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Keyboard shortcuts

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Navigation

Shortcut Action
ESC Focus on text editor
CTRL P Show/Hide rendered document
F9 Documents sidebar
ALT 1-0 Switch between first ten documents
F10 Main menu
CTRL , Settings
F1 About Cohesion / Help
F11 Fullscreen
CTRL SHIFT ? Keyboard shortcuts

File Management

Shortcut Action
ALT N Create new document
CTRL S Save document
CTRL O Open document
CTRL SHIFT DELETE Delete document
ALT R Resource manager

Edit

Shortcut Action
CTRL X Cut
CTRL C Copy
CTRL V Paste
CTRL B Bold selection
CTRL I Italic selection
CTRL U Unordered list
CTRL 1-6 Title
F10 Sort selection
SHIFT F10 Reverse sort
ALT UP Swap line up
ALT DOWN Swap line down
CTRL SHIFT D Duplicate line

Selection

Shortcut Action
CTRL A Select all
CTRL L Select line
CTRL D Select next
CTRL K D Skip and select next
ALT LMB Square selection
CTRL LMB New cursor
CTRL ALT UP New cursor above
CTRL ALT DOWN New cursor below

Search

Shortcut Action
CTRL G Go to line
CTRL F Search term
CTRL H Search and replace term
CTRL E Search documents

Insert

Shortcut Action
ALT I Insert menu
CTRL ; Insert metadata block
F6 Insert date and time
SHIFT F6 Insert date and time (custom format)
CTRL SHIFT K Insert link
CTRL R Horizontal rule

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