General Shortcut Keys in LibreOffice
Using Shortcut Keys
A great deal of your application's functionality can be called up by using shortcut keys. For example, the Command+OCtrl+O shortcut keys are shown next to the Open entry in the File menu. If you want to access this function by using the shortcut keys, press and hold down CommandCtrl and then press the O key. Release both keys after the dialog appears.
When operating your application, you can choose between using the mouse or the keyboard for almost all of the operations available.
විධානයCtrl+U
Some of the characters shown on the menu bar are underlined. You can access these menus directly by pressing the underlined character together with the ALT key. Once the menu is opened, you will again find underlined characters. You can access these menu items directly by simply pressing the underlined character key.
Using Shortcut Keys to Control Dialogs
There is always one element highlighted in any given dialog - usually shown by a broken frame. This element, which can be either a button, an option field, an entry in a list box or a check box, is said to have the focus on it. If the focal point is a button, pressing Enter runs it as if you had clicked it. A check box is toggled by pressing the spacebar. If an option field has the focus, use the arrow keys to change the activated option field in that area. Use the Tab key to go from one element or area to the next one, use Shift+Tab to go in the reverse direction.
Pressing ESC closes the dialog without saving changes. If you place the focus on a button, not only will you see the dotted line framing the name of the button, but also a thicker shadow under the button selected. This indicates that if you exit the dialog by pressing the Enter key, it is the equivalent of pressing that button itself.
Shortcut Keys for Mouse Actions
If you are using drag-and-drop, selecting with the mouse or clicking objects and names, you can use the keys Shift, CommandCtrl and occasionally OptionAlt to access additional functionality. The modified functions available when holding down keys during drag-and-drop are indicated by the mouse pointer changing form. When selecting files or other objects, the modifier keys can extend the selection - the functions are explained where applicable. The availability of this function depends on your X Window Manager.
Practical Text Input Fields
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You can open a context menu, which contains some of the most often-used commands.
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Use the shortcut keys CommandCtrl+Shift+S to open the Special Characters dialog to insert one or more special characters.
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Use CommandCtrl+A to select the entire text. Use the right or left arrow key to remove the selection.
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Double-click a word to select it.
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A triple-click in a text input field selects the entire field. A triple-click in a text document selects the current sentence.
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Use CommandCtrl+Del to delete everything from the cursor position to the end of the word.
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By using CommandCtrl and right or left arrow key, the cursor will jump from word to word; if you also hold down the Shift key, one word after the other is selected.
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INSRT is used to switch between the insert mode and the overwrite mode and back again.
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Drag-and-drop can be used within and outside of a text box.
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The CommandCtrl+Z shortcut keys are used to undo modifications one step at a time; the text will then have the status it had before the first change.
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LibreOffice has an AutoComplete function which activates itself in some text and list boxes. For example, enter c:\a~/a into the URL field and the AutoComplete function displays the first file or first directory found on the C: drivein your home folder that starts with the letter "a".
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Use the down arrow key to scroll through the other files and directories. Use the right arrow key to also display an existing subdirectory in the URL field. Quick AutoComplete is available if you press the End key after entering part of the URL. Once you find the document or directory you want, press Enter.
Interrupting Macros
If you want to terminate a macro that is currently running, press CommandCtrl+Shift+Q.
List of General Shortcut Keys in LibreOffice
The shortcut keys are shown on the right hand side of the menu lists next to the corresponding menu command. (Not all of the mentioned keys for controlling dialogs are available on the Macintosh.)
