This apply to the MS-Windows version
[Navigating]
[Function keys]
[Useful shortcuts] [Tables]
[Editing text] [Finding and
changing] [Entering special characters]
To display |
Press |
| Previous page | Esc p p, Pg Up |
| Next page | Esc p n, Pg Dn |
| Fist page | Esc p f, Alt-Pg Dn, Shift and click the Previous Page button |
| Last page | Esc p l (lowercase L), Alt-Pg Dn, Shift and click Next Page button |
| Go To Page dialog box | Esc v p, Control-g |
To go to |
Do this |
| Source of a cross-reference | Press Alt-Control-click active area |
| A specific page | Press Control-g or click The Page Status area and then type the page number |
| Page containing the insertion point | Press Control-g or click the Page Status area and then click Page Containing the insertion point |
To move the insertion point to |
|
Press |
|
| Beginning of a word | Control-Left arrow |
| End of a word | Control-Right arrow |
| Beginning of the next word | Esc b w |
| Beginning of a sentence | Control-Home |
| End of a sentence | Control-End |
| Beginning of a paragraph | Control-Up arrow |
| End of the current paragraph | Control-Down arrow |
| Beginning of the next paragraph | Esc b p |
| Top of a column | Control-Page up |
| Bottom of a column | Control-Page down |
| Beginning of a flow | Alt-Shift-Page up |
| End of a flow | Alt-Shift-Page down |
| Start of first visible text flow | Control-Shift-i, Esc b f |
| Next column in visible text flow | Esc b n |
Key |
Function |
Control |
Shift |
Alt |
| F1 | Help | Align top | Context sensitive help | |
| F2 | Plain text | Align middle | ||
| F3 | Underline | Align bottom | Overline | |
| F4 | Bold | Cascade windows | Exit | |
| F5 | Italic | Tile windows | ||
| F6 | Cycle between Help window and current document | |||
| F7 | Point on document window | |||
| F8 | Change character format using Tag area | Change dialog box settings to As Is | ||
| F9 | Change paragraph format using Tag area | Transpose characters | Change dialog box settings to match current text | |
To |
Press |
| Redraw the document display | Control-l (lowercase L) |
| Quick-copy a selected object | Alt-drag the object |
| Rotate on object arbitrarily | Control and use the left or right mouse button to drag a corner or reshape handle |
| Move an object along vertical or horizontal axis | Shift and drag object |
| Nudge an object 1point/6 points | Control-arrow key/Shify-Control-arrow key |
| Fit page in window | Esc z p |
| Zoom to 100% | Esc z z |
| Lock or unlock document | Esc F l (lowercase L) k |
To select |
Press |
| A cell | Control and click the cell |
| A row | Control and double-click column border |
| A column | Control and double-click row border |
| Current row, then next | Esc t h r |
| Current column, then next | Esc t h c |
| Current table | Esc t h t, Control and triple-click a cell |
To move to |
Press |
| Rightmost cell in current row | Esc t m e |
| Leftmost cell in current row | Esc t m a |
| Top cell in current column | Esc t m t |
| Bottom cell in current column | Esc t m b |
| Next cell and selects its text | Tab, Esc t m n |
| Previous cell and selects its text | Shift-Tab, Esc t m p |
| Cell below and selects its text | Alt-Control-Tab |
| Cell above and selects its text | Alt-Control-Shift-Tab |
To |
Press |
| Type a tab character in a cell | Esc Tab |
| Add rows above selected rov | Esc t R a |
| Add rows below selected row | Esc t R b, Control-Return, Control j |
| Add columns to left | Esc t c l (lowercase L) |
| Add columns to right | Esc t c r |
| Paste by replacing selected row or columns | Esc t p r |
| Paste rows or columns before selection | Esc t p b |
| Paste rows or columns after selection | Esc t p a |
| Resize columns so no paragraphs in selected cells wrap | Esc t w |
| Resize selected column without changing table's widht | Alt and drag cell's handle |
| Copy column width to Clipboard | Esc e y w |
To |
Press |
| Cut | Esc e x, Shift-Delete, Control-x |
| Copy | Esc e c, Control-c |
| Paste | Esc e p, Control-v |
| Undo/Redo | Esc e u, Control-z, Alt-Backspace |
