Corel Draw Keyboard Shortcuts

Corel Draw

B	Aligns selected objects to the bottom
P	Aligns the centers of the selected objects to page
E	Horizontally aligns the centers of the selected objects
L	Aligns selected objects to the left
R	Aligns selected objects to the right
T	Aligns selected objects to the top
C	Vertically aligns the centers of the selected objects
F9	Displays a full-screen preview of the drawing
Ctrl+W	Redraws the drawing window
Shft+F9	Toggles between the last two used view qualities
Alt+F2	Contains functions for assigning attributes to linear dimension lines
Ctrl+C	Copies the selection and places it on the Clipboard
Ctrl+Insert	Copies the selection and places it on the Clipboard
Ctrl+Shft+A	Copies specified properties to the selected object(s) from another object
Ctrl+X	Cuts the selection and places it on the Clipboard
Shft+Delete	Cuts the selection and places it on the Clipboard
Delete	Deletes the selected object(s)
Ctrl+D	Duplicates the selected object(s) and offsets by a specified amount
Ctrl+V	Pastes the Clipboard contents into the drawing
Shft+Insert	Pastes the Clipboard contents into the drawing
Ctrl+Shft+Z	Reverses the last Undo operation
Ctrl+R	Repeats the last operation
Ctrl+Z	