These keyboard shortcuts work in the word processor of Euro-Office, for letters, quotes, reports and other text documents. You'll find the shortcuts that work everywhere, such as saving and copying, in Handy keyboard shortcuts for all editors.
On a Mac, you usually use Cmd where Windows uses Ctrl, and Option where Windows uses Alt. For many shortcuts, Control also works on the Mac instead of Cmd. If "none" is listed for the Mac, that action has no fixed shortcut on the Mac.
Formatting text
| What | Windows and Linux | Mac |
|---|
| Bold | Ctrl + B | Cmd + B |
| Italic | Ctrl + I | Cmd + I |
| Underline | Ctrl + U | Cmd + U |
| Strikethrough | Ctrl + 5 | Cmd + Shift + X |
| Subscript | Ctrl + . | Cmd + . |
| Superscript | Ctrl + , | Cmd + , |
| Increase text size by 1 point | Ctrl + ] | Cmd + ] |
| Decrease text size by 1 point | Ctrl + [ | Cmd + [ |
| Clear formatting of the selection | Ctrl + Space | Cmd + Space |
| Copy formatting | Ctrl + Alt + C | Cmd + Option + C |
| Paste formatting | Ctrl + Alt + V | Cmd + Option + V |
| Paste without formatting | Ctrl + Shift + V | Cmd + Shift + V |
Paragraphs, headings and lists
| What | Windows and Linux | Mac |
|---|
| Heading 1 style | Alt + 1 | Cmd + Option + 1 |
| Heading 2 style | Alt + 2 | Cmd + Option + 2 |
| Heading 3 style | Alt + 3 | Cmd + Option + 3 |
| Bulleted list | Ctrl + Shift + L | Cmd + Shift + L |
| Align left | Ctrl + L | Cmd + L |
| Centre | Ctrl + E | Cmd + E |
| Align right | Ctrl + R | Cmd + R |
| Justify | Ctrl + J | Cmd + J |
| Increase paragraph indent | Ctrl + M | Cmd + M |
| Decrease indent | Ctrl + Shift + M | Cmd + Shift + M |
| Move list item one level deeper (cursor at the start) | Tab | Tab |
| Move list item back one level | Shift + Tab | Shift + Tab |
| Show or hide non-printing characters | Ctrl + Shift + 8 or Ctrl + Shift + 8 (numeric) | Cmd + Shift + 8 |
Inserting
| What | Windows and Linux | Mac |
|---|
| Page break | Ctrl + Enter | Cmd + Enter |
| New line without a new paragraph | Shift + Enter | Shift + Enter |
| Column break | Ctrl + Shift + Enter | Cmd + Shift + Enter |
| Page number at the cursor position | Ctrl + Shift + P | Cmd + Shift + P |
| Footnote | Ctrl + Alt + F | none |
| Endnote | Ctrl + Alt + D | Control + Option + D |
| Hyperlink | Ctrl + K | Cmd + K |
| Equation | Alt + = | Cmd + Option + = |
| Non-breaking space (words stay together) | Ctrl + Shift + Space | Cmd + Shift + Space |
| Non-breaking hyphen | Ctrl + Shift + - | Cmd + Shift + - |
| Euro sign | Ctrl + Alt + E | Cmd + Option + E |
| Copyright sign | Ctrl + Alt + G | Cmd + Option + G |
| Registered trademark sign | Ctrl + Alt + R | Cmd + Option + R |
| Trademark sign | Ctrl + Alt + T | Cmd + Option + T |
| Ellipsis (three dots) | Ctrl + Alt + . | Option + ; |
| Update fields, such as the table of contents | F9 | F9 |
Moving through the document
| What | Windows and Linux | Mac |
|---|
| One word to the left | Ctrl + ← | Option + ← |
| One word to the right | Ctrl + → | Option + → |
| To the start of the line | Home | Home or Cmd + ← |
| To the end of the line | End | End or Cmd + → |
| To the start of the document | Ctrl + Home | Cmd + Home |
| To the end of the document | Ctrl + End | Cmd + End |
| To the start of the previous page | Ctrl + Alt + Page Up | Cmd + Page Up or Option + Page Up |
| To the start of the next page | Ctrl + Alt + Page Down | Cmd + Page Down or Option + Page Down |
| One screen down | Page Down | Page Down |
| One screen up | Page Up | Page Up |
Selecting and deleting
| What | Windows and Linux | Mac |
|---|
| Select to the end of the word | Ctrl + Shift + → | Option + Shift + → |
| Select to the start of the word | Ctrl + Shift + ← | Option + Shift + ← |
| Select to the end of the line | Shift + End | Shift + End |
| Select to the start of the line | Shift + Home | Shift + Home |
| Select to the end of the document | Ctrl + Shift + End | Cmd + Shift + End |
| Select to the start of the document | Ctrl + Shift + Home | Cmd + Shift + Home |
| Select all | Ctrl + A | Cmd + A |
| Delete word to the left of the cursor | Ctrl + Backspace | Option + Backspace |
| Delete word to the right of the cursor | Ctrl + Delete | Option + Delete |
Tables
| What | Windows and Linux | Mac |
|---|
| Move to the next cell | Tab | Tab |
| Move to the previous cell | Shift + Tab | Shift + Tab |
| Add a new row (in the last cell) | Tab | Tab |
| Split the table | Ctrl + Shift + Enter | Cmd + Shift + Enter |
Tip: the heading shortcuts are handy in combination with the automatic table of contents. Read more about this in Using styles and headings and Creating an automatic table of contents.
