FrameMaker Tips

Keyboard Shortcuts, Part 1

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.

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Category: Using FrameMaker

Relevance: All Manuals

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Conventions for Shortcuts

Example	Describes
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)

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Paragraph Format Shortcuts

Use these shortcuts to format selected paragraphs or the paragraph containing the insertion point.

To	Press
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

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Editing Text

Use these shortcuts to format selected text.

To	Press
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
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
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