Using Shortcut Keys in $[officename] Impress /text/simpress/guide/keyboard.xhp Sun Microsystems, Inc. accessibility; $[officename] Impress

Using Shortcut Keys in $[officename] Impress

You can use the keyboard to access $[officename] Impress commands as well as to navigate through the workspace. $[officename] Impress uses the same shortcut keys as $[officename] Draw to create drawing objects.

Selecting placeholders

$[officename] Impress AutoLayouts use placeholders for slide titles, text, and objects. To select a placeholder, press CommandCtrl+Enter. To move to the next placeholder, press CommandCtrl+Enter again. If you press CommandCtrl+Enter after you reach the last placeholder in a slide, a new slide is inserted after the current slide. The new slide uses the same layout as the current slide.

During a Slide Show

To start a Slide Show

To start a slide show from the beginning, press F5. To start a slide show from the current slide, press Shift+F5.

Advance to the next slide or to the next animation effect

Spacebar

Advance to the next slide without playing object animation effects

OptionAlt+PageDown

Return to previous slide

OptionAlt+PageUp

Go to a specific slide

Type the page number of the slide, and then press Enter.

Stop slide show

Esc or -.

Slide Sorter

When you first switch to Slide Sorter, press Enter to change the keyboard focus to the workspace. Otherwise, press F6 to navigate to the workspace, and then press Enter.

Selecting and deselecting slides

Use the arrow keys to navigate to the slide that you want to select, and then press the Spacebar. To add to the selection, use the arrow keys to navigate to the slide(s) that you want to add, and press Spacebar again. To deselect a slide, navigate to the slide, and then press Spacebar.

Copying a slide:

Use the arrow keys to navigate to the slide that you want to copy, and then press CommandCtrl+C. Move to the slide where you want to paste the copied slide, and then press CommandCtrl+V.

Moving a slide:

Use the arrow keys to navigate to the slide that you want to move, and then press CommandCtrl+X. Position the cursor where you want to move the slide, and then press CommandCtrl+V. Select Before or After the current slide, and then click OK.