Posted on: July 20, 2020 / FrameMaker Tips / admin
Keyboard shortcuts are a handy way to improve your efficiency. This edition of Tips contains keyboard shortcuts that relate to working with text. Please note that these shortcuts are for FrameMaker 7 and may not work with FrameMaker 10.
Example | Describes |
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Esc j c | Press and release the Esc key, then j, then c |
Alt+Control+u | Hold down Alt and Control while pressing u |
Esc Shift+h Shift+s | Press and release the Esc key, then hold down the Shift key while pressing and releasing the h key and (still holding down the Shift key) the s key |
Esc e x, Shift key+Delete | Press and release the Esc key, then e, then x; or Hold down the Shift key while pressing the Delete key (The comma separates different ways to accomplish the task) |
Use these shortcuts to format selected paragraphs or the paragraph containing the insertion point.
To | Press |
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Apply a paragraph format | Esc q p, F9, Control+9 Then type the first characters of the tag name and press Return |
Center a paragraph | Esc j c |
Left-align a paragraph | Esc j l (lowercase L) |
Right-align a paragraph | Esc j r |
Justify a paragraph (left and right) | Esc j f |
Repeat last paragraph-related command | Esc j j |
Display Paragraph Catalog | Esc o p c |
Display Update Paragraph Format dialog box | Esc o p u |
Display the Character Catalog | Esc o c c |
Turn on hyphenation | Esc j h |
Turn off hyphenation | Esc j n |
Turn change bars on or off | Esc c h, Control+Shift key+h |
Use these shortcuts to format selected text.
To | Press |
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Cut | Esc e x, Shift key+Delete, Control+x |
Copy | Esc e c, Control+c, Control+Insert |
Paste | Esc e p, Control+y, Shift key+Insert, Control+v |
Undo/Redo | Esc e u, Control+Shift key+z, Control+z, Alt+Backspace |
Quick-copy text | Click where you want to put the copied text and then press Alt and drag through the text |
Transpose characters | Click between characters and then press Control+F9 |
Make selected text lowercase | Alt+Control+l (lowercase L) |
Make selected text uppercase | Alt+Control+u |
Make selected text initial caps | Alt+Control+c |
To select | Do this |
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A word | Double-click it |
A word, then next words | Double-click it and drag, double-click it and Shift key-click |
Current sentence, then next | Press Esc h s, press Control+Shift key+End |
Current sentence, then previous | Press Esc Shift key+h Shift key+s, press Control+Shift key+Home |
A paragraph | Triple-click it |
A paragraph, then next paragraphs | Triple-click it and drag, triple-click it and Shift key-click |
To delete | Press |
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Previous character | Backspace |
Backward to start of the previous word | Esc k b |
Backward to end of the previous sentence | Esc k a |
Next character | Delete |
Forward to end of a word | Esc k f, Control+Delete |
Forward to end of a line | Control+Shift key+Delete |
Forward to start of the next sentence | Esc k s |