IBM Lotus Symphony


Keyboard navigation in Presentations

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

Function keys for Lotus Symphony Presentations

Action Shortcut
New text box. F2
Enters group. F3
Exits group. Ctrl+F3
Duplicates slides. Shift+F3
Opens the Position and Size dialog box. Shift+F4
Closes the current document. Ctrl+F4
Plays full screen show from first slide. F5
Plays the screen show from current slide. Shift+F5
Performs spell check. F7
Opens the View tip. Ctrl+F7
Edits points. F8
Inserts a new slide from a file. Ctrl+Shift+I
Switch 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.
Switch 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 Complex text layout (CTL) support is enabled.
Displays context menu. Shift+F10
Moves to main menu. Ctrl+F10
Turns stylist on or off. F11 (Mac special use)
Displays Outline view. Ctrl+F9
Opens the Create Table dialog. Ctrl+F12
Horizontally align selected content. Ctrl+E
Italicizes selected content. Ctrl+I
Justifies selected content. Ctrl+J
Opens the Hyperlink dialog. Ctrl+K
Left-aligns selected content. Ctrl+L
Inserts a new slide. Ctrl+M
Creates a new presentation. Alt+B
Prints the presentation. Ctrl+P
Applies default formatting to the selected content. Ctrl+T
Underlines selected content. Ctrl+U
Increases font size of selected content. Ctrl+Shift+>
Decreases font size of selected content. Ctrl+Shift+<
Uses single line spacing. Ctrl+1
Uses double line spacing. Ctrl+2
Uses 1.5 line spacing. Ctrl+5
Selects master title. Ctrl+Home
Selects last object by create order. Ctrl+End
Brings to foreground. Ctrl+Plus sign (+)
Sends to background. Ctrl+Minus sign (-)
Switches to toolbars. Ctrl+Tab

Shortcut keys for Lotus Symphony Presentations

Action Shortcut
Moves the selected object or slide sorter view in the direction of the arrow. Arrow key
Ungroups the selected group. Ctrl+Shift+G
Hides the docking window when focus is on that window. Ctrl+Shift+H
Inserts slide from file. Ctrl+Shift+I
Selects all the slides from the current to the last. Shift+End
Create new slide. Enter
Constrains the movement of the selected object horizontally or vertically. Shift+Drag
Pastes last text input to cursor position. Shift+Insert
Press the Ctrl key and drag object to make a copy. Ctrl+Drag (with Copy when moving option is active)
Selects adjacent items or text. Click at start of selection, press the Shift key, and the end of the selection. Shift+Click
Press the Shift key while dragging to resize an object, to maintain its proportions. Shift+Drag (resizing)
Selects objects in order in which they were created. Tab
Selects objects in reverse order from which they were created. Shift+Tab
Moves to the next text object by creating and opening New slide window. Ctrl+Enter

Shortcut keys in slide shows

Description Shortcut
Ends the presentation. Esc, or Minus sign (-) key on numeric keypad
Moves to the next animation with object or slide. Spacebar or Shift+Spacebar
Type a slide number and press Enter to go to that slide. [number] Enter
Goes to previous slide. Arrow left, or Arrow up, or Ctrl+Page Up, or Backspace
Goes to next slide. Arrow right, or Arrow down, or Ctrl+Page Down, or Enter
Jumps to the first slide in the screen show. Home
Jumps to the last slide in the screen show. End
Opens the navigator. Ctrl+Shift+F5
Toggles the screen to black. B
Toggles the screen to white. W

Shortcut keys in Slide Sorter view

When you first switch to Slide Sorter view, press Enter to change the keyboard focus to the workspace. Otherwise, press F6 to navigate to the workspace, then press Enter.

Description Shortcut
Moves focus to another slide. Arrow key
Use arrow keys to navigate to slides that you want to select and press Spacebar. Arrow key+Spacebar

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