Shortcut Keys for $[officename] Impress /text/simpress/04/01020000.xhp
shortcut keys; in presentations presentations; shortcut keys Shortcut Keys for $[officename] Impress The following is a list of shortcut keys for $[officename] Impress. You can also use the general shortcut keys in $[officename].

Function Keys for $[officename] Impress

Shortcut Keys Effect F2 Edit text. F3 Enter Group. Command Ctrl+F3 Exit Group. Shift+F3 Duplicate F4 Position and Size F5 View Slide Show. Command Ctrl+Shift+F5 Navigator F7 Spelling Command Ctrl+F7 Thesaurus F8 Edit Points. Command Ctrl+Shift+F8 Fit text to frame. Command+TF11 Styles

Shortcut Keys in Slide Shows

Shortcut Keys Effect Esc or - End presentation. Left click or Spacebar or Right arrow or Down arrow or Page Down or Enter or Return Play next effect (if any, else go to next slide). OptionAlt+Page Down Go to next slide without playing effects. [number] + Enter Type a number of a slide and press Enter to go to the slide. Right click or Left arrow or Up arrow or Page Up or Backspace Play previous effect again. If no previous effect exists on this slide, show previous slide. OptionAlt+Page Up Go to the previous slide without playing effects. Home Jump to first slide in the slide show. End Jump to the last slide in the slide show. Command Ctrl+ Page Up Go to the previous slide. Command Ctrl+ Page Down Go to the next slide. B or . Show black screen until next key or mouse wheel event. W or , Show white screen until next key or mouse wheel event. P Use mouse pointer as pen E Erase all ink on slide Command Ctrl+A Turn off pointer as pen mode

Shortcut Keys in the Normal View

Shortcut Keys Effect Plus(+) Key Zoom in. Minus(-) Key Zoom out. Times(×) Key (number pad) Fit page in window. Divide(÷) Key (number pad) Zoom in on current selection. Shift+Command Ctrl+G Group selected objects. Shift+Command+OptionCtrl+Alt+A Ungroup selected group. Command Ctrl+ click Enter a group, so that you can edit the individual objects of the group. Click outside the group to return to the normal view. Command Ctrl+Shift+K Combine selected objects. Command+Option Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K Split selected object. This combination only works on an object that was created by combining two or more objects. Command Ctrl+ Plus key Bring to Front. Shift+Command Ctrl+ Plus key Bring Forward. Command Ctrl+ Minus key Send Backward. Shift+Command Ctrl+ Minus key Send to Back.

Shortcut Keys when Editing Text

Shortcut Keys Effect Ctrl Ctrl+Hyphen(-) Soft hyphens; hyphenation set by you. Command Ctrl+Shift+minus sign (-) Non-breaking hyphen (is not used for hyphenation) Command Ctrl+Shift+Space Non-breaking spaces. Non-breaking spaces are not used for hyphenation and are not expanded if the text is justified. Shift+Enter Line break without paragraph change Arrow Left Move cursor to left Shift+Arrow Left Move cursor with selection to the left Option Ctrl+Arrow Left Go to beginning of word Option Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left Selecting to the left word by word Arrow Right Move cursor to right Shift+Arrow Right Move cursor with selection to the right Option Ctrl+Arrow Right Go to start of next word Option Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right Selecting to the right word by word Arrow Up Move cursor up one line Shift+Arrow Up Selecting lines in an upwards direction Option Ctrl+Arrow Up Move cursor to beginning of the previous paragraph Arrow Down Move cursor down one line Shift+Arrow Down Selecting lines in a downward direction Option Ctrl+Arrow Down Move cursor to end of paragraph. Next keystroke move cursor to end of next paragraph Command+Arrow LeftHome Go to beginning of line Command+Shift+Arrow LeftShift+Home Go and select to the beginning of a line Command+Arrow RightEnd Go to end of line Command+Shift+Arrow RightShift+End Go and select to end of line Command+Arrow Up Ctrl+Home Go to start of text block in slide Command+Arrow Down Ctrl+End Go to end of text block in slide Option+Fn+Backspace Ctrl+Del Delete text to end of word Option Ctrl+Backspace Delete text to beginning of word In a list: delete an empty paragraph in front of the current paragraph Command+Fn Ctrl+Shift+Del Delete text to end of sentence Command Ctrl+Shift+Backspace Delete text to beginning of sentence

Shortcut Keys in $[officename] Impress

Shortcut Keys Effect Arrow key Moves the selected object or the page view in the direction of the arrow. Command Ctrl+ Arrow Key Move around in the page view. Shift + drag Constrains the movement of the selected object horizontally or vertically. Command Ctrl+ drag (with Copy when moving option active) Hold down Command Ctrl and drag an object to create a copy of the object. OptionAlt Key Hold down OptionAlt to draw or resize objects by dragging from the center of the object outward. OptionAlt key+click Select the object behind the currently selected object. OptionAlt+Shift+click Select the object in front of the currently selected object. Shift+click Select adjacent items or a text passage. Click at the start of a selection, move to the end of the selection, and then hold down Shift while you click. Shift+drag (when resizing) Hold down Shift while dragging to resize an object to maintain the proportions of the object. Tab key Select objects in the order in which they were created. Shift+Tab Select objects in the reverse order in which they were created. Escape Exit current mode. Enter Activate a placeholder object in a new presentation (only if the frame is selected). Command Ctrl+Enter Moves to the next text object on the slide. If there are no text objects on the slide, or if you reached the last text object, a new slide is inserted after the current slide. The new slide uses the same layout as the current slide. PageUp Switch to the previous slide. No function on the first slide. PageDown Switch to the next slide. No function on the last slide.

Navigating with the Keyboard in Slide Sorter and Slide Pane

Shortcut Keys Effect Home/End Set the focus to the first/last slide. Left/Right arrow keys or Page Up/Down Set the focus to the next/previous slide. Option Alt+Shift+PageDown Move selected slides down one position in Slide Sorter list. If you select multiple slides, they are moved together with the last selected slide in the list. Option Alt+Shift+PageUp Move selected slides up one position. If you select multiple slides, they are moved together with the first selected slide in the list. Option Alt+Shift+End Move selected slides to end of Slide Sorter list. OptionAlt+Shift+Home Move selected slides to start of Slide Sorter list. Enter Change to Normal Mode with the active slide when in Slide Sorter. Add a new slide when in Slide Pane.