Keyboard binding |
What it does |
Mouse equivalent |
Alt-Space
|
Brings up the window menu. |
Click on the window icon in the menubar. |
F1
|
Starts the help browser for the current application. |
Select ->
. |
F6
|
Moves focus to pane. If more than one pane is
available in the application, cycles between them. |
No mouse equivalent. |
F8
|
Moves focus to pane separator. If more than one pane
separator is available in the application, moves between
them. Once selected, the pane selector can be moved by
using the arrow keys, the Page Up and
Page Down Home and End
keys. keys, and the
|
Click and drag the pane separators. |
F10
|
Gives focus to and opens the menubar. |
Click on the the menubar. |
Shift-F10
|
If available, opens the context menu for the part in
focus. |
Right click on the desired widget. |
Ctrl-F10
|
In the file chooser, opens the context menu for the
general area. |
Right click on a blank space in the file pane. |
F11
|
Toggles full screen mode. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-X
|
Cut highlighted text. |
Right click on highlighted text and select
. |
Ctrl-C
|
Copy highlighted text. |
Right click on highlighted text and select
. |
Ctrl-V
|
Paste cut or copied text. |
Right click on highlighted text and select
. |
Ctrl-+
|
Zoom in. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl--
|
Zoom out. |
Select ->
. |
Tab
|
Moves to next widget in window. |
Some widgets can be selected with a mouse click.
Others cannot. |
Shift-Tab
|
Moves to previous widget in window. |
Some widgets can be selected with a mouse click.
Others cannot. |
Ctrl-Tab
|
Moves to next widget in window even when a normal
Tab does not work. For example, in a
text entry box, Tab adds a tab
space. |
Some widgets can be selected with a mouse click.
Others cannot. |
Ctrl-Space
|
Select item in addition to previous selections. |
Ctrl-left click on the item. |
Ctrl-Arrow Key
|
Move focus without affecting selection. |
No mouse equivalent. |
Ctrl-L
|
Moves focus to the location bar. |
Click in the location bar. |
Ctrl-Page Up
|
Move to the tab on the left of current one. |
Select the tab. |
Ctrl-Page Down
|
Move to the tab on the right of current one. |
Select the tab. |
PrtScn
|
Takes a screenshot of the desktop. |
No mouse equivalent. |
Alt-PrtScn
|
Takes a screenshot of the window in focus. |
No mouse equivalent. |
Ctrl-Alt-Tab
|
Toggles focus between the desktop and individual
panels.. |
No mouse equivalent. |
Ctrl-Alt-D
|
Hide all applications to show the desktop. |
Click the Hide all button
located in the panel. |
Table 1. GNOME keyboard bindings
Firefox
Although not technically part of the GNOME project,
Firefox uses many of the keyboard
bindings shown in Table 1, “GNOME keyboard bindings”. Supplemental
bindings are shown in Table 2, “Firefox keyboard bindings”.
Keyboard binding |
What it does |
Mouse equivalent |
Ctrl-N
|
Creates a new Firefox
window. |
Select -> . |
Ctrl-T
|
Creates a new tab in the current
Firefox window. |
Select -> . |
Alt-Left Arrow
|
Go to previous page in your browsing history. |
Click Left Arrow in
the toolbar. |
Alt-Right Arrow
|
Go to the next page in your browsing history. |
Click Right Arrow in
the toolbar. |
Alt-Home
|
Go to the home page. |
Click on Home in
the toolbar. |
Ctrl-R
|
Reload page. |
Click on Reload in
the toolbar. |
Ctrl-O
|
Allows you to choose an existing file to
show in the current Firefox
window. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-W
|
Close current tab. If only one tab is open in the
window, closes the window. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-Shift-W
|
Closes the current window. If only one window is
open, Firefox exits. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-S
|
Prompts you for a file name under which to save the
current page. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-P
|
Prints the current page. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-F
|
Search in current page. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-G
|
Repeat the same search. |
Select ->
|
Ctrl-U
|
View the source HTML for the current page. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-H
|
Opens the History pane. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-D
|
Adds current page into your bookmarks. |
Select ->
. |
Table 2. Firefox keyboard bindings
Evolution
Because Evolution is a suite of
applications, each component has its own set of keyboard bindings.
