
Function Keys
| Linux | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| F2 | Edit text. | |
| F3 | Edit group. | |
| Ctrl+F3 | Exit group. | |
| Shift+F3 | Duplicate | |
| F4 | Position and Size | |
| F5 | View Slide Show. | |
| Ctrl+Shift+F5 | Navigator | |
| F7 | Spellcheck | |
| Ctrl+F7 | Thesaurus | |
| F8 | Edit Points. | |
| Ctrl+Shift+F8 | Fit text to frame. | |
| F11 | Styles and Formatting |
Comments
| Linux | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+Alt+Page Up | mov thru commnts | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Page Down | mov thru commnts |
Slide Shows
| Linux | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Esc | End presentation. | |
| Down Arrow | Play next effect (if any, else go to next slide). Or Space , Right arrow or or Page Down or Enter or N | |
| Up Arrow | Play previous effect again. If no previous effect exists on this slide, show previous slide. Or Arrow Left/ Page Up or Backspace or P | |
| Alt+Page Down | Go to next slide without playing effects. | |
| 1...9+Enter | Type a number of a slide and press Enter to go to the 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/. | Show black screen until next key or mouse wheel event. | |
| w/, | Show white screen until next key or mouse wheel event. |
Normal View
| Linux | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| +/ - | Zoom in / Zoome out | |
| * on numeric keyboard | Fit page in window. | |
| / on numeric keyboard | Zoom in on current selection. | |
| Shift+Ctrl+g | Group selected objects. | |
| Shift+Ctrl+Alt+a | Ungroup selected group. | |
| Ctrl+lick | Enter a group, so that you can edit the individual objects of the group. Click outside the group to return to the normal view. | |
| Shift+Ctrl+k | Combine selected objects. Press again to split selected object | |
| Ctrl++/ Ctrl+- | Bring to forward / Send backwards | |
| Shift+Ctrl++/ Shift+Ctrl+= | Bring to front / send to back |
Select and Move Elements
| Linux | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Arrow Keys | Moves the selected object or the page view in the direction of the arrow. | |
| Ctrl+Arrow Key | Move around in the page view. | |
| Shift+drag | Constrains the movement of the selected object horizontally or vertically. | |
| Ctrl+drag (with Copy when moving option active) | Hold down Ctrl and drag an object to create a copy of the object. | |
| Alt | Hold down Alt to draw or resize objects by dragging from the center 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 (when resizing) | Hold down Shift while dragging to resize an 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. | |
| Esc | Exit current mode. | |
| Enter | Activate a placeholder object in a new presentation (only if the frame is selected). | |
| Ctrl+Enter | Moves to the next text object on the slide. |
Slide Sorter
| Linux | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| Esc | Moves the focus to the first slide. | |
| Arrow Key | Moves the focus to the next slide. | |
| Space | Makes the slide with the focus the current slide. |