Keyboard Shortcuts

Table 6-1 lists some of the more useful keyboard shortcuts that can save you time while working with Writer documents.

Table 6-1. Useful Writer keyboard shortcuts

Pressing this...	Does this
F5	Opens/Closes Navigator window (whether it's docked or undocked).
F11	Opens/Closes the Stylist window (whether it's docked or undocked).
Home	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.
End	Moves the cursor to the end of the line.
Ctrl+Home	Jumps to the beginning of the document.
Ctrl+End	Jumps to the end of the document.
F9	Updates fields (such as cross-references, dates, and page numbers ).
Ctrl+Enter	Creates a manual page break.
F12	Applies numbering to selected paragraphs. Also removes numbering.
Shift+F12	Applies bullets to selected paragraphs. Also removes bullets.
Shift+Enter	Creates a soft return. In a paragraph, a soft return drops the cursor to the next line (properly indented in a bulleted or numbered list) without creating a new paragraph.
Ctrl+b	Applies/Removes bold formatting in selected text.
Ctrl+i	Applies/Removes italic formatting in selected text.
Ctrl+u	Applies/Removes underlining in selected text.
Ctrl+z	Undo. Reverses the previous change you made.
Ctrl+Space	Creates a nonbreaking space to keep items together on the same line.
Ctrl+a	Selects all contents of the document.