Keyboard Shortcuts for OpenOffice / StarOffice Draw and Impress
Author: Armin Weiss , Frank Loehmann
Date: 02/06/2002
This is not a complete list of all shortcuts used in Draw/Impress. This proposal lists only shortcuts, which have to be changed or added to fulfill accessibility criteria.
Selecting a Drawing Object via Keyboard
If the cursor position is within text in your document, do the following:
1. Press F10 to move the focus to the menu bar.
2. Press Ctrl+Tab until the Drawing toolbar is the focus.
3. Press the Right Arrow key to choose Select Objects.
4. Press Ctrl+Enter to select the first drawing object.
4 b. Or Press Enter to Return Focus to Document
5. Press the Tab key to cycle forward (or Shift+Tab to cycle backward) through the objects until handles appear on the object you want selected.
Create Objects
To allow users to create drawing objects on their own, Draw and Impress create a default object when a drawing tool is selected and Ctrl + Return is pressed. After creation this object has the focus in the document.
This default object has the dimension of 5 * 5 cm / 2 * 2 inches.
Select Objects
Tab: Selects first object on page if focus is already in document
Move Objects
Cursor Keys: Move in defined steps
Alt + Cursor Keys: Move object by one screen pixel
Travel
Placeholder on Impress pages: Ctrl + Return:
Ctrl + Return: Starting point Focus in document
Jumps to first placeholder of current page (in edit mode)
Jumps to next placeholder if present (in edit mode)
Inserts a new page with a copy of the current page layout, after the current page. (no other drawing objects will be copied)
Jumps to first placeholder of current page
Ctrl + Return: Starting point: Focus on drawing object
Jumps to next place holder (if present) in hierarchical order of current page
Jumps to next placeholder if present. (in edit mode)
Inserts a new page with a copy of the current page layout, after the current page. (no other drawing objects will be copied)
Jumps to first placeholder of current page (in edit mode)
General Shortcuts
STRG+N: Creates new presentation / drawing
STRG+M: Inserts new page
STRG+D: Duplicates the current page and inserts it after current page
F5: Start presentation
STRG+K: Call hyperlink dialog
F7: Spellchecker
Outliner
Shift + F9: Show/Hide formatting in outline view
Presentation
During a presentation in full screen mode the following short cuts can be used.
N, Return, Page-Up, Cursor right, Cursor Down and Spacebar (or mouse click): Next page or executes next animation
P, Page-Up, Left Arrow, Arrow up or Bachspace: Jumps to previous page or execution of previous animation