Shortcut keys for controlling dialogs
කෙටිමග යතුරු |
ප්රයෝග |
Enter key |
Activates the focused button in a dialog |
ඉවත්වන්න |
Terminates the action or dialog. If in LibreOffice Help: goes up one level. |
Spacebar |
Toggles the focused check box in a dialog. |
Arrow keys |
Changes the active control field in an option section of a dialog. |
Tab |
Advances focus to the next section or element in a dialog. |
Shift+Tab |
Moves the focus to the previous section or element in a dialog. |
විධානයCtrl+Enter |
Opens the list of the control field currently selected in a dialog. These shortcut keys apply not only to combo boxes but also to icon buttons with pop-up menus. Close an opened list by pressing the Escape key. |
Shortcut keys for controlling documents and windows
කෙටිමග යතුරු |
ප්රයෝග |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Opens a document. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Saves the current document. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Creates a new document. |
විධානයCtrl+Shift+Insert |
Opens the Templates dialog. |
විධානයCtrl+P |
Prints document. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Activates the Find toolbar. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Calls the Find & Replace dialog. |
විධානයCtrl+Shift+Insert |
Searches for the last entered search term. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Toggles the view between fullscreen mode and normal mode in Writer or Calc |
විධානයCtrl+Shift+Insert |
Redraws the document view. |
විධානයCtrl+Shift+Insert |
Enable or disable the selection cursor in read-only text. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Starts the LibreOffice Help In the LibreOffice Help: jumps to main help page. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Shift+F10 |
Turns on Extended Tips for the currently selected command, icon or control. |
F6 |
Sets focus in next subwindow (for example, document/data source view) |
Shift+F10 |
Sets focus in previous subwindow. |
F10 |
Activates the first menu (File menu) |
Shift+F10 |
ප්රකරණ මෙනුව විවෘත කරන්න. |
CommandCtrl+F4 or OptionAlt+F4 |
Closes the current document (close LibreOffice when the last open document is closed) |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Exits application. |
Shortcut keys for editing or formatting documents
කෙටිමග යතුරු |
ප්රයෝග |
විධානයCtrl+T |
When positioned at the start of a header, a tab is inserted. |
Enter (if an OLE object is selected) |
Activates the selected OLE object. |
Enter (if a drawing object or text object is selected) |
Activates text input mode. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Cuts out the selected elements. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Copies the selected items. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Pastes from the clipboard. |
විධානයCtrl+Shift+Insert |
Pastes unformatted text from the clipboard. The text is pasted using the format that exists at the insertion point. |
විධානයCtrl+Shift+Insert |
විවෘත කරන්න මතෘකාව ඈතුලත් කරන්න සංවාදය. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Selects all. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Undoes last action. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
Redoes last action. |
විධානයCtrl+Shift+Insert |
Repeats last command. |
විධානයCtrl+I |
The Italic attribute is applied to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also marked in italic. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
The Bold attribute is applied to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also put in bold. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
The Underlined attribute is applied to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also underlined. |
⌃MCtrl+M |
පවතින පෙළහි සියලු අකෘතිකරණයන් නැවත සකස් කිරීම සදහා, පෙළ තෝරා, මෙනු විධානයෙහි ආකෘතිය - සුපුරුදු අකෘතිකරණය |
Shortcut keys in the Gallery
කෙටිමග යතුරු |
ප්රථිපලය |
