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Since there are user-definable keyboard shortcuts, how about the ability to save a shortcut set so if someone's used to Quark they can just load the Quark shortcut set? Would lower the initial inconvenience of switching to a new DTP prog. Apparently this is already planned.
== Scribus keyboard shortcuts ==


* I have rewritten the menu system and some of the shortcut manager. One of my next tasks is to allow loadable shortcut sets. We need the sets created. Perhaps someone would like to start this off by listing the shortcuts from their favourite DTP app. You do not need to create it in a special format, just list them here. eg.
* Should be similar to shortcuts used in Inkscape / the Gimp
Application - Function - Shortcut<br>
* There are many actions for which it's not possible to assign a shortcut in Scribus, eg:
XYZ - Copy - Control C


--[[User:Cbradney|Cbradney]] 23:43, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)


:I've put a couple of shortcuts xml files [http://www.joebutton.co.uk/scribus/shortcuts/ here]. Not finished but it's a start. Quark shortcuts need finishing, + more shortcut sets need making. Also need to identify functions for which it's not currently possible to assign shortcuts in Scribus, eg. Edit text, Zoom in / out --[[User:Joeboy|Joeboy]] 02:31, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
<table border=1 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0>
<tr><td>Action</td><td>Suggested shortcut</td><td>Notes</td></tr>
<tr><td>Edit text</td><td> </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Bigger font</td><td> </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Smaller font</td><td> </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Increase kerning / tracking</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+> </td><td>?</td></tr>
<tr><td>Decrease kerning / tracking</td><td> Ctrl+Shift+< </td><td>?</td></tr>
<tr><td>Drag Pasteboard</td><td> </td><td></td></tr>
</table>
 
