Keyboard shortcuts

About keyboard shortcuts

You can perform many tasks by using keyboard shortcuts.

The plus sign (“+”) indicates that each key must be pressed simultaneously. For example,

ctrl

+

z

means to press the “Control” key and the “z” key simultaneously.

If the shortcut keystroke does not contain the plus sign (+), press each key in the order the shortcut states. For example,

esc

m

p

means to press and release the “Escape” key, then the “m” key, and then the “p” key.

Conventions and function keys

When you use keyboard shortcuts, Caps Lock must be off and, unless otherwise noted, a document window must be active.

The following table lists the terms used for special keys:

Notation	Press
arrow key	Up, down, right or ← keys
esc	The key labeled esc
ctrl	The key labeled ctrl or Control
alt	The key labeled alt
shift	The key labeled shift
F2	The function key labeled F2 .
space	The space bar
+	The key labeled with a plus sign (+)
-	The key labeled with a hyphen (-)
.	The key labeled with a period (.)
,	The key labeled with a comma (,)
0	The key labeled with the numeral 0
1	The key labeled with the numeral 1
win	The key with the Windows logo

Notation

Press

arrow key

Up, down, right or

←

keys

esc

The key labeled

esc

ctrl

The key labeled

ctrl

or

Control

alt

The key labeled

alt

shift

The key labeled

shift

F2

The function key labeled

F2

.

space

The space bar

+

The key labeled with a plus sign (+)

-

The key labeled with a hyphen (-)

.

The key labeled with a period (.)

,

The key labeled with a comma (,)

0

The key labeled with the numeral 0

1

The key labeled with the numeral 1

win

The key with the Windows logo

Keyboard shortcut sequences

The following table explains the conventions for showing key sequences and key combinations. When an uppercase letter appears in a shortcut, use the

shift

key when typing the letter.

When one or more shortcuts accomplish the same action, the shortcuts are separated by commas; for example:

ctrl

+n,

shift

+

↓

. You can use either

ctrl

+

n

or

shift

+

↓

to accomplish the same action.

Keyboard shortcut sequence	Action
esc shift + t r	Press and release these keys in succession: the esc key, the uppercase letter T, and the letter r.
ctrl + e	Press ctrl and type the letter e
ctrl + shift + -	Press shift and ctrl and type a -

Keyboard shortcut sequence

Action

esc

shift

+

t

r

Press and release these keys in succession: the

esc

key, the uppercase letter T, and the letter r.

ctrl

+

e

Press

ctrl

and type the letter e

ctrl

+

shift

+

-

Press

shift

and

ctrl

and type a

-

Function keys

This table shows the result of pressing a function key or pressing a function key and either the

ctrl

,

shift

, or

alt

key simultaneously.

Key	Function	ctrl	shift	alt
F1	Help	Align top
F2	Plain text	Align middle
F3	Underline	Align bottom	Overline
F4	Bold		Cascade	Exit
F5	Italic		Tile
F6	Repeat Last Operation
F7	Open Command Search
F8	Choose character format by typing		Change dialog box settings to As Is
F9	Choose paragraph format by typing	Transpose characters	Change dialog box settings to match current text
F10			Display context menu

Mouse

The following table lists the terms used for mouse actions.

Instruction	Action
Click	Click the mouse button.
Right-click	Click the right mouse button.
Double-click	Click the mouse button twice rapidly without moving the mouse.
Triple-click	Click the mouse button three times rapidly without moving the mouse.
shift -click	Hold down shift and click the mouse button.

Navigating through documents

To go to	Keyboard shortcut
Last viewed and open document	ctrl + Tab
Previous page	esc p p Pg Up
Next page	esc p n Pg Dn
First page	esc p f alt + Pg Up shift and click the Previous Page button
Last page	esc p l alt + Pg Dn shift and click the Next Page button
Go To Page dialog box	esc v p , ctrl + g
Source of a cross-reference	Press alt + ctrl and click an active area
A specific page	Press ctrl + g or click the Page Status area and then type the page number
Page containing the insertion point	Press ctrl + g or click the Page Status area and then click Page Containing the Insertion Point.
Start of a word	ctrl + ←
End of a word	ctrl + →
Start of the next word	esc b w
Start of a sentence	ctrl + Home
End of a sentence	ctrl + End
Start of a paragraph	ctrl + ↑
End of the current paragraph	ctrl + ↓
Start of the next paragraph	esc b p
Top of a column	ctrl + Pg Up
Bottom of a column	ctrl + Pg Dn
Start of a flow	alt + shift + Pg Up
End of a flow	alt + shift + Pg Dn
Start of a line	ctrl + Pg Up
End of a line	ctrl + Pg Dn

Book commands

Task	Keyboard shortcut
New Book	esc f shift + n
Save Book	esc f s ctrl + s
Rename File	esc f e F2
Update Book	esc e shift + u esc f g
Display filenames (in book window)	esc shift + v shift + m
Display paragraph headings (in book window)	esc shift + v shift + x
Delete File from Book	esc f x
Select All Files	esc e a
Save all files in book	esc f shift + s
Close all files in book	esc f shift + c
Select All FrameMaker Files	esc e shift + a shift + f
Select All Non-Generated FrameMaker Files	esc e shift + a shift + n
Select All Generated FrameMaker Files	esc e shift + a shift + g
Select a range of files	shift +click
Select discontiguous files	ctrl +click
Move up a file in book	esc m u
Move a file down in book	esc m d
Print Book	esc f p ctrl + p
Print Selected Files in Book	esc f shift + f

Documents

Help

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Display online Help	esc f h F1
Adobe Online	esc w w w
Display Help on using the templates provided with FrameMaker	Press ctrl + n and click Explore Standard Templates.

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Display online Help

esc

f

h

F1

Adobe Online

esc

w

Display Help on using the templates provided with FrameMaker

Press

ctrl

+

n

and click Explore Standard Templates.

Open

Open	Keyboard shortcut
A document in a book file	Double-click the filename in the book window
All files in an active book window	esc f shift + o Or choose File > Open All Files in Book from the menu.
A MIF or an MML file as a text file	Press ctrl and click Open in the Open dialog box

Keyboard shortcut

A document in a book file

Double-click the filename in the book window

All files in an active book window

esc

f

shift

+

o

Or choose File > Open All Files in Book from the menu.

A MIF or an MML file as a text file

Press

ctrl

and click Open in the Open dialog box

Save and Close

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Display the Save Document dialog box	esc f a
Save a document or book	esc f s ctrl + s
Save all open files	esc f shift + s Or choose File > Save All Open Files from the menu.
Save all open files in an active book window in a book	esc f shift +s Or choose File > Save All Files in Book from the menu.
Close all open files	esc f shift + c Or choose File > Close All Open Files from the menu.
Close all open files in an active book window in a book	esc f shift + c Or press and choose File > Close All Files in Book from the menu.

Cancel and Undo

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Cancel some FrameMaker commands	esc
Undo some FrameMaker commands	esc e u ctrl + z

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Cancel some FrameMaker commands

esc

Undo some FrameMaker commands

esc

e

u

ctrl

+

z

Navigation within a document

Display	Keyboard shortcut
Previous page	esc p p Page Up
Next page	esc p n Page Down
First page	esc p f alt + Page Up Or press and click the Previous Page button.
Last page	esc p l , alt + Page Down Or press and click the Next Page button.
Go to Page dialog box	ctrl + g

Document redisplay

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Redisplay a document	esc w r ctrl + l

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Redisplay a document

esc

w

r

ctrl

+

l

Zoom

Zoom	Keyboard shortcut
In one zoom setting	esc z i
Out one zoom setting	esc z o
To fit page in window	esc z p
To fit window to page	esc z w
To fit window to text frame	esc z f
To 100 percent	esc z z

Hypertext documents

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Go to previous location on the hypertext stack	esc v shift + p
Go to next location on the hypertext stack	esc v shift + n
Activate a hypertext command without locking a document	Press ctrl + alt and click an active area
Lock or unlock a document	esc shift + f l k
Open Hypertext dialog box	esc s h
Move focus to Hypertext dialog box	esc shift + f i h
Close Hypertext dialog box	esc shift + c h
Validate a hypertext command	esc v h
Toggle FluidView locked format	esc shift + v shift + f

Dialog boxes

Typing in dialog boxes

In some cases, you must type a character sequence beginning with a backslash (\) to enter a character in a dialog box. The sequence appears in the dialog box, but the character appears correctly in the document. The following table shows the sequences to type in a dialog box.

All key sequences described here begin with a backslash (\). To indicate a literal backslash in a dialog box, enter two backslashes (\\). In a few cases, you can choose between two backslash sequences for a character. In these cases, the sequences are separated by a comma.

Character name	Graphic	Backslash sequence
Bullet		`\b`
Circumflex		`\@`
Dagger	†	`\d`
Dagger (double)	‡	`\` shift + d
Dash (em)		`\m`
Dash (en)		`\=`
Ellipsis	…	`\e`
Florin	ƒ	`\` shift + f
Forced return		`\r`
Fraction		`\ /`
Grave		`\{`
Guilsingl left		`\(`
Guilsingl right		`\)`
Hungarumlaut		`\&`
Hyphen (discretionary)	-	`\-`
Hyphen (nonbreaking)	-	`\+`
OE ligature		`\` shift + o shift + e
oe ligature		`\oe`
Per thousand	‰	`\%`
Quote (base single)		`\ ,`
Quote (base double)		`\g`
Quote (double left)		\`
Quote (double right)		`\'`
Quote (single)		`\"`
Space (em)		`\sm` `\` shift + m
Space (en)		`\sn` `\` shift + n
Space (nonbreaking)		`\space`
Space (numeric)		`\s#, \#`
Space (thin)		`\st, \i`
Suppress hyphention		`\_` (underscore)
Tab		`\t`
Trademark serif		`\` shift + t shift + m
Y dieresis		`\` shift + y :

Window manipulation

To use these shortcuts, click in any FrameMaker window.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Redisplay a document window	esc w r ctrl + l
Close the active window or modeless dialog box	alt + F4
Close the document window	esc f q esc f c ctrl + F4 ctrl + w ctrl + shift + w
Minimize the document window	esc w c

Display and activation

Use these shortcuts to display a window or dialog box and make it active. If it is already open but is behind another window, these shortcuts bring it to the front.

