Keyboard Shortcuts

Like other software, the Editor uses the universal keyboard keystrokes. This is one of the reasons why working with the editor is simple and efficient.

The list below contains available keyboard shortcuts grouped by subject.

Working with a Document

  • Esc – closes a dialog window, drop-down list, or context menu. Also moves from the context menu submenu to the parent option.
  • Enter – equivalent of the OK button in a dialog window.
  • Shift+F10, Menu/Application key – opens the element's context menu.

Navigation

  • Home – jumps to the beginning of the line.
  • Ctrl+Home – jumps to the beginning of the document.
  • End – jumps to the end of the line.
  • Ctrl+End – jumps to the end of the document.
  • PgDn – scrolls down the document, approximately by the length of the editing area.
  • PgUp – scrolls up the document, approximately by the length of the editing area.

Writing

  • Enter (Return) – ends a paragraph and starts a new one.
  • Shift+Enter – adds a line break.
  • Backspace, Del – deletes a character.
  • Ctrl+Backspace, Ctrl+Del – deletes a word.

Undo and Redo

  • Ctrl+Z – performs the undo operation.
  • Ctrl+Y – performs a redo operation.

Cut, Copy and Paste

  • Ctrl+X, Shift+Del – cuts a text fragment to clipboard.
  • Ctrl+C – copies a text fragment to clipboard.
  • Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert – pastes a text fragment from clipboard.

Text Selection

  • Ctrl+A – selects all document contents.
  • Shift+Arrow – selects a text fragment by letters.
  • Ctrl+Shift+Arrow – selects a text fragment by words.
  • Shift+Home – selects a text fragment from the cursor to the beginning of the line.
  • Shift+End – selects a text fragment from the cursor to the end of the line.
  • Ctrl+Shift+Home – selects a text fragment from the cursor to the beginning of the document.
  • Ctrl+Shift+End – selects a text fragment from the cursor to the end of the document.
  • Shift+PgDn – selects a text fragment of approximately the length of the editing area starting from the cursor and going down.
  • Shift+PgUp – selects a text fragment of approximately the length of the editing area starting from the cursor and going up.

Text Styling

  • Ctrl+B – applies bold formatting to a text fragment.
  • Ctrl+I – applies italics formatting to a text fragment.
  • Ctrl+U – applies underline formatting to a text fragment.

Rich Text

  • Ctrl+L – opens the Link dialog window.