List of Text Tool key shortcuts

Cursor keys Move the text cursor one character at a time up, down, left or right.

Home Move the text cursor to the start of the line.

End Move the text cursor to the end of the line.

CTRL+right-cursor Move the text cursor right one word.

CTRL+left-cursor Move the text cursor left one word.

CTRL+HOME Move the text cursor to the start of the first line in a text object.

CTRL+END Move the text cursor to the end of the last line in a text object.

CTRL+A Selects all characters in a text object.

CTRL+B Apply the Bold attribute (see Bold).

CTRL+I Apply the Italic attribute (see Italic).

CTRL+C Copy the selected region of text to the clipboard.

CTRL+L Selects all characters in the line containing the text cursor.

CTRL+V Paste text at the text cursor position (If the clipboard contains text)

CTRL+W Swap the case of the character to the right of the text cursor.

CTRL+equals/plus key Increase kerning/tracking.

CTRL+underline/minus key Decrease kerning/tracking.

RETURN Start a new line of text.

DELETE Delete the character to the right of the text cursor. If the cursor is on the end of a text line, join this line to the line below.

BACKSPACE Delete the character to the left of the text cursor. If the cursor is at the start of a text line, join this line to the line above.

Shift+cursor keys Select all text between the cursor position and the beginning of the line.

Shift+END Select all text between the cursor position and the end of the line.

For details of how to enter special characters with the Text Tool, see Typing international characters.