To display this window and make it active	Keyboard shortcut
Current document window	esc shift + f i d shift + F7
Find/Change	esc shift + f i f
Hypertext	esc shift + f i h
Marker	esc shift + f i m
Spelling Checker	esc shift + f i s
Paragraph Designer	esc shift + f i p
Character Designer	esc shift + f i o
Conditional Text	esc shift + f i o
Custom Ruling and Shading	esc shift + f i r
Table Designer	esc shift + f i t
Structure View	esc shift + f i v
Element Validation	esc shift + f i w

Navigation within dialog boxes

Use these shortcuts to move to settings within dialog boxes and pods. When you use a keyboard shortcut in a window or dialog box, the shortcut’s effect depends on the active setting. The active setting is highlighted, has a dotted rectangle around it, or both.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Move to the next setting	tab
Move to the previous setting	shift + tab

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Move to the next setting

tab

Move to the previous setting

shift

+

tab

Command buttons

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Click the default button	return
Click the active button	space
Cancel a dialog box (but not a window)	esc

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Click the default button

return

Click the active button

space

Cancel a dialog box (but not a window)

esc

Radio buttons and checkboxes

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Navigate through a group of radio buttons to turn on a radio button	arrow keys
Cycle through checkbox states (off, on, As Is)	space

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Navigate through a group of radio buttons to turn on a radio button

arrow keys

Cycle through checkbox states (off, on, As Is)

space

Pop-up menus

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Move to the previous menu item	↑
Move to the next menu item	↓
Search forward and select an item starting with a typed letter	Unshifted key

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Move to the previous menu item

↑

Move to the next menu item

↓

Search forward and select an item starting with a typed letter

Unshifted key

Scroll lists

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Move to the previous item in a list	↑
Move to the next item in a list	↓
Search forward and select an item starting with a typed letter	Unshifted key
Move an item in a scroll list to the opposite scroll list	Double-click the item
Move all items in a scroll list to the opposite scroll list	Press and click arrow between scroll lists

Custom menus

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Display a custom menu bar	esc v m u

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Display a custom menu bar

esc

v

m

u

Document design

Master and reference pages

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Rename a master or reference page (display the master or reference page before using this shortcut)	esc p shift + n
Create a master page (display a body or master page before using this shortcut)	esc o m p esc p m

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Rename a master or reference page (display the master or reference page before using this shortcut)

esc

p

shift

+

n

Create a master page (display a body or master page before using this shortcut)

esc

o

m

p

esc

p

m

Page layout

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Update page layouts (display a body page before using this shortcut)	esc o u p

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Update page layouts (display a body page before using this shortcut)

esc

o

u

p

Import formats

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Import the formats from another document	esc f i o

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Import the formats from another document

esc

f

i

o

Side-head area

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Turn side-head area on or off	esc j p shift + s

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Turn side-head area on or off

esc

j

p

shift

+

s

Text flows

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Split a text frame below the insertion point	esc shift + c shift + s
Disconnect the text frame with the insertion point from the previous frame in a flow	esc shift + c shift + p
Disconnect the text frame with the insertion point from the next frame in a flow	esc shift + c shift + n
Disconnect the text frame with the insertion point from both the previous and next frames	esc shift + c shift + b
Connect two selected text frames	esc shift + c shift + c

Document utilities

Spelling Checker

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Check selected text or a word containing the insertion point	esc l s Or press ctrl and click Start Checking in the Spelling Checker dialog box
Check the entire document	esc l e
Check the current page	esc l p
Correct a word	esc l c w
Add a word to your personal dictionary (learn)	esc l a p
Add a word to the document dictionary	esc l a d
Add a word to automatic corrections	esc l a c
Delete a word from your personal dictionary (unlearn)	esc l x p
Delete a word from the document dictionary	esc l x d
Clear automatic corrections	esc l c a
Display the Spelling Checker Options dialog box	esc l shift + o
Display the Dictionary Functions dialog box	esc l c d
Create a file of unknown words	esc l b
Mark all paragraphs for rechecking	esc l r
Show a word’s - ation	esc l -
Re - ate a document	esc l shift + r
Replace a questioned word	Double-click the word in the Correction scroll list in the Spelling Checker dialog box

Thesaurus

To use this shortcut, the document window, not the Thesaurus, must be active.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Replace a selection with the Thesaurus selection	esc shift + t r

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Replace a selection with the Thesaurus selection

esc

shift

+

t

r

Document comparison

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Display the Compare Documents dialog box	esc f t c

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Display the Compare Documents dialog box

esc

f

t

c

Document reports

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Display the Document Reports dialog box	esc f t r

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Display the Document Reports dialog box

esc

f

t

r

HTML and PDF export

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Create and apply formats	esc f t f
Open the HTML Setup dialog box	esc f t h
Open the PDF Setup dialog box	esc o d a

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Create and apply formats

esc

f

t

f

Open the HTML Setup dialog box

esc

f

t

h

Open the PDF Setup dialog box

esc

o

d

a

Reference Updating

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Display the Suppress Automatic Reference Updating dialog box	esc e shift + s

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Display the Suppress Automatic Reference Updating dialog box

esc

e

shift

+

s

Drawing

Tool	Keyboard shortcut
Arc	esc 1 a
Graphic Frame	esc 1 m
Adobe FreeHand	esc 1 f
Last tool selected	esc 1 1
Line	esc 1 l
Object Selection	esc 1 o
Oval	esc 1 e
Polygon	esc 1 p g
Polyline	esc 1 p l
Rectangle	esc 1 r
Rounded Rectangle	esc 1 shift + r
Smart Selection	esc 1 s
Text Frame	esc 1 t f
Text Line	esc 1 t l
Vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line	Press shift and draw a line
Square	Press shift and draw a rectangle
Circle	Press shift and draw an oval
Circular arc	Press shift and draw an arc
Display the Tools palette	esc 1 w esc g shift + t
Keep a tool active after use	Press shift and click a drawing tool
Return to the Object Selection tool after drawing	Press shift and click the Object Selection tool

Pen patterns

“First,” “last,” “next,” and “previous” refer to positions in the Pen pop-up menu.

To change pattern to	Keyboard shortcut
First pen pattern (solid)	esc 0 p
Last pen pattern (none)	esc 9 p
Next pen pattern (if at the last pattern, this does nothing)	esc + p
Previous pen pattern (if at the first pattern, this does nothing)	esc - p

Fill patterns

“First,” “last,” “next,” and “previous” refer to positions in the Fill pop-up menu.

To change pattern to	Keyboard shortcut
First fill pattern (solid)	esc 0 f
Last fill pattern (none)	esc 9 f
Next fill pattern (if at the last pattern, this does nothing)	esc + f
Previous fill pattern (if at the first pattern, this does nothing)	esc - f

Line widths

“Next” and “previous” refer to positions in the Line Widths pop-up menu.

To change width to	Keyboard shortcut
Thinnest line width	esc 0 w
Thickest line width	esc 9 w
Next line width	esc + w
Previous line width	esc - w

Line styles

To change an object’s line style, select the style from the Line Styles pop-up menu.

To change the current dashed line style, choose a pattern in the Dashed Line Options dialog box. “First,” “last,” “next,” and “previous” refer to positions in this dialog box.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Apply the solid line style to an object	esc 1 d s
Apply the dashed line style to an object	esc 1 d d
Display the Dashed Line Options dialog box	esc 1 d i
Change to the first dashed line pattern	esc 0 d
Change to the last dashed line pattern	esc 9 d
Change to the next dashed line pattern (if at the last pattern, this does nothing)	esc + d
Change to the previous dashed line pattern (if at the first pattern, this does nothing)	esc - d

Adding color

Color selection

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Keep a color selected after use	Press shift and choose a color from the Color pop-up menu
Assign a color to all objects in a document, including text	Press alt + shift and choose a color from the Color pop-up menu in the Tools palette
Display the Color Definitions dialog box	Press esc v c d

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Keep a color selected after use

Press

shift

and choose a color from the Color pop-up menu

Assign a color to all objects in a document, including text

Press

alt

+

shift

and choose a color from the Color pop-up menu in the Tools palette

Display the Color Definitions dialog box

Press

esc

v

c

d

Color views

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Display Define Color Views dialog box	Press esc v c v
Choose view number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6) from the Define Color Views dialog box	Press esc v and then the number

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Display Define Color Views dialog box

Press

esc

v

c

v

Choose view number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6) from the Define Color Views dialog box

Press

esc

v

and then the number

Editing objects

Object selection

Use these shortcuts to select objects on the current page.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Select a text line or text frame	Press ctrl and click the text line or text frame
Extend or shorten the selection	Press and click an object
Force selection border to appear (when dragging from outside all objects is not possible)	Press ctrl + and drag diagonally
Select the first object in the draw order	esc o shift + f
Select the next object in the draw order	esc o n
Extend the selection to the next object in the draw order	esc o e
Deselect a text frame or text line and put the insertion point inside it instead	Double-click in the text frame or text line

Object manipulation

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Move an object horizontally or vertically	Press and drag the object
Maintain an object’s proportions while resizing	Press and drag a corner handle
Pick up the properties of the currently selected object in the Tools palette	esc g shift + o Or press and choose Pick up Object Properties from the Graphics menu
Display the reshape handle and control points for the line, polyline, polygon, or freehand curve currently selected	esc g r ctrl + r ctrl + shift + r
Move the control point horizontally or vertically	Press and drag the control point
Change the curve on only one side of a reshape handle (crimp curve)	Drag the control point with the right mouse button
Run text around the contour of a selected graphic	esc g w
Run text around the bounding box of a selected graphic	esc g shift + w
Turn text runaround off for a selected graphic	esc g q
Quick-copy a selected object	Press alt and drag the object
Turn display of graphics off or on	esc v v
Add a reshape handle and control points	Press ctrl and click a line, polyline, polygon, or freehand curve with reshape handles and control points currently displayed
Delete a reshape handle	Press ctrl and click the reshape handle
Drag and drop between open or applications	Drag ( ctrl -drag to copy)

Object movement

Use these shortcuts to move selected objects.

