Keyboard shortcuts to change text and paragraph properties in a document

You can use different keyboard shortcuts when you are creating or editing a mail message or a document.

You must be in edit mode to use the following shortcuts. Press Ctrl+E to put your document in edit mode.

Table 1. Text and paragraph shortcuts

Shortcut

Description

Ctrl+B

Bold selected text

Ctrl+E

Put document in either read or edit mode

Ctrl+F

Find text and replace

Ctrl+G

Find next word when Find text and replace starts

Ctrl+I

Italicize selected text

Ctrl+J

Format paragraphs (alignment, spacing, etc.)

Ctrl+K

Format text (font, size, color, etc.)

Ctrl+R

Show/Hide ruler

Ctrl+T

Change text style to Normal Text

Ctrl+Shift+L (Notes Basic client)

Insert page break (Notes Basic client)

Ctrl+U

Underline selected text

Ctrl+Z

Undo last action

F2

Enlarge selected text to next available point size

F7

Indent first line in paragraph

F8

Indent entire paragraph

F9

Refresh current document (in edit mode), view, or workspace

F11

Cycle through paragraph styles (defined in the Paragraph Styles tab in Text Properties)

Shift+F2

Reduce selected text to next available point size

Shift+F7

Outdent first line in a paragraph

Shift+F8

Outdent entire paragraph