Tab |
Moves between areas. |
Shift+Tab |
Moves between areas (backwards) |
Shortcut keys in the New Theme area of the Gallery:
කෙටිමග යතුරු |
ප්රථිපලය |
උඩු සරය |
තෙරිම එකක් ඉහලට ගෙනයන්න |
පහළ සරය |
තෙරිම එකක් පහලට ගෙනයන්න. |
විධානයCtrl+Enter |
වත්කම් ලොගය විවෘත කරන්න. |
Shift+F10 |
ප්රකරණ මෙනුව විවෘත කරන්න. |
විධානයCtrl+U |
තෝරාගත් තෙමාව නෑවුම් කරන්න. |
විධානයCtrl+R |
විවෘත කරන්න මතෘකාව ඈතුලත් කරන්න සංවාදය. |
විධානයCtrl+D |
තොරගත් තේමාව මකා දමන්න. |
ඇතුළු කරන්න |
අලුත් තේමාව ඇතුළු කරන්න |
ගෑලරි පෙරදසුන් ප්රදේශයේ කෙටිමග යතුරු දක්වා ඈත :
කෙටිමග යතුරු |
ප්රථිපලය |
නිවස |
පළමු පිවිසුම වෙත පනින්න. |
නිමි කරන්න |
අවසාන පිවිසුම වෙත පනින්න. |
වම් සරය |
ඊළඟ වම් ගෑලරි අංගය තෝරන්න. |
දකුණු සරය |
ඊළඟ දකුණු ගෑලරි අංගය තෝරන්න. |
උඩු සරය |
ඉහළ ඈති ඊළඟ ගෑලරි අංගය තෝරන්න. |
පහළ සරය |
පහළ ඇති ඊළඟ ගෑලරි අංගය තෝරන්න. |
පිටුව ඉහළට ගෙනයන්න |
තිරය ඉහළට රොල් කරන්න. |
පිටුව පහළට ගෙනයන්න. |
තිරය පහළට රොල් කරන්න. |
විධානයCtrl+Shift+Insert |
දෑනට පවතින ලේඛයට තෝරාගත් වස්තුව සබෑඳි වස්තුවක් ලෙස ඇතුළු කරන්න. |
විධානයCtrl+I |
දෑනට පවතින ලේඛයට තෝරාගත් වස්තුවේ පිටපතක් ඇතුළු කරන්න. |
විධානයCtrl+T |
විවෘත කරන්න මතෘකාව ඈතුලත් කරන්න සංවාදය. |
විධානයCtrl+P |
තේමා දසුන හා වස්තු දසුන අතර මාරුවන්න. |
Spacebar |
තේමා දසුන හා වස්තු දසුන අතර මාරුවන්න. |
ඇතුළු කරන්න |
තේමා දසුන හා වස්තු දසුන අතර මාරුවන්න. |
පියවරක් පසුපසට (වස්තු දසුනේ පමණයි) |
ප්රධාන දළ විශ්ලේෂණයට ආපසු මාරුවන්න. |
Selecting Rows and Columns in a Database Table (opened by CommandCtrl + Shift + F4 keys)
කෙටිමග යතුරු |
ප්රථිපලය |
Spacebar |
Toggles row selection, except when the row is in edit mode. |
විධානයCtrl+T |
Toggles row selection |
Shift+spacebar |
දෑනට පවතින තීරුව තෝරන්න |
විධානයCtrl+PgUp |
දක්වනය අවසාන පේළියට ගෙනයන්න. |
විධානයCtrl+PgDn |
දක්වනය අවසාන පේළිය වෙත ගෙන යනු ලැබේ. |
චිත්රණ වස්තූන් සඳහා වන කෙටි මං යතුරු
කෙටිමග යතුරු |
ප්රථිපලය |
Select the toolbar with F6. Use the Down Arrow and Right Arrow to select the desired toolbar icon and press CommandCtrl+Enter |
චිත්රණ වස්තුවක් ඇතුලු කරනු ලැබේ. |
විධානයCtrl+T |
චිත්රණ වස්තුවක් ඇතුලු කරනු ලැබේ. |
Tab |
චිත්රණ වස්තුවක් ඇතුලු කරනු ලැබේ. |
Shift+Tab |
චිත්රණ වස්තුවක් ඇතුලු කරනු ලැබේ. |
විධානයCtrl+Enter |
චිත්රණ වස්තුවක් ඇතුලු කරනු ලැබේ. |
විධානයCtrl+Enter |
චිත්රණ වස්තුවක් ඇතුලු කරනු ලැබේ. |
ඉවත්වන්න |
Ends Drawing Object selection. |
Esc (in Handle Selection Mode) |
Exit Handle Selection Mode and return to Object Selection Mode. |
Up/Down/Left/Right Arrow |
Move the selected point (the snap-to-grid functions are temporarily disabled, but end points still snap to each other). |
විධානයCtrl+Enter |
Moves the selected Drawing Object one pixel (in Selection Mode) Re-sizes a Drawing Object (in Handle Selection Mode) Rotates a Drawing Object (in Rotation Mode) Opens the properties dialog for a Drawing Object. Activates the Point Selection mode for the selected drawing object. |
Spacebar |
Select a point of a drawing object (in Point Selection mode) / Cancel selection. The selected point blinks once per second. |
Shift+spacebar |
Select an additional point in Point Selection mode. |
විධානයCtrl+T |
Select the next point of the drawing object (Point Selection mode) In Rotation mode, the center of rotation can also be selected. |
විධානයCtrl+Shift+Insert |
Select the previous point of the drawing object (Point Selection mode) |
විධානයCtrl+Enter |
A new drawing object with default size is placed in the center of the current view. |
විධානයCtrl+Enter |
Activates the first drawing object in the document. |
ඉවත්වන්න |
Leave the Point Selection mode. The drawing object is selected afterwards. Edit a point of a drawing object (Point Edit mode) |
Any text or numerical key |
If a drawing object is selected, switches to edit mode and places the cursor at the end of the text in the drawing object. A printable character is inserted. |
විධානයCtrl+Enter |
The position of the object's center is fixed. |
Shift key while creating or scaling a graphic object |
The ratio of the object's width to height is fixed. |