To move objects	Keyboard shortcut
One point in specified direction (at 100 percent zoom setting)	alt +arrow key
Six points in specified direction (at 100 percent zoom setting)	alt + shift +arrow key

To move objects

Keyboard shortcut

One point in specified direction (at 100 percent zoom setting)

alt

+arrow key

Six points in specified direction (at 100 percent zoom setting)

alt

+

shift

+arrow key

Object alignment

If only one object is selected, the object is aligned to the page or to the anchored or graphic frame that encloses the object.

To align object along	Keyboard shortcut
Tops	esc j t ctrl + F1
Top/bottom centers	esc j m ctrl + F2
Bottoms	esc j b ctrl + F3
Left sides	esc j l
Left/right centers	esc j c
Right sides	esc j r

Object rotation

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Rotate 90 degrees clockwise	esc g +
Rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise	esc g -
Rotate precisely by using the Rotate Selected Objects dialog box	esc g t
Rotate again	esc g x
Return object to its unrotated orientation (zero degrees)	esc g 0
Rerotate object from its unrotated orientation to its previous orientation	esc g 1
Set the current orientation of an object as the new unrotated orientation	esc g 9
Rotate an object arbitrarily	Press alt and drag a corner or reshape handle
Constrain rotation to 45-degree increments	Press alt and drag a corner or reshape handle
Rotate a page clockwise	esc p shift + o
Rotate a page counterclockwise	esc p o
Unrotate a page	esc p shift + u

Graphic frames

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Shrink-wrap an anchored frame (shrink the frame to an object and position the frame at the insertion point)	esc m p
Unwrap an anchored frame (enlarge the frame)	esc m e
Rename a selected reference frame	Click frame name in status bar

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Shrink-wrap an anchored frame (shrink the frame to an object and position the frame at the insertion point)

esc

m

p

Unwrap an anchored frame (enlarge the frame)

esc

m

e

Rename a selected reference frame

Click frame name in status bar

Editing text

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Cut	esc e x shift + del ctrl + x
Copy	esc e c ctrl + c
Paste	esc e p ctrl + y ctrl + v
Undo/Redo	esc e u ctrl + shift + z ctrl + z
Quick-copy text	Click where you want to put the copied text and then press alt and drag through the text
Transpose characters	Click between characters and then press ctrl + F9
Make selected text lowercase	alt + ctrl + l
Make selected text uppercase	alt + ctrl + u
Make selected text initial caps	alt + ctrl + c
Select a word	Double-click it
Select a word, then next words	Double-click it and drag, double-click it and shift -click
Select current sentence, then next	Press esc h s Press ctrl + shift + end
Select current sentence, then previous	Press esc shift + h shift + s Press ctrl + shift + home
Select a paragraph	Triple-click it
Select a paragraph, then next paragraphs	Triple-click it and drag, triple-click it and shift -click
Delete previous character	backspace
Delete backward to start of the previous word	esc k b
Delete backward to end of the previous sentence	esc k a
Delete next character	del
Delete forward to end of a word	esc k f ctrl + del
Delete forward to end of a line	ctrl + shift + del
Delete forward to start of the next sentence	esc k s

Entering special characters

Character	Keyboard shortcut
(bullet)	ctrl + q %
† (dagger)	ctrl + q space
‡ (double dagger)	ctrl + q `
™ (trademark)	ctrl + q *
© (copyright)	ctrl + q )
® (registered trademark)	ctrl + q (
¶ (paragraph symbol)	ctrl + q &
§ (section symbol)	ctrl + q $
… (ellipsis)	ctrl + q shift + i
(em dash)	ctrl + q shift + q
(en dash)	ctrl + q shift + p
‘	ctrl + '
"	esc "
(with Smart Quotes off)	ctrl + q shift + t
(with Smart Quotes off)	ctrl + q shift + u
(with Smart Quotes off)	ctrl + q shift + r alt + ctrl + ´
(with Smart Quotes off)	ctrl + q shift + s alt + ctrl + '
Em space	esc space m ctrl + shift + space

Insert	Keyboard shortcut
En space	esc space n alt + ctrl + space
Nonbreaking space	esc space h ctrl + space
Numeric space	esc space 1
Thin space	esc space t
Nonbreaking -	esc - h
Suppress - ation symbol	esc n s
Discretionary -	esc - shift + d ctrl + -
Forced return	shift + return

Insert

Keyboard shortcut

En space

esc

space

n

alt

+

ctrl

+

space

Nonbreaking space

esc

space

h

ctrl

+

space

Numeric space

esc

space

1

Thin space

esc

space

t

Nonbreaking

-

esc

-

h

Suppress

-

ation symbol

esc

n

s

Discretionary

-

esc

-

shift

+

d

ctrl

+

-

Forced return

shift

+

return

Accent	Press esc , then type this	Followed by one of these	Example
´ (acute)	' (apostrophe)	a, A, e, E, i, I, o, O, u, U	É, é
` (grave)	` (left quote)	a, A, e, E, i, I, o, O, u, U	È, è
˜ (tilde)	~ (tilde)	a, A, n, N, o, O	Ñ, ñ
¨ (dieresis)	% (percent)	a, A, e, E, i, I, o, O, u, U, y, Y	Ü, ü
ˆ (circumflex)	^ (caret)	a, A, e, E, i, I, o, O, u, U	Ê, ê
° (ring)	* (asterisk)	a, A	Å, å
¸ (cedilla)	, (comma)	c, C	Ç, ç

Equations

Equations pop-up menu

Command	Keyboard Shortcut
New Small Equation	esc m s
New Medium Equation	esc m m
New Large Equation	esc m l
Shrink-Wrap Equation	esc m p
Unwrap Equation	esc m e
Equation Sizes	esc p e
Equation Fonts	esc m f
Insert Math Element	esc m i
Add Definition to Catalog	esc m c
Update Definition	esc m shift + u

Symbols page

Greek letters

Press Return to end the backslash sequence shown in the third column.

Element	Keyboard shortcut	Backslash sequence
	ctrl + alt + a	`\alpha`
	ctrl + alt + b	`\beta`
	ctrl + alt + shift + g	`\Gamma`
	ctrl + alt + g	`\gamma`
	ctrl + alt + shift + d	`\Delta`
	ctrl + alt + d	`\delta`
	ctrl + alt + e	`\epsilon`
	ctrl + alt + z	`\zeta`
	ctrl + alt + h	`\eta`
	ctrl + alt + shift + q	`\Theta`
	ctrl + alt + q	`\theta`
	ctrl + alt + shift + j	`\vartheta`
	ctrl + alt + i	`\iota`
	ctrl + alt + k	`\kappa`
	ctrl + alt + shift + l	`\Lambda`
	ctrl + alt + l	`\lambda`
	ctrl + alt + m	`\mu`
	ctrl + alt + n	`\nu`
	ctrl + alt + shift + x	`\Xi`
	ctrl + alt + x	`\\x`
	ctrl + alt + shift + p	`\Pi`
	ctrl + alt + p	`\pi`
	ctrl + alt + r	`\rho`
	ctrl + alt + shift + s	`\Sigma`
	ctrl + alt + s	`\sigma`
	ctrl + alt + shift + e	`\varsigma`
	ctrl + alt + t	`\tau`
	ctrl + alt + shift + u	`\Upsilon`
	ctrl + alt + u	`\upsilon`
	ctrl + alt + shift + f	`\Phi`
	ctrl + alt + f	`\phi`
	ctrl + alt + j	`\varphi`
	ctrl + alt + x	`\chi`
	ctrl + alt + shift + y	`\Psi`
	ctrl + alt + y	`\psi`
	ctrl + alt + shift + o	`\Omega`
	ctrl + alt + o	`\omega`
	ctrl + alt + shift + i	`\varpi`
	ctrl + alt + 7	`\cpartial`

Other special symbols

Press Return to end the backslash sequence shown in the third column.

