FrontPage Keyboard Shortcuts

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You can quickly accomplish tasks you perform frequently by using shortcut keys. The availability of shortcut keys in Microsoft FrontPage depends on whether the command you want to use is available in the currently selected view.

Keys for working with pages
Keys for formatting text and paragraphs
Keys for editing and moving text and graphics
Keys for selecting text and graphics
Keys for menus and toolbars
Keys for programming applications
Keys for Help

Keys for working with pages

To	Press
Create a new page	CTRL+N
Open a page	CTRL+O
Create a hyperlink on a page	CTRL+K
Preview a page in a Web browser	CTRL+SHIFT+B
Print a page	CTRL+P
Display non-printing characters	CTRL+ SHIFT+8
Display HTML tags	CTRL+ /
Refresh a page	F5
Switch between open pages	CTRL+TAB CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
Switch between tab views	CTRL+PAGEUP CTRL+PAGEDOWN
Close a page	CTRL+F4
Save a page	CTRL+S
Quit Microsoft FrontPage	ALT+F4
Find text on pages or in HTML	CTRL+F
Replace text on pages or in HTML	CTRL+H
Check spelling on a page	F7
Look up a word in the Thesaurus	SHIFT+F7
Cancel an action	ESC
Undo an action	CTRL+Z or ALT+BACKSPACE
Redo or repeat an action	CTRL+Y or SHIFT+ALT+BACKSPACE

Keys for formatting text and paragraphs

To	Press
Change the font	CTRL+SHIFT+F
Change the font size	CTRL+SHIFT+P
Apply bold formatting	CTRL+B
Apply an underline	CTRL+U
Apply italic formatting	CTRL+I
Apply superscript formatting	CTRL+PLUS SIGN
Apply subscript formatting	CTRL+MINUS SIGN
Copy formatting	CTRL+ SHIFT+C
Paste formatting	CTRL+SHIFT+V
Remove manual formatting	CTRL+SHIFT+Z or CTRL+SPACEBAR
Center a paragraph	CTRL+E
Left align a paragraph	CTRL+L
Right align a paragraph	CTRL+R
Indent a paragraph from the left	CTRL+M
Indent a paragraph from the right	CTRL+ SHIFT+M
Apply a style	CTRL+ SHIFT+S
Apply the Normal style	CTRL+SHIFT+ N
Apply the Heading 1 style	CTRL+ALT+1
Apply the Heading 2 style	CTRL+ALT+2
Apply the Heading 3 style	CTRL+ALT+3
Apply the Heading 4 style	CTRL+ALT+4
Apply the Heading 5 style	CTRL+ALT+5
Apply the Heading 6 style	CTRL+ALT+6
Apply the List style	CTRL+ SHIFT+L

Keys for editing and moving text and graphics

To	Press
Delete one character to the left	BACKSPACE
Delete one character to the right	DELETE
Delete one word to the left	CTRL+BACKSPACE
Delete one word to the right	CTRL+DELETE
Cut selected text to the clipboard	CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE
Copy text or graphics	CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT
Paste the clipboard contents	CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT
Insert a line break	SHIFT+ENTER
Insert a nonbreaking space	CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR

Keys for selecting text and graphics

To extend a selection	Press
One character to the right	SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
One character to the left	SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
To the end of a word	CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
To the end of a line	SHIFT+END
To the beginning of a line	SHIFT+HOME
One line down	SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
One line up	SHIFT+UP ARROW
To the end of a paragraph	CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
To the beginning of a paragraph	CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW
One screen down	SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
One screen up	SHIFT+PAGE UP
To include the entire page	CTRL+A
Display the properties of a selection	ALT+ENTER
Insert a table	SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+T
Select the next cell's contents	TAB
Select the preceding cell's contents	SHIFT+TAB
Extend a selection to adjacent cells	Hold down SHIFT and press an arrow key repeatedly
Select a column	Click in the column's top or bottom cell, then hold down SHIFT and press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key repeatedly

Keys for menus and toolbars

To	Press
Show the shortcut menu	SHIFT+F10
Make the menu bar active	F10
Show the program icon menu	ALT+SPACEBAR
Select the next or previous command on the menu or submenu	DOWN ARROW or DOWN ARROW (with the menu or submenu displayed)
Close the visible menu and submenu at the same time	ALT
Close the visible menu; or, with a submenu visible, close the submenu only	ESC
Create an Auto Thumbnail of a selected picture	CTRL+T

Keys for programming applications

To	Press
Display, edit, or run macros	ALT+F8
Display the Microsoft Script Editor	SHIFT+ALT+F11
Display the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor	ALT+F11

Keys for Help

To	Press
Display the online Help	F1
Display context-sensitive Help	SHIFT+F1