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Text Formatting Shortcuts

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Ctrl+F

Show the Find in Item Dialog

Ctrl+H

Show the Replace Text Dialog

F3

Find the next Find/Replace Dialog match

Delete

Delete the selected text or the next character following the cursor

Backspace

Delete the selected text or the next character before the cursor

Ctrl+B

Toggle bold for the selected text

Ctrl+I

Toggle italics for the selected text

Ctrl+U

Toggle underline for the selected text

Ctrl+Shift+B

Toggle bulleting of the selected text

Ctrl+Shift+M

Toggle strikeout of the selected text

Ctrl+Shift+G

Highlight the selected text (with the last highlight color used)

Ctrl+Shift+L

Toggle between bulleting and several numbering options (and none)

Ctrl+=

Toggle subscript for the selected text

Ctrl+Shift+=

Toggle superscript for the selected text

Ctrl+L

Align the selected text to the Left

Ctrl+Shift+T

Align the selected text to the Center

Ctrl+R

Align the selected text to the Right

Ctrl+Shift+O

Show the Font Dialog

Alt+X

Converts the Unicode hexadecimal value preceding the insertion point to the corresponding Unicode character

 

Insert

Toggle the Insert/Overwrite modes

Ctrl+Up Arrow

Move the cursor to the start of the previous paragraph

Ctrl+Down Arrow

Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph

Ctrl+Left Arrow

Move the cursor to the start of the previous word

Ctrl+Right Arrow

Move the cursor to the start of the next word

Ctrl+Home

Move the cursor to the start of the text

Ctrl+End

Move the cursor to the end of the text

Alt+Shift+Up Arrow

Move the current paragraph up

Alt+Shift+Down Arrow

Move the current paragraph down

 

Ctrl+A

Select All

Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow

Select all text between the cursor location and the start of the line

Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow

Select all text between the cursor location and the end of the line

Ctrl+Shift+End

Select all text between the cursor location and the end of the text

Ctrl+Shift+Home

Select all the text between the cursor location and the start of the text

F7

Spell check the item text or item notes

Ctrl+F7

Display the Spelling Options dialog

Shift+F7

Display the AutoCorrect Options dialog

Alt+F7

Display the Text Statistics dialog

 

See Also:

Global Keyboard Shortcuts
Rich Text Editor