Editor Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
Use these keyboard shortcuts to work faster in the article editor on Windows. The shortcuts are available when the cursor is inside the editor.
Navigation
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Home |
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line. |
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Ctrl+Home |
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document. |
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End |
Moves the cursor to the end of the line. |
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Ctrl+End |
Moves the cursor to the end of the document. |
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Page Down |
Scrolls down the document, approximately by the length of the editing area. |
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Page Up |
Scrolls up the document, approximately by the length of the editing area. |
Writing
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Enter |
Ends the current paragraph and starts a new one. |
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Shift+Enter |
Inserts a line break. |
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Backspace, Delete |
Deletes a character. |
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Ctrl+Backspace, Ctrl+Delete |
Deletes a word. |
Undo and Redo
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Ctrl+Z |
Undoes the last action. |
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Ctrl+Y, Shift+Ctrl+Z |
Redoes the last action. |
Cut, Copy, and Paste
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Ctrl+X, Shift+Delete |
Cuts the selected text to the clipboard. |
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Ctrl+C |
Copies the selected text to the clipboard. |
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Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert |
Pastes text from the clipboard. |
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Shift+Ctrl+V |
Pastes clipboard content as plain text. |
Text Selection
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Ctrl+A |
Selects all content in the document. |
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Shift+Arrow |
Selects text one character at a time. |
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Ctrl+Shift+Arrow |
Selects text one word at a time. |
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Shift+Home |
Selects text from the cursor to the beginning of the line. |
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Shift+End |
Selects text from the cursor to the end of the line. |
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Ctrl+Shift+Home |
Selects text from the cursor to the beginning of the document. |
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Ctrl+Shift+End |
Selects text from the cursor to the end of the document. |
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Shift+Page Down |
Selects text approximately the length of the editing area, starting from the cursor and moving down. |
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Shift+Page Up |
Selects text approximately the length of the editing area, starting from the cursor and moving up. |
Widget Selection
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Enter |
Opens the widget dialog box. |
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Shift+Enter |
Adds an empty paragraph after the selected widget. |
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Shift+Alt+Enter |
Adds an empty paragraph before the selected widget. |
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Left Arrow, Right Arrow |
Moves the selection before or after the widget. |
Text Styling
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Ctrl+B |
Applies bold formatting to the selected text. |
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Ctrl+I |
Applies italic formatting to the selected text. |
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Ctrl+U |
Applies underline formatting to the selected text. |
Copy Formatting
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Ctrl+Shift+C |
Copies inline formatting from the selected text and turns on sticky mode. |
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Esc |
Turns off sticky mode. |
Rich Text
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Ctrl+L, Ctrl+K |
Opens the Link dialog box. |
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Tab |
Indents a list item. |
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Shift+Tab |
Outdents a list item. |
Macros
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Ctrl+M |
Opens the macro dialog box to insert a macro. |
Accessibility
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Shortcut |
Description |
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Alt+F10 |
Moves focus to the toolbar or the tab list of the open dialog box. |
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Tab |
Moves to the next toolbar button group, context menu suboption, elements path element, dialog box element, or dialog box tab in the tab list. |
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Right Arrow |
Moves to the next toolbar button in the group, context menu suboption, elements path element, dialog box element, or dialog box tab in the tab list. |
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Tab, Down Arrow |
Moves to the next drop-down list or context menu option. |
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Shift+Tab |
Moves to the previous toolbar button group, context menu parent option, elements path element, dialog box element, or dialog box tab in the tab list. |
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Left Arrow |
Moves to the previous toolbar button in the group, context menu parent option, elements path element, dialog box element, or dialog box tab in the tab list. |
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Shift+Tab, Up Arrow |
Moves to the previous drop-down list or context menu option. |
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Space, Enter |
Activates the selected toolbar button, context menu option, drop-down list option, elements path element, or dialog box tab. Also opens a context menu submenu, if available. |
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