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K=Keyboard Shortcuts

Most of these are copied from the help file but the ones toward the end I found on my own.  If you know of any others that aren't listed here, I would love to know about them!

Help

F1

Context-sensitive help

SHIFT+F1

Close active window

CTRL+W

Exit Windows Draw

ALT+F4

New document

CTRL+N

Open document

CTRL+O

Print document

CTRL+P

Save active document

CTRL+S

Copy

CTRL+C (OR CTRL+INSERT)

Cut

CTRL+X

Default edit action for selected object

ENTER

Delete

DELETE

Open Object Properties

CTRL+ENTER

Paste

CTRL+V (OR SHIFT+INSERT)

Redo

CTRL+Y

Text Edit mode

CTRL+T

Undo

CTRL+Z

Deselect all objects

CTRL+F2

Select all objects

CTRL+A (OR F2)

Select all objects except those currently selected

SHIFT+F2

Select object currently under the pointer

SPACEBAR

Redraw screen

F3

Refresh at High Quality

SHIFT+F3

Scroll down

SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

Scroll up

SHIFT+PAGE UP

Switch Window

CTRL+SHIFT+F6 (OR CTRL+TAB)

View actual size

SHIFT+F4

View page

HOME

View previous view

END

View selection

F4

Zoom in

F6 (OR PAGE UP)

Zoom out

SHIFT+F6 (OR PAGE DOWN)

Bring object forward

SHIFT+F10

Bring object to front

F10

Send object backward

SHIFT+F9

Send object to back

F9

Move object back one layer

CTRL+F9

Move object forward one layer

CTRL+F10

Group objects

F5

Ungroup objects

SHIFT+F5

Connect closed

F11

Connect open

CTRL+F11

Disconnect

SHIFT+F11

Flip horizontally

F7

Flip vertically

SHIFT+F7

Rotate left

F8

Rotate right

SHIFT+F8

Rotate with pointer on rotate handle

SPACEBAR+ARROW KEYS

Center align text

CTRL+E

Left align text

CTRL+L

Right align text

CTRL+R

Insert/overtype toggle

INSERT

Move cursor to line end

END

Move cursor to line start

HOME

Move cursor to start of text block

CTRL+HOME

Move cursor to end of text block

CTRL+END

Move cursor to the right one word

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

Move cursor to the left one word

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Increase character spacing

CTRL+ADD (+)

Decrease character spacing

CTRL+SUBTRACT (-)

Highlight all of block

CTRL+A

Highlight to left of cursor

SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

Highlight to right of cursor

SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

Highlight to start of line

SHIFT+HOME

Highlight to end of line

SHIFT+END

Highlight to previous line

SHIFT+UP ARROW

Highlight to next line

SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

Bold/remove bold

CTRL+B

Italics/remove italics

CTRL+I

Underline/remove underline

CTRL+U

Object properties dialog box

CTRL+D

Options dialog box

F12

Snap to grid on/off toggle

CTRL+G

Move pointer

ARROW KEYS

Move object with pointer on the object

SPACEBAR+ARROW KEYS

Constrain movement of an object

SHIFT (while dragging)

Duplicate Object

CTRL (while dragging)

Note: You can use ctrl & shift in conjunction to duplicate and constrain at the same time.

Join Selected objects

+ (the plus key)

Slice Selected objects

- (the minus key)

Create a new object from the intersection of two selected objects

* (the asterisk key)

Select and cycle through each object on your page

TAB

Cycle through each object on your page in reverse

SHIFT+TAB

cycle through each open document

CTRL+TAB

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Last Updated: 08/04/00