Table 3, “General Evolution keyboard bindings” shows the generic
Evolution bindings while Table 4, “Evolution keyboard bindings in
the mail view”, Table 5, “Evolution keyboard bindings in
the mail composition window”, and Table 6, “Evolution keyboard bindings in
the calendar window” show the keyboard bindings for the mail
component, the mail composition window, and the calendar component
respectively.
Keyboard binding |
What it does |
Mouse equivalent |
Ctrl-N
|
Creates a new email, contact, task, or appointment,
depending on which view you are in. |
Click on New. |
Ctrl-Shift-M
|
Creates a new email independent of your current view. |
Click on the down arrowNew and select
. next
to |
Ctrl-Shift-C
|
Creates a new contact independent of your current view. |
Click on the down arrowNew and select
. next
to |
Ctrl-Shift-A
|
Creates a new appointment independent of your current
view. |
Click on the down arrowNew and select
. next
to |
Ctrl-Shift-T
|
Creates a new task independent of your current
view. |
Click on the down arrowNew and select
. next
to |
Ctrl-P
|
Print |
Click Print. |
Ctrl-W
|
Close current window. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-Q
|
Quit Evolution. |
Select ->
. |
F9
|
Send any outgoing mail and get any incoming mail. |
Click on Send/Receive. |
Ctrl-F1
|
Change to mail view. |
Select ->
->
. |
Ctrl-F2
|
Change to contacts view. |
Select ->
->
. |
Ctrl-F3
|
Change to calendars view. |
Select ->
->
. |
Ctrl-F4
|
Change to tasks view. |
Select ->
->
. |
Table 3. General Evolution keyboard bindings
Keyboard binding |
What it does |
Mouse equivalent |
Ctrl-Y
|
Apply filters to selected messages. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-O
|
Open selected message in new window. |
Double click on selected message. |
Ctrl-R
|
Reply to sender for the selected message. |
Click on Reply. |
Ctrl-Shift-R
|
Reply to all for the selected message. |
Click on Reply to All. |
Ctrl-F
|
Forward selected message. |
Click on Forward. |
] or .
|
When the message list has focus, goes to next unread message. |
Click on the message. |
[ or ,
|
When the message list has focus, goes to previous
unread message. |
Click on the message. |
Ctrl-K
|
Marks selected messages as read. |
Click on the envelope icon on the left of the message
line to toggle read status. |
Ctrl-Shift-K
|
Marks selected messages as unread. |
Click on the envelope icon on the left of the message
line to toggle read status. |
Ctrl-E
|
Expunge deleted messages. |
Select ->
. |
Table 4. Evolution keyboard bindings in
the mail view
Keyboard binding |
What it does |
Mouse equivalent |
Ctrl-Return
|
Send message. |
Click on Send. |
Ctrl-S
|
Save as a file. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-Shift-L
|
Spell check the email. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-Alt-A
|
Add attachment to email. |
Click Attach. |
Ctrl-Z
|
Undo last edit. |
Click Undo. |
Ctrl-R
|
Redo edit that had been undone. |
Click Redo. |
Table 5. Evolution keyboard bindings in
the mail composition window
Keyboard binding |
What it does |
Mouse equivalent |
Ctrl-Shift-E
|
Create a new meeting. |
Select ->
->
. |
Ctrl-Shift-P
|
Create a new all-day appointment. |
Select ->
->
. |
Ctrl-Alt-T
|
Go to today's calendar page. |
Click Today. |
Ctrl-Alt-G
|
Go to a selected date on the calendar page. |
Click Go To. |
Ctrl-D
|
Delete selected appointment. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-E
|
Purge all appointments from calendar before set date. |
Select ->
. |
Table 6. Evolution keyboard bindings in
the calendar window
OpenOffice.org
Like Evolution,
OpenOffice.org is a suite of different
applications. Their shared keyboard bindings are shown in Table 7, “General OpenOffice.org keyboard bindings” while Table 8, “OpenOffice.org writer keyboard bindings” and Table 9, “OpenOffice.org Calc keyboard bindings” show individual keyboard bindings for
OpenOffice.org Writer and
OpenOffice.org Calc respectively.
These tables show some of the more important keyboard bindings.
OpenOffice.org actually has many more.
You can find a list of them in the help section for each
application, which, if you check Table 1, “GNOME keyboard bindings”, can
be started by pressing F1
.
