Appendix Keyboard Shortcuts: Impress Guide
Appendix Keyboard Shortcuts: Impress Guide
Appendix A
Keyboard Shortcuts
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Authors
Peter Hillier-Brook
Jean Hollis Weber
Michele Zarri
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Acknowledgments
This document is based on the equivalent Appendix A for Calc, the
OpenOffice.org spreadsheet program.
Keyboard Shortcuts 3
Introduction
You can use OpenOffice.org (OOo) without requiring a pointing device,
such as a mouse or trackball, by using its built-in keyboard shortcuts.
Tasks as varied and complex as docking and un-docking toolbars and
windows, or changing the size or position of objects can all be
accomplished with only a keyboard. Although OOo has its own
extensive set of keyboard shortcuts, each component provides others
which are specific to its work.
For help with OOo’s keyboard shortcuts, or using OOo with a keyboard
only, search the OOo Help using the “shortcut” or “accessibility”
keywords.
In addition to using the built-in keyboard shortcuts (listed in this
Appendix), you can also define your own. You can assign shortcuts to
standard Impress functions or your own macros and save them for use
with Impress only, or with the entire OpenOffice.org suite.
To adapt shortcut keys to your needs, use the Customize dialog box as
described in this section and in “Customizing keyborad shortcuts” in
Chapter 11 (Setting Up and Customizing Impress).
4 Keyboard Shortcuts
Other shortcut keys for Impress
Shortcut Keys Effect
Arrow key Move the selected object or the page view in the
direction of the arrow.
Ctrl+Arrow key Move the slide in the normal view.
Shift+drag Constrains the movement of the selected object
horizontally or vertically.
Ctrl+drag Hold down Ctrl and drag an object to create a
(with Copy when moving copy of the object.
option active)
Alt key Hold down Alt to draw or resize objects by
dragging from the centre of the object outward.
Alt+click Select the object behind the currently selected
object.
Alt+Shift+click Select the object in front of the currently
selected object.
Shift+click Select adjacent items or a text passage. Click at
the start of a selection, move to the end of the
selection, and then hold down Shift while you
click.
Shift+drag Hold down Shift while dragging to resize an
(when resizing) object to maintain the proportions of the object.
Tab Select objects in the order in which they were
created.
Shift+Tab Select objects in the reverse order in which they
were created.
Escape Exit current mode.
Enter Activate a place-holder object in a new
presentation (only if the frame is selected).
Ctrl+Enter Moves to the next text object on the slide.
If there are no text objects on the slide, or if you
reached the last text object, a new slide is
inserted after the current slide. The new slide
uses the same layout as the current slide.
6 Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut keys in slide shows
Shortcut Keys Effect
Esc End presentation.
Spacebar or Right arrow or Play next effect (if any, else go to next
Down arrow or Page Down or slide).
Enter or Return or N
Alt+Page Down Go to next slide without playing effects.
[number] + Enter Type a number of a slide and press Enter
to go to the slide.
Left arrow or Up arrow or Play previous effect again. If no previous
Page Up or Backspace or P effect exists on this slide, show previous
slide.
Alt+Page Up Go to the previous slide without playing
effects.
Home Jump to first slide in the slide show.
End Jump to the last slide in the slide show.
Ctrl+Page Up Go to the previous slide.
Ctrl+Page Down Go to the next slide.
B or . Show black screen until next key or mouse
wheel event.
W or , Show white screen until next key or mouse
wheel event.