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 Articles main tab while you're working with articles, or editing text. Please note that you can customize keyboard and mouse shortcuts and in that case, this list will not correspond to your custom configuration.

Click to toggle expandStandard keyboard shortcuts

Key

Normal

+CTRL

+SHIFT

+ALT

+CTRL+ALT

+CTRL+SHIFT

+ALT+SHIFT

+CTRL+ALT+SHIFT

F1

Display help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F2

Select format

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F4

Open last

 

Open last objs

 

 

 

 

 

F5

Refresh geometry

Refresh all

 

 

 

 

 

 

F6

 

Clean text

Spell check

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key

Normal

+CTRL

+SHIFT

+ALT

+CTRL+ALT

+CTRL+SHIFT

+ALT+SHIFT

+CTRL+ALT+SHIFT

0

Insert numbers

 

Insert shifted signs

 

 

Clear style overr.

 

 

1

 

Load reusable text 1...9

 

 

Insert table (qck)

Save reusable text 1...9

 

2

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

6

Move word left

 

 

 

7

Move word right

Clear fit text

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

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

Text Justification

Justify textCTRL+J
Unjustify textCTRL+ALT+J
Toggle auto-justificationSHIFT+CTRL+J

Spell check and adjust content

Spell checkF6
Clean textCTRL+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

Tags and Bell

Insert tagF9
Toggle tagsALT+F9
Insert BellF10

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

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

 

See also Keys for adjusting formatting, step-by-step below.

•Hold CTRL+<key> to increase the listed value for the step defined in your personal preferences or on the global level.

•Hold ALT+<key> to decrease the listed value for the step defined in your personal preferences or on the global level.

•Add SHIFT to increment the step for 10 times.

•Hold CTRL+ALT+<key> to cancel that change.

Formatting
change

Key on the US keyboard

Key on the Italian keyboard

Type size and leading

full stop

full stop

Leading

comma

comma

Type horizontal scale

[

è

Type vertical scale

=

ì

Type tracking

]

+

Space above

\

ù
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
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
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+Control+ALT+Up Arrow/ SHIFT+Control+ALT+Down Arrow
Scroll up or down one screenSHIFT+Control+ALT+Up Arrow/ SHIFT+Control+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+Control+ALT+Left Arrow/ SHIFT+Control+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
UndoCTRL+Z
Undo AllSHIFT+CTRL+Z
RedoCTRL+Y
Reverse color (default)ALT+R
Reverse color (choose)SHIFT+ALT+R
Open last articleF4
Close articleCTRL+W
Toggle script paletteCTRL+ALT+insert
Toggle NavigatorALT+N
Display preferencesSHIFT+ALT+P
New articleCTRL+N
Toggle paragraph paletteCTRL+M
Toggle control paletteCTRL+T
Toggle text paletteCTRL+ALT+T
Fit frames to textF7
Fit text to framesF8
Clear fit text CTRL+F9
Refresh textF5
Refresh allCTRL+F5
SaveCTRL+S
Show shortcutsCTRL+K
DeleteDELETE
Delete leftBACKSPACE
Select formatF2
Click to toggle expandMore info

Review and define shortcuts of the Articles main tab in TED4_TABITEMS.XML file, GN4ShellConfiguration > GN4ShellMenus > Menuset Name="Ted4Main" > InputConfig, Menuset Name="ArticleDesigner" > InputConfig and Menuset Name="TxtDesigner" > InputConfig

Why more menu sets?

You can define shortcuts in three menu sets.

•Ted4Main: shortcuts, defined here, are available when no article is opened.

•ArticleDesigner: shortcuts, defined here, are available when article is opened but the focus is on the article tree.

•TxtDesigner: shortcuts, defined here, are available when article is opened and focus is in text editing.

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