| Shortcut Keys | Result
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| Enter key | Activates the focused button in a dialog.
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| Esc | Terminates the action or dialog. If in OpenOffice.org Help: goes up one level.
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| Spacebar | Toggles the focused check box in a dialog.
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| Arrow keys | Changes the active control field in an option section of a dialog.
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| Tab | Advances focus to the next section or element in a dialog.
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| Shift + Tab | Moves the focus to the previous section or element in a dialog.
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| Alt+Down Arrow | Opens the list of the control field currently selected in a dialog. These shortcut keys apply not only to combo boxes but also to icon buttons with pop-up menus. Close an opened list by pressing the Escape key.
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| Del | Deletes the selected items into the recycle bin.
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| Shift+Del | Deletes the selected items without putting them in the recycle bin.
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| Backspace | When a folder is shown: goes up one level (goes back).
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| Ctrl+Shift+Space | Removes direct formatting from selected text or objects (as in Format > Default Formatting).
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| Ctrl + Tab | When positioned at the start of a header, a tab is inserted.
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| Enter (if an OLE object is selected) | Activates the selected OLE object.
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| Enter (if a drawing object or text object is selected) | Activates text input mode.
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| Ctrl + O | Opens a document.
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| Ctrl + S | Saves the current document.
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| Ctrl + N | Creates a new document.
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| Shift+Ctrl+N | Opens Templates and Documents dialog.
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| Ctrl + P | Prints document.
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| Ctrl + Q | Exits application.
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| Ctrl + X | Cuts out the selected elements.
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| Ctrl + C | Copies the selected items.
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| Ctrl + V | Pastes from the clipboard.
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| Ctrl + Shift + V | Opens the Paste Special dialog.
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| Ctrl + A | Selects all.
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| Ctrl + Z | Undoes last action.
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| Ctrl + Y | Redoes last action.
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| Ctrl+F | Calls the Find & Replace dialog.
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| Ctrl+Shift+F | Searches for the last entered search term.
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| Ctrl+Shift+J | Toggles the view between fullscreen mode and normal mode in Writer or Calc.
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| Ctrl+Shift+R | Redraws the document view.
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| Shift+Ctrl+I | Enable or disable the selection cursor in read-only text.
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| Ctrl+I | Applies the Italic attribute to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also marked in italic.
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| Ctrl+B | Applies The Bold attribute to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also put in bold.
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| Ctrl+U | Applies the Underlined attribute to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also underlined.
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