Mouse and Keyboard Assignment

Mouse Assignment

Mouse Action Reaction of Text Control
Click Moves cursor to point of click or selects an image or text frame.
Click and Drag Selects text from point of button down to point where button is released or moves an illustration or a text frame.
SHIFT + Click Extends the selection to the point of click.
Double-click Selects the word that is clicked on.
Double-click and drag Extends the selection from word to word.
Triple-click Selects the paragraph that is clicked on.
Triple-click and drag Extends the selection from paragraph to paragraph.
PgUp / PgDown Scrolls the text up or down one client area height minus the height of one line of text. Active only if a vertical scrollbar exists.
CTRL + PgUp / PgDown Zooms up or down the current document.
SHIFT + PgUp / PgDown Scrolls the document horizontally.
Drag and Drop on selected text Selected text is moved to the drop position of the mouse (text drag and drop).
CTRL + Drag and Drop on selected text Selected text is copied to the drop position of the mouse (text drag and drop).
Click on the selection bar (left or right margin) Selects the complete row.

Keyboard Assignment

Key Type Reaction of Text Control
HOME Moves the caret to the beginning of the line.
END Moves the caret to the end of the line.
(Left Arrow) Moves the caret one character to the left.
(Right Arrow) Moves the caret one character to the right.
(Up Arrow) Moves the caret one line up.
(Down Arrow) Moves the caret one line down.
CTRL+(Left Arrow) Moves the caret to the beginning of the current word.
CTRL+(Right Arrow) Moves the caret to the beginning of the next word.
CTRL+HOME Moves the caret to start of text.
CTRL+END Moves the caret to end of text.
CTRL + ENTER Inserts a new page.
SHIFT + ENTER Creates a line feed without beginning a new paragraph.
CTRL + (-) Inserts an end-of-line hyphen.
DEL Deletes selected text.
CTRL + X Copies selected text to the Clipboard and deletes the selection.
CTRL + C Copies selected text to the clipboard.
CTRL + V Pastes the copied text into the selection.
CTRL + Z Undos the last action.
CTRL + Y Restores the last action.
CTRL + SHIFT + (Spacebar) Inserts a non-breaking space.
CTRL +(Backspace) Deletes the previous word.
SHIFT +(Backspace) Deletes the previous word.
CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER Inserts a page column break.

Pressing a key while SHIFT is pressed extends the current selection to the new caret position.

Additional Mouse and Keyboard Assignment in Tables

Key Type or Mouse Action Reaction of Text Control
TAB Selects the next table cell.
SHIFT + TAB Selects the previous table cell.
CTRL + TAB Inserts a tab character.
Click top of a column (first row) Selects the complete table column.
Click on the selection bar (left or right margin) Selects the complete table row.
Double-click table cell Selects the complete table cell.

Keyboard Assignment for Hyphens

Key Type Inserted Hyphen [Divide Position]
(-) Hyphen, minus sign [Yes]
CTRL + (-) Non-visible hyphen [Yes]
CTRL + SHIFT + (-) Compound word [No]
CTRL + (-) [NUMPAD] EN dash [Yes]
CTRL + ALT + (-) [NUMPAD] EM dash [Yes]