What are the shortcuts in Zoho Writer
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts in Writer provide an easy and quick method of executing commands while you type. Below is a listing of commonly used shortcuts for Windows and iOS.
General
| Windows | macOS | Description |
| Ctrl + O | ⌘ + O | Open file |
| Ctrl + N | ⌘ + N | Create new |
| Ctrl + S | ⌘ + S | Save |
| Ctrl + Alt + S | ⌘ + Option + S | Save as |
| Ctrl + Alt + O | ⌘ + Option + O | Open left panel |
| Ctrl + A | ⌘ + A | Select whole document content |
| Ctrl + C | ⌘ + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + X | ⌘ + X | Cut |
| Backspace | ⌘ + V | Delete one character to the left |
| Delete | Delete | Delete one character to the right |
| Ctrl + Y | ⌘ + Y | Redo |
| Ctrl + Z | ⌘ + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + V | ⌘ + V | Paste |
Formatting
| Windows | macOS | Description |
| Ctrl + Alt + 1 | ⌘ + Option + 1 | Apply Heading1 |
| Ctrl + Alt + 2 | ⌘ + Option + 2 | Apply Heading2 |
| Ctrl + Alt + 3 | ⌘ + Option + 3 | Apply Heading3 |
| Ctrl + Alt + 4 | ⌘ + Option + 4 | Apply Heading4 |
| Ctrl + Alt + 5 | ⌘ + Option + 5 | Apply Heading5 |
| Ctrl + Alt + 6 | ⌘ + Option + 6 | Apply Heading6 |
| Ctrl + L | ⌘ + L | Justify left |
| Ctrl + E | ⌘ + E | Justify center |
| Ctrl + R | ⌘ + R | Justify right |
| Ctrl + J | ⌘ + J | Justify full |
| Ctrl + B | ⌘ + B | Bold |
| Ctrl + I | ⌘ + I | Italic |
| Ctrl + U | ⌘ + U | Underline |
| Ctrl + K | ⌘ + K | Create link |
| Ctrl + Q | ⌘ + Q | Insert equations |
| Ctrl + Alt + D | ⌘ + Option + D | Create Endnote/Footnote |
| Ctrl + Alt + M | ⌘ + Option + M | Create comment |
| Ctrl + F | ⌘ + F | Find and replace text |
| Ctrl + Shift + C | ⌘ + Shift + C | Find word count |
| Shift + F7 | Shift + F7 | Use Thesaurus |
| Ctrl + . | ⌘ + , | Apply superscript |
| Ctrl + , | ⌘ + . | Apply subscript |
| Ctrl + Delete | ⌘ + Delete | Deletes word right of cursor |
Table Shortcuts
| Windows | macOS | Description |
| Ctrl + Alt + Tab | ⌘ + Option + Tab | Insert a tab space inside a table cell |
Navigation
| Windows | macOS | Description |
| Home | Home | Go to the beginning of line from the current cursor position |
| End | End | Go to the end of line from the current cursor position |
| Ctrl + Home | ⌘ + Fn + Left | Move to the top of document |
| Ctrl + End | ⌘ + Fn + Right | Move to the end of document |
| Page Up | Page Up | Up one screen |
| Page Down | Page Down | Down one screen |
Note: Open the required document in your Writer and click the keyboard icon at the bottom of the page. Keyboard Shortcuts window will open, in which you can refer to all the list of keys.More Shortcuts
The following table shows the keyboard combinations/shortcut codes to create random text, lists, tables, code snippet and so on in your document.
| Action | Shortcut |
| To insert dummy text | Type =rand(<number of paragraphs>), or =rand(<number of paragraphs>,<number of lines in each paragraph>) into the document and press Enter. |
| To insert a code snippet | Type =code(language) into the document and press Enter. |
| To create a table | Type =table(<number of rows>,<number of columns>) into the document and press Enter. |
| To create an ordered-list | Type 1. into the document, and press Space. |
| To create an unordered-list | Type * into the document, and press Space. |
| To add a comment | Mac users: Command+alt+M Windows users: Ctrl+Alt+M |
| To apply Headings (1-6) | Mac users: Command+alt+[1-6] Windows users: Ctrl+Alt+[1-6] |
Slash Command
Zoho Writer offers a variety of inline quick commands that you can use to insert special content into your document. To use an inline quick command, type a forward slash (/) followed by the command name. For example, to insert a date, you would type "/date".
You can use the up and down arrow keys to navigate through the list of available inline quick commands.
Note:
When you insert a second formatting command after the first one, the new command will add the formatting of the second command to the formatting of the first command. For example, if you type "/bold" and then type text, the text will be in bold. When you type "/italics" after the previous text, the text you type after the second command will be both bold and italics.
The following table lists the available inline quick commands:
Please note that this list is not exhaustive.
Command | Description |
/formats | Insert formatting, such as bold, italic, or underline. |
/text styles | Insert text style, such as normal, titles, headings, or quotes. |
/change case | Change the case of the selected text. |
/paragraph | Change the paragraph formatting, such as alignment, line spacing, or indentation. |
/object | Insert an object, such as a table or drawing, etc |
/image | Insert an image from various sources into the document. |
/signature | Insert a digital signature or an initial into the document. |
/reference & comments | Insert a reference, comment, TOC or bookmark, etc into the document. |
/break | Insert a page break, column break, or section break into the document. |
/date | Insert today's date, dynamic today's date, document created date, document last edited date or a custom date into the document. |
/autofields | Insert the page count, author name, document name or document version into the document. |
/formula | Insert a formula into the document. |
/my information | Insert your name or contact information into the document. |
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