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# Shortcut Keys for LibreOffice Impress

The following is a list of shortcut keys for LibreOffice Impress.

You can also use the general shortcut keys in LibreOffice.

Some of the shortcut keys may be assigned to your desktop system. Keys that are assigned to the desktop system are not available to LibreOffice. Try to assign different keys either for LibreOffice, in Tools - Customize - Keyboard, or in your desktop system.

## Function Keys for LibreOffice 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+T F11 | 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).
Option Alt+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.
Option Alt+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+Option Ctrl+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 Left Home | Go to beginning of line
Command+Shift+Arrow Left Shift+Home | Go and select to the beginning of a line
Command+Arrow Right End | Go to end of line
Command+Shift+Arrow Right Shift+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 LibreOffice 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.
Option Alt Key | Hold down Option Alt to draw or resize objects by dragging from the center of the object outward.
Option Alt key+click | Select the object behind the currently selected object.
Option Alt+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.
Option Alt+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.

Related Topics

Using Shortcut Keys in LibreOffice Impress

Shortcuts (LibreOffice Accessibility)

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