Keyboard and mouse shortcuts

Build 1501 on 14/Nov/2017  This topic last edited on: 21/Sep/2016, at 15:21

This topic describes the standard keyboard shortcuts available on the Pages main tab while you're working with pages, or editing text on pages. Please note that you can customize keyboard and mouse shortcuts (See Configuring keyboard and mouse shortcuts) and in that case, this list will not correspond to your custom configuration.

Click to toggle expandStandard keyboard shortcuts

When editing page

Key

Normal

+CTRL

+SHIFT

+ALT

+CTRL+ALT

+CTRL+SHIFT

+ALT+SHIFT

+CTRL+ALT+SH

F1

Display help






F2

Select format (and resize if enabled)

Select format and decks and resize





F3

Redraw page






F4

Open last content

Open last objs




F5

Refresh text

Refresh all

Refresh formats




F6

Browse lib.objs






F7

Fit frames to txt

Fit frames to txt (multisel)





F8

Fit text to fram.

Clear fit





F9







F10

Toggle invisibles






F11

List assigned






F12

List linked






When editing text

Key

Normal

+CTRL

+SHIFT

+ALT

+CTRL+ALT

+CTRL+SHIFT

+ALT+SHIFT

+CTRL+ALT+SH

F1

Display help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F2

Select format

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F3

Redraw page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F4

Open last

 

Open last objs

 

 

 

 

 

F5

Refresh geometry

Refresh all

 

 

 

 

 

 

F6

Spell check

Clean text

 

Cursor to overset

 

 

 

 

F7

Fit paragraph

 

 

 

Clear fit para

 

 

 

F8

Fit text

 

Distribute lead.

 

Clear fit text

 

 

 

F9

Insert tag

 

 

Toggle tags

 

 

 

 

F10

Insert @

 

Chars. map

Insert date

 

 

 

 

F11

Web preview

Split vertical

Split horizontal

 

 

 

 

 

F12

Send to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When editing page

Key

Normal

+CTRL

+SHIFT

+ALT

+CTRL+ALT

+CTRL+SHIFT

+ALT+SHIFT

+CTRL+ALT+SHIFT

0

 

 

 

Set stroke weight to 0,1..9pt

 

Apply tint defaults 10-20...90

100 is applied when pressing 0.

 

 

 

1

•Split/resplit frame to specified number of columns*

•Size images and boxes to specified number of columns*

Zoom page to wnd.

Split/resplit to headline and body

Apply fill defaults 1..9

Apply stroke defaults 1..9

Store (stroke or fill) defaults 1..9

2

Zoom marquee

3

Zoom percentage

4

Zoom page width

5

Zoom multi-page

6

Zoom multi-page wdt

7

Zoom article

8

Zoom selection

9

 

* Since 1.4.1572.x, users can select the action of numeric keys, among Split, Resize To and Weight.

When editing text

Key

Normal

+CTRL

+SHIFT

+ALT

+CTRL+ALT

+CTRL+SHIFT

+ALT+SHIFT

+CTRL+ALT+SHIFT

0

Insert numbers
0..9

See also

Select numeric keys action

 

Insert shifted signs

 

 

Clear style overr.

 

 

1

 

Load reusable text 1...9

 

 

Insert table (quick)

Save reusable text 1...9

 

2

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

6

Move word left

 

 

 

