Keyboard shortcuts can help you save time and be more productive when working on a layout. In most cases, the layout view must have keyboard focus (be the active window) to use the shortcuts. The shortcuts listed here are specific to the layout view; however, shortcuts for the Contents pane are also available when working with layouts.
Select on the layout
Use keyboard shortcuts to make selections.
| Keyboard shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+A | Select all the elements on the page. |
Ctrl+Backspace | Deselect all the elements on the page. |
Shift+Down arrow key or Shift+Up arrow key | Continuously select elements. Elements are deselected if you switch arrow keys while pressing Shift. |
Edit on the layout
Use keyboard shortcuts to work with elements on the page. Most of these shortcuts require a selection first.
| Keyboard shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Delete | Delete the selected elements. |
Ctrl+C | Copy the selected elements. |
Ctrl+X | Cut the selected elements. |
Ctrl+V | Paste the contents of the clipboard to the page. |
Ctrl and drag | Immediately copy the selected elements to the layout without a paste command. |
Ctrl+G | Group the selected elements. |
Ctrl+Shift+G | Ungroup the selected group. |
Spacebar | Switch the visibility of the selected elements. |
Shift+Up arrow key, Shift+Down arrow key, Shift+Left arrow key, or Shift+Right arrow key | Nudge the selected elements 5 points. |
Ctrl+Up arrow key, Ctrl+Down arrow key, Ctrl+Left arrow key, or Ctrl+Right arrow key | Nudge the selected elements .5 points. |
Edit text inline
Use keyboard shortcuts to edit text on a layout while in inline text editing mode.
| Keyboard shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+K | Add a hyperlink to selected text. |
Ctrl+Shift+L | Create an unordered (bullet) list. If multiple lines of text are selected, each line is given a bullet. |
Ctrl+Shift+I | Create an unordered (bullet) sublist. This requires the pointer to be within a bullet list or for the selected text to include bullets. |
Ctrl+Shift+N | Remove the bullet. This requires the pointer to be within a bullet list or for the selected text to include bullets. |
Tab | Increase the bullet level. This requires the pointer to be within a bullet list or for the selected text to include bullets. |
Shift+Tab | Decrease the bullet level. This requires the pointer to be within a bullet sublist or for the selected text to include subbullets. |
Ctrl+U | Underline selected text. |
Ctrl+Shift+A | Change selected text to all caps. |
Ctrl+Shift+K | Change selected text to small caps. |
Ctrl+Shift+Plus sign (+) | Display the selected text as superscript. |
Ctrl+Equal sign (=) | Display the selected text as subscript. |
Navigate the page
Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate the page.
| Keyboard shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Arrow keys | Pan in the direction of the arrow key. |
Insert | Zoom to the full page. |
Hyphen (-) | Zoom out. |
Equal sign (=) | Zoom in. |
Shift+right-click | Zoom box. |
C | Override the active tool with the Explore tool. |
Q | Roam. |
X | Zoom out incrementally. |
Z | Zoom continuously. |
Comma (,) | Go to the previous extent. |
Period (.) | Go to the next extent. |
1 | Zoom and pan on the layout while a map frame is active. |
Note:
When a map frame is active on a layout, you can use the keyboard shortcuts for navigation to navigate on the map.