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Keyboard Shortcut Settings
In Scribus 1.3.x, the keyboard shortcuts are completely revised. There is still some ongoing work, so the most updated information is here:
See also: Mouse Usage Hints Note: Keyboard Short Cuts are completely customizable and can be exported for use on other machines under the Keyboard Preferences.
Default Keyboard Shortcuts for Scribus 1.3.x
Function Keys
| Function | Shortcut |
| Show Help Manual | F1 |
| Show Properties Palette | F2 |
| Show Layers Palette | F6 |
| Toggle All Palettes | F10 |
| Toggle All Guides | F11 |
| Insert Unicode Character | F12 + 4 digit hex value |
Control, Shift, Alt Keys
| Function | Shortcut |
| Select All | Control-A |
| Deselect All | Control-Shift-A |
| Copy | Control-C |
| Copy Contents (Images Only) | Control +Shift+C |
| Paste Contents (Images Only) | Control +Shift+P |
| Absolute Paste Contents (Images Only) | Control +Alt+Shift+P |
| Get Text or Image depending on selection | Control-D |
| Item Duplicate | Control+Alt+Shift+D |
| Image Effects | Control-E |
| Search and Replace | Control-F |
| Lock Item | Control-L |
| Lock Item Size | Control-Shift-L |
| Group Items | Control-G |
| Ungroup Item | Control+Shift+G |
| Document Information | Control-I |
| Delete Item | Control-K |
| New File | Control-N |
| Open File | Control-O |
| Control-P | |
| Quit | Control-Q |
| Save | Control-S |
| Save As | Control-Shift-S |
| Paste | Control-V |
| Close File | Control-W |
| Cut | Control-X |
| Edit with Story Editor | Control-Y |
| Undo | Control-Z |
| Redo | Control-Shift-Z |
| Select All | Control-A |
| DeSelect All | Control-Shift-A |
| Zoom to fit | Control-0 |
| Zoom to 100% | Control-1 |
| Zoom In | Control-Plus |
| Zoom Out | Control-Minus |
| Smart Hyphen | Control-Shift-Minus |
| Non Breaking Space | Control-Space |
| Insert Page Number | Control-Alt-Shift-P |
| Raise | Control-Home |
| Lower | Control-End |
| Raise to top | Home |
| Lower to bottom | End |
| New Line | Shift-Return |
| Frame Break | Control-Return |
| Column Break | Control-Shift-Return |
| Stacked Objects, next in Z-order | Control-Shift-LMouse |
| Resizing object when other object on top | Control-drag |
| Resize proportionally | Control-drag |
| Move image in image frame without entering frame edit mode | Control-Alt-drag |
| Move frame/group with X/Y constrained | Control-drag |
| Rotate a line or when creating a line, constrain the angle of rotation | Control-drag and rotate |
| Rotate an existing item on the page other than a line and constrain the angle of rotation | Control-drag and rotate |
| Resize to a square | Shift-drag |
You can constrain objects when re-sizing them with Ctrl-drag. Constraining keeps the aspect ratio the same as the original shape.
Normal Keys
| Function | Shortcut |
| A | Insert Table Frame |
| B | Insert Bezier Curve |
| C | Select (Temporary until the rest are sorted out) |
| E | Edit Contents (text in a text frame, or image location in an image frame) |
| F | Insert Freehand Line |
| I | Insert Image Frame |
| N | Link Text Frame |
| L | Insert Line |
| P | Insert Polygon |
| R | Rotate |
| S | Insert Shape |
| T | Insert Text Frame |
| U | Unlink Text Frame |
| Z | Zoom |
Story Editor
| Esc | Closes Story Editor |
| Ctrl +W | Save Changes and Close Story Editor |
| Ctrl +S | Save File While Editing in Story Editor |
Moving and Re-sizing using Arrow Keys
Move item 1 unit (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) Arrow key up/down/left/right
Move item 10 units (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) Ctrl+Arrow keys
Move item 0.1 units (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) Shift+Arrow keys
Move item 0.01 units (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) Control+Shift+Arrow keys
Resize item 1 unit outwards (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) Alt+Arrow keys
Resize item 1 unit inwards(current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) Shift+Alt+Arrow keys
Resize item 10 units outwards (current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) Control+Alt+Arrow keys
Resize item 10 units inwards(current: pt,mm,in,c,p,cm) Control+Shift+Alt+Arrow keys
Resizing Images in Edit Mode
Alt right arrow, move right side outwards (expand)
Alt left arrow, move left side outwards (expand)
Alt Shift right arrow, move left side inwards (shrink)
Alt Shift left arrow, move right side inwards (shrink)
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
Overlapping objects - Control shift select any frame on any level on one layer to select it. Then to move or resize the frame you have selected, hold down control.
You can constrain objects when re-sizing them with Ctrl+ Constraining keeps the aspect ratio the same as the original shape.
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