Keyboard binding |
What it does |
Mouse equivalent |
Ctrl-O
|
Open a document |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-S
|
Save the current document. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-N
|
Create a new document. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-Shift-N
|
Open the Templates and Documents
window. |
No mouse equivalent. |
Ctrl-P
|
Print current document. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-F4
|
Close current window. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-Q
|
Quit OpenOffice.org. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-Z
|
Undo last edit. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-Y
|
Redo edit that has been undone. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-A
|
Select all. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-F
|
Search in the current document. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-Shift-F
|
Searches again with the same string. |
In the Find & Replace window, click on
Find. |
Ctrl-Shift-J
|
Toggles full screen mode. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-B
|
Marks selected text as bold. |
Click B in the toolbar. |
Ctrl-I
|
Marks selected text as italic. |
Click I in the toolbar. |
Ctrl-U
|
Marks selected text as underlined. |
Click U in the toolbar. |
Table 7. General OpenOffice.org keyboard bindings
Keyboard binding |
What it does |
Mouse equivalent |
F2
|
Show the formula bar. |
Select ->
. |
F4
|
Toggle data sources pane. |
Select ->
. |
F5
|
Toggle navigator window. |
Select ->
. |
F7
|
Spell check document. |
Select ->
. |
Ctrl-F7
|
Use the thesaurus for current word. |
Select ->
->
. |
F11
|
Toggles the Style and Formatting
window. |
Select ->
. |
F12
|
Start numbered list mode. |
Click the numbered list icon in the toolbar. |
Shift-F12
|
Start bullet list mode. |
Click the bullet list icon in the toolbar. |
Ctrl-D
|
Marks selected text with a double underline. |
No mouse equivalent. |
Ctrl-J
|
Justify selected paragraph. |
Select ->
->
. |
Ctrl-E
|
Center selected paragraph. |
Select ->
->
. |
Ctrl-L
|
Align selected paragraph to the left. |
Select ->
->
. |
Ctrl-R
|
Align selected paragraph to the right. |
Select ->
->
. |
Ctrl-Enter
|
Create a page break. |
Select ->
. |
Home
|
Move cursor to the beginning of line. |
Click on beginning of line. |
Ctrl-Home
|
Move cursor to the beginning of document. |
Scroll to beginning of document. |
End
|
Move cursor to the end of the line. |
Click on the end of the line. |
Ctrl-End
|
Move cursor to the end of the document. |
Click on the end of the document. |
Table 8. OpenOffice.org writer keyboard bindings
Keyboard binding |
What it does |
Mouse equivalent |
F2
|
Edit the current cell. |
Click in the input line. |
Ctrl-F2
|
Open the Function Wizard. |
Select ->
. |
F5
|
Toggles the Navigator window. |
Select ->
. |
F7
|
Checks spelling in current sheet. |
Select ->
. |
F9
|
Recalculate all the formulas on current sheet. |
Select ->
->
. |
F11
|
Opens the Styles and Formatting
window. |
Select ->
. |
F12
|
Group selected rows or columns together. |
Select ->
. ->
|
Ctrl-F12
|
Removes grouping from selected rows or columns. |
Select ->
. ->
|
Alt-Down Arrow
|
Increase the height of the current row. |
Select ->
and edit manually. ->
|
Alt-Up Arrow
|
Decrease the height of the current row. |
Select ->
and edit manually. ->
|
Alt-Right Arrow
|
Increases the width of the current column. |
Select ->
->
and edit manually. |
Alt-Left Arrow
|
Decreases the width of the current column. |
Select ->
->
and edit manually. |
Alt-Shift-Down Arrow or Alt-Shift-Up Arrow
|
Set the row height to exact height of selected entry. |
No mouse equivalent. |
Alt-Shift-Right Arrow or Alt-Shift-Left Arrow
|
Set the column width to exact width of selected entry. |
No mouse equivalent. |
Home
|
Move cursor to the first cell in the current row. |
Click on the appropriate cell. |
End
|
Move cursor to the cell in the current row. The last
cell is defined as the one in the last column with data. |
Click on the appropriate cell. |
Ctrl-Home
|
Move cursor to cell A1 in the current sheet. |
Scroll to the top and click on cell A1. |
Ctrl-End
|
Move cursor to last cell in the spreadsheet. |
Scroll to the end of the sheet and click on cell. |
Ctrl-Page Up
|
Show the sheet to the left. |
Click on the appropriate sheet tab. |
Ctrl-Page Down
|
Show the sheet to the right. |
Click on the appropriate sheet tab. |
Table 9. OpenOffice.org Calc keyboard bindings