Note: If not possible to assign a shortcut in Scribus, why the 'suggested shortcut' in the table?<br>
We need to add the ability.--[[User:Cbradney|Cbradney]] 15:07, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 
Any combo using shift is at this point pretty hard to track as its hard to get the base key.
Eg, On my swiss french keyboard on this laptop, 1 and + are together. Shift 1 gives me a +, but the key I get back is +, and I cant find out about the 1. Even more troubling here is > and <. Shift < is >.--[[User:Cbradney|Cbradney]] 15:07, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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== Replacement shortcut sets ==
<tr><td colspan=2>&nbsp;</td><td>'''Windows'''</td><td>'''Macintosh'''</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''Special Characters'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Bullet (·)</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+8</td><td>Option+8</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Copyright (&copy;)</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+O (oh)</td><td>Option+G</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Paragraph (&para;)</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+7</td><td>Option+7</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Open double quote</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+[</td><td>Option+[</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Close double quote</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+]</td><td>Option+Shift+[</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Open single quote</td><td>Ctrl+[</td><td>Option+]</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Close single quote</td><td>Ctrl+]</td><td>Option+Shift+]</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Foot mark (')</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+F3</td><td>Cmd+Shift+]</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Inch mark (")</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+F4</td><td>Cmd+Shift+[</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Registered trademark (&reg;)</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+G</td><td>Option+R</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Section (&sect;)</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+6</td><td>Option+6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Trademark (&trade;)</td><td>Alt+pad 0153</td><td>Option+2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Ellipses (&hellip;)</td><td>Alt+pad 0133</td><td>Option+;</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>En space</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+N</td><td>Cmd+Shift+N</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Em space</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+M</td><td>Cmd+Shift+M</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Thin space</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+T</td><td>Cmd+Shift+T</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Nonbreaking (hard) space</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+H</td><td>Option+Spacebar</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Discretionary (soft) hyphen</td><td>Ctrl+-</td><td>Cmd+hyphen</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Nonbreaking hyphen</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+-</td><td>Cmd+Option+hyphen</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Nonbreaking slash</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+/</td><td>Cmd+Option+/</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>En dash</td><td>Ctrl+=</td><td>Option+hyphen</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Em dash</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+=</td><td>Option+Shift+hyphen</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Page #</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+#</td><td>Cmd+Option+P</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Soft return</td><td>Shift+Enter</td><td>Shift+Return</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''File Commands'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Revert to last mini-save</td><td>Shift+File->Revert</td><td>Shift+File->Revert</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Save all open pubs</td><td>Shift+File->Save</td><td>Option+File->Save</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Close all open pubs</td><td>Shift+File->Close</td><td>Option+File->Close</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Open a copy of a pub</td><td>Shift+File->Recent Pub</td><td>Option+File->Recent Pub</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Online Help</td><td>F1</td><td>Help key</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Help cursor (to click menu item)</td><td>Shift+F1</td><td>Cmd+?</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''Accessing dialog boxes with tools'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Preferences db</td><td>dbl-clk pointer tool</td><td>dbl-clk pointer tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Document setup</td><td>Alt+dbl-clk pointer tool</td><td>Opt+dbl-clk pointer tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Type specs db</td><td>dbl-clk Text tool</td><td>dbl-clk Text tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Paragraph specs db</td><td>Alt+dbl-clk Text tool</td><td>Opt+dbl-clk Text tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Fill and line db</td><td>dbl-clk Ellipse tool</td><td>dbl-clk Ellipse tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Rounded corners db</td><td>dbl-clk Rectangle tool</td><td>dbl-clk Rectangle tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Custom line db</td><td>dbl-clk Line tool</td><td>dbl-clk Line tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Polygon specs db</td><td>dbl-clk Polygon tool</td><td>dbl-clk Polygon tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>100% Size</td><td>dbl-clk Zoom tool</td><td>dbl-clk Zoom tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Fit in Window</td><td>Alt+dbl-clk Zoom tool</td><td>Opt+dbl-clk Zoom tool</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''Tools'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Pointer</td><td>F9</td><td>Shift+F1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Text tool</td><td>Shift+F2</td><td>Shift+F2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Ellipse tool</td><td>Shift+F3</td><td>Shift+F3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Rectangle tool</td><td>Shift+F4</td><td>Shift+F4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Line tool</td><td>Shift+F5</td><td>Shift+F5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Constrained line tool</td><td>Shift+F6</td><td>Shift+F6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Polygon tool</td><td>Shift+F7</td><td>Shift+F7</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Zoom tool</td><td>Shift+F8</td><td>Shift+F8</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Rotating tool</td><td>Shift+F9</td><td>Shift+F9</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Cropping tool</td><td>Shift+F11</td><td>Shift+F10</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Reducing tool</td><td>Ctrl+Zoom tool</td><td>Option+Zoom tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Grabber hand</td><td>Alt+drag mouse</td><td>Option+drag mouse</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''Text and Elements'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Select all</td><td>Ctrl+A</td><td>Cmd+A</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Undo</td><td>Ctrl+Z</td><td>Cmd+Z</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Copy</td><td>Ctrl+C</td><td>Cmd+C</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Cut</td><td>Ctrl+X</td><td>Cmd+X</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Paste</td><td>Ctrl+V</td><td>Cmd+V</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Power Paste</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+P</td><td>Cmd+Option+V</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Group</td><td>Ctrl+G</td><td>Cmd+G</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Ungroup</td><td>Ctrl+U</td><td>Cmd+U</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Mask & Group</td><td>Shift+Element->Mask</td><td>Option+Element->Mask</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Unmask & Ungroup</td><td>Shift+Element->Unmask</td><td>Option+Element->Unmask</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Guides on/off</td><td>Ctrl+J</td><td>Cmd+J</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Rulers on/off</td><td>Ctrl+R</td><td>Cmd+R</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Snap to Guides</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+5</td><td>Cmd+Shift+G</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Snap to Rulers</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+Y</td><td>Cmd+Shift+Y</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Send to Back</td><td>Ctrl+B</td><td>Cmd+B</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Bring to