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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

14 actions and 14 key variants match.

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
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
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
Apply heading 1 Document open Windows Ctrl1 Source
Apply heading 2 Document open Windows Ctrl2 Source
Apply heading 3 Document open Windows Ctrl3 Source
Move the paragraph up Document open Windows CtrlAltUp arrow Source
Move the paragraph down Document open Windows CtrlAltDown arrow Source
Toggle a numbered list Document open Windows F12 Source
Toggle a bulleted list Document open Windows ShiftF12 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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