Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Publisher

From Microsoft Office Publisher 2003

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Edit or format text

F3 or CTRL+F or SHIFT+F4: Display the Find and Replace task pane, with the Find option selected under Find or Replace. These keyboard shortcuts might not work if another task pane is already open.
CTRL+H: Display the Find and Replace task pane, with the Replace option selected under Find or Replace. These keyboard shortcuts might not work if another task pane is already open.
F7: Check spelling.
SHIFT+F7: Display the Research task pane to find synonyms.
CTRL+A: If there is an insertion point in a text box, this keyboard shortcut selects all text in the current story. If there is no insertion point in any text box, it selects all the objects on a page.
CTRL+B: Make text bold.
CTRL+I: Italicize text.
CTRL+U: Underline text.
CTRL+SHIFT+K: Make text small capital letters, or return small capital letters to upper and lower case. This keyboard shortcut is not available in Web view.
CTRL+SHIFT+S: Select the Style box on the Formatting toolbar.
CTRL+SHIFT+F: Select the Font box on the Formatting toolbar.
CTRL+SHIFT+P: Select the Font Size box on the Formatting toolbar.
CTRL+SHIFT+C: Copy formatting.
CTRL+SHIFT+V: Paste formatting.
CTRL+SHIFT+Y: Turn Special Characters on or off.
CTRL+SPACEBAR: Return character formatting to the current text style.
CTRL+=: Apply or remove subscript formatting.
CTRL+SHIFT+=: Apply or remove superscript formatting.
CTRL+SHIFT+]: Increase space between letters in a word (kerning).
CTRL+SHIFT+[: Decrease space between letters in a word (kerning).
CTRL+]: Increase font size by 1.0 point.
CTRL+[: Decrease font size by 1.0 point.
CTRL+SHIFT+>: Increase to the next size in the Font Size box.
CTRL+SHIFT+<: Decrease to the next size in the Font Size box.
CTRL+E: Set center alignment for a paragraph.
CTRL+L: Set left-alignment for a paragraph.
CTRL+R: Set right-alignment for a paragraph.
CTRL+J: Set justified alignment for a paragraph.
CTRL+SHIFT+D: Set distributed alignment for a paragraph. This keyboard shortcut is only available if support for Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, or Korean is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.
CTRL+SHIFT+J: Set newspaper alignment for a paragraph (East Asian languages only).
CTRL+SHIFT+H: Display the Hyphenation dialog box. This keyboard shortcut is not available in Web view.
ALT+SHIFT+T: Insert the current time.
ALT+SHIFT+D: Insert the current date.
ALT+SHIFT+P: Insert the current page number.
CTRL+SHIFT+I: Display the Mail and Catalog Merge task pane open to step 3 of the mail merge procedure, if you have previously specified a data source.
CTRL+SHIFT+0 (zero): Insert a zero-width non-breaking space.
CTRL+1: Set the current paragraph to single spacing.
CTRL+2: Set the current paragraph to double spacing.
CTRL+5: Set the current paragraph to 1.5 line spacing.

Copy text formats

CTRL+SHIFT+C: Copy formatting from text.
CTRL+SHIFT+V: Apply copied formatting to text.

Copy, cut, paste or delete text or objects

CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT: Copy the selected text or object.
CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE: Cut the selected text or object.
CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT: Paste text or an object.
CTRL+SHIFT+X: Delete selected object.

Undo or redo an action

CTRL+Z or ALT+BACKSPACE

Undo the last action.

CTRL+Y or F4

Redo the last action.

ESC

If text is selected, deselects the text, but the object that contains the text remains selected.
If an object is selected, deselects the object.
If an object within a group is selected, deselects the object but the group remains selected.
If text within a grouped object is selected, selects the object within the group.
If the Preview Gallery is open, closes the Preview Gallery.

Nudge an object

Arrow keys: Nudge a selected object up, down, left, or right.
ALT+Arrow keys: If the selected object has an insertion point in its text, nudges the selected object up, down, left, or right.

Zoom

F9: Switch between the current view and the actual size.
CTRL+SHIFT+L: Zoom to full page view.

Layer objects

ALT+F6: Bring object to front.
ALT+SHIFT+F6: Send object to back.

Snap objects

CTRL+SHIFT+W: Turn Snap to Guides on or off.

Select or group objects

CTRL+A: Select all objects on the page.
CTRL+SHIFT+G: Group selected objects, or ungroup grouped objects.

Make an object transparent

CTRL+T: Switch between making an object transparent or opaque (with a white fill).

Show or hide boundaries or guides

CTRL+SHIFT+O: Turn Boundaries and Guides on or off.
CTRL+F7: Turn Horizontal Baseline Guides on or off. This keyboard shortcut is not available in Web view.
CTRL+SHIFT+F7: Turn Vertical Baseline Guides on or off . This keyboard shortcut is not available in Web view.

Insert an object

To use this keyboard shortcut, you must first select the Objects Toolbar or the Insert menu.

To use this keyboard shortcut from the Objects Toolbar, first press ALT to select the menu bar, and then press CTRL+TAB until the Objects Toolbar is selected. Then press TAB or SHIFT+TAB to select the button for the type of object you want to insert in your publication.

To use this shortcut key from the Insert menu, first press ALT+I, and then use the DOWN ARROW key to select the menu item for the type of object you want to insert.

CTRL+ENTER: Insert an object of the type selected on the Objects Toolbar or Insert menu.