Front</td><td>Ctrl+F</td><td>Cmd+F</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Bring Forward</td><td>Ctrl+8</td><td>Cmd+8</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Send Backward</td><td>Ctrl+9</td><td>Cmd+9</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Insert Page</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+â</td><td>Cmd+Shift+â</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''Flowing text'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Auto/manual text flow (toggle)</td><td>Ctrl+flow text</td><td>Cmd+flow text</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Semi-automatic text flow</td><td>Shift+flow text</td><td>Shift+flow text</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''Adjusting graphics or text blocks'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Restore proportions</td><td>Shift+click corner handle</td><td>Shift+click corner handle</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Proportional stretch</td><td>Shift+drag handle</td><td>Shift+drag handle</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>âMagic stretchâ</td><td>Ctrl+drag handle</td><td>Cmd+drag handle</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Proportional magic stretch</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+drag handle</td><td>Cmd+Shift+drag handle</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Select multiple objects</td><td>Shift+click each</td><td>Shift+click each</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Select object behind others</td><td>Ctrl+click</td><td>Cmd+click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Select multiple behind others</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+click</td><td>Cmd+Shift+click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Constrain move vert. or horiz.</td><td>Shift+drag</td><td>Shift+drag</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''View Controls'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>50% size</td><td>Ctrl+5</td><td>Cmd+5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Actual size</td><td>Ctrl+1</td><td>Cmd+1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>200% size</td><td>Ctrl+2</td><td>Cmd+2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Fit in window</td><td>Ctrl+0 (zero)</td><td>Cmd+0 (zero)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Fit in window</td><td>Shift+click pg icon</td><td>Shift+click pg icon</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>100% / Fit window (toggle)</td><td>click rt. mouse button</td><td>Cmd+Option+click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>200% / 100% (toggle)</td><td>Shift+click rt. mouse button</td><td>Cmd+Option+Shift+click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Magnifying tool</td><td>Ctrl+Spacebar</td><td>Cmd+Spacebar</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Reducing tool</td><td>Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar</td><td>Cmd+Option+Spacebar</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Set all pages to same view</td><td>Ctrl+Alt+any view</td><td>Option+any view</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Show entire pasteboard</td><td>Shift+Ctrl+W</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Close all open pubs</td><td>Shift+File->Close</td><td>Option+File->Close</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Edit story/Edit layout</td><td>Ctrl+E</td><td>Cmd+E</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Edit story</td><td>Triple click text block with pointer tool</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Go to page</td><td>Ctrl+/</td><td>Cmd+[</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Next page</td><td>Page Down</td><td>Page Down</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Previous page</td><td>Page Up</td><td>Page Up</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Close current story window only</td><td>Ctrl+W</td><td>Cmd+W</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Close open stories in pub</td><td>Shft+Story->Close Story</td><td>Option+Story->Close Story</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Cascade open story windows</td><td>Shft+Window->Cascade</td><td>Option+Window->Cascade</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Tile open story windows</td><td>Shft+Window->Tile</td><td>Option+Window->Tile</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''Text and Alignment Attributes'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Align left</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+L</td><td>Cmd+Shift+L</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Align right</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+R</td><td>Cmd+Shift+R</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Align center</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+C</td><td>Cmd+Shift+C</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Justify</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+J</td><td>Cmd+Shift+J</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Force justify</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+F</td><td>Cmd+Shift+F</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>All caps</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+K</td><td>Cmd+Shift+K</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''Type style'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Bold</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+B</td><td>Cmd+Shift+B</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Italic</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+I</td><td>Cmd+Shift+I</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Underline</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+U</td><td>Cmd+Shift+U</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Strike thru</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+S</td><td>Cmd+Shift+/</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Normal</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar</td><td>Cmd+Shift+Spacebar</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Reverse</td><td>Ctrl+Shift+V</td><td>Cmd+Shift+V</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Type specs dialog box</td><td>Ctrl+T</td><td>Cmd+T</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''Selecting text'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Select word</td><td>double-click w/ text tool</td><td>double-click w/ text tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Select paragraph</td><td>triple-click w/ text tool</td><td>triple-click w/ text tool</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''Text editing in story editor'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Edit story/ Edit layout (toggle)</td><td>Ctrl+E</td><td>Cmd+E</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Close story</td><td>Ctrl+W</td><td>Cmd+W</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Spelling</td><td>Ctrl+L</td><td>Cmd+L</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Find</td><td>Ctrl+F</td><td>Cmd+F</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Find next</td><td>Ctrl+G</td><td>Cmd+G</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Change</td><td>Ctrl+H</td><td>Cmd+H</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Define styles</td><td>Ctrl+3</td><td>Cmd+3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Paragraph specs</td><td>Ctrl+M</td><td>Cmd+M</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Indents/tabs (layout view only)</td><td>Ctrl+I</td><td>Cmd+I</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>'''Moving insertion point (Num Lock off)'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Up one line</td><td>up arrow</td><td>up arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Down one line</td><td>down arrow</td><td>down arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Up one screen (Story Editor)</td><td>Pg Up</td><td>Pg Up</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Down one screen (Story Editor)</td><td>Pg Dn</td><td>Pg Dn</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>To beginning of line</td><td>Home</td><td>Keypad 7</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>To end of line</td><td>End</td><td>Keypad 1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>To beginning of sentence</td><td>Ctrl+Home</td><td>Cmd+Keypad 7</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>To end of sentence</td><td>Ctrl+End</td><td>Cmd+Keypad 1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>To beginning of story</td><td>Ctrl+Pg Up</td><td>Option+Home</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>To end of story</td><td>Ctrl+Pg Dn</td><td>Option+End</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Left one character</td><td>left arrow</td><td>left arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Right one character</td><td>right arrow</td><td>right arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Left one word</td><td>Ctrl+left arrow</td><td>Option+left arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pagemaker 6.5</td><td>Right one word</td><td>Ctrl+right arrow</td><td>Option+right arrow</td></tr>
</table>