Element	Keyboard shortcut	Backslash sequence
	ctrl + alt + 1	`\infty`
	ctrl + alt + 2	`\bot`
...	ctrl + g .	`\ldots`
	ctrl + alt + 3	`\aleph`
	ctrl + alt + 4	`\Im`
	ctrl + m $	`\Re`
	ctrl + alt + 5	`\wp`
	ctrl + alt + 0	`\emptyset`
	ctrl + alt + 6	`\nabla`
°	ctrl + m )	`\degree`
‘	ctrl + alt + `	`\prime`
“	ctrl + m "	`\pprime`

Strings

Command

Keyboard shortcut

Start String

'

or

"

End String

return

Diacritical marks

Element	Keyboard shortcut
	`
	~
	ctrl + g -
	ctrl + alt + shift + v
	ctrl + g ^
	.
	ctrl + g ~
	ctrl + g _
	ctrl + g →
	ctrl + g @

Operators page

Press Return to end the backslash sequence shown in the third column.

Element or command	Keyboard shortcut	Backslash sequence
+	+	`\plus`
_	- (after an operand)
?x?	ctrl + m *	`\cross`
	ctrl + m .	`\cdot`
	ctrl + 8	`\bullet`
Toggle Format	ctrl + shift + t esc m T
	ctrl + alt + /	`\fract`
	ctrl + m /	`\div`
	/	`\over`
?=?	=	`\equal`
	ctrl + g =	`\uequal`
	ctrl + j	`\jotdot`
?,?	,	`\comma`
	<Use the Backslash sequence>	`\otimes`
	<Use the Backslash sequence>	`\oplus`
	<Use the Backslash sequence>	`\wedge`
	<Use the Backslash sequence>	`\vee`
	ctrl + m i	`\cap`
	ctrl + m u	`\cup`
	ctrl + m ,	`\ucomma`
	;	`\semicolon`
	ctrl + m n	`\neg`
-	ctrl + -	`\minus`
	ctrl + m 1	`\mp`
	ctrl + q 1	`\pm`
	<Use the Backslash sequence>	`\grad`
	ctrl + q shift + q (and add operand)
	ctrl + m ctrl + d	`\change`
	ctrl + m x	`\box`
	ctrl + m o	`\boxdot`
	ctrl + m 2	`\box2`
	ctrl + m m	`\forall`
	ctrl + m e	`\exist`
	ctrl + m t	`\therefore`
	ctrl + a esc m v l	`\atop` (lowercase L)
	ctrl + m ;	`\list` esc m h l
	*	`\times`
	ctrl + g \| (bar)	`\abs`
	esc m ^
	esc m ctrl + shift -
	ctrl + m ctrl + ^
	ctrl + m ctrl + shift -
	ctrl + r	`\sqrt`
	ctrl + r (and add operand)
	ctrl + shift + e	`\sn`
	^	`\power`
	ctrl + m d	`\dagger`
	!	`\fact`
	ctrl + m s	`\ast`
	ctrl + q shift + p	`\angle`

Large page

Press Return to end the backslash sequence shown in the third column.

Use these shortcuts to type each element on the Large page with only one operand. Then use Add Operand and Toggle Format as needed.

Element or command	Keyboard shortcut	Backslash sequence
	ctrl + shift + s	`\sum`
	ctrl + shift + p	`\prod`
	ctrl + i	`\int`
	NA	`\oint`
	ctrl + m shift + i	`\bigcap`
	ctrl + m shift + u	`\bigcup`
Add Operand	ctrl + shift + n esc m n
Toggle Format	ctrl + shift + t esc m shift + t

Delimiters page

Press Return to end the backslash sequence shown in the third column.

Element or command	Shortcut	Backslash sequence
( ? )	(	`\id`
[ ? ]	[ (left bracket)
? }	{ (left brace)
? \|	\| (bar)	`\substitution`
< ? >	ctrl + m <	`\dangle`
\|?\|	ctrl + g \| (bar)	`\abs`
( ?	ctrl + m (	`\lparen`
[ ?	ctrl + m [ (left bracket)
{ ?	ctrl + m { (left brace)
? \|	\| (bar) (and add operand)
\|? >	ctrl + m k	`\ket`
\|\|?\|\|	ctrl + m \| (bar)	`\norm`
? )	)	`\rparen`
? ]	] (right bracket)
? }	} (right brace)
? \|	\| (bar) (and add two operands)
< ? \|	ctrl + m b	`\bra`
	ctrl + q i	`\ceil`
( ?, ? )	ctrl + m shift + n	`\inprod`
[ ?, ? ]	ctrl + m shift + c	`\cmut`
{ ?, ? }	ctrl + m shift + a	`\acmut`
	_ (underline)	`\overline`
< ? \| ?>	ctrl + m shift + c	`\bket`
	ctrl + q k	`\floor`
	ctrl + m h	`\choice`
	ctrl + m shift + d	`\downbrace`
	ctrl + m shift + p	`\upbrace`
Toggle Format	ctrl + shift + t esc m T
Remove Parentheses	esc m r p

Relations page

Press Return to end the backslash sequence shown in the third column.

Element	Shortcut	Backslash sequence
? < ?	<	`\lessthan`
? > ?	>	`\greaterthan`
? = ?	=	`\equal`
? ~ ?	ctrl + m ~	`\sim`
	ctrl + q shift + l	`\subset`
	ctrl + q shift + i	`\supset`
	ctrl + q ,	`\leftarrow`
	ctrl + q .	`\rightarrow`
	ctrl + q +	`\lrarrow`
	ctrl + m r	`\perp`
	ctrl + g <	`\leq`
	ctrl + g >	`\geq`
	ctrl + q :	`\equiv`
	ctrl + q ;	`\approx`
	ctrl + q shift + j	`\subseteq`
	ctrl + q shift + m	`\supseteq`
	ctrl + q \	`\Leftarrow`
	ctrl + q ^	`\Rightarrow`
	ctrl + q [	`\LRarrow`
	ctrl + m p	`\parallel`
	ctrl + q l	`\ll`
	ctrl + q g	`\gg`
	ctrl + q =	`\notequal`
	@	`\cong`
	ctrl + q shift + n	`\in`
	ctrl + '	`\ni`
	ctrl + q shift + o
= ?	ctrl + g =	`\uequal`
	ctrl + q shift + k	`\notsubset`
	ctrl + q 5	`\propto`

Calculus page

Press Return to end the backslash sequence shown in the third column.

Use these shortcuts to type each element on the Large page with only one operand. Then use Add Operand and Toggle Format as needed.

Element or command	Shortcut	Backslash sequence
	ctrl + i	`\int`
	ctrl + shift + i	`\oint`
Add Operand	ctrl + shift + n esc m n
Toggle Format	ctrl + shift + t esc m T
	ctrl + g t	`\optotal`
	ctrl + g shift + t
	ctrl + g p	`\oppartial`
	ctrl + g shift + p
	ctrl + g t (and add operand)
	ctrl + g shift + t (and add operand)
	ctrl + g p (and add operand)
	ctrl + g shift + p (and add operand)
	ctrl + alt + d	`\var`
	ctrl + q shift + q	`\grad`
	ctrl + d	`\diff`
	ctrl + m c	`\curl`
	ctrl + shift + d	`\partial`
	ctrl + m v	`\diver`
	ctrl + shift + l	`\lim`
	ctrl + m l	`\lap`

Matrices page

To insert a matrix of any size, first insert a 1 by 1 matrix. Then add rows and columns one at a time.

Command

Shortcut

Add/Remove Brackets

ctrl

+

shift

+

t

Matrix commands pop-up menu

Command	Shortcut
Create 1 x 1 Matrix	esc x m
Add Row	esc x r
Add Column	esc x c ctrl + shift + c
Matrix Transpose	esc x t
Matrix Algebra	esc x a

Matrix row height pop-up menu

Command

Shortcut

Toggle fixed/proportional

esc

m

t

r

Matrix column width pop-up menu

Command

Shortcut

Toggle fixed/proportional

esc

m

t

c

Functions page

To insert each function (except the general function and limit) from the keyboard, type its name as shown.

Element

Shortcut

Backslash sequence

? ( ? )

ctrl

+

f

\function

ctrl

+

shift

+

l

\lim

Addition pop-up menu

Command

Shortcut

Add Fractions

esc

m

a

Order Sum

esc

m

a

o

Order Sum Reverse

esc

m

a

shift

+

o

Multiplication pop-up menu

Command	Keyboard shortcut
Factor	esc m u f
Factor Some	esc m u shift + f
Multiply Out	esc m u m
Multiply Out Once	esc m u shift + m
Distribute	esc m u d
Distribute Over Equality	esc m u shift + d

Division pop-up menu

Command	Keyboard shortcut
Long Division	esc m d l
Remove Division	esc m d d
Remove Division 1 Level	esc m d shift + d
Remove Negative Powers	esc m d n
Remove Negative Powers 1 Level	esc m d shift + n

Evaluation pop-up menu

Command	Keyboard shortcut
Number Crunch	esc m v n
Show All Digits	esc m c .
Evaluate	esc m v e
Evaluate Substitution	esc m v s
Evaluate Integrals	esc m v i
Evaluate Derivatives	esc m v d
Evaluate Derivatives 1 Level	esc m v shift + d

Rules pop-up menu

Command

Keyboard shortcut

Enter Rule

esc

m

r

e

Apply Rule

esc

m

r

a

Designate Dummy

esc

m

r

d

Other rewrites pop-up menu

Command	Keyboard shortcut
Simplify	esc m o s
Simplify Some	esc m o shift + s
Isolate Term	esc m o i
Expand First Term	esc m o e
Expand All Terms	esc m o shift + e

