LibreOffice Writer Keyboard Shortcuts

Complete LibreOffice Writer keyboard shortcuts reference — 80 shortcuts across 10 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & Linux.

Shortcut	Action
`F2`	Formula Bar
`Ctrl + F2`	Insert Fields
`F3`	Complete AutoText
`Ctrl + F3`	Edit AutoText
`Shift + F4`	Select next frame
`Ctrl + Shift + F4`	Open Data Source View
`F5`	Navigator on/off
`Shift + F5`	Moves the cursor to the position
`Ctrl + Shift + F5`	Navigator on, go to page number
`F7`	Spelling
`Ctrl + F7`	Thesaurus
`F8`	Extension mode
`Ctrl + F8`	Field shadings on / off
`Shift + F8`	Additional selection mode
`Ctrl + Shift + F8`	Block selection mode
`F9`	Update fields
`Ctrl + F9`	Show fields
`Shift + F9`	Calculate Table
`Ctrl + Shift + F9`	Update Input Fields and Input Lists
`Ctrl + F10`	Nonprinting Characters on/off
`F11`	Styles window on/off
`Shift + F11`	Create Style
`Ctrl + F11`	Sets focus to Apply Style box
`Ctrl + Shift + F11`	Update Style
`F12`	Toggle Ordered List
`Ctrl + F12`	Insert or edit Table
`Shift + F12`	Toggle Unordered List
`Ctrl + Shift + F12`	Ordered / Unordered List off

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + H`	Find and Replace
`Ctrl + Y`	Redo last action
`Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V`	Paste the contents of the clipboard as unformatted text

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + A`	Select All
`Shift + Left`	Move cursor with selection to the left
`Shift + Right`	Move cursor with selection to the right
`Ctrl + Shift + Left`	Selecting to the left word by word
`Ctrl + Shift + Right`	Selecting to the right word by word
`Ctrl + Shift + Up`	Select to Beginning of Paragraph
`Ctrl + Shift + Down`	Select to End of Paragraph
`Shift + Down`	Selecting lines in a downward direction
`Shift + Up`	Selecting lines in an upwards direction
`Shift + Page Down`	Move down screen page with selection
`Shift + Page Up`	Move up screen page with selection

Shortcut	Action
`Left`	Move cursor to left
`Ctrl + Left`	Go to beginning of word
`Right`	Move cursor to right
`Ctrl + Right`	Go to start of next word
`Up`	Move cursor up one line
`Ctrl + Up`	Move to Beginning of Paragraph
`Down`	Move cursor down one line
`Ctrl + Down`	Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph
`Page Up`	Screen page up
`Page Down`	Move down screen page

Shortcut	Action
`Insert`	Insert mode on/off
`Ctrl + Shift + Space`	Insert Non-Breaking Space
`Ctrl + Tab`	Next suggestion with Automatic Word Completion
`Ctrl + Shift + Tab`	Use previous suggestion with Automatic Word Completion

Shortcut	Action
`Shift + Enter`	Line break without paragraph change
`Ctrl + Enter`	Manual page break
`Ctrl + Shift + Enter`	Column break in multicolumnar texts
`Ctrl + Page Up`	Switch cursor between text and header
`Ctrl + Page Down`	Switch cursor between text and footer

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + Backspace`	Delete to Beginning of Word
`Ctrl + Shift + Delete`	Delete text to end of sentence
`Ctrl + Shift + Backspace`	Delete text to beginning of sentence

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + J`	Align Justify
`Ctrl + D`	Double Underline
`Ctrl + E`	Align Centered
`Ctrl + Shift + P`	Superscript
`Ctrl + L`	Align Left
`Ctrl + R`	Align Right
`Ctrl + Shift + B`	Subscript
`Ctrl + 1`	Apply Heading 1 paragraph style
`Ctrl + 2`	Apply Heading 2 paragraph style
`Ctrl + 3`	Apply Heading 3 paragraph style
`Ctrl + 4`	Apply Heading 4 paragraph style
`Ctrl + 5`	Apply Heading 5 paragraph style

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + Home`	Go to Beginning of Cell or Table
`Ctrl + End`	Go to End of Cell or Table
`Ctrl + Shift + T`	Remove Cell Protection

Shortcut	Action
`Escape`	Select or Exit Frame

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