Scribus 1.3 has the ability to load and save custom shortcut sets in xml files, so if someone's used to eg. Quark they can just load a Quark-like shortcut set. Hopefully this should mitigate the initial disorientation involved in switching to a new DTP prog.


<table border=1 cellspacing=0>
I've put a couple of shortcuts xml files [http://www.joebutton.co.uk/scribus/shortcuts/ here] to start the bowl rolling.
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>New Document</td><td>Ctrl-N</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>New Library</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-N</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Open</td><td>Ctrl-O</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Close</td><td>Ctrl-F4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Save</td><td>Ctrl-S</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Save as</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-S</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Revert to last Auto Save</td><td>Alt-Revert to Saved</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Get Text/Picture</td><td>Ctrl-E</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Save Text</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-E</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Append</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-A</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Save Page as EPS</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Document Setup</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-P</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Page Setup</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-P</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Print</td><td>Ctrl-P</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Exit</td><td>Ctrl-Q</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Undo</td><td>Ctrl-Z</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Cut</td><td>Ctrl-X</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Copy</td><td>Ctrl-C</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Paste</td><td>Ctrl-V</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Select All</td><td>Ctrl-A</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Find/Change</td><td>Ctrl-F</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Close Find/Change</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-F</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Application Preferences</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Y</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Document Preferences</td><td>Ctrl-Y</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Document Prefs > Paragraph tab</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Y</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Document Prefs > Trapping tab</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F12</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Document Prefs > Tool tab</td><td>Double-click item creation tool or Zoom tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Style Sheets</td><td>Shift-F11</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Colors</td><td>Shift-F12</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>H&Js</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F11</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>for Text </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Size > Other</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-\</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Leading</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-E</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Formats</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Tabs</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-T</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Rules</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-N</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Open Character Styles Dialog Box</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-D</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>type styles</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Plain</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-P</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Bold</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-B</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Italic</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-I</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Underline</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-U</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Word Underline</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-W</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Strike Thru</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-/</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Outline</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-O</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Shadow</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-S</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>All Caps</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-K</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Small Caps</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-H</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Superscript</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-0 (zero)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Subscript</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-9</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Superior</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-V</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>alignment</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Left</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-L</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Centered</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-C</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Right</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-R</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Justified</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-J</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Forced</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-J</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>text to box</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>anchor boxes and delete text</td><td>Alt-Text to Box</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Style Menu</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>for Pictures </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Negative</td><td>Ctrl-Shift- hyphen</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Contrast</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-O</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Halftone</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-H</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>lines</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Width > Other</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-\</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Item Menu </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Modify</td><td>Ctrl-M</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Frame</td><td>Ctrl-B</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Clipping</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-T</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Runaround</td><td>Ctrl-T</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Duplicate</td><td>Ctrl-D</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Step and Repeat</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-D</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Delete</td><td>Ctrl-K</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Group</td><td>Ctrl-G</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Ungroup</td><td>Ctrl-U</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Lock/Unlock</td><td>F6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Bring to Front</td><td>F5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Bring Forward</td><td>Ctrl-F5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Send to Back</td><td>Shift-F5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Send Backward</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Space/Align</td><td>Ctrl-, (comma)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Shape (convert Bezier line to filled-center Bezier box)</td><td>Alt-Item > Shape > Bezier box shape</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>edit</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Shape</td><td>F10</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Runaround</td><td>Ctrl-F10</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Clipping Path</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F10</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>point segment type</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Corner Point</td><td>Ctrl-F1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Smooth Point</td><td>Ctrl-F2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Symmetrical Point</td><td>Ctrl-F3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Straight Segment</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Curved Segment</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Page Menu </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Go to Page</td><td>Ctrl-J</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>display</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>master pages</td><td>Shift-F4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>next master page</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>previous master page</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td><td>NOTE: When a document page is displayed on the screen, selecting Shift-F4 will display the master page applied to that document page.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>View Menu </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Fit in Window</td><td>Ctrl-0 (zero)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Fit largest spread in window</td><td>Alt-Fit in Window or Ctrl-Alt-0 (zero)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Actual Size</td><td>Ctrl-1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Thumbnails</td><td>Shift-F6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/Hide Guides</td><td>F7</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/Hide Baseline Grid</td><td>Ctrl-F7</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Snap to Guides</td><td>Shift-F7</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/Hide Rulers</td><td>Ctrl-R</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/Hide Invisibles</td><td>Ctrl-I</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Preview</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F7</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/Hide Tools</td><td>F8</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/Hide Measurements</td><td>F9</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/Hide Document Layout</td><td>F4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/Hide Style Sheets</td><td>F11</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/Hide Colors</td><td>F12</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/Hide Trap Information</td><td>Ctrl-F12</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/Hide Lists</td><td>Ctrl-F11</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Utilities</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Menu </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Check Spelling > Word</td><td>Ctrl-W</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Check Spelling > Story</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-W</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Check Spelling > Document</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-W</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Suggested Hyphenation</td><td>Ctrl-H</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>DIALOG BOX SHORTCUTS</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Tab</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Navigation </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Display next tab</td><td>Ctrl-Tab</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Display previous tab</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-Tab</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Field Actions </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight next field</td><td>Tab</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight previous field</td><td>Shift-Tab</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight field with Text Insertion bar</td><td>Double-click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Cut</td><td>Ctrl-X</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Copy</td><td>Ctrl-C</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Paste</td><td>Ctrl-V</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Undo</td><td>Ctrl-Z</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Revert dialog to original values</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-Z</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>math operators in fields</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>+ (addition)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>- (subtraction)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>* (multiplication)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>/ (division)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Button</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Actions </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>OK (or bordered button)</td><td>Enter</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Cancel</td><td>Esc</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Apply</td><td>Alt-A</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Keep Apply button selected (except in Space/Align)</td><td>Alt-click Apply button</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Yes</td><td>Y</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>No</td><td>N</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Set button in Tabs (in Paragraph Attributes)</td><td>Alt-S</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>List Actions </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Select contiguous list items</td><td>Shift-click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Select noncontiguous list items</td><td>Ctrl-click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Compare two selected components</td><td>Alt-click Append button (Import in Print Styles)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>PALETTE SHORTCUTS</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Palette </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/hide palette</td><td>F8</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show palette/select next tool</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Tab</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show palette/select previous tool</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Tab</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Freeze tool selection</td><td>Alt-click tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Open Tool tab of Document Preferences</td><td>Double-click item creation tool or Zoom tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Measurements</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Palette </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/hide palette</td><td>F9</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight first field</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-M</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight font field</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-M</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight next field</td><td>Tab</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight previous field</td><td>Shift-Tab</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Exit/Apply</td><td>Enter</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Exit/Cancel</td><td>Esc</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td><td>NOTE: The first field and font field shortcuts will also cause the measurements palette to be displayed if it is hidden.