Shortcut Keys for LibreOffice Writer

You can use shortcut keys to quickly perform common tasks in LibreOffice. This section lists the default shortcut keys for LibreOffice Writer.

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You can also use the general shortcut keys in LibreOffice.

Function Keys for LibreOffice Writer

Effect

Shortcut keys

Afirimalu gaxa

F2

Barubba Surki

+F2

Wo'ma AutoText

F3

Muccisi AutoText

+F3

Aantino xiyyo doori

Shifte+F4

Fanu Daati Bue Illacha

Ctrl+Shift+F4

Doyisaancho fani/cufi

F5

Moves the cursor to the position that it had when the document was last saved before it was last closed.

Shift+F5

Doyisaancho fani, qoolu kiirowa hari

+Shift+F5

Spelling

F7

Xaadi gurcu borqaalla

+F7

Seedishshu gara

F8

Barete caalla fana / cufa

+F8

Ledote doorshu gara

Shifte+F8

Doorshu gara ittisi

Ctrl+Shifte+F8

Barubba yanneessi

F9

Barubba leellishi

+F9

Shalagate Shae

Shifte+F9

Eote barubba Yanneessi nna Dirtuwate Eo

+Shifte+F9

Attamantannokki Fikiimoota fani/cufi

+F10

Styles window on/off

Akata Kalaqi

Shifte+F11

Akatu saaxine Loosaansate illacha Qineessanno

+F11

Akata yanneessi

+Shifte+F11

Toggle Ordered List

F12

Shae Surki woy Muccisi

+F12

Toggle Unordered List

Shifte+F12

Ordered / Unordered List off

+Shifte+F12


Advanced editing

Effect

Shortcut keys

Hasi nna Riqiwi

+H

Wirro loosate goofimarchu looso

Doorantino borro shallaganno nna gama kilpibordete hinkiilanno.

+ ledishshu qulfe(+)

Makirote bate harisi

+batishshu malaate * (kiirote badiri aana calla)

Amadubba kilipiboordete suudisantinokkite gede qa'misi.

+Shifte+V

Use this combination to quickly dock or undock the Navigator, Styles window, or other windows

+ lameegge-kisi woy + Shifte + F10


Shortcut keys for text selection

Effect

Shortcut keys

Baala Doori

+A

Doorshunni wirrisa gurara harisi

Shifte+Gura Worbicho

Doorshunni wirrisa qiniitira harisi

Shifte+QINIITI Worbicho

Qaalunni gura qaaliwa dooramme

+Shifte+Gura Worbicho

Qaalunni qiniiti qaaliwa dooramme

+Shifte+Qiniiti Worbicho

Borgufote hanafowa doori. Aantanno qulfete gana doorsha albiidi borgufo hanafora halashitanno

+Shifte+Ali Worbicho

Borgufote goofimarchira doori. Aantanno qulfete gana doorsha aantanno borgufo jeefora halashitanno

+Shifte+Woro Worbicho

Worirritete ragi giddo xuruurrate dooramme

Shifte+Worbicho Worora

Alillitete ragi giddo xuruurrate dooramme

Shifte+Worbicho Alira

Hari nna xuruuru hanafora doori

Hari nna borro bortajete gofimarchiwa doori

Hari nna xuruuru hanafora doori

Hari nna borro bortajete hanafowa doori

Doorshunni leellishalbu qoola worora

Shifte+QoolaWorora

Doorshunni leellishalbu qoola alira

Shifte+QoolaAlira


Shortcut keys for cursor movement

Effect

Shortcut keys

Wirrisa gurara harisi

Gura Worbicho

Qaalu hanafowa hari

+Gura Worbicho

Wirrisa qiniitira harisi

Qiniiti Worbicho

Aananno qaali hanafowa hari

+Qiniiti Worbicho

Wirrisa mitto xuruura alira harisi

Worbicho Alira

Move cursor to beginning of paragraph. Next keystroke moves cursor to beginning of previous paragraph

Ctrl+Worbicho Alira

Wirrisa mitto xuruura worora harisi

Woro Worbicho

Wirrisa albiidi borgufo hanafora harisi

+Woro Worbicho

Xuruuru hanafowa hari

Xuruuru goofimarchiwa hari

Bortajete hanafowa hari

Bortajete goofimarchiwa hari

Leellishalbu qoola alira

PageUp

Leellishalbu qoola worora

QoolaWorora


Shortcut keys for inserting text

Effect

Shortcut keys

Surki gara fani/cufi

Surki

Soft hyphens; hyphenation set by you.

+Bicamme(-)

Non-breaking hyphen (is not used for hyphenation)

+Shifte+xeishshu malaate (-)

Tao nookki fooquwa. Tao nookki fooquwa hawiiccishaho dikaa'litanno nna borro qixiixanturo dihala'litanno.

