Microsoft Publisher Keyboard Shortcuts
Below is a list of Microsoft Publisher keyboard shortcuts. With KillerKeys, you can always have the shortcuts you want for practically any application right in front of you. Learn more
| Modifier Key | Key | Description of shortcut |
| Enter | Perform the action for the selected item on a smart tag menu. | |
| Escape | Close the smart tag menu or message. | |
| Down Arrow | Select the next item on a smart tag menu. | |
| Up Arrow | Select the previous item on a smart tag menu. | |
| Home | When a menu or submenu is visible, select the first or last command on the menu or submenu. | |
| Ctrl | Down Arrow | Display the full set of commands on the task pane menu. |
| Down Arrow | Move among choices on a selected submenu; move among certain options in a group of options in a dialog box. | |
| F6 | Move to a task pane from another pane in the program window. (you may need to press f6 more than once.) | |
| Ctrl | Tab | When a menu or toolbar is active, move to a task pane. (you may need to press ctrl+tab more than once.) |
| Shift | Tab | When a task pane is active, select the next or previous option in the task pane. |
| Shift | F10 | Open a shortcut menu; open a drop-down menu for the selected gallery item. |
| Spacebar | Open the selected menu, or perform the action assigned to the selected button. | |
| PgUp | Scroll up or down in the selected gallery list. | |
| Ctrl | Home | Move to the top or bottom of the selected gallery list. |
| Alt | F8 | Display the macros dialog box. |
| Alt | F11 | Display the visual basic editor. |
| Ctrl Shift | F | Change the font |
| Ctrl Shift | P | Change the font size |
| Ctrl Shift | < | Decrease the font size of the selected text |
| Ctrl Shift | > | Increase the font size of the selected text |
| Ctrl | F4 | Close the current publication. |
| Ctrl | N | Open a new instance of publisher. |
| Ctrl | O | Display the open publication dialog box. |
| Ctrl | S | Display the save as dialog box. |
| Ctrl | W | Close the active window. |
| Alt | PrntScrn | Copy a picture of the selected window to the clipboard. |
| PrntScrn | Copy a picture of the screen to the clipboard. | |
| Ctrl | F10 | Maximize or restore a selected window. |
| Ctrl | F9 | Minimize a window to an icon (works for only some microsoft office programs). |
| Ctrl | F7 | When a document window is not maximized, perform the move command (on the control menu for the window). Use the arrow keys to move the window, and, when finished, press esc. |
| Shift | F6 | Move to a pane from another pane in the program window (counterclockwise direction). |
| F6 | Move to a task pane from another pane in the program window (clockwise direction). You may need to press f6 more than once. | |
| Alt | Tab | Switch to the next window. |
| Alt Shift | Tab | Switch to the previous window. |
| Ctrl | F5 | Restore the size of the active window after you maximize it. |
| Ctrl | F8 | When a document window is not maximized, perform the size command (on the control menu for the window). Press the arrow keys to resize the window, and, when finished, press esc. |
| Ctrl | F6 | When more than one window is open, switch to the next window. |
| Ctrl Shift | F6 | Switch to the previous window. |
| Ctrl Shift | 0 | Insert a zero-width non-breaking space. |
| Ctrl | 5 | Set the current paragraph to 1.5-line spacing. |
| Ctrl | ] | Increase font size by 1.0 point. |
| Ctrl Shift | V | Apply copied formatting to text. |
| Alt | F6 | Bring object to front. |
| Ctrl | E | Set center alignment for a paragraph. |
| F7 | Check spelling. | |
| Escape | Clears the selection from an object — if an object is selected. | |
| Escape | Clears the selection from text — if text is selected — but the object that contains the text remains selected. | |
| Ctrl Shift | C | Copy formatting. |
| Ctrl | C | Copy the selected text or object. |
| Alt | P | Insert the current page number. |
These shortcuts are just a sample of the shortcuts available for this application. KillerKeys includes the complete list of shortcuts and is updated automatically with each new release of software.