7

Move word right

Clear fit text

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 
Hand grabberALT+drag
Zoom toolCTRL+2
Normal toolN
Polygon toolP
Rotate toolR
Rule toolV        
Box tool dialog B
Box default SHIFT+B
UnboxSHIFT+ALT+B
Frame toolF
Head/body toolH
Image box toolI
Link L
UnlinkU
Frame belowSHIFT+F
ImageSHIFT+I
Image over columnsSHIFT+CTRL+I
Rule aboveALT+A
Rule belowALT+B
Rule leftALT+L
Rule rightALT+R
Rule at pointerALT+F
Pullquote on pointerSHIFT+CTRL+F
Bott. jump frame CTRL+J
Top jump frame SHIFT+J
Replace with anotherCTRL+H
Text wrapCTRL+R
Toggle content selectionCTRL+P
Delete selectionDel
Remove current articleBackSpace
Replace image with plcholderCTRL+BackSpace
UnlinkU
UnwrapCTRL+R
ClickSelect
CTRL+ClickSelect underlying
Select allCTRL+A
Select articleSHIFT+A or SHIFT+right-click
Select linked framesSHIFT+CTRL+A
Select image from captionCTRL+ALT+A
UnselectZ
Select nextTab
Select previousSHIFT+tab
Move to bottom (stack)CTRL+B
Move to top (stack)CTRL+F
Move down 1 nudgeDown
Move down 1 ptALT+Down
Move down 2 nudgesCTRL+Down
Move up 1 nudgeUp
Move up 1 ptALT+Up
Move up 2 nudgesCTRL+Up
Move left 1 columunLeft
Move left 1/2 columnCTRL+Left
Move left 1/2 gutterCTRL+ALT+Left
Move left 1 ptALT+Left (since v2.3, you can set a custom increment)
Move right 1 columnLeft
Move right 1/2 columnCTRL+Right
Move right 1/2 gutterCTRL+ALT+Right
Move right 1 ptALT+Right (since v2.3, you can set a custom increment)
Vertically topSHIFT+CTRL+T
Vertically bottomSHIFT+CTRL+B
Horizontally centredSHIFT+CTRL+C
Vertically centredSHIFT+CTRL+V
LeftSHIFT+CTRL+L
RightSHIFT+CTRL+R
To gridSHIFT+CTRL+G
To the closest moduleSHIFT+M
To the closest columnSHIFT+C
To nudgeSHIFT+N

Duplicate

DuplicateD, or CTRL+right-click
Duplicate dlgSHIFT+D

Split

Split in columns defaultS
Split dialogSHIFT+S
Split in 1..9 columns1..9
Split in head +1..9SHIFT+1..9

Group/Ungroup

GroupG
UngroupCTRL+ALT+G
Set hot spotSHIFT+H

Extend/Shrink step-by-step

Increase widthCTRL+period
Decrease widthALT+period
Increase width moreSHIFT+CTRL+period
Decrease widthSHIFT+ALT+period
Increase heightCTRL+comma
Decrease heightALT+comma
Increase height moreSHIFT+CTRL+comma
Decrease heightSHIFT+ALT+comma
Increase allCTRL+question
Decrease allALT+question
Increase all moreSHIFT+CTRL+question
Decrease allSHIFT+ALT+question

Toggle/edit frame margins

Toggle inner marg/fillCTRL+ALT+M
Toggle inner marginsSHIFT+CTRL+M
Increase inner marg.CTRL+M
Decrease inner marg.ALT+M
Revert to rectangleM

Scale to page

Stretch to page heightSHIFT+CTRL+H
Stretch to page widthSHIFT+CTRL+W
Stretch to page topSHIFT+CTRL+T
Stretch to page bott.SHIFT+CTRL+B
Stretch to page LMSHIFT+CTRL+L
Stretch to page RMSHIFT+CTRL+R

Extend/Shrink by edge step-by-step

Extend right 1colSHIFT+Right
Extend right 1ptSHIFT+ALT+Right
Extend left 1colSHIFT+CTRL+Left
Extend left 1ptSHIFT+CTRL+ALT+Left
Extend bottom 1vgSHIFT+Down
Extend bottom 1ptSHIFT+ALT+Down
Extend top 1vgSHIFT+CTRL+Up
Extend top 1ptSHIFT+CTRL+ALT+Up

 

Shrink right 1colSHIFT+Left
Shrink right 1ptSHIFT+ALT+Left
Shrink left 1colSHIFT+CTRL+Right
Shrink left 1ptSHIFT+CTRL+ALT+Right
Shrink bottom 1vgSHIFT+Up
Shrink bottom 1ptSHIFT+ALT+Up
Shrink top 1vgSHIFT+CTRL+Down
Shrink top 1ptSHIFT+CTRL+ALT+Down

