LibreOffice 25.2 Help
The following is a list of shortcut keys for LibreOffice Impress.
You can also use the general shortcut keys in LibreOffice.
| Shortcut Keys | Effect | 
|---|---|
| F2 | Edit text. | 
| F3 | Enter Group. | 
| CommandCtrl+F3 | Exit Group. | 
| Shift+F3 | Duplicate | 
| F4 | Position and Size | 
| F5 | View Slide Show. | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+F5 | Navigator | 
| F7 | Spelling | 
| CommandCtrl+F7 | Thesaurus | 
| F8 | Edit Points. | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+F8 | Fit text to frame. | 
| Command+TF11 | Styles | 
| 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. | 
| CommandCtrl+ Page Up | Go to the previous slide. | 
| CommandCtrl+ 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 | 
| CommandCtrl+A | Turn off pointer as pen mode | 
| 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+CommandCtrl+G | Group selected objects. | 
| Shift+Command+OptionCtrl+Alt+A | Ungroup selected group. | 
| CommandCtrl+ 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. | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+K | Combine selected objects. | 
| Command+OptionCtrl+Alt+Shift+K | Split selected object. This combination only works on an object that was created by combining two or more objects. | 
| CommandCtrl+ Plus key | Bring to Front. | 
| Shift+CommandCtrl+ Plus key | Bring Forwards. | 
| CommandCtrl+ Minus key | Send Backwards. | 
| Shift+CommandCtrl+ Minus key | Send to Back. | 
| Shortcut Keys | Effect | 
|---|---|
| CtrlCtrl+Hyphen(-) | Soft hyphens; hyphenation set by you. | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+minus sign (-) | Non-breaking hyphen (is not used for hyphenation) | 
| CommandCtrl+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 | 
| OptionCtrl+Arrow Left | Go to beginning of word | 
| OptionCtrl+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 | 
| OptionCtrl+Arrow Right | Go to start of next word | 
| OptionCtrl+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 | 
| OptionCtrl+Arrow Up | Move cursor to beginning of the previous paragraph | 
| Arrow Down | Move cursor down one line | 
| Shift+Arrow Down | Selecting lines in a downwards direction | 
| OptionCtrl+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 UpCtrl+Home | Go to start of text block in slide | 
| Command+Arrow DownCtrl+End | Go to end of text block in slide | 
| Option+Fn+BackspaceCtrl+Del | Delete text to end of word | 
| OptionCtrl+Backspace | Delete text to beginning of word In a list: delete an empty paragraph in front of the current paragraph | 
| Command+FnCtrl+Shift+Del | Delete text to end of sentence | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+Backspace | Delete text to beginning of sentence | 
| Shortcut Keys | Effect | 
|---|---|
| Arrow key | Moves the selected object or the page view in the direction of the arrow. | 
| CommandCtrl+ Arrow Key | Move around in the page view. | 
| Shift + drag | Constrains the movement of the selected object horizontally or vertically. | 
| CommandCtrl+ drag (with Copy when moving option active) | Hold down CommandCtrl 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 centre 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 beginning 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). | 
| CommandCtrl+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. | 
| 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. | 
| OptionAlt+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. | 
| OptionAlt+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. | 
| OptionAlt+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. |