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LibreOffice Writer keyboard shortcuts

Cursor movement, selection, formatting, and function key shortcuts.

44 shortcuts Windows checked September 12, 2026

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This app has a Windows catalog in Shortivo. No other operating system is published for it yet.

Everything Clipboard Editing Files and printing Formulas and data Paragraphs and lists Selection Text formatting
Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Find and replace Document open Windows CtrlH Source
Redo the last action Document open Windows CtrlY Source
Paste as unformatted text Document open Windows CtrlAltShiftV Source
Select everything Document open Windows CtrlA Source
Select the previous word Document open Windows CtrlShiftLeft arrow Source
Select the next word Document open Windows CtrlShiftRight arrow Source
Select to the end of the document Document open Windows CtrlShiftEnd Source
Select to the start of the document Document open Windows CtrlShiftHome Source
Go to the beginning of the word Document open Windows CtrlLeft arrow Source
Go to the start of the next word Document open Windows CtrlRight arrow Source
Go to the start of the document Document open Windows CtrlHome Source
Go to the end of the document Document open Windows CtrlEnd Source
Go to the beginning of the next paragraph Document open Windows CtrlDown arrow Source
Insert a line break without a new paragraph Document open Windows ShiftEnter Source
Insert a manual page break Document open Windows CtrlEnter Source
Insert a column break Multi column text Windows CtrlShiftEnter Source
Insert a non-breaking space Document open Windows CtrlShiftSpace Source
Delete to the end of the word Document open Windows CtrlDelete Source
Delete to the beginning of the word Document open Windows CtrlBackspace Source
Delete to the end of the sentence Document open Windows CtrlShiftDelete Source
Justify the paragraph Document open Windows CtrlJ Source
Centre the paragraph Document open Windows CtrlE Source
Align the paragraph left Document open Windows CtrlL Source
Align the paragraph right Document open Windows CtrlR Source
Double underline the selected text Document open Windows CtrlD Source
Make the selected text superscript Document open Windows CtrlShiftP Source
Make the selected text subscript Document open Windows CtrlShiftB Source
Apply the body text style Document open Windows Ctrl0 Source
Apply heading 1 Document open Windows Ctrl1 Source
Apply heading 2 Document open Windows Ctrl2 Source

About LibreOffice Writer and its shortcuts

Writer is LibreOffice's word processor, and its strength is long structured documents: styles, outline levels, cross references, the navigator and field commands. The style commands are the ones worth learning, because Writer is built on the assumption that you format with styles rather than by hand.

Shortivo publishes the Windows list. LibreOffice offers an alternative key set for people coming from other word processors, and some commands depend on whether the cursor is in the body, a table or a frame.

Where the LibreOffice Writer keys came from

Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of LibreOffice Writer. Report a key that is wrong

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