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Document</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Layout</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Palette </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/hide palette</td><td>F4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Open Section dialog box for selected page</td><td>Click lower-left corner of palette</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Open Insert Pages dialog box</td><td>Alt-drag master page into document area</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Style Sheets</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Palette </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/hide palette</td><td>F11</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Display edit style sheet pop-up menu</td><td>Right-click style sheet name</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Open Edit Style Sheet dialog box</td><td>Ctrl-click style sheet</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Apply No Style, then style sheet</td><td>Alt-click style sheet name</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Colors</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Palette </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/hide palette</td><td>F12</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Open Colors dialog box</td><td>Ctrl-click color name</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Trap Info</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Palette </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/hide palette</td><td>Ctrl-F12</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Lists</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Palette </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show/hide palette</td><td>Ctrl-F11</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Index</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Palette </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show palette</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-I</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight Text field</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-I</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Click Add button</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-I</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Edit highlighted index entry</td><td>Double-click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Find/Change</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Palette </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Show palette</td><td>Ctrl-F</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Close palette</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-F</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Change Find Next button to Find First</td><td>Alt-Find Next</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>DOCUMENT SHORTCUTS</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Displaying</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Pages </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Go to Page dialog box</td><td>Ctrl-J</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>master pages</td><td>Shift-F4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>next master page</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>previous master page</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td><td>NOTE: When a document page is displayed on the screen, selecting Shift-F4 will display the master page applied to that document page.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Changing</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Views </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Access view percent field</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-V</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Any view to Actual Size</td><td>Ctrl-1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Any view to Fit in Window</td><td>Ctrl-0 (zero)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Any view to 200%</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>200% to Actual Size</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Fit largest spread in window</td><td>Alt-Fit in Window or Ctrl-Alt-0 (zero)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Zoom in</td><td>Ctrl-space-click/drag</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Zoom out</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-space-click/drag</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Scroll </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>With Page Grabber Hand</td><td>Alt-drag</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>To start of document</td><td>Ctrl-Page Up</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>To end of document</td><td>Ctrl-Page Down</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Up one screen</td><td>Page Up</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Down one screen</td><td>Page Down</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>To first page</td><td>Ctrl-Page Up</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>To last page</td><td>Ctrl-Page Down</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>To previous page</td><td>Shift-Page Up</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>To next page</td><td>Shift-Page Down</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>To previous spread</td><td>Alt-Page Up</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>To next spread</td><td>Alt-Page Down</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Redrawing</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>the Screen </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Halt redraw</td><td>Esc</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Force redraw</td><td>Shift-Esc</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Delete</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Ruler Guides </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Delete horizontal ruler guides</td><td>Alt-click horizontal ruler</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Delete vertical ruler guides</td><td>Alt-click vertical ruler</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Close</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Documents </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Close document window</td><td>Ctrl-F4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Select &</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Deselect</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Items </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Select hidden item</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-click where items overlap</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Select multiple items or points</td><td>Shift-click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Deselect all items</td><td>Tab (Item tool selected)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Create</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Resize</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Rotate Items </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Constrain rectangle to square or oval to circle</td><td>Shift-while creating or resizing</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Constrain item rotation to 0°/45°/90°</td><td>Shift-while rotating</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Constrain straight line angle to 0°/45°/90°</td><td>Shift-while creating, resizing, or rotating</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Edit</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Bezier</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Items </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Delete Bezier point</td><td>Alt-click point or Backspace (Item tool selected)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Delete Bezier point while creating item</td><td>Backspace</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Add Bezier point</td><td>Alt-click segment</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Corner to smooth point</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-drag curve handle</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Smooth to corner point</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-drag curve handle</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Smooth to corner point while creating item</td><td>Ctrl-click point, then press Ctrl-F1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Edit Bezier while creating item</td><td>Ctrl</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Retract curve handles</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-click point</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Expose curve handles</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-drag point</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Select all Bezier points in active item</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-A or triple-click point</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Select all Bezier points in active path</td><td>Double-click point</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Constrain active point to 45° movement</td><td>Shift-drag point</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Constrain active curve handle to 45° movement</td><td>Shift-drag curve handle</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Convert Bezier line to filled-center Bezier box</td><td>Alt-Item > Shape > Bezier box shape</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Open Modify</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Dialog Box </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Open Modify dialog box for selected item</td><td>Double-click item with Item tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>ITEM SHORTCUTS</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Modify</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Line Width </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>increase</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Preset range</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1 point</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>decrease</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Preset range</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-<</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1 point</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-<</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Move Items </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>With no constraints</td><td>Ctrl-drag</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>With horizontal/vertical constraints</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-drag</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Nudge Items </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Left 1 point</td><td>left arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Left 1/10 point</td><td>Alt-left arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Right 1 point</td><td>right arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Right 1/10 point</td><td>Alt-right arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Up 1 point</td><td>up arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Up 1/10 point</td><td>Alt-up arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Down 1 point</td><td>down arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Down 1/10 point</td><td>Alt-down arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Auto Page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Numbers </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous text box</td><td>Ctrl-2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Current text box</td><td>Ctrl-3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next text box</td><td>Ctrl-4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>TEXT COMMANDS</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Update Doc</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Flow Code </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Reflow text using flow code in current version of Quark 4XPress</td><td>Alt-Open in Open dialog box</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Change Font </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Go to Font field in Measurements palette</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-M</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous font</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F9</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next font</td><td>Ctrl-F9</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Enter 1 Font</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Character </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Symbol font character</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-Q</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Zapf Dingbats font character</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-Z</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Change</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Font Size </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>increase</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Preset range</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1 point</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>decrease</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Preset range</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-<</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1 point</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-<</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>resize interactively</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Proportional</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-drag