IBM Lotus Symphony


Keyboard navigation

You can use shortcut keys to perform common tasks in documents. You can also use the general shortcut keys for Lotus® Symphony™.

Function keys for Lotus Symphony Documents

Action Shortcut
Selects next frame. Shift+F4
Enters or exits the “Addition” selection mode Shift+F8
Opens the Create Fields window. Ctrl+F2
Opens the Auto Text window. Ctrl+F3
Opens the Navigator panel, and moves focus to the Page combo box by default. Ctrl+Shift+F5
Enters or exits the “Block Area” selection mode. Ctrl+Shift+F8
Moves between a document and the sidebar. Ctrl+Shift+9
Moves focus among active dialogs or the sidebar. F6
Checks spelling. F7
Switches to EXT (Extension) selection mode. F8
Switches between Standard and Additional selection modes. Shift+F8
Updates fields. F9
Shows fields. Ctrl+F9
Updates input fields. Ctrl+Shift+F9
Moves to main menu. F10 (Mac special use)
Shows/hides non-printing characters. Ctrl+F10
Moves the focus to "Apply Style" field Ctrl+F11
Turns stylist on or off. F11
Opens the Create Style window. Shift+F11
Updates the style. Ctrl+Shift+F11
Numbering / Bullets on/off. Ctrl+Shift+F12
Turns bullets on/off. Shift+F12
Moves focus among the active dialogs or the sidebar. Shift+F6
Opens or closes Formula bar F2
Completes Auto Text F3
Opens or closes the Navigator panel F5
Enters or exits the “Extension” selection mode F8
Numbering on/off. F12

Using shortcut keys

Use the keyboard accelerator Alt+<Letter> to access menu commands. For example, press Alt+I to open the Insert menu, and then press T to insert a table.

To open a context menu, press Shift+F10. To close a context menu, press Esc.

Shortcut keys for Lotus Symphony Documents

Action Shortcut
Justifies the selection. Ctrl+J
Right-aligns the selection. Ctrl+R
Left-aligns the selection. Ctrl+L
Underlines the selection. Ctrl+U
Double-underlines the selection. Ctrl+Shift+D
Selection cursor on/off in read-only mode Ctrl+Shift+I
Italicizes the selection. Ctrl+I
Applies bold style to the selection. Ctrl+B
Increases the font size of the selection. Ctrl+Shift+>
Decreases the font size of the selection. Ctrl+Shift+<
Applies Heading style 1 to the selection. Ctrl+Shift+1
Applies Heading style 2 to the selection. Ctrl+Shift+2
Applies Heading style 3 to the selection. Ctrl+Shift+3
Applies Heading style 4 to the selection. Ctrl+Shift+4
Applies Heading style 5 to the selection. Ctrl+Shift+5
Applies default formatting to the selection. Ctrl+T
Opens Hyperlink dialog where you can create or edit a hyperlink. Ctrl+K
Opens "Text Properties" dialog. Ctrl+D
Aligns selected text horizontally. Ctrl+E
Makes selected text superscript. Ctrl+Shift+P
Indents line. Ctrl+M
Decreases line indent. Ctrl+Shift+M
Inserts nonbreaking dash (not used for hyphenation). Ctrl+Shift+Minus(-)(Minus on the numeric keypad)
Creates a new document. Alt+B
Opens the Print window. Ctrl+P
Turns field shadings on or off. Ctrl+Shift+X
Closes the document. Ctrl+W
Calculates the selected texts and copies to the clipboard Ctrl+Plus(+)
Non-breaking dash Ctrl+Minus(-)
Applies single line spacing to the selection. Ctrl+1
Applies double line spacing to the selection. Ctrl+2
Applies single-and-a-half line spacing to the selection. Ctrl+5
Switches bidirectional text layout to right-to-left, right aligned.
Note: Bidirectional text, for example Hebrew or Arabic language text, is normally read from right-to left.
Ctrl+Shift (Right)
Note: You must first enable complex text language (CTL) in Lotus Symphony Preferences. Select File > Preferences > Symphony > Language Settings > Languages, and make sure that Complex text layout(CTL) support is enabled.
Switches bidirectional text layout to left-to-right, left-aligned.
Note: Bidirectional text, for example Hebrew or Arabic language text, is normally read from right-to left.
Ctrl+Shift (Left)
Note: You must first enable complex text language (CTL) in Lotus Symphony Preferences. Select File > Preferences > Symphony > Language Settings > Languages, and make sure that Enabled for complex text layout(CTL) check box is selected.
Inserts nonbreaking dash (not used for hyphenation). Ctrl+Shift+Minus (-)
Inserts a blank line. Shift+Enter
Inserts manual page break. Ctrl+Enter
Inserts a column break in multicolumn text. You must first set the page columns to be more than one. Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Expands the selection to the left by a character. Shift+Left Arrow
Goes to the beginning of the word. Ctrl+Left Arrow
Expands the selection to the left by a word. Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow
Expands the selection to the right by a character. Shift+Right Arrow
Goes to the end of the word. Ctrl+Right Arrow
Expands the selection to the right by a word. Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow
Expands the selection up by one line. Shift+Up Arrow
Contracts the selection down by one line. Shift+Down Arrow
Goes to the beginning of a line. Home
Selects from the cursor to the beginning of the line. Shift+Home
Goes to the end of line. End
Selects from the cursor to the end of the line. Shift+End
Goes to the start of the document. Ctrl+Home
Selects text from the cursor to the start of the document. Ctrl+Shift+Home
Goes to the end of the document. Ctrl+End
Selects text from the cursor to the end of the document. Ctrl+Shift+End
Switches the cursor between the text and the header. Ctrl+PageUp
Switches the cursor between the text and the footer. Ctrl+PageDown
Pastes last selected text to the current cursor position. Shift+Insert
Moves up screen page with selection. Shift+PageUp
Moves down screen page with selection. Shift+PageDown
Deletes text to the end of a word. Ctrl+Del
Deletes text to the beginning of a word. Ctrl+Backspace
Deletes one word before cursor. Alt+Backspace
Deletes text to the end of the sentence. Ctrl+Shift+Del
Deletes text to the beginning of the sentence. Ctrl+Shift+Backspace
Switches to toolbar and tabs. Ctrl+Tab
Uses previous suggestion with automatic word completion. Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Copies and pastes object. Ctrl+Drag
Docks or undocks the navigator, stylist or other windows. Ctrl+Shift+F0
Hides the docked window when focused on that window. Ctrl+Shift+H
Repeats search. Ctrl+Shift+F
Creates a new file with new file templates. Ctrl+Shift+N
Opens the Save As window. Ctrl+Shift+S
Moves cursor to beginning of paragraph. Alt+Up Arrow
Moves cursor to end of paragraph. Alt+Down Arrow