Positioning pages

Micropositioning

The number of points shown in the following table is based on a zoom setting of 100 percent.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Move up 1 point	alt + ↑
Move down 1 point	alt + ↓
Move left 1 point	alt + ←
Move right 1 point	alt + →
Move up 6 points	alt + shift + ↑
Move down 6 points	alt + shift + ↓
Move left 6 points	alt + shift + ←
Move right 6 points	alt + shift + →
Remove micropositioning	alt + home

Left/right (alignment) pop-up menu

Command	Keyboard shortcut
Left	esc m a l
Center	esc m a c
Right	esc m a r
Left of =	esc m a +
Right of =	esc m a =
Set Manual	esc m a s
Clear Manual	esc m a d
Reset Alignment	esc m a shift + r

Up/down (alignment) pop-up menu

Command

Keyboard shortcut

Top

esc

m

a

t

Baseline

esc

m

a

shift

+

b

Bottom

esc

m

a

b

Line breaking pop-up menu

Command

Keyboard Shortcut

Set Manual

esc

m

b

s

Clear Manual

esc

m

b

c

Navigating in an equation

Moving the insertion point

Move

Keyboard shortcut

Left

←

Right

→

From beside a fraction to the numerator

↓

Changing the selection

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Select next prompt	tab
Increase scope of selection	space
Select next element to the left	←
Select next element to the right	→

Moving math elements while retaining algebraic equivalency

Move	Keyboard shortcut
Left	shift + ←
Right	shift + →
Up	shift + ↑
Down	shift + ↓
To far left	ctrl + alt + ←
To far right	ctrl + alt + →
Left into expression	ctrl + shift + ←
Right into expression	ctrl + shift + →

Moving math elements without retaining algebraic equivalency

Swap

Keyboard shortcut

With element on left

ctrl

+

m

ctrl

+

←

With element on right

ctrl

+

m

ctrl

+

→

Filter By Attribute

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Open the Manage Attribute Expressions dialog box

esc

a

c

Find and change

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Search forward	esc f i n esc e shift + f ctrl + shift + f alt + ctrl + s
Search backward	esc f i p alt + ctrl + f alt + ctrl + r
Change current selection	esc r o
Change all occurrences of Find text in document	esc r g
Change and search again	esc r a
Change settings to As Is in Find Character Format and Change To Character Format dialog boxes	shift + F8
Change settings to match selected text in Find Character Format and Change To Character Format dialog boxes	shift + F9
Display Set Find/Change Parameters dialog box	esc f i s
Find	Text string
Tab symbol	`\t`
Forced return	`\r`
End-of-paragraph symbol	`\p`
Start of paragraph	`\P`
Nonbreaking space	`\` (space)
Thin space	`\i`, `\st`

Find	Text string
En space	`\N`, `\sn`
Em space	`\M`, `\sm`
Numeric space	`\#`, `\s#`
End-of-flow symbol	`\f`
` (grave)	`\{`
`\ (backslash)`	`\\`
Discretionary hyphen	`\-`
Nonbreaking hyphen	`\+`
Suppress hyphenation symbol	`\_`
Start of word	`\<`
End of word	`\>`

With Use Wildcards turned on …
Any number of characters	`*`
Spaces or punctuation	`\|` (bar)
Any one character	`?`
The beginning of a line	`^`
The end of a line	`$`
Any one of the bracketed characters ab	`[ab]`
Any character except ab	`[^ab]`
Any character from a tof	`[a-f]`

Function keys

Key	Function	Control	Shift	Alt
F1	Help	Align top
F2	Plain text	Align middle
F3	Underline	Align bottom	Overline
F4	Bold		Cascade	Exit
F5	Italic		Tile
F6
F7			Point on document window
F8	Choose character format by typing		Change dialog box settings to As Is
F9	Choose paragraph format by typing	Transpose characters	Change dialog box settings to match current text
F10			Display context menu

Hierarchical element insert

Key/Key action	Type of navigation/action
Place cursor in an element and hit Enter	Display the quick catalog
→	Display the elements available within the selected element
←	Hide one level hierarchy of elements
tab	scroll down
shift + tab	scroll up
Alphabets/combination of alphabets	Type an alphabet or combination of alphabets to select an element. For example, press B to select Body and Type T, O to go to Topic.

Markers and variables

Marker insertion

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Insert a marker

esc

m

k

Insert a hypertext marker

esc

m

h

Open the Edit Marker Types dialog box

esc

e

m

t

Variable insertion

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Insert a variable by typing the first characters of its name and pressing Return

esc

q

v

ctrl

+

0

Menu commands

Context menus

Task	Action
Display a pop-up menu of commands that apply to the current selection or context	Right-click on an object, in a document margin, or in a book window

File menu (document window)

Task	Keyboard shortcut
New>Document	esc f n ctrl + n
New>Book	esc f shift + n
Open	esc f o ctrl + o
Close	esc f c esc f q ctrl + w ctrl + F4 ctrl + shift + w
Close All	esc f shift + c esc f shift + q
Save	esc f s ctrl + s
Save All	esc f shift + s
Save As	esc f a
Save As PDF	esc f w p
Save As XML	esc f w x
Revert to Saved	esc f r
Import>File	esc f i f
Import>Formats	esc f i o
Import>Object	esc f i b
Import>Element Definitions	esc f i e
Print	esc f p ctrl + p
Print Setup	ctrl + shift + p
Send	esc f m
Send All Open Files	esc f shift + m
Utilities>Compare Documents	esc f t c
Utilities>Document Reports	esc f t r
Utilities>HTML Setup	esc f t h
Utilities>Create and Apply Formats	esc f t f
Utilities>Hex Input	win h
Utilities>Character Palette	win i
Preferences	esc f shift + p
Exit	alt + F4

File menu (book window)

Task	Keyboard shortcut
New Document	esc f n ctrl + n
New Book	esc f shift + n
Open	esc f o ctrl + o
Open All Files in Book	esc f shift + o
Close Book	esc f c ctrl + w
Close All Files in Book	esc f shift + s
Save Book	esc f s ctrl + s
Save All Files in Book	esc f shift + s
Save Book As	esc f a
Revert to Saved Book	esc f r
Import>Formats	esc f i o
Import>Element Definitions	esc f i e
Print Selected Files	esc f shift + f
Print Book	esc f p ctrl + p
Print Setup	ctrl + shift + p
Utilities>Compare Books	esc f b
Preferences	esc f shift + p
Exit	alt + F4

Edit menu (document window)

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Undo/Redo	esc e u ctrl + z ctrl + shift + z
Cut	esc e x ctrl + x shift + del
Copy	esc e c ctrl + c ctrl + ins
Paste	esc e p ctrl + v shift + ins
Paste Special	ctrl + shift + v
Clear	esc e b
Copy Special>Attribute Values	esc e y a
Copy Special>Paragraph Format	esc e y p
Copy Special>Character Format	esc e y c
Copy Special>Conditional Text Settings	esc e y d
Copy Special>Table Column Width	esc e y w
Select All in Flow	esc e a ctrl + a
Find/Change	esc e f ctrl + f
Find Next	esc f i n esc e shift + f ctrl + shift + f
Spelling Checker	esc e s
Thesaurus	esc e t
Text Inset Properties	esc e i
Update References	esc e shift + u
History	ctrl + K esc e h
Auto Spell Check On/Off	esc a u s
Repeat	F6
Links	esc e k
Object	(No shortcut available)

Edit menu (book window)

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Undo/Redo	esc e u ctrl + z ctrl + shift + z
History	esc e h
Cut	esc e x ctrl + x shift + del
Copy	esc e c ctrl + c
Paste	esc e p ctrl + v
Clear	esc e b
Copy Special>Attribute Values	esc e y a
Select>All	esc e a
Select>Generated Files	esc e shift + a shift + g
Select>Nongenerated Files	esc e shift + a shift + n
Select>FrameMaker Files	esc e shift + a shift + f
Select>Excluded Components	esc e shift + a shift + e
Select>Non-Excluded Components	esc e shift + n shift + e
Select>Chapter Components	esc c l
Select>Section Components	esc s l
Select>Sub-Section Components	esc s s l
Find/Change	esc e f ctrl + f
Find Next	esc f i n esc e shift + f ctrl + shift + f
Spelling Checker	esc e s
Set Up Generated File	esc f d
Rename	esc f e F2
Delete	esc f x
Suppress Automatic Reference Updating	esc e shift + s
Update Book	esc e shift + u esc f g

Add menu (book window)

Menu command	Keyboard shortcut
Files	esc f f
Table of Contents	esc t o c
List of>Figures	esc l o f
List of>Tables	esc l o t
List of>Elements & Paragraphs	esc l o p
List of>Elements & Paragraphs (Alphabetical)	esc l o shift + p
List of>Markers	esc l o m
List of>Markers (Alphabetical)	esc l o shift + m
List of>References	esc l o r
Standard Index of Authors	esc i x
Index of>Authors	esc i o a
Index of>Subjects	esc i o s
Index of>Markers	esc i o m
Index of>References	esc i o r

Element menu

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Insert Element	ctrl + 1
Wrap Element	ctrl + 2
Change Element	ctrl + 3
Unwrap	esc + E + u
Edit Attributes	esc + E + A
Namespaces	esc + E + N
Merge	esc + E + m
Merge Into Last	esc + E + M
Split	esc + E + s
Promote Element	esc + E + P
Demote Element	esc + E + D
Toggle Element Collapse	esc + E + x
Toggle Element Collapse All Siblings	esc + E + X
Transpose With Previous	esc + E + T
Transpose With Next	esc + E + t
Repeat Last Element Command	esc + e + e
Move To Next Element	esc + s + D
Move To Previous Element	esc + s + U
Move Into Next Child	esc + s + N
Move To Start of Element	esc + s + S
Move To End of Element	esc + s + E
Move To Before Element	esc + s + B
Launch Config File Maker	esc + C + F + M
Attribute Display Options	esc + v + A
Set Available Elements	esc + E + O + C
New Element Options	esc + E + O + I