| Quick-copy selected text | Click where you want to paste the text. Then Alt-drag the text to copy |
| Transponse characters | Control-F9 |
| Make word lowercase | Alt-Control-l (lowercase L) |
| Make word uppercase | Alt-Control-u |
| Make word initial caps | Alt-Control-c |
To select |
Do this |
| A word | Double-click it |
| A word, then next | Esc h w, Esc H w, Control-Shift-right arrow |
| Current sentence, then next | Esc h s, Esc H s, Control-Shift-End |
| Current sentence, then previous | Esc H S, Control-Shift-Home |
| A paragraph | Triple-click it |
| A paragraph, then next paragraphs | Esc h p, Esc H p, Control-Shift-down arrow |
To delete |
Press |
| Previous character | Control-h, Backspace |
| Backward to end of the previous word | Control-Backspace |
| Backward to start of a line | Shift-Backspace |
| Backward to end of the previous sentence | Esc k a |
| Next chracter | Delete |
| Forward to end of a word | Esc k f, Control-Delete |
| Forward to end of a line | Control-Shift-Delete |
| Forward to start of the next sentence | Esc k s |
To |
Press |
| Search forward | Esc e F, Esc F i n, Control-Shift-f, Alt-Control-s |
| Search backward | Esc f i p, Alt-Control-r, Alt-Control-f |
| Change current selection | Esc r o |
| Change all occurrences of Find text in document | Esc r g |
| Change and search again | Esc r a |
| Change settings to As Is in Find Character Format and Change To Chracter Format dialog boxes | Shift-F8 |
| Change settings to match selected text in Find Character Format and Change To Chracter Format dialog boxes | Shift-F9 |
| Display Set Find/Change Parameters dialog box | Esc f i s |
To find |
Type |
| Tab symbol | \t |
| Forced return | \r |
| End-of-paragraph symbol | \p |
| Beginning of paragraph | \P |
| Nonbreaking space | \ (space) |
| \ (backslash) | \\ |
| Discretionary hyphen | \- (hyphen) |
| Nonbreaiking hyphen | \+ |
| Suppress hyphenation symbol | \_ (underscore) |
| Start of word | \< |
| End of word | \> |
| With use wildcards turned on | |
| Any number of characters, excluding spaces and punctuations | * |
| Spaces or punctuation | | (vertical bar) |
| Any one character, excluding spaces and punctuations | ? |
| The beginning of a line | ^ |
| The end of a line | $ |
| Any one of the bracketed characters ab | [ab] |
| Any character except ab | [^ab] |
| Any character from a to f | [a-f] |
To type |
Press |
|
Control-q %, xx-period |
| (dagger) | Control-q space |
| (double dagger) | Control-q ` |
| (trademark) | Control-q * |
| © (copyright) | Control-q ) |
| ® (registered trademark) | Control-q ( |
| ¶ (paragraph symbol) | Control-q & |
| § (section symbol) | Control-q $ |
| (ellipsis) | Control-q I (uppercase i) |
| (em dash) | Control-q Q |
| - (en dash) | Control-q P |
| ' ( | Control-' |
| " | Control-" |
| ` left (with Smart Quotes off) | Control-q T |
| ' right (with Smart Quotes off) | Control-q U |
| " left (with Smart Quotes off) | Control-q R, Alt-Control-` |
| " right (with Smart Quotes off) | Control-q S, Alt-Control-' |
| ' (with Smart Quotes on) | Control ' |
| " (with Smart Quotes on) | Esc " |
| Em space | Esc space m, Control-Shift-space |
| En space | Esc space n, Control-Alt-space |
| Nonbreaking space | Esc space h, Control-space |
| Numeric space | Esc space 1 (one) |
| Thin space | Esc space t |
| Nonbreaking hyphen | Esc hyphen h |
| Suppress hyphenation symbol | Esc n s |
| Discretionary hyphen | Esc hyphen D, Control-hyphen |
| Forced return | Shift-Return, |
To use this |
. . |
Press Esc, |
. . |
Followed by |
. . |
Example |
| ´ (acute) | ' (apostrophe) | a, A, e, E, i, I, o, O, u, U | É, é | |||
| ` (grave) | ` (left quote) | a, A, e, E, i, I, o, O, u, U | È, è | |||
| ~ (tilde) | ~ (tilde) | a, A, n, N, o, O | Ñ, ñ | |||
| ¨ (dieresis) | % (percent) | a, A, e, E, i, I, o, O, u, U, y, Y | Ü, ü | |||
| ^ (circumflex) | ^ (caret) | a, A, e, E, i, I, o, O, u, U | Ê, ê | |||
| ° (ring) | * (asterisk) | a, A | Å, å | |||
| , (cedilla) | , (comma) | c, C | Ç, ç |
Adapted from Simo Nikula by Lars Einarsen
Last update 21.03.96
larein@alfa.avh.unit.no