handle</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Constrained</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-drag handle</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Nonproportional</td><td>Ctrl-drag handle</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Horizontal/</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Vertical</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Font Scale </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>increase</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>5%</td><td>Ctrl-]</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1%</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-]</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>decrease</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>5%</td><td>Ctrl-[</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1%</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-[</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Kerning &</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Tracking </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>increase</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1/20 em</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1/200 em</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>decrease</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1/20 em</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-{</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1/200 em</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-{</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Baseline</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Shift </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Up 1 point</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Down 1 point</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-(</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Leading </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>increase</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1 point</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-"</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1/10 point</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-"</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>decrease</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1 point</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-:</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>1/10 point</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-:</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Copy Para</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Styles </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Copy formats to selected paragraphs in text chain</td><td>Alt-Shift-click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Drag & Drop </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Drag-copy text</td><td>Shift-drag</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td><td>Note: This command will not work unless Edit > Preferences > Application > Interactive > Drag and Drop Text is checked.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Find Text</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>(Enter in Find What) </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Wild card (Find only)</td><td>Ctrl-?</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Tab</td><td>Ctrl-Tab</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>New paragraph</td><td>Ctrl-Enter</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>New line</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-Enter</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>New column</td><td>\c</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>New box</td><td>\b</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous box page number</td><td>Ctrl-2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Current box page number</td><td>Ctrl-3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next box page number</td><td>Ctrl-4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Punctuation space</td><td>Ctrl-. (period)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Flex space</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Backslash</td><td>Ctrl-\</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Spellcheck</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Buttons </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Lookup</td><td>Alt-L</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Skip</td><td>Alt-S</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Add</td><td>Alt-A</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Add all suspect words to auxiliary dictionary</td><td>Alt-Shift-click Close button</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Special</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Characters </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Indent here</td><td>Ctrl-\</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Discretionary new line</td><td>Ctrl-Enter</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>New paragraph</td><td>Enter</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>New line</td><td>Shift-Enter</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>New column</td><td>Enter (keypad)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>New box</td><td>Shift-Enter (keypad)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Right-indent tab</td><td>Shift-Tab</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Hyphens</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>& Dashes </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Breaking standard hyphen</td><td>hyphen</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Nonbreaking standard hyphen</td><td>Ctrl-=</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Discretionary (soft) hyphen</td><td>Ctrl-hyphen</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Nonbreaking en dash</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-hyphen</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Breaking em dash</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-=</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Nonbreaking em dash</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-=</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Spaces </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Breaking standard space</td><td>space</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Nonbreaking standard space</td><td>Ctrl-5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Breaking en-space</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Nonbreaking en-space</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Breaking flexible-space</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Nonbreaking flexible-space</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Breaking punctuation space</td><td>Shift-space or Ctrl-Shift-6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Nonbreaking punctuation space</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-space or Ctrl-Alt-6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Insertion</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Point </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous character</td><td>left arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next character</td><td>right arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous line</td><td>up arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next line</td><td>down arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous word</td><td>Ctrl-left arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next word</td><td>Ctrl-right arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous paragraph</td><td>Ctrl-up arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next paragraph</td><td>Ctrl-down arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Start of line</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-left arrow or Home</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>End of line</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-right arrow or End</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Start of story</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-up arrow or Ctrl-Home</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>End of story</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-down arrow or Ctrl-End</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Characters </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous character</td><td>Shift-left arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next character</td><td>Shift-right arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous line</td><td>Shift-up arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next line</td><td>Shift-down arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous word</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-left arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next word</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-right arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous paragraph</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-up arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next paragraph</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-down arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Start of line</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-left arrow or Shift-Home</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>End of line</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-right arrow or Shift-End</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Start of story</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-up arrow or Ctrl-Shift-Home</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>End of story</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-down arrow or Ctrl-Shift-End</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Characters</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>w/Mouse </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Position Text Insertion point</td><td>One click</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight word</td><td>Two clicks in the word</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight word and its period, comma, etc.</td><td>Two clicks between word and punctuation</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight line</td><td>Three clicks</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight paragraph</td><td>Four clicks</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlight story</td><td>Five clicks</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Delete</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Characters </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous character</td><td>Backspace</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next character</td><td>Delete or Shift-Backspace</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Previous word</td><td>Ctrl-Backspace</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Next word</td><td>Ctrl-Delete or Ctrl-Shift-Backspace</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Highlighted characters</td><td>Delete or Backspace</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>PICTURE COMMANDS</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Import</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Pictures </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Import picture at 36 dpi</td><td>Shift-Open in Get Picture dialog box</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Import color TIFF as grayscale</td><td>Ctrl-Open in Get Picture dialog box</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Import grayscale TIFF as B&W</td><td>Ctrl-Open in Get Picture dialog box</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Import EPS without adding spot colors</td><td>Ctrl-Open in Get Picture dialog box</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Reimport all pictures in document</td><td>Ctrl-Open in Open dialog box</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Scale</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Pictures </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Increase 5%</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Decrease 5%</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-<</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Resize</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Boxes &</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Pictures </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Resize box constraining box shape</td><td>Shift-drag</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Resize box maintaining aspect ratio</td><td>Alt-Shift-drag</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Resize box and scale picture</td><td>Ctrl-drag</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Resize box and scale picture constraining box shape</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-drag</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Resize box and scale picture maintaining proportions</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-drag</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Center/Fit</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Pictures </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Center</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-M</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Fit to box</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-F</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Fit to box maintaining proportions</td><td>Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Nudge</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Pictures</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>(Content tool</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>selected) </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Left 1 point</td><td>left arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Left 1/10 point</td><td>Alt-left arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Right 1 point</td><td>right arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Right 1/10 point</td><td>Alt-right arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Up 1 point</td><td>up arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Up 1/10 point</td><td>Alt-up arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Down 1 point</td><td>down arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Down 1/10 point</td><td>Alt-down arrow</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Modify</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Pictures </td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Negative</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-hyphen</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Picture Contrast Specifications dialog box</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-C</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quark 4</td><td>Picture Halftone Specifications dialog box</td><td>Ctrl-Shift-H</td></tr>
</table>