Format menu

Menu command	Keyboard shortcut
Font	(No shortcut available)
Size	(No shortcut available)
Style>Plain	esc c p F2
Style>Bold	esc c b F4 ctrl + b ctrl + shift + b
Style>Italic	esc c i F5 ctrl + i
Style>Underline	esc c u ctrl + u ctrl + shift + u
Style>Double Underline	esc c d
Style>Overline	esc c o
Style>Strikethrough	esc c s ctrl + /
Style>Change Bar	esc c h ctrl + shift + h
Style>Superscript	esc c +
Style>Subscript	esc c -
Style>Small Caps	esc c m ctrl + e
Characters>Designer	esc o c d ctrl + d
Characters>Catalog	esc o c c
Characters>Default Paragraph Font	esc o c p
Paragraphs>Designer	esc o p d ctrl + m ctrl + shift + m
Paragraphs>Catalog	esc o p c
Page Layout>Column Layout	esc o c l
Page Layout>Line Layout	esc o l l
Page Layout> Page Size	esc o p s
Page Layout>Pagination	esc o p i
Page Layout>Master Page Usage	esc o m u
Page Layout>New Master Page	esc o m p
Page Layout>Update Column Layout	esc o u p
Customize Layout>Customize Text Frame	esc o c f
Customize Layout>Connect Text Frames	esc shift + c shift + c
Customize Layout>Disconnect Previous	esc shift + c shift + p
Customize Layout>Disconnect Next	esc shift + c shift + n
Customize Layout> Disconnect Both	esc shift + c shift + b
Customize Layout> Split Text Frame	esc shift + c shift + s
Customize Layout>Rotate Page Clockwise	esc p shift + o
Customize Layout>Rotate Page Counterclockwise	esc p o
Customize Layout>Unrotate Page	esc p shift + o u
Customize Layout>Combined Fonts	esc o c o
Document>Numbering	esc o d n esc e n
Document>Change Bars	esc o b
Document>Footnote Properties	esc o f
Document>Text Options	esc o t o
Document>PDF Setup	esc o d a
Document>Rubi Properties	esc o r
Headers & Footers>Insert Page #	esc o h p
Headers & Footers>Insert Page Count	esc o h c
Headers & Footers>Insert Current Date	esc o h d
Headers & Footers>Insert Other	esc o h o

View menu (document window)

Menu command	Keyboard shortcut
QuickAccess Bar	esc v q
Paragraph Formatting Bar	esc V p a
Text Formatting Bar	esc V t e
Table Formatting Bar	esc V t a
Object Alignment	esc V o a
Object Properties Bar	esc V o p
Track Text Edit Bar	esc shift + v e
Borders	esc v b
Text Symbols	esc v t
Rulers	esc v r
Grid Lines	esc v g
Element Boundaries	esc v shift + e
Element Boundaries (as Tags)	esc v shift + t
Options	esc v o
Attribute Display Options	esc v shift + a
Go to Page	esc v p ctrl + g ctrl + shift + g
Body Pages	esc v shift + b
Master Pages	esc v shift + m
Reference Pages	esc v shift + r
Color>Views	esc v c v
Color>Definitions	esc v c d
Menus>Quick	esc v m q
Menus>Complete	esc v m c
Menus>Modify	esc v m m

View menu (book window)

Menu command	Keyboard shortcut
QuickAccess Bar	esc v q
Text Formatting	esc V t e
Table Formatting	esc V t a
Paragraph Formatting	esc V p a
Object Alignment	esc V o a
Object Properties	esc V o p
Track Text Edit	esc shift + v e
Borders	esc shift + v b s
Hide Borders	esc shift + v b h
Show Text Symbols	esc shift + v t s
Hide Text Symbols	esc shift + v t h
Show Rulers	esc shift + v r s
Hide Rulers	esc shift + v r h
Show Grid Lines	esc shift + v g s
Hide Grid Lines	esc shift + v g h
Show Graphics	esc shift + v v s
Hide Graphics	esc shift + v v h
Filter By Attribute	esc a c
Show Element Boundaries	esc shift + v shift + e s
Hide Element Boundaries	esc shift + v shift + e h
Show Element Boundaries (as Tags)	esc shift + v shift + t s
Options	esc v o
Attribute Display Options	esc v shift + a
Zoom>Larger	esc z i
Zoom>Smaller	esc z o
Zoom>Default	esc z z
Color>Views	esc v c v
Color>Definitions	esc v c d
Menus>Quick	esc v m q
Menus>Complete	esc v m c
Menus>Modify	esc v m m

Special menu

Menu command	Keyboard shortcut
Page Break	esc s p b
Anchored Frame	esc s a
Footnote	esc s f
Cross‑Reference	esc s c
Variable	esc s v
Hypertext	esc s h
Marker	esc s m
Equations	esc s e
Filter By Attribute	esc a c
Conditional Text	esc s shift + c
Manage Conditional Text	esc m shift + c
Apply Conditional Text	esc s shift + c
Show/Hide Conditional Text	esc v shift + c
Show Condition Indicator	esc shift + v shift + o s
Hide Condition Indicator	esc shift + v shift + o h
Toggle Conditional Indicators On/Off	esc v shift + o
Show One Conditional Text Tag	esc q shift + s
Select Same Condition Tags	esc h shift + c
View the condition applied to the text where the cursor is placed	esc q shift + c
Focus in Conditional Text	esc shift + f i o
Close Conditional Text dialog box	esc shift + c o
Turn on or off the Track Text Edit feature	esc s t o
Show Next	esc s t n
Show Previous	esc s t p
Accept Edit	esc s t a
Reject Edit	esc s t r
Accept All	esc s t shift + a
Reject All	esc s t shift + r
Preview Final	esc s t shift + f
Preview Original	esc s t shift + o
Preview Off	esc s p o
Rubi	esc s r
Table of Contents	esc t o c
List of>Figures	esc l o f
List of>Tables	esc l o t
List of>Elements & Paragraphs	esc l o p
List of>Elements & Paragraphs (Alphabetical)	esc l o shift + p
List of>Markers (Alphabetical)	esc l o m
List of>Markers	esc l o shift + m
List of>References	esc l o r
Standard Index	esc i x
Index of>Authors	esc i o a
Index of>Subjects	esc i o s
Index of>Markers	esc i o m
Index of>References	esc i o r
Add Disconnected Pages	esc s p a
Delete Pages	esc s p d
Remove Structure from Flow	esc s s f

Graphics menu

Menu command	Keyboard shortcut
Tools	esc g shift + t esc 1 w
Group	esc g g
Ungroup	esc g u
Bring to Front	esc g f
Send to Back	esc g b
Align	esc g a
Distribute	esc g d
Reshape	esc g r
Smooth	esc g s
Unsmooth	esc g m
Flip Up/Down	esc g v
Flip Left/Right	esc g h
Rotate	esc g t
Scale	esc g z
Set # Sides	esc g n
Join	esc g j
Object Properties	esc g o
Pick up Properties	esc g shift + o
Runaround Properties	esc g shift + r
Gravity	esc g y
Snap	esc g p
3D Menu Background Color option	alt + g + e + b
3D Menu Lighting option	alt + g + e + l
Lights From File	alt + g + e + l + l + l
No Lights	alt + g + e + l + n
White Lights	alt + g + e + l + w
Day Lights	alt + g + e + l + d
Bright Lights	alt + g + e + l + b
Primary Color Lights	alt + g + 3 + l + p
Night Lights	alt + g + 3 + l + i
Blue Lights	alt + g + 3 + l + u
Red Lights	alt + g + 3 + l + r
Cube Lights	alt + g + 3 + l + c
CAD Optimized Lights	alt + g + 3 + l + o
Headlamp	alt + g + 3 + l + h
Show Existing Views	alt + g + 3 + s
Render Mode option	alt + g + 3 + r
Bounding Box	alt + g + 3 + r + b
Transparent Bounding Box	alt + g + 3 + r + t
Transparent Bounding Box Outline	alt + g + 3 + r + o
Vertices	alt + g + 3 + r + v
Shaded Vertices	alt + g + 3 + r + s
Wireframe	alt + g + 3 + r + w
Shaded Wireframe	alt + g + 3 + r + h
Solid	alt + g + 3 + r + l
Transparent	alt + g + 3 + r + r
Solid Wireframe	alt + g + 3 + r + i
Transparent Wireframe	alt + g + 3 + r + a
Illustration	alt + g + 3 + r + d
Solid Outline	alt + g + 3 + r + d
Shaded Illustration	alt + g + 3 + r + e
Hidden Wireframe	alt + g + 3 + r + n

Table menu

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Insert Table	esc t i
Table Designer	esc t d ctrl + t ctrl + shift + t
Row Format	esc t r
Custom Ruling & Shading	esc t x
Add Rows or Columns	esc t a
Resize Columns	esc t z
Straddle/Unstraddle	esc t l
Convert to Table/Convert to Paragraphs	esc t v
Sort	esc t s

