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Keyboard Shortcuts

Project

Key Function
F12 Save Project As
Ctrl+N Show the "New" Application Menu
Ctrl+O Show the "Open" Application Menu; defaults to the "Recent" page to open recent Projects / Files
Ctrl+Alt+O Show the Open File dialog to open a Project / File from a local drive
Ctrl+S Save Project
Ctrl+T Create New Topic
Ctrl+Enter Edit Topic
Ctrl+Delete Delete Topic

Window

Key Function
F11 Full-screen mode (temporarily hide all docked windows and minimize the Ribbon, thereby maximizing the screen real estate)

Content Authoring

Key Function
Ctrl+Z Undo
Ctrl+C Clipboard Copy
Ctrl+X Clipboard Cut
Ctrl+V Clipboard Paste
Ctrl+Alt+V Clipboard Paste Special
Ctrl+Shift+V Clipboard Paste Special using the last settings and not showing a dialog
Ctrl+F Find
Ctrl+H Replace
Ctrl+K Insert Hyperlink
Ctrl+B Apply Bold formatting to the current selection
Ctrl+I Apply Italic formatting to the current selection
Ctrl+U Apply Underline formatting to the current selection
Ctrl+M Increase Indent
Ctrl+Alt+1 Apply Heading 1 style to the current paragraph
Ctrl+Alt+2 Apply Heading 2 style to the current paragraph
Ctrl+Alt+3 Apply Heading 3 style to the current paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+N Apply Normal style to the current paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+L Apply Bulleted List style to the current paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+Z Remove formatting from the current selection
F7 Spell Check the current Topic
Ctrl+Shift+F7 Spell Check the whole project
F5 Build the current project
Ctrl+Shift+H Project Find and Replace
Ctrl+Shift+W Close all document windows
Ctrl+NumPadMinus Create a new paragraph immediately before the selected element
Ctrl+NumPadPlus Create a new paragraph immediately after the selected element
Ctrl+Shift+Delete Delete the currently selected element
Shift+F7 Switch to the next Edit View
Shift+F6 Switch to the previous Edit View

Navigation

Key Function
Left arrow Move backward one character
Right arrow Move forwards one character
Ctrl+Left arrow Move backward one word
Ctrl+Right arrow Move forward one word
Home Move to the start of the current line
End Move to the end of the current line
Ctrl+Home Move to the start of the document
Ctrl+End Move to the end of the document

Selection

Key Function
Shift+Left arrow Extend the selection backward one character
Shift+Right arrow Extend the selection forward one character
Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow Extend the selection backward one word
Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow Extend the selection forward one word
Shift+Home Extend the selection back to the start of the current line
Shift+End Extend the selection forward to the end of the current line
Ctrl+Shift+Home Extend the selection to the start of the document
Ctrl+Shift+End Extend the selection to the end of the document

Widgets

Key Function
Ctrl+Shift+O Note Box
Ctrl+Shift+C Caution Box
Ctrl+Shift+T Tip Box
Ctrl+Shit+D Drop Down Section
Ctrl+Shift+I Dynamic Image

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