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<h2>Keyboard Shortcut Settings
</h2>
<p>See also:
<a href="mouse.html">Mouse Usage Hints
</a><strong> Note:
</strong> Keyboard Short Cuts are completely customizable and can be exported for use on other machines under the Keyboard
<a href="settings1.html">Preferences
</a>.
</p>
<h3> Default Keyboard Shortcuts for Scribus 1.5+
</h3>
<h3> Function Keys
</h3>
<table >
<tr><td> <b>Function
</b> </td><td> <b>Shortcut
</b></td></tr>
<tr><td> Show Help Manual
</td><td> F1
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Show Properties Palette
</td><td> F2
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Edit Styles
</td><td>F3
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Show Layers Palette
</td><td> F6
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Toggle All Guides
</td><td> F11
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Toggle All Palettes
</td><td> F12
</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Listed in Logical Groups (as in Preferences)
</h3>
<table >
<tr><td> <b>Function
</b> </td><td> <b>Shortcut
</b></td></tr>
<tr><td> <b><i>File
</i></b> </td></tr>
<tr><td> New
</td><td> Ctrl+N
</td></tr>
<tr><td> New from Template
</td><td> Ctrl+Alt+N
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Open
</td><td> Ctrl+O
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Close
</td><td> Ctrl+W
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Save
</td><td> Ctrl+S
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Save As
</td><td> Ctrl+Shift+S
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Get Text or Image depending on selection
</td><td> Ctrl+D
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Print
</td><td> Ctrl+P
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Print Preview
</td><td> Ctrl+Alt+P
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Quit
</td><td> Ctrl+Q
</td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><b><i>Edit
</i></b> </td></tr>
<tr><td> Undo
</td><td> Ctrl+Z
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Redo
</td><td> Ctrl+Shift+Z
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Cut
</td><td> Ctrl+X
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Copy
</td><td> Ctrl+C
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Paste
</td><td> Ctrl+V
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Copy Contents (Images Only)
</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+C
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Paste Contents (Images Only)
</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+P
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Paste Absolute Contents (Images Only)
</td><td>Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Select All
</td><td> Ctrl+A
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Advanced Select All
</td><td> Ctrl+Alt+A
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Deselect All
</td><td> Ctrl+Shift+A
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Search/Replace
</td><td> Ctrl+F
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Edit Text
</td><td> Ctrl+T
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Styles
</td><td> F3
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Image Effects
</td><td>Ctrl+E
</td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><b><i>Item
</i></b> </td></tr>
<tr><td> Duplicate
</td><td> Ctrl+D
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Delete Item
</td><td> Ctrl+K
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Group
</td><td> Ctrl+G
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Ungroup
</td><td> Ctrl+Shift+G
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Is Locked
</td><td> Ctrl+L
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Size is Locked
</td><td> Ctrl+Shift+L
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Raise
</td><td> Ctrl+Home
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Lower
</td><td> Ctrl+End
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Raise to top
</td><td> Home
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Lower to bottom
</td><td> End
</td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><b><i>Insert
</i></b> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Text Frame
</td><td>T
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Image Frame
</td><td>I
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shape
</td><td>S
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Polygon
</td><td>P
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Line
</td><td>L
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bezier Curve
</td><td>B
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Freehand Line
</td><td>F
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Render Frame
</td><td>D
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Soft Hyphen
</td><td> Ctrl+Shift+(-)
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Non Breaking Dash
</td><td> Ctrl+Alt+(-)
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Non Breaking Space
</td><td> Ctrl+Space
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Page Number
</td><td> Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P
</td></tr>
<tr><td> New Line
</td><td> Shift+Return
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Frame Break
</td><td> Ctrl+Return
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Column Break
</td><td> Ctrl+Shift+Return
</td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><b><i>View
</i></b> </td></tr>
<tr><td> Fit to Height
</td><td> Ctrl+0 (zero)
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Zoom to 100%
</td><td> Ctrl+1
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Preview Mode
</td><td> Ctrl+Alt+P
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Show Rulers
</td><td> Ctrl+Shift+R
</td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><b><i>Plugin Menu Items
</i></b> </td></tr>
<tr><td> Save as Template
</td><td> Ctrl+Alt+S
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Save as Image
</td><td> Ctrl+Shift+E
</td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><b><i>Others
</i></b> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Select Tool
</td><td>C
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rotate Tool
</td><td>R
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Zoom Tool
</td><td>Z
</td></tr>
<td> Zoom In
</td><td> Ctrl+(+)
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Zoom Out
</td><td> Ctrl+(-)
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Edit Contents Mode
</td><td>E
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Link Frames
</td><td>L
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Unlink Frames
</td><td>U
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Eye Dropper
</td><td>Y
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Insert Unicode Character Value
</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+U
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Stacked Objects, next in Z-order*
</td><td> Ctrl+Shift+LMouse
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Resize proportionally
</td><td> Ctrl+drag**
</td></tr>
<tr><td> Move frame/group with X/Y constrained***
</td><td> Ctrl+drag
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Rotate a line or when creating a line, constrain the angle of rotation
</td><td> Ctrl+drag and rotate
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Rotate an existing item on the page other than a line and
<br/>constrain the angle of rotation****
</td><td> Ctrl+drag and rotate
</td></tr>
</table>
* Cycles Top-Middle-Bottom-None, then repeats starting at top
<br />** Make sure you let up on the mouse before letting up on Ctrl
<br />*** Meaning you can only drag in X or Y direction, not both, for each click-move-unclick
<br />**** You need to activate Rotation first (toolbar or keyboard R)
<p>You can
<em>constrain
</em> objects when re-sizing them with Ctrl+drag.