Shortcut keys for paragraphs and heading levels

The numbering is automatically adjusted.

Description Shortcut
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph. Ctrl+Up Arrow
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph. Ctrl+Down Arrow
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the paragraph. Alt+Up Arrow
Moves the cursor to the end of the paragraph. Alt+Down Arrow
Moves the selected paragraphs up one paragraph. Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow
Moves the selected paragraphs down one paragraph. Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow
Moves the heading in format "Heading X" (X = 1-9) down one level in the outline. Tab
Moves the heading in format "Heading X" (X = 2-10) up one level in the outline. Shift+Tab

Shortcut keys for tables

Description Shortcut
Opens the Create Table window. Ctrl+F12
When the cursor is in an empty cell, selects entire table. Otherwise, selects contents of the cell where the cursor is; pressing the shortcut again selects the entire table. Ctrl+A
When the cursor is in an empty cell, goes to the first cell of the table. Otherwise, goes to beginning of the cell where the cursor is located. Pressing the shortcut again goes to beginning of the current table, and pressing a third time goes to the beginning of the document. Ctrl+Home
When the cursor is in an empty cell, goes to the end of the table. Otherwise, goes to end of the cell where the cursor is located. Pressing the shortcut again goes to end of current table, and pressing it a third time goes to the end of the document. Ctrl+End
Inserts a tab stop. Ctrl+Tab
Selects the active cell and the cell on the right. Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow
Selects the active cell and the cell on the left. Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow
Decreases the size of the row on the bottom cell edge. Alt+Up Arrow
Increases the size of the row on the bottom cell edge. Alt+Down Arrow
Decreases the size of the column on the right cell edge. Alt+Left Arrow
Increases the size of the column on the right cell edge. Alt+Right Arrow
Increases the size of the row on the top cell edge. Alt+Up Arrow
Decreases the size of the row on the top cell edge. Alt+Down Arrow
Enters the Delete mode. In this mode, Arrow keys delete rows or columns, Ctrl+Lef/Right Arrow keys merge cells with neighboring cells. Alt+Del
If nothing is selected, contents of next cell are deleted. If cells are selected, each row in the selection is deleted. If all rows are selected completely or partially, the entire table is deleted. Shift+Ctrl+Del
Calculates table Ctrl+Plus sign("+")

Shortcut keys for moving and resizing frames, graphics, and objects

Description Shortcut
When the cursor is inside a text frame and no text is selected, selects the text frame. When the text frame is selected, clears the cursor from the text frame. Esc
When a text frame is selected, inserts the cursor at the beginning of text in the text frame. F2 or Enter
When cursor is inside a text frame, the character is added at the cursor. Any key that produces a character on the screen
Moves object. Alt+Arrow keys

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