Keyboard shortcuts
Every keyboard shortcut in Nixt Writer, for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Writer’s shortcuts use ⌘ on macOS and Ctrl on Windows and Linux. On macOS, Ctrl works for them too.
Command shortcuts work while the caret is in the document or in the find bar.
File
| Action | macOS | Windows and Linux |
|---|
| Save | ⌘S | Ctrl+S |
Editing
| Action | macOS | Windows and Linux |
|---|
| Undo | ⌘Z | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo | ⇧⌘Z or ⌘Y | Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y |
| Copy | ⌘C | Ctrl+C |
| Cut | ⌘X | Ctrl+X |
| Paste | ⌘V | Ctrl+V |
| Select all text in the paragraph | ⌘A | Ctrl+A |
| Find and replace | ⌘F | Ctrl+F |
| Insert or edit a link | ⌘K | Ctrl+K |
| New paragraph | Return | Enter |
| Line break in the same paragraph | Shift+Return | Shift+Enter |
| Delete the character before the caret; at the start of a paragraph, join it to the one above | Delete | Backspace |
| Delete the character after the caret; at the end of a paragraph, join the next one to it | fn+Delete | Delete |
| Action | macOS | Windows and Linux |
|---|
| Bold | ⌘B | Ctrl+B |
| Italic | ⌘I | Ctrl+I |
| Underline | ⌘U | Ctrl+U |
| Clear formatting from the selection | ⌘\ | Ctrl+\ |
| Indent the paragraph, or move a list item one level deeper | Tab | Tab |
| Outdent the paragraph, or move a list item one level up | Shift+Tab | Shift+Tab |
Moving around
| Action | macOS | Windows and Linux |
|---|
| Move to the end of the paragraph above, from the start of a paragraph | ↑ | ↑ |
| Move to the start of the paragraph below, from the end of a paragraph | ↓ | ↓ |
| Select text | Shift with the arrow keys | Shift with the arrow keys |
Tables
| Action | macOS | Windows and Linux |
|---|
| Next cell, selecting its text; from the last cell, the paragraph after the table | Tab | Tab |
| Previous cell; from the first cell, the paragraph before the table | Shift+Tab | Shift+Tab |
| New paragraph in the cell | Return | Enter |
View
| Action | macOS | Windows and Linux |
|---|
| Zoom in by 10% | ⌘= | Ctrl+= |
| Zoom out by 10% | ⌘- | Ctrl+- |
Find bar and dialogs
| Action | macOS | Windows and Linux |
|---|
| Next match, in the find box | Return | Enter |
| Confirm a one-line field in a dialog — for example the link address, a bookmark name, a style name, a caption, a watermark or a password | Return | Enter |
| Action | macOS | Windows and Linux |
|---|
| Move to the next control | Tab | Tab |
| Move to the previous control | Shift+Tab | Shift+Tab |
| Press the focused button, tab or list item | Return or Space | Enter or Space |
Commands without a shortcut
These have no keyboard shortcut in Writer. Use the ribbon or the More menu:
- Strikethrough, text colour, highlight, alignment, line spacing and lists.
- Insert a page break (Insert › Breaks).
- Print (More › Print…).
- Close the document (the back arrow in the title bar).
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