<em>Constraining
</em> keeps the aspect ratio the same as the original shape.
</p>
<h3>Story Editor
</h3>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr> <td>Esc
</td><td>Closes Story Editor
</td></tr>
<tr> <td>Ctrl+W
</td><td>Save Changes and Close Story Editor
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+S
</td><td>Save File While Editing in Story Editor
</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3>Moving and Re-sizing Frames using Arrow Keys
</h3>
<table cellpadding="3"><tr>
<td colspan="2"><b>The following are for points, millimeters, picas*, centimeters, ciceros
</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Arrow keys
</td><td><p>Move item 1 unit
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+Arrow
</td><td>Move item 10 units
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shift+Arrow
</td><td>Move item 0.1 units
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+Shift+Arrow
</td><td>Move item 0.01 units
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><i>* Movement units for picas are points
</i></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><b>The following are for inches
</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Arrow keys
</td><td><p>Move item 0.139 units**
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+Arrow
</td><td>Move item 1 unit
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shift+Arrow
</td><td>Move item 0.1 units
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+Shift+Arrow
</td><td>Move item 0.01 units
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><i>** This is about 10 points
</i></td></tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="3">
<tr><td colspan="2"><b>Enlarging/Shrinking Frames***
</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+Right Arrow
</td><td>Enlarges by moving right side outward
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+Left Arrow
</td><td>Enlarges by moving left side outward
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+Up Arrow
</td><td>Enlarges by moving top side outward
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+Down Arrow
</td><td>Enlarges by moving bottom side outward
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shift+Alt+Right Arrow
</td><td>Shrinks by moving
<i>left
</i> side inward
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shift+Alt+Left Arrow
</td><td>Shrinks by moving
<i>right
</i> side inward
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shift+Alt+Up Arrow
</td><td>Shrinks by moving
<i>bottom
</i> side inward
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shift+Alt+Down Arrow
</td><td>Shrinks by moving
<i>top
</i> side inward
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2">*** Amount of movement is one unit, but for picas, movements are one point
</td></tr>
</table>
Formerly, if you also held Ctrl, amount of enlarging/shrinking was larger, but currently this only moves the frame.
<h3>Resizing and Moving Images in Edit Contents Mode
</h3>
<ul>
<li>Holding down Alt
</li>
<ul>
<li>Right-arrow or Down-arrow enlarge image (Scaling goes up, X-Pos and Y-Pos are unchanged)
</li>
<li>Left-arrow or Up-arrow shrink image
</li>
</ul>
<li>Holding down no modifier, or Shift, or Ctrl, or Shift+Ctrl
<br />(Image moves, not frame)
</li>
<ul>
<li>Right-arrow moves image to right (increases X-Pos)
</li>
<li>Left-arrow moves image to left (decreases X-Pos)
</li>
<li>Up-arrow moves image up (decreases Y-Pos)
</li>
<li>Down-arrow moves image down (increases Y-Pos)
</li>
<li>The relative amounts of movement:
<br />Shift > Ctrl = no key > Shift+Ctrl
</li>
</ul></ul>
<br />The amounts are numerically independent of units, and therefore are greatest with a unit of inches
<table cellpadding="5">
<tr><td>Points:
</td> <td> Shift
– 1.27 pts
</td> <td>Ctrl
– 0.12(7) pts
</td> <td>Shift+Ctrl
– 0.01(27) pts
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Millimeters:
</td> <td> Shift
– 1.27 mm
</td> <td> Ctrl
– 0.127 mm
</td> <td>Shift+Ctrl
– 0.012(7) mm
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Inches:
</td> <td> Shift
– 1.27 in
</td> <td>Ctrl
– 0.127 in
</td> <td>Shift+Ctrl
– 0.0127 in
</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Selection/Navigation Keys
</h3>
<p>Holding Shift while Left clicking add objects to current selection, for multiple selection.
</p>
<p>Shift+Right/Left Arrow selects Characters
</p>
<p>Ctrl+Shift+Right/Left Arrow selects Words
</p>
<p>Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down selects to beginning/end of paragraph
</p>
<p>Shift+Home selects Text back to the beginning of the line
</p>
<p>Shift+End selects Text to the end of the line
</p>
<p>Ctrl+Right/Left Arrow moves to the next/previous Word
</p>
<p>Ctrl+Up/Down Arrow moves to the beginning/end of current paragraph or the previous/next paragraph
</p>
<p>PgUp/PgDn moves to beginning/end of current frame.
</p>
<p>Ctrl+Alt+Click selects a single Object out of a Groups
</p>
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