<p class="Paragraph">This gives the default shortcut keys used throughout <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname>.</p>
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<p class="Head2">Using Shortcut Keys</p>
<p class="Paragraph">A great deal of your application's functionality can be called up by using shortcut keys. For example, the <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command+O</help:case><help:default>Ctrl+O</help:default></help:switch> shortcut keys are shown next to the <span class="T1">Open</span> entry in the <span class="T1">File</span> menu. If you want to access this function by using the shortcut keys, press and hold down the key <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch> and then press the O key. Release both keys after the dialog appears.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">When operating your application, you can choose between using the mouse or the keyboard for almost all of the operations available.</p>
<p class="Head2"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC"/><help:default>Calling Menus With Shortcut Keys</help:default></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC"/><help:default>Some of the characters shown on the menu bar are underlined. You can access these menus directly by pressing the underlined character together with the ALT key. Once the menu is opened, you will again find underlined characters. You can access these menu items directly by simply pressing the underlined character key.</help:default></help:switch></p>
<p class="Head2">Using Shortcut Keys to Control Dialogs</p>
<p class="Paragraph">There is always one element highlighted in any given dialog - usually shown by a broken frame. This element, which can be either a button, an option field, an entry in a list box or a check box, is said to have the focus on it. If the focal point is a button, pressing Enter runs it as if you had clicked it. A check box is toggled by pressing the spacebar. If an option field has the focus, use the arrow keys to change the activated option field in that area. Use the Tab key to go from one element or area to the next one, use Shift + Tab to go in the reverse direction.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Pressing ESC closes the dialog without saving changes. <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC"/><help:default>If you place the focus on a button, not only will you see the dotted line framing the name of the button, but also a thicker shadow under the button selected. This indicates that if you exit the dialog by pressing the Enter key, it is the equivalent of pressing that button itself.</help:default></help:switch></p>
<p class="Head2">Shortcut Keys for Mouse Actions</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you are using drag and drop, selecting with the mouse or clicking objects and names, you can use the keys Shift, <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch> and occasionally <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Option</help:case><help:default>Alt</help:default></help:switch> to access additional functionality. The modified functions available when holding down keys during drag and drop are indicated by the mouse pointer changing form. When selecting files, objects, text passages and cells, rows and columns in tables, the modifier keys enhance, among other things, the selection - the functions are explained accordingly in the descriptions of the individual options.</p>
<p class="Head2"><help:key-word value="text input fields" tag="kw66043_5"/>Practical Text Input Fields</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Convenient edit options are available in all text boxes and combo boxes, where you can enter text directly.</p>
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<p style="">You can open a context menu, which contains some of the most often-used commands.</p>
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<p style="">Use the shortcut keys Shift + <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch> + S to open the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Special Characters</span> dialog to insert one or more special characters.</p>
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<p style="">Use <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch>+A to select the entire text. Use the right or left arrow key to remove the selection.</p>
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<p style="">Double-click a word to select it.</p>
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<p style="">A triple-click selects the entire line.</p>
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<p style="">Use <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch>+Del to delete everything from the cursor position to the end of the word.</p>
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<p style="">By using <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch> and right or left arrow key, the cursor will jump from word to word; if you also hold down the Shift key, one word after the other is selected.</p>
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<p style="">INSRT is used to switch between the insert mode and the overwrite mode and back again.</p>
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<p style="">Drag&Drop cannot only be used within a text box but also from and to the "outside".</p>
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<p style="">The <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch> + Z shortcut keys are used to undo modifications one step at a time; the text will then have the status it had before the first change.</p>
<p style=""><help:key-word value="AutoComplete" tag="kw66043_4"/><help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> has a very useful AutoComplete function which activates itself in some text and combo boxes. For example, enter C:\ into the URL field and the AutoComplete function displays the first file or first directory found on the C: drive (or the equivalent for other operating systems).</p>
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<p style="">Use the down arrow key to scroll through the other files and directories. Use the right arrow key to also display an existing subdirectory in the URL field. Quick AutoComplete is available if you press the End key after entering part of the URL. Once you find the program, document or directory you want, press Enter.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you want to terminate a macro that is currently running, press SHIFT <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch> + Q.</p>
<p class="Head2">List of General Shortcut Keys in <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname></p>
<p class="Paragraph">The shortcut keys that you can use instead of the menu commands are shown on the right hand side of the menu lists next to the corresponding menu command. <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">(Not all of the mentioned keys for controlling dialogs are available on the Macintosh.)</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="TextInTable">Terminates the action or dialog. If in <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Help: goes up one level. The cursor is positioned in the <span class="T1">URL</span> on the Function bar: returns the cursor to the document. If the URL has been selected, you have to press the key twice.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">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.</p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC"/><help:default><help:key-word value="View full screen/normal" tag="kw66043_2"/>Toggles the view between Full screen mode/normal mode</help:default></help:switch></p>
<p class="TextInTable">The <span class="T1">Italic</span> attribute is applied to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also marked in italic.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">The <span class="T1">Bold</span> attribute is applied to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also put in bold.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">The <span class="T1">Underlined</span> attribute is applied to the selected area. If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also underlined.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">In the Spelling dialog, the word that was originally marked as unknown/incorrect (original) will be transferred to the input row (word).</p>
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<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Not all of the function shortcut keys are available on the Mac.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Head2">Shortcut Keys Using the Function Keys</p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC"/><help:default>Starts the <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Help</help:default></help:switch></p>
<p class="TextInTable">In the <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Help: jumps to summary page.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">Closes the current document (close <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> when the last open document is closed)</p>
<p class="Head2"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WIN">Shortcut Keys in Plug-Ins</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WIN">The following shortcut keys can be used in <help:popup Id="65629" Eid="plugin">Plug-Ins</help:popup> used in <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname>:</help:case></help:switch></p>
