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## Keyboard Shortcut Settings

Looking at this panel, you also can click on the keyboard shortcuts button and change the default keys for many menu functions and actions. There is also a PDF of the shortcuts which can be downloaded from the Scribus website. Below are the English defaults, all of which can be changed.

See also: Mouse Usage Hints

### Program / Document Management:

Ctrl + S = Saves Document

Ctrl + W = Close Document

Ctrl + O = Open Existing Document

Ctrl + P = Open Print Dialog

Ctrl + I = Show Document Info

Ctrl + Q = Quit Scribus

### Edit Commands:

Ctrl + C = Copy

Ctrl + V = Paste

Ctrl + X = Cut

Ctrl + K = Delete

Ctrl + A = Select all

Ctrl + Z = Undo

### Text Alignment:

Ctrl + L = Align Left

Ctrl + E = Align Center

Ctrl + R = Align Right

### Object and Group Editing:

Ctrl + D = Duplicate Object

Ctrl + G = Group Objects

Ctrl + U = Ungroup Objects

Ctrl + H = Lock / Unlock Objects

### Managing Views:

Ctrl + 1 = Actual Size 100%

Ctrl + 0 = Fit in Window

F10 toggles on and off all palettes

F11 toggles on and off all guides, frames and grids.

### Special Characters

Alt + - = "Smart" Hyphen

Ctrl + # = Insert Page Number ** Depending on your keyboard layout you should change this default to an F key. I use F7. For 10-99 pages, use Ctrl + ##, for 100-999 pages, use Ctrl + ###

F12 = Insert Special Unicode Character as Hex e.g `0020` when editing a text frame on the page.

### Selection/Navigation Keys

Shift + Left Click = Selecting more than one object.

Shift+Cursor Key selects Characters

Ctrl+Shift+Cursor Key selects Words

Ctrl+Cursor Up/Down selects Lines

Ctrl+Home selects Text from the Start to the Cursor Position

Ctrl+End selects Text from the Cursor Position to the End

Ctrl+Cursor Key moves to the next Word

Home moves to the beginning of the line

End moves to the end of the line

Ctrl+Shift+Click selects the Object beneath another

Shift+Click adds an Object to the Selection

Ctrl+Alt+Click selects a single Object out of a Groups

You can constrainobjects when re-sizing them with Ctrl-drag. Constraining keeps the aspect ratio the same as the original shape.

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