StructureTools menu

Menu command	Keyboard shortcut
StructureTools>Set Structured Application	esc f + shift + a alt + r + u
StructureTools>Utilities	alt + r + l
StructureTools>Utilities>Convert Structured Documents	esc f + t + s alt + r + l + c
StructureTools>Utilities>Convert Documents to Structured Format	esc f + t + d alt + r + l + d
StructureTools>Utilities>Structure Current Document	esc f + t + shift + x alt + r + l + s
StructureTools>Utilities>Structure Documents	esc f + t + shift + d alt + r + l + t
StructureTools>New EDD	esc f shift + d shift + n
StructureTools>Export Element Catalog as EDD	esc f shift + d shift + x
StructureTools>Import CSS Styles	esc f shift + d shift + j
StructureTools>Show Element context	esc f shift + d shift + e
StructureTools>Open DTD	esc f shift + d shift + o
StructureTools>Import DTD	esc f shift + d shift + m
StructureTools>Save as DTD	esc f shift + d shift + s
StructureTools>Open Schema	esc f shift + d shift + y
StructureTools>Import Schema	esc f shift + d shift + z
StructureTools>Edit Application Definitions	esc f shift + d shift + a
StructureTools>Read Application Definitions	esc f shift + d shift + r
StructureTools>New read/write Rules	esc f shift + d shift + w
StructureTools>Check read/write Rules	esc f shift + d shift + c
StructureTools>Parse Structured Document	esc f shift + d shift + p
StructureTools>Generate Conversion Table	esc f shift + d shift + g
StructureTools>Generate CSS2	esc f shift + d shift + h

DITA menu

Menu command

Keyboard shortcut

DITA>New DITA File>New <mapi>

map<i> refers to an element whose class attribute starts with map/map and can vary from 1 to i.

esc

shift

+

n

shift

+

m

i

DITA>New DITA File>New <topici>

DITA>New DITA File>New <concepti>

DITA>New DITA File>New <taski>

DITA>New DITA File>New <referencei>

topic<i> refers to an element whose class attribute starts with topic/topic and can vary from 1 to i.

esc

shift

+

n

shift

+

t

1

esc

shift

+

n

shift

+

t

2

esc

shift

+

n

shift

+

t

i

DITA>New DITA File>Refresh Menu

esc

shift

+

r

shift

+

m

DITA>Insert Conref

esc

shift

+

i

shift

+

c

DITA>Assign ID to Element

esc

shift

+

a

shift

+

i

DITA>Update References

esc

shift

+

u

shift

+

r

DITA>Open all Topicrefs

esc

shift

+

o

shift

+

a

DITA>Insert Topicref

esc

shift

+

i

shift

+

t

DITA>Build FM Document From DITA Map

esc

shift

+

g

shift

+

d

DITA>DITA Options

esc

shift

+

d

shift

+

o

Window menu

Menu command	Keyboard shortcut
Cascade	shift + F4
Tile	shift + F5
Consolidate	shift + F6
Refresh	ctrl + l

Screen modes

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Standard screen mode	esc S M s
Full screen with user interface	esc S M u
Full screen mode	esc S M f
Toggle screen mode	esc S M t

Selection

Use these shortcuts to select objects on the current page.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Select a text line or text frame	Press ctrl and click the text line or text frame
Extend or shorten the selection	Press shift and click an object
Force selection border to appear (when dragging from outside all objects is not possible)	Press ctrl + shift and drag diagonally
Select the first object in the draw order	esc o shift + f
Select the next object in the draw order	esc o n
Extend the selection to the next object in the draw order	esc o e
Deselect a text frame or text line and put the insertion point inside it instead	Double-click in the text frame or text line

Tables

Selection in tables

To select	Keyboard shortcut
A cell	Press ctrl and click the cell
A row	Press ctrl and double-click column (vertical) border in the row
A column	Press ctrl and double-click row (horizontal) border in the row
Text in the cell above the current cell	esc t m u a
Text in the cell below the current cell	esc t m d a
All text in current cell	esc t h a
Current cell, then next cell	esc t h e
Current row, then next row	esc t h r
Current column, then next column	esc t h c
Body cells in current column, then next body cells	esc t h b
Current table	esc t h t Or press ctrl and triple-click a cell.
Extend or shorten the election	Press ctrl + - and click the last cell you want in the selection

Navigating through tables

Use these shortcuts to move to the indicated cell.

To move to the	Keyboard shortcut
Cell to the right	esc t m r
Cell to the left	esc t m l
Cell below	esc t m d
Cell above	esc t m u
Rightmost cell in the current row	esc t m e
Leftmost cell in the current row	esc t m a
Top cell in the current column	esc t m t
Bottom cell in the current column	esc t m b
Top-left selected cell	esc t m s esc t h 0
Top-left cell	esc t m shift + t
Beginning of cell	ctrl + Pg Up
End of cell	ctrl + Pg Dn
Next cell and select all text in cell	tab esc t m n
Previous cell and select all text in cell	shift + tab esc t m p
Cell below and select all text in cell	ctrl + alt + tab
Cell above and select all text in cell	ctrl + alt + shift + tab
Anchor point of a table	esc t shift + i

Tab characters in cells

To

Keyboard shortcut

Type a tab character in a cell

esc

tab

Row and column manipulation

FrameMaker adds or deletes as many rows or columns as are currently selected.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Add rows above top selected row	esc t shift + r a
Add rows below bottom selected row	esc t shift + r b ctrl + return ctrl + j
Add columns to left of leftmost selected column	esc t c l
Add columns to right of rightmost selected column	esc t c r
Delete contents of selected rows or columns, but leave cells in table	esc t c e
Delete selected rows or columns from table	esc t c x
Sort rows and columns	esc t s

Row and column replacement

If the Clipboard doesn’t contain whole rows or columns, these shortcuts always replace the selected cells.

To paste whole rows or columns

Keyboard shortcut

By replacing selected rows or columns

esc

t

p

r

Before current selection (above top selected row or to left of leftmost selected column)

esc

t

p

b

After current selection (below bottom selected row or to right of rightmost selected column)

esc

t

p

a

Vertical alignment in cells

To use these shortcuts, click in the first paragraph in a cell.

Alignment

Keyboard shortcut

Top alignment

esc

j

t

ctrl

+

F1

Middle alignment

esc

j

m

ctrl

+

F2

Bottom alignment

esc

j

b

ctrl

+

F3

Column width

To resize

Keyboard shortcut

Columns so no paragraphs in selected cells wrap

esc

t

w

Selected column without changing table’s width

Press

alt

and drag selected cell’s handle

Copy column width to Clipboard

esc

e

y

w

Table Designer

To use these shortcuts, click in the Table Designer.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Change all settings to As Is	shift + F8
Change all settings to match the selected table	shift + F9
Display previous page of properties	Page Up
Display next page of properties	Page Down
Apply only the current group of properties	Press ctrl and click Apply

Table formats

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Apply the current table’s format to the catalog and to all tables that have the same tag

esc

t

u

t

Display the Edit Ruling Style dialog box

esc

t

e

Text

Insertion point movement

Use these shortcuts to move the insertion point.

To move to	Keyboard shortcut
Next character	→
Previous character	←
Beginning of a word	ctrl + ←
End of a word	ctrl + →
Beginning of the next word	esc b w
Beginning of a line	home
End of a line	end
Previous line	↑
Next line	↓
Beginning of a sentence	ctrl + home
End of a sentence	ctrl + end
Beginning of the next sentence	esc b s
Beginning of a paragraph	ctrl + ↑
End of the current paragraph	ctrl + ↓
Beginning of the next paragraph	esc b p
Top of a column	ctrl + Pg Up
Bottom of a column	ctrl + Pg Dn
Beginning of a flow	alt + shift + Pg Up
End of a flow	alt + shift + Pg Dn
Start of first visible text flow	ctrl + shift + i

Insertion point placement

Use these shortcuts to put the insertion point in an unrotated text frame on the current page. The draw order is the order in which FrameMaker displays objects on a page; the first object in the draw order is the one at the back.

To put the insertion point in the

Keyboard shortcut

First column of the first text frame in the draw order

esc

b

f

Next column, traversing text frames in the draw order

esc

b

n

Text selection

Click in text before using these shortcuts. If you use a shortcut with text already selected, FrameMaker extends the selection.

To select	Keyboard shortcut
Next character	esc h c esc shift + h c shift + →
Previous character	esc shift + h shift + c shift + ←
Current word, then next word	esc h w esc shift + h w ctrl + shift + →
Current word, then previous word	esc shift + h shift + w ctrl + shift + ←
Current sentence, then next sentence	esc h s esc shift + h s ctrl + shift + end
Current sentence, then previous sentence	esc shift + h shift + s ctrl + shift + home
Current line, then next line	esc shift + h l esc h l
Current line, then previous line	esc shift + h shift + l
Current paragraph, then next paragraph	esc h p esc shift + h p ctrl + shift + ↓
Current paragraph, then previous paragraph	esc shift + h shift + p ctrl + shift + ↑
One line width of text, starting at insertion point	esc h d shift + ↓
One line width of text, ending at insertion point	esc h u shift + ↑
To top of a column	esc h t shift + Pg Up
To bottom of a column	esc h m shift + Pg Dn
To beginning of flow	esc h g ctrl + shift + Pg Up
To end of flow	esc h n ctrl + shift + Pg Dn
All text around the insertion point that has the same character format	esc h + shift + f

To shift the selection	Keyboard shortcut
Right one character	esc h f
Left one character	esc h b

To select	Keyboard shortcut
Extend or shorten a text selection	Press and click where you want the selection to begin or end
Remove highlighting	esc h 0
Select a word	Double-click the word
Select a word, then next words	Double-click the word and then drag
Deselect a text frame or text line and place the insertion point in it	Double-click in the text frame or text line

Text editing

To	Keyboard shortcut
Select a paragraph	Triple-click the paragraph
Select a paragraph, then next paragraphs	Triple-click the paragraph and then drag
Transpose characters	ctrl + F9
Cut	esc e x ctrl + x shift + del
Copy	esc e c ctrl + c
Paste text that you cut or copied	esc e p ctrl + v ctrl + y
Quick-copy text	Click where you want to place the copied text. Then press alt and drag through the text you want to copy.

