LibreOffice 25.2 Help
You can use shortcut keys to quickly perform common tasks in LibreOffice. This section lists the default shortcut keys for LibreOffice Writer.
You can also use the general shortcut keys in LibreOffice.
| Shortcut keys | Effect | 
|---|---|
| F2 | Formula Bar | 
| CommandCtrl+F2 | Insert Fields | 
| F3 | Complete AutoText | 
| CommandCtrl+F3 | Edit AutoText | 
| Shift+F4 | Select next frame | 
| Ctrl+Shift+F4 | Open Data Source View | 
| F5 | Navigator on/off | 
| Shift+F5 | Moves the cursor to the position that it had when the document was last saved before it was last closed. | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+F5 | Navigator on, go to page number | 
| F7 | Spelling | 
| CommandCtrl+F7 | Thesaurus | 
| F8 | Extension mode | 
| CommandCtrl+F8 | Field shadings on / off | 
| Shift+F8 | Additional selection mode | 
| Ctrl+Shift+F8 | Block selection mode | 
| F9 | Update fields | 
| CommandCtrl+F9 | Show fields | 
| Shift+F9 | Calculate Table | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+F9 | Update Input Fields and Input Lists | 
| CommandCtrl+F10 | Non-printing Characters on/off | 
| Command+TF11 | Styles window on/off | 
| Shift+F11 | Create Style | 
| CommandCtrl+F11 | Sets focus to Apply Style box | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+F11 | Update Style | 
| F12 | Toggle Ordered List | 
| CommandCtrl+F12 | Insert or edit Table | 
| Shift+F12 | Toggle Unordered List | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+F12 | Ordered / Unordered List off | 
| Shortcut keys | Effect | 
|---|---|
| CommandCtrl+A | Select All | 
| CommandCtrl+J | Justify | 
| CommandCtrl+D | Double Underline | 
| CommandCtrl+E | Centred | 
| CommandCtrl+H | Find and Replace | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+P | Superscript | 
| CommandCtrl+L | Align Left | 
| CommandCtrl+R | Align Right | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+B | Subscript | 
| Command+Shift+ZCtrl+Y | Redo last action | 
| CommandCtrl+0 (zero) | Apply Body Text paragraph style | 
| CommandCtrl+1 | Apply Heading 1 paragraph style | 
| CommandCtrl+2 | Apply Heading 2 paragraph style | 
| CommandCtrl+3 | Apply Heading 3 paragraph style | 
| CommandCtrl+4 | Apply Heading 4 paragraph style | 
| CommandCtrl+5 | Apply Heading 5 paragraph style | 
| CommandCtrl + Plus Key(+) | Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard. | 
| CommandCtrl+Hyphen(-) | Soft hyphens; hyphenation set by you. | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+minus sign (-) | Non-breaking hyphen (is not used for hyphenation) | 
| CommandCtrl+multiplication sign * (only on number pad) | Run macro field | 
| 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 | 
| CommandCtrl+Enter | Manual page break | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+Enter | Column break in multicolumnar texts | 
| OptionAlt+Enter | Inserting a new paragraph without numbering inside a list. Does not work when the cursor is at the end of the list. | 
| OptionAlt+Enter | Insert a new paragraph directly before or after a section or table. For sections, the cursor must be placed at the first or last character. For tables, the cursor must be placed at the first character of the first cell or the last character of the last cell. | 
| Arrow Left | Move cursor to the left | 
| Shift+Arrow Left | Move cursor with selection to the left | 
| OptionCtrl+Arrow Left | Go to the beginning of word | 
| OptionCtrl+Shift+Arrow Left | Selecting to the left word by word | 
| Arrow Right | Move cursor to the right | 
| Shift+Arrow Right | Move cursor with selection to the right | 
| OptionCtrl+Arrow Right | Go to the beginning of the 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 | 
| Ctrl+Arrow Up | Move cursor to beginning of paragraph. Next keystroke moves cursor to beginning of previous paragraph | 
| OptionCtrlShift+Arrow Up | Select to the beginning of the paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to the 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 the beginning of the next paragraph | 
| OptionCtrlShift+Arrow Down | Select to the end of the paragraph. Next keystroke extends selection to the end of the next paragraph | 
| Command+Arrow LeftHome | Go to the beginning of the line | 
| Command+Shift+Arrow LeftShift+Home | Go and select to the beginning of the line | 
| Command+Arrow RightEnd | Go to the end of the line | 
| Command+Shift+Arrow RightShift+End | Go and select to the end of the line | 
| Command+Arrow UpCtrl+Home | Go to the beginning of the document | 
| Command+Shift+Arrow UpCtrl+Shift+Home | Go and select text to the beginning of the document | 
| Command+Arrow DownCtrl+End | Go to end of document | 
| Command+Shift+Arrow DownCtrl+Shift+End | Go and select text to the end of the document | 
| CommandCtrl+PageUp | Switch cursor between text and header | 
| CommandCtrl+PageDown | Switch cursor between text and footer | 
| Insert | Insert mode on/off | 
| PageUp | Screen page up | 
| Shift+PageUp | Move up screen page with selection | 
| PageDown | Move down screen page | 
| Shift+PageDown | Move down screen page with selection | 
| Option+Fn+BackspaceCtrl+Del | Delete text to the end of the word | 
| OptionCtrl+Backspace | Delete text to the beginning of the word In a list: delete an empty paragraph in front of the current paragraph | 
| Command+Shift+Fn+BackspaceCtrl+Shift+Del | Delete text to the end of the sentence | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+Backspace | Delete text to the beginning of the sentence | 
| CommandCtrl+Tab | Next suggestion with Automatic Word Completion | 
| CommandCtrl+Shift+Tab | Use previous suggestion with Automatic Word Completion | 
| Command+OptionCtrl+Alt+Shift+V | Paste the contents of the clipboard as unformatted text. | 
| CommandCtrl + double-click or CommandCtrl + Shift + F10 | Use this combination to quickly dock or undock the Navigator, Styles window, or other windows | 
| Shortcut Keys | Effect | 
|---|---|
| Esc | Cursor is inside a frame and no text is selected: Escape selects the frame. Frame is selected: Escape clears the cursor from the frame. | 
| F2 or Enter or any key that produces a character on screen | If a frame is selected: positions the cursor to the end of the text in the frame. If you press any key that produces a character on screen, and the document is in edit mode, the character is appended to the text. | 
| OptionAlt+Arrow Keys | Move object. | 
| Option+CommandAlt+Ctrl+Arrow Keys | Resizes by moving lower right corner. | 
| Option+CommandAlt+Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Keys | Resizes by moving top left corner. | 
| CommandCtrl+Tab | Selects the anchor of an object (in Edit Points mode). |