* The default Scribus shortcuts should probably be included in the other keysets unless those shortcuts are assigned to something else
* Real world testing in 1.3 to see what I've messed up
* Identify important functions for which it's not currently possible to assign shortcuts in Scribus, eg. Edit text, Zoom in / out
* More shortcut sets, eg. [[InDesign Shortcuts | InDesign]], [[Publisher Shortcuts | MS Publisher]], [[PagePlus Shortcuts | Serif PagePlus]], Gimp, Inkscape (Actually Scribus should probably aim to have common shortcuts with Gimp / Inkscape as a default).


Quark 5 shortcuts are listed in [http://www.quark.com/service/desktop/cust_service/pdf/Win5KeyShort.pdf this pdf]. Anyone fancy retyping them all? :-) --[[User:Joeboy|Joeboy]] 15:46, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Quark 5 shortcuts are listed in [http://www.quark.com/service/desktop/cust_service/pdf/Win5KeyShort.pdf this pdf]. Anyone fancy hacking them out or retyping them all? :-)


How about user-definable mouse shortcuts, eg. triple-click text selects paragraph like in Word for example?
How about user-definable mouse shortcuts, eg. triple-click text selects paragraph like in Word for example?
:[[User:Cbradney|Cbradney]] tells me this is difficult / unlikely, but the 1.3 roadmap includes work on mouse text selection
--[[User:Joeboy|Joeboy]] 01:29, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
== User Notes / Questions ==
Looking at the Gnome HIG, wonder if you would consider Ctrl++ for Zoom in and Ctrl+- for Zoom out?
<br>Inkscape and Gimp just use + or - --[[User:Cbradney|Cbradney]] 10:05, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
:Votes++ --[[User:Joeboy|Joeboy]] 17:53, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Went with Control +/- so you can still zoom while typing. --[[User:Cbradney|Cbradney]] 23:39, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Wonder if you would consider for the Story Editor
Ctrl+Shift+U for 'Update Text Frame and Exit' ?
(Ctrl+U is 'Update Text Frame')
I'm still to rewrite the menu system for Story Editor --[[User:Cbradney|Cbradney]] 23:39, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 09:13, 19 January 2018