+Shifte+Foonqe

Aantino hedo Umi-loosaanchi Qaali Gumulsha

+Giggishsha

Balaxxino hedo Umi-loosaanchi Qaali Gumulshahoroonsiri

+Shift+Giggishsha


Shortcut for breaks

Effect

Shortcut keys

Borgufote soorro nookkiha xuruuru tao

Shifte+Ei

Angatenni qoolu tao

+Ei

Batinyucacafo borrubba giddo caccafote tao

+Shifte+Ei

Wirrisa borrote nna umaalli mereero xaadisi

+QoolaAlira

Wirrisa borrote nna lekkaalli mereero xaadisi

+QoolaWorora


Shortcut keys for deleting text

Effect

Shortcut keys

Qaalu goofimarchiwa borro huni

Qaalu hanafowa borro huni

Dirtote giddo: xaa borgufo albaani mullicho borgufo huni

+Backspace

Coyi fooliishsho goofimarchiwa borro huni

Coyi fooliishsho hanafowa borro huni

+Shifte+Backspace


Formatting

Effect

Shortcut keys

Align Justify

+J

Lame Xuruuri

+D

Align Centered

+E

Ali-Cinaancho borro

+Shifte+P

Guraanni Diri

+L

Qiniiteenni Diri

+R

Wor-Cinaancho borro

+Shift+B

Apply Body Text paragraph style

+0 (zeero)

Umaalli 1 borgufo akata loosaansanno

+1

Umaalli 2 borgufo akata loosaansanno

+2

Umaalli 3 borgufo akata loosaansanno

+3

Umaalli 4 borgufo akata loosaansanno

+4

Umaalli 5 borgufo akata loosaansanno

+5


Shortcut Keys for Paragraphs, List Paragraphs, Outline Levels and List Levels

Effect

Shortcut keys

Paragraph in list. Inserts a new paragraph within a list without a bullet or number, while preserving the list’s paragraph formatting. To resume numbering or bulleting, press Enter after adding content to the new paragraph. This shortcut does not work if the cursor is at the begin of a list paragraph.

+ Enter

Move up. Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs up one paragraph.

+Ali Worbicho

Move down. Move the active paragraph or selected paragraphs down one paragraph.

+Woro Worbicho

Move level down. With the cursor positioned in front of a paragraph with paragraph style “Heading X” (X = 1–9), the outline level is moved down one level. For list paragraphs, the list level is moved down one level.

Giggishsha

Move level up. With the cursor positioned in front of a paragraph with paragraph style “Heading X” (X = 2–10), the outline level is moved up one level. For list paragraphs, the list level is moved up one level.

Shifte+Giggishsha

Increase alignment. With the cursor placed anywhere in a heading or list paragraph: Increases the alignment for all headings. For list paragraphs, increases the alignment for all paragraphs in the same list.

+Giggishsha

Decrease alignment. With the cursor placed anywhere in a heading or list paragraph: Decreases the alignment for all headings. For list paragraphs, decreases the alignment for all paragraphs in the same list.

+Shift+Tab


Qaagishshu Bido

To insert a tab at the beginning of a heading or list paragraph, use the Numbering followed by option in the Position tab in the Heading Numbering or Bullets and Numbering dialog. Alternatively, a tab can be copied and then pasted at the beginning.


Shortcut Keys for Tables in LibreOffice Writer

Effect

Shortcut keys

Insert paragraph. Inserts a new paragraph directly before or after table. The cursor must be placed at the first character of the first cell or the last character of the last cell.

+ Enter

Selects all. If the active cell is empty: selects the whole table. Otherwise: selects the contents of the active cell. Pressing again selects the entire table.

+A

Go to beginning.If the active cell is empty: goes to the beginning of the table. Otherwise: first press goes to beginning of the active cell, second press goes to beginning of the current table, third press goes to beginning of document.

+Home

Go to end. If the active cell is empty: goes to the end of the table. Otherwise: first press goes to the end of the active cell, second press goes to the end of the current table, third press goes to the end of the document.

+End

Inserts a tab stop (only in tables). Depending on the Window Manager in use, +Tab may be used instead.

+Giggishsha

Size of column/row at the end. Increases/decreases the size of the column/row on the right/bottom cell edge

+Worbichu Qulfubba

Size of column/row at the beginning. Increase/decrease the size of the column/row on the left/top cell edge

+Worbichu Qulfubba

Lawishsha, kayinni baqqado bisicco calla soorrantanno

+Worbichu Qulfubba

Lawishshaho , kayinni baqqado bisicco calla soorrantanno

+Shifte+Worbichu Qulfubba

Cell protection. Removes cell protection from all selected tables. If no table is selected, then cell protection is removed from all of the tables in the document.

+Shift+T

Delete contents

Wo'ma doorantino bisicco hoogguro, borro wirrisunni kayisse xaa coyifooliishsho goofimarchi geeshsha ba"anno. Wirrisu bisiccote goofimarchira heeriro, nna wo'ma doorantino bisicco hoogguro, aantino bisicco amadubba ba"anno.

If no whole cell is selected and the cursor is at the end of the table, the paragraph following the table will be deleted, unless it is the last paragraph in the document.

Mitte woy roore bisiccuwa dooranturo, doorsha amadinoti wo'ma hawiittimma ba'anno. Baala haawiittimmooti wo'munni woy gamunni dooranturo, eote shae ba'anno.

+Del


Shortcut Keys for Sections

Effect

Shortcut keys

Insert paragraph. Inserts a new paragraph directly before or after the section. The cursor must be placed at the first character of the section or the last character of the section.

+ Enter


Shortcut Keys for Moving and Resizing Frames, Graphics and Objects

Heleelle

Muraasu Qulfubba

Cursor is inside a frame and no text is selected: Escape selects the frame.

Frame is selected: Escape clears the cursor from the frame.

Esc

If a frame is selected: positions the cursor to the end of the text in the frame. If you press any key that produces a character on screen, and the document is in edit mode, the character is appended to the text.

F2 woy Ei woy ayee qulfe leelshialbu aana fikiima kalaqanno

Uduunnicho harisi.

+Worbichu Qulfubba

Worora qiniiti cawewa haratenni bikka soorranno.

+Worbichu Qulfubba

Sammora gura cawewa haratenni bikka soorranno.

+Shifte+Worbichu Qulfubba

Uduunnichu dagacho dooranno (Muccisu bixxilluwa gari giddo).

+Giggishsha


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