Keyboard Shortcut Settings

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.