab in the lower right table cell. Add a new row at the bottom of the table.
Inserting special characters
Insert formula Alt+Equal sign (=) Insert a formula at the current cursor position.
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