Asian text

To

Keyboard shortcut

Type rubi text

esc

s

r

Display the Rubi Properties dialog box

esc

o

r

Define a combined font of Western and Japanese characters

esc

o

c

o

Text deletion

To delete	Keyboard shortcut
Previous character	Backspace
Backward to the end of the previous word	ctrl + h
Backward to the end of the previous sentence	esc k a
Next character	del
Forward to the end of a word	esc k f ctrl + del
Forward to the end of a line	ctrl + shift + del
Forward to the start of the next sentence	esc k s

Capitalization

Use these shortcuts to change the capitalization of selected text.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Change the current word to all lowercase	ctrl + alt + l ctrl + alt + shift + l
Change the current word to all uppercase	ctrl + alt + u ctrl + alt + shift + u
Change the current word to initial caps	ctrl + alt + c
Display the Capitalization dialog box	esc e shift + c

Text formatting

Character and Paragraph Designers

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Change all settings to As Is	shift + F8
Change all settings to match selected text	shift + F9
Display the previous set of properties	Pg Up
Display the next set of properties	Pg Dn
Apply only the current group of properties	Press ctrl and click Apply

Paragraph formats

Use these shortcuts to format selected paragraphs or the paragraph containing the insertion point.

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Apply a paragraph format by typing the first characters of its tag and pressing Return

esc

q

p

F9

ctrl

+

9

Center a paragraph

esc

j

c

Left-align a paragraph

esc

j

l

Right-align a paragraph

esc

j

r

Justify a paragraph (left and right)

esc

j

f

Position the current paragraph in the column, removing any straddling or run-in formatting

esc

j

p

n

Change current paragraph to a run-in head

esc

j

p

r

Change current paragraph to a side head

esc

j

p

s

Make current paragraph straddle all columns

esc

j

p

t

Make current paragraph straddle both the side-head area and columns

esc

j

p

shift

+

t

Change line spacing to single spacing

esc

j

1

Change line spacing to 1-1/2 spacing

esc

j

/

Change line spacing to double spacing

esc

j

2

Change line spacing to fixed (default font size plus leading)

esc

j

x

Change line spacing to floating (largest font size plus leading)

esc

j

o

Increase line spacing 1 point

esc

j

+

esc

+

1

Decrease line spacing 1 point

esc

j

-

esc

-

1

Make paragraphs with the current paragraph’s tag and the Paragraph Catalog definition match the current paragraph’s format (unify)

esc

j

shift

+

u

Start a paragraph anywhere

esc

j

shift

+

j

Start a paragraph at the top of a column

esc

j

shift

+

c

Start a paragraph at top of a page

esc

j

shift

+

jp

Start a paragraph at the top of a left page

esc

j

shift

+

l

Start a paragraph at the top of a right page

esc

j

shift

+

r

Turn on

-

ation

esc

j

h

Turn off

-

ation

esc

j

n

Repeat last paragraph-related command

esc

j

Display Paragraph Catalog

esc

o

p

c

Display Update Paragraph Format dialog box

esc

o

p

u

Display Space Between Paragraphs dialog box

esc

j

w

Display Custom Line Spacing dialog box

esc

j

u

Character formats

Use these shortcuts to change the character format of selected text or of text you are about to type.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Apply a character format by typing the first characters of its tag and pressing Return	esc q c F8 ctrl + 8
Change text to default paragraph font; remove character tag from text in a text line	esc o c p
Turn bold on or off	esc c b F4 ctrl + b ctrl + shift + b
Turn italic on or off	esc c i F5 ctrl + i
Turn underline on or off	esc c u F3 ctrl + u ctrl + shift + u
Turn double underline on or off	esc c d
Turn numeric underline on or off	esc c 2
Turn strikethrough on or off	esc c s ctrl + /
Turn overline on or off	esc c o shift + F3
Change text to plain	esc c p F2
Turn superscript on or off	esc c +
Turn subscript on or off	esc c -
Put text on baseline	esc c =
Change text to small caps	esc c m ctrl + e
Turn change bars on or off	esc c h ctrl + shift + h
Turn pair kerning on or off	esc c k
Manually kern text 1 point in specified direction (at 100 percent zoom setting)	alt +arrow key
Manually kern text 6 points in specified direction (at 100 percent zoom setting)	alt + shift +arrow key
Remove all manual kerning	alt + home
Increase size 1 point	esc F5 ]
Decrease size by 1 point	esc c [
Squeeze 20 percent of an em space	esc [ shift + d
Spread 20 percent of an em space	esc [ shift + c
Set font stretch to 100 percent	esc [ n
Reduce font stretch by 5 percent	esc [ c
Increase font stretch by 5 percent	esc [ e
Repeat the last font-related command	esc c c
Toggle Tsume	esc c t
Display the Character Catalog	esc o c c

Object styles

Action

Shortcut

Launch the Object Style designer with all the properties, while maintaining selection

Launch the Object Style designer with just the object properties. The Object Style designer does not display the object style. The Object Style drop-down is disabled.

esc

g

o

Launch the Object Style designer with just the style associated with the selected object

esc

g

i

ctrl

y

Display style catalog

esc

g

e

Track Text Edit

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Turn on or off the Track Text Edit feature	esc s t o
Show Next Text Edit	esc s t n
Show Previous Text Edit	esc s t p
Accept Edit	esc s t a
Reject Edit	esc s t r
Accept All	esc s t shift + a
Reject All	esc s t shift + r
Preview Final	esc s t shift + f
Preview Original	esc s t shift + o
Preview Off	esc s p o

Conditional text display

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Display the Show/Hide Conditional Text dialog box

esc

v

shift

+

c

Turn condition indicators on or off

esc

v

shift

+

o

Select all text around the insertion point that has the same condition tag settings

esc

v

shift

+

c

Conditional text window

To use these shortcuts, click in the Conditional Text window.

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Move all condition tags to the As Is scroll list	shift + F8
Change the scroll lists to match the condition tag settings of selected text	shift + F9
Move a condition tag between the In and the Not In scroll lists	Double-click the tag
Move a condition tag from the As Is to the In scroll list	Double-click the tag in the As Is scroll list

Condition tags

Use these shortcuts to change the condition tag settings of selected text or table rows.

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Apply a condition tag to selected text by typing the first characters of the tag and then pressing Return

esc

q

shift

+

c

ctrl

+

4

Remove a condition tag from selected text by typing the first characters of the tag and then pressing Return

esc

q

shift

+

d

ctrl

+

5

Make the selected text unconditional

esc

q

shift

+

u

ctrl

+

6

Views

Display

Keyboard shortcut

WYSIWYG view

esc

S

1

Author view

esc

S

2

XML view

esc

S

3

Working with structure

Move the insertion point	Keyboard shortcut
To start of the current element	esc s shift + s
To end of the current element	esc s shift + e
After the next element	esc s shift + d alt + ctrl + ↓
Before the previous element	esc s shift + u alt + ctrl + ↑
Before the current element’s parent	esc s shift + b alt + ctrl + ←
To start of the next element’s contents	esc s shift + n alt + ctrl + →

Select	Keyboard shortcut
Current element	esc h shift + e
Next element	esc h shift + n alt + ctrl + shift + ↓
Previous element	esc h shift + p alt + ctrl + shift + ↑
Siblings of the current element	esc h shift + s
Parent of the current element	esc h e shift + p alt + ctrl + shift + ←
Up by one element	alt + ctrl + shift + ↑
Down by one element	alt + ctrl + ↓

Structure view	Keyboard shortcut
Expand/Collapse all elements under the selected element	esc E r
Expand/Collapse selected element	esc E x
Expand / Collapse all sibling elements	esc E X

Task	Keyboard shortcut
To include the parent	alt + ctrl + shift + ←
Insert element	esc shift + e i ctrl + 1
Wrap element	esc shift + e w ctrl + 2
Unwrap element	esc shift + e u
Change element	esc shift + e c ctrl + 3
Merge into first element	esc shift + e m
Merge into last element	esc shift + e shift + m
Move element up one level	esc shift + e shift + p
Move element down one level	esc shift + e shift + d
Transpose element with previous element	esc shift + e shift + t
Transpose element with next element	esc shift + e t
Split element	esc shift + e s
Edit attribute value	ctrl + 7
Repeat last Element Catalog command	esc e e
Toggle display of element boundaries (as brackets)	esc v shift + e
Toggle display of element boundaries (as tags)	esc v shift + t
Validate a document	esc shift + e v
Display Structure View	esc shift + e shift + v

Other useful shortcuts

Task	Keyboard shortcut
Redraw the document display	ctrl + l
Quick-copy a selected object	alt and drag the object
Rotate an object arbitrarily	alt and use the left or right mouse button to drag a corner or reshape handle
Move an object along vertical or horizontal axis	shift and drag object
Nudge an object 1 point/6 points	alt +arrow key alt + shift +arrow key
Fit page in window	esc z p
Fit window to page	esc z w
Zoom to 100 percent	esc z z
Lock or unlock a document or book	esc shift + f l k