This article is part of the Ongoing Discussions series.
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See also : Mouse shortcuts | Keyboard Shortcuts by Key | List and export of all Keyboard Shortcuts

Scribus keyboard shortcuts

  • Should be similar to shortcuts used in Inkscape / the Gimp
  • There are many actions for which it's not possible to assign a shortcut in Scribus, eg:


ActionSuggested shortcutNotes
Edit text
Bigger font
Smaller font
Increase kerning / trackingCtrl+Shift+> ?
Decrease kerning / tracking Ctrl+Shift+< ?
Drag Pasteboard

Note: If not possible to assign a shortcut in Scribus, why the 'suggested shortcut' in the table?
We need to add the ability.--Cbradney 15:07, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Any combo using shift is at this point pretty hard to track as its hard to get the base key. Eg, On my swiss french keyboard on this laptop, 1 and + are together. Shift 1 gives me a +, but the key I get back is +, and I cant find out about the 1. Even more troubling here is > and <. Shift < is >.--Cbradney 15:07, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Replacement shortcut sets

Scribus 1.3 has the ability to load and save custom shortcut sets in xml files, so if someone's used to eg. Quark they can just load a Quark-like shortcut set. Hopefully this should mitigate the initial disorientation involved in switching to a new DTP prog.

I've put a couple of shortcuts xml files here to start the bowl rolling.

  • The default Scribus shortcuts should probably be included in the other keysets unless those shortcuts are assigned to something else
  • Real world testing in 1.3 to see what I've messed up
  • Identify important functions for which it's not currently possible to assign shortcuts in Scribus, eg. Edit text, Zoom in / out
  • More shortcut sets, eg. InDesign, MS Publisher, Serif PagePlus, Gimp, Inkscape (Actually Scribus should probably aim to have common shortcuts with Gimp / Inkscape as a default).

Quark 5 shortcuts are listed in this pdf. Anyone fancy hacking them out or retyping them all? :-)

How about user-definable mouse shortcuts, eg. triple-click text selects paragraph like in Word for example?

Cbradney tells me this is difficult / unlikely, but the 1.3 roadmap includes work on mouse text selection

--Joeboy 01:29, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

User Notes / Questions

Looking at the Gnome HIG, wonder if you would consider Ctrl++ for Zoom in and Ctrl+- for Zoom out?
Inkscape and Gimp just use + or - --Cbradney 10:05, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Votes++ --Joeboy 17:53, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Went with Control +/- so you can still zoom while typing. --Cbradney 23:39, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wonder if you would consider for the Story Editor

Ctrl+Shift+U for 'Update Text Frame and Exit' ?

(Ctrl+U is 'Update Text Frame')

I'm still to rewrite the menu system for Story Editor --Cbradney 23:39, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)