 
Revert to rectangleM
Invert windingALT+I
Select all pointsALT+Z
Delete pathALT+Delete
Start pathALT+Insert
Move to next cellTab
Move to previous cellSHIFT+Tab
Insert last row markerCTRL+Tab
Insert end tab markerSHIFT+CTRL+Tab
Insert start row markerSHIFT+CTRL+\
Insert table dialogSHIFT+CTRL+1
Insert image boxI
Insert image SHIFT+I
Zoom image inSHIFT+ALT+plus, or SHIFT+rotate backwards
Zoom image outSHIFT+ALT+minus, or SHIFT+rotate forwards
Image crop pane0
Replace with placeholder CTRL+BackSpace
Double-clickCrop tool
Find in textCTRL+F
Find nextCTRL+G
Find replaceCTRL+H
SpacebarStart editing in the Text Editor (default split)
SHIFT+SpacebarStart editing in the Text Editor (horizontal split)
CTRL+SpacebarStart editing in the Text Editor (vertical split)
Double-clickStart editing on page
Esc or CTRL+WEnd editing

Selecting in text

Select all textCTRL+A

Bold, italic, roman, capitals

Bold (only fonts with bold)SHIFT+CTRL+B
Italic (only fonts with italic)SHIFT+CTRL+I
Bold Italic (only fonts with BI)SHIFT+CTRL+Q
Roman SHIFT+CTRL+N
All capitalsSHIFT+CTRL+A
Small capitalsSHIFT+CTRL+K
Toggle caseSHIFT+CTRL+T
Upper caseSHIFT+CTRL+U

Clipboard

Copy to clipboardCTRL+C
Copy all to clipboardALT+C
Paste text onlySHIFT+CTRL+V
Paste as single paragraphSHIFT+ALT+V

Spell check and adjust content

Spell checkF6
Clean textCTRL+F6
Cursor to overset lineALT+F6

Other

Edit article notesCTRL+Q
Web previewF11
Split horizontalSHIFT+F11
Split verticalCTRL+F11
Send toF12
Toggle insertInsert
Swap word leftCTRL+6
Swap word rightCTRL+7
Discretionary hyphenCTRL+minus
Long dashALT+minus
Text Bullet*
Paragraph BulletCTRL+ALT+*
Select next body font CTRL+Oem7
Select previous body font ALT+Oem7
Select next head font CTRL+OemTilde
Select previous head font ALT+OemTilde
Select next text color CTRL+Oem5
Select previous text color ALT+Oem5
Refresh article geometryF5

Aligning paragraphs

Align paragraph leftSHIFT+CTRL+L
Align paragraph rightSHIFT+CTRL+R
Align paragraph centredSHIFT+CTRL+C
Align paragraph justifiedSHIFT+CTRL+J
Align paragraph forcedSHIFT+CTRL+O

Tags and Bell

Insert tagF9
Toggle tagsALT+F9
Insert BellF10

Color and hide/unhide

Set type color to whiteSHIFT+CTRL+W
Reverse color (default)ALT+R
Reverse color (choose)SHIFT+ALT+R
Set type to hiddenSHIFT+CTRL+X

Eyedropper

Pick style by eyedropperCTRL+ALT+C
Apply style by eyedropperCTRL+ALT+V
Channel to Web onlySHIFT+CTRL+E
Channel to Print onlySHIFT+CTRL+P
Toggle paragraph indentCTRL+ALT+H

Fitting text

Fit paragraphF7
Clear tit paragraphCTRL+F7
Fit textF8
Distribute leadingSHIFT+F8
Clear fit textCTRL+ALT+F8

Insert breaks

Paragraph break8
Line breakSHIFT+8
Column breakCTRL+8
Blank lineCTRL+ALT+8
Non-breaking spaceSHIFT+CTRL+space

Save/gets

Insert save/getsALT+1..9
Save save/getsSHIFT+ALT+1..9
Insert character from mapSHIFT+F10
Insert current dateALT+F10

Styles

Select paragraph styleALT+Up Arrow
Select character styleALT+Down Arrow
Clear characters overridesSHIFT+CTRL+0

