Keyboard shortcuts for Libre office writer

            Keyboard shortcut

Command

Control-a

 Select All

Control-b

Bold text

Control-c

Copies highlighted Text to the clipboard

Control-x

Cuts highlighted text to the clipboard

Control-v

 Pastes the highlighted text from the clipboard to the location that you specify

keep in mind that when the text is copied, it appears in both the original and the specified location. 

When the text is cut it appears in the specified location only

Control-Shift-v

Paste Special

pastes formatting, and formatted text from the clipboard

control-alt-shift-V

Pastes unformatted text from the clipboard 

  control-E

Centers text

Control f

Find text

Control            -g

Go To

control-H

Find and replace Text

Control-I

Italicize text

Control-J

Justify Text

Control-l

Left align text

Control-r

Right align text

Control-n

Creates a new blank Document

Control-o

Brings up the open file dialog box

Control-P

Brings up the Print Dialog box

Control-S

Saves the current open Document.  If it is a new one, the save as dialog box will open where you can give it a specific file name, save it with a specific file format extension such as .txt, .rtf, .doc, .docx, or in the case  of programs like open and libre office, .odt; and a specific location such as a folder on your hard drive, or external storage device.

 Control u

Underlines text

Control-y

 redoes your last action

control-z

 undoes your last action

Control-Shift-P

inserts superscript

Control-shift-b

Inserts subscript

Control-Enter

Page break

Navigation Keyboard shortcuts

left arrow

moves one character to the left

shift-left arrow

highlights the character to the left

Right arrow

moves one character to the right

Shift-right arrow

Highlights the character to the right

up arrow

moves up one line

Shift-up arrow

Highlights text in an upward direction

Down arrow

Moves down one line

Shift-down arrow

Highlights text in a downward direction

Control -left arrow

moves one word to the left

control-right arrow

moves one word to the right

Control-shift-left arrow

Highlights the word to the left

Control-Shift-right arrow

Highlights the word to the right

Control-up arrow

moves to the beginning of the previous paragraph

Control-shift-up arrow

 highlights the text to the beginning of the paragraph

Control-Down arrow

Moves to the end of the paragraph

Control-Shift-down arrow

Highlights the text to the end of the paragraph

Home

Moves to the beginning of the line

 shift-home

Highlights the text from the cursor position to the beginning of the line

 End

Moves  to the end of the line

Shift-end

Highlights the text from the cursor position to the end of the line

Control-home

moves the cursor to the beginning of the document

Control-End

Moves the cursor to the end of the document

Control-shift-home

Highlights the text from the cursor position to the beginning of the document

Control-shift-end

highlights the text from the cursor position to the end of the document

Page up

moves the cursor up one screen

(this is approximately 24 lines)

Page down

Moves the cursor down one screen

(This is approximately 24 lines)

Shift-page up

Highlights the text up by one screen

Shift-page down

Highlights the text down by one screen

Control-Backspace

Ce

Deletes the text to the beginning of the word

Control-delete

Deletes the text to the end of the word

Control-shift-backspace

deletes the text to the beginning of the sentence

Control-shift Delete

Deletes the text to the end of a sentence