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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

18 actions and 18 key variants match.

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Find and replace Document open Windows CtrlH Source
Redo the last action Document open Windows CtrlY 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
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
Apply the body text style Document open Windows Ctrl0 Source
Turn the navigator on or off Document open Windows F5 Source
Check spelling Document open Windows F7 Source
Open the thesaurus Document open Windows CtrlF7 Source
Update the fields Document open Windows F9 Source
Show or hide the styles deck Document open Windows F11 Source
Complete the AutoText entry Document open Windows F3 Source
Insert a field Document open Windows CtrlF2 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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