Learn LibreOffice Impress Shortcuts for Windows
Most used LibreOffice Impress Shortcuts
Action |
LibreOffice Impress Shortcuts |
Moves the selected object or the page view in the direction of the arrow |
Arrow keys |
Move around in the page view |
Ctrl + Arrow keys |
Select the object behind the currently selected object |
Alt + Left Mouse Click |
Select the object in front of the currently selected object |
Alt + Shift + Left Mouse Click |
Select adjacent items or a text passage |
Shift + Left Mouse Click |
Select objects in the order in which they were created |
Tab |
Select objects in the reverse order in which they were created |
Shift + Tab |
Exit current mode |
Esc |
Activate a placeholder object in a new presentation |
Enter |
Moves to the next text object on the slide |
Ctrl + Enter |
Switch to the previous slide. No function on the first slide |
Page Up key |
Switch to the next slide. No function on the last slide |
Page Down key |
Text Editing Shortcuts
Action |
LibreOffice Impress Shortcut keys |
Soft hyphens; hyphenation set by you |
Ctrl + – |
Non-breaking hyphen |
Ctrl + Shift + – |
Non-breaking spaces |
Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar |
Line break without paragraph change |
Shift + Enter |
Move the cursor to the left |
Left Arrow key |
Move the cursor with the selection to the left |
Shift + Left Arrow key |
Go to the beginning of the word |
Ctrl + Left Arrow key |
Selecting to the left word by word |
Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow key |
Move the cursor to the right |
Right Arrow key |
Move the cursor with the selection to the right |
Shift + Right Arrow key |
Go to the start of the next word |
Ctrl + Right Arrow key |
Selecting the right word by word |
Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow key |
Move cursor up one line |
Up Arrow key |
Selecting lines in an upwards direction |
Shift + Up Arrow key |
Move the cursor to beginning of the previous paragraph |
Ctrl + Up Arrow key |
Select the beginning of the paragraph |
Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow key |
Move the cursor down one line |
Down Arrow key |
Selecting lines in a downward direction |
Shift + Down Arrow key |
Move the cursor to the end of the paragraph |
Ctrl + Down Arrow key |
Select to end of the paragraph |
Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow key |
Go to the beginning of the line |
Home |
Go and select the beginning of a line |
Shift + Home |
Go to the end of the line |
End |
Go and select to end of the line |
Shift + End |
Go to the start of the text block in the slide |
Ctrl + Home |
Go and select text to start of text block in the slide |
Ctrl + Shift + Home |
Go to the end of the text block in the slide |
Ctrl + End |
Go and select the text at the end of the document |
Ctrl + Shift + End |
Delete text to the end of the word |
Ctrl + Delete |
Delete text to the beginning of the word |
Ctrl + Backspace |
In a list: delete an empty paragraph in front of the current paragraph |
Ctrl + Backspace |
Delete text to the end of the sentence |
Ctrl + Shift + Delete |
Delete text to the beginning of the sentence |
Ctrl + Shift + Backspace |
Slide Sorter Shortcuts
Action |
LibreOffice Impress Shortcuts |
Set the focus on the first slide |
Home |
Set the focus on the last slide |
End |
Set the focus on the next slide |
Right Arrow key |
Set the focus on the previous slide |
Left Arrow key |
Change to Normal Mode with the active slide |
Enter |
Function keys
Action |
LibreOffice Impress Shortcuts |
Edit text |
F2 |
Enter Group |
F3 |
Exit Group |
Ctrl + F3 |
Duplicate |
Shift + F3 |
Position and Size |
F4 |
View Slide Show |
F5 |
Navigator |
Ctrl + Shift + F5 |
Spellcheck |
F7 |
Thesaurus |
Ctrl + F7 |
Edit Points |
F8 |
Fit text to frame |
Ctrl + Shift + F8 |
Styles and Formatting |
F11 |
Normal View Shortcuts
Action |
LibreOffice Impress Shortcuts |
Zoom in |
+ |
Zoom out |
– |
Fit page in the window |
+ |
Zoom in on the current selection |
/ |
Group selected objects |
Ctrl + Shift + G |
Ungroup selected group |
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + A |
Combine selected objects |
Ctrl + Shift + K |
Split selected object |
Ctrl + Shift + K |
Bring to Front |
Ctrl + + |
Bring Forward |
Ctrl + Shift + + |
Send Backward |
Ctrl + – |
Send to Back |
Ctrl + Shift + – |
Slideshow Shortcuts
Action |
LibreOffice Impress Shortcut keys |
End presentation |
Esc |
Play next effect |
Right Arrow key |
Go to the next slide without playing the effects |
Alt + Page Down key |
Type a number of a slide and press Enter to go to the slide |
1 – 9 then Enter |
Play the previous effect again |
Left Arrow key |
Go to the previous slide without playing the effects |
Alt + Page Up key |
Jump to the first slide in the slide show |
Home |
Jump to the last slide in the slide show |
End |
Go to the previous slide |
Ctrl + Page Up key |
Go to the next slide |
Ctrl + Page Down key |
Show a black screen until the next key or mouse wheel event |
B |
Show a white screen until the next key or mouse wheel event |
W |
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