Attached to the left and right arrow

Select what to changeCTRL+ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Increase sel. propertyALT+RIGHT ARROW
Increase sel. property 10xSHIFT+ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Decrease sel. propertyALT+Left Arrow
Decrease sel. property 10xSHIFT+ALT+Left Arrow
Clear sel. propertyCTRL+ALT+Left Arrow

Attached to fixed keys

Increase type size/leadingCTRL+period
Decrease type size/leadingALT+period
Increase type size/leading 10xSHIFT+CTRL+period
Decrease type size/leading 10xSHIFT+ALT+period
Clear type size/leading changesCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+period
Increase type leadingCTRL+comma
Decrease type leadingALT+comma
Increase type leading 10xSHIFT+CTRL+comma
Decrease type leading 10xSHIFT+ALT+comma
Clear type leading changesCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+comma
Increase type trackingCTRL+plus
Decrease type trackingALT+plus
Increase type tracking 10xSHIFT+CTRL+plus
Decrease type tracking 10xSHIFT+ALT+plus
Clear type tracking changesCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+plus
Increase type hor.scaleCTRL+Oem1
Decrease type hor.scaleALT+Oem1
Increase type hor.scale 10xSHIFT+CTRL+Oem1
Decrease type hor.scale 10xSHIFT+ALT+Oem1
Clear type hor.scale changesCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+Oem1
Increase type ver.scaleCTRL+Oem6
Decrease type ver.scaleALT+Oem6
Increase type ver.scale 10xSHIFT+CTRL+Oem6
Decrease type ver.scale 10xSHIFT+ALT+Oem6
Clear type ver.scale changesCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+Oem6
Increase space aboveCTRL+OemQuestion
Decrease space aboveALT+OemQuestion
Increase space above 10xSHIFT+CTRL+OemQuestion
Decrease space above 10xSHIFT+ALT+OemQuestion
Clear space above changesCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+OemQuestion
Increase left indentCTRL+OemBackSlash
Decrease left indentALT+OemBackSlash
Increase left indent10xSHIFT+CTRL+OemBackSlash
Decrease left indent10xSHIFT+ALT+OemBackSlash
Clear space left indentCTRL+SHIFT+ALT+OemBackSlash
Move to right or left one characterRIGHT ARROW/ LEFT ARROW
Move up or down one lineUP ARROW/ DOWN ARROW
Scroll up or down one lineSHIFT+CTRL+ALT+UP ARROW/ SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+DOWN ARROW
Scroll up or down one screenSHIFT+CTRL+ALT+Up UP ARROW/ SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+DOWN ARROW
Move to right or left one wordCTRL+RIGHT ARROW/ CTRL+LEFT ARROW
Move to start or end of lineHome/End
Move to start or end of sentenceSHIFT+CTRL+ALT+LEFT ARROW/ SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Move to previous or next paragraphCTRL+UP ARROW/ CTRL+DOWN ARROW
Move to previous or next screenPgUp/ PgDn
Move to start or end of textCTRL+Home/ CTRL+End
Move to the overset pointALT+End
Select one wordDouble-click word
Select one character right or leftSHIFT+RIGHT ARROW/ SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Select one line above or belowSHIFT+UP ARROW/ SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
Select to start or to end of lineSHIFT+Home/ SHIFT+End
Select to start or to end of screenSHIFT+PgUp/ SHIFT+PgDn
Select start or end of textSHIFT+CTRL+Home/ SHIFT+CTRL+End
Select sentenceCTRL+Click
Select paragraphSHIFT+ALT+Click
Select all in textCTRL+A
Select current sentence
Delete character left of I-beamBACKSPACE
Delete character right of I-beamDel
Delete tags left of I-beamCTRL+BACKSPACE
Delete all paragraph tagsSHIFT+CTRL+BACKSPACE
Delete wordCTRL+Del
Move to the previous elementSHIFT+ALT+UP ARROW
Move to the next elementSHIFT+ALT+DOWN ARROW
Copy toCTRL+C
Cut toCTRL+C
PasteCTRL+V
Paste attributesSHIFT+V
UndoCTRL+Z
Undo AllSHIFT+CTRL+Z
RedoCTRL+Y
Fill to blackK
Fill to whiteW
Toggle black on allSHIFT+W
Reverse color (default)ALT+R*
Reverse color (choose)SHIFT+ALT+R*

* when editing text
Open last page(s)F4
Open last object(s)SHIFT+F4
Close pageCTRL+W
View type labelsE
Sample modeQ
Tracking modeT
Toggle previewF10
RedrawF3
Goto first pageHome
Goto last pageEnd
Goto previous pagePageUp
Goto next pagePageDown
Show assignedF11
Show linkedF12
Zoom in+
Zoom out-
Zoom fitCTRL+1
Zoom marqueeCTRL+2
Zoom percentageCTRL+3
Zoom fit widthCTRL+4
Zoom fit allCTRL+5
Zoom fit all widthCTRL+6
Zoom articleCTRL+7
Zoom selectionCTRL+8
Toggle script paletteCTRL+ALT+INSERT
Toggle article paletteA
Crop dialog boxO
Toggle NavigatorALT+N
Display preferencesSHIFT+ALT+P
New articleCTRL+N
Toggle palettesX
Show palettesSHIFT+X
Toggle paragraph paletteCTRL+M
Toggle control paletteCTRL+T
Toggle text paletteCTRL+ALT+T

When editing page

Fit frames to textF7
Fit text to framesF8
Clear fit text CTRL+F9
Fit article by pict.Select image, point edge and then press F8

When editing text

Fit paragraphF7
Fit text to framesF8
Distribute leadingSHIFT+F8
Unfit paragraphCTRL+F7
Unfit textCTRL+ALT+F8
Refresh textF5
Refresh allCTRL+F5
SaveCTRL+S
Toggle jump headJ
Show shortcutsCTRL+K
Add to librarySHIFT+L
DeleteDel
Clear currentBackspace
Select formatF2
Browse librariesF6
Single left clickSelect the item under pointer
CTRL+Single left clickSelect the item below the item under pointer (if any)
SHIFT+Single left clickAdd the item under pointer to the selection - if not already added, otherwise, deselect it
SHIFT+Single left clickon icons: typically display menu, or run an alternative action
Single right clickDisplay a context menu (if any)
Double left clickIf a frame is selected, enter in text editing; if an image is selected, display the Crop tool; if the Crop tool is active, display the Normal tool.
SHIFT+DRAG to scaleon headline, makes the other elements follow.
SHIFT+DRAG to moveon images, makes the caption follow.
CTRL+DRAG to scale horizontallyon an article layout, adds or removes body columns.
Rotate wheelscroll page
SHIFT+rotate wheelIf a real image is selected, it zooms the image; if an unlinked frame is selected, it rolls over types
CTRL+rotate wheelIf nothing is selected, zooms the page. If an image is selected, rotates the image in its box. If the rotate tool is active and you selected more objects, rotates the selected objects.
Click to toggle expandWhere are the shorcuts defined?

Review and define shortcuts of the Pages main tab in FRED4_TABITEMS.XML file, in GN4ShellConfiguration > GN4ShellMenus >

•Menuset Name="Fred4Main" > InputConfig

•Menuset Name="PageDesigner" > InputConfig

•Menuset Name="PageTxtDesigner" > InputConfig

Why more menu sets?

•Fred4Main: shortcuts, defined here, are available when no page is opened. By default, this set contains just few shortcuts.

•PageDesigner: shortcuts, defined here, are available when a page is opened. Bu default, this set contains all other shortcuts.

•PageTxtDesigner: shortcuts, defined here, are available when you edit text on page. Bu default, there are no shortcuts in this set.

All keyboard and mouse shortcuts (by main tab)

Articles, Collections, Contacts, Editions, Media Galleries, Pages, Planning, Publishing, Reports, Shell, Start, Tracking, Trash can

See also

Keyboard and mouse shortcuts (general information)

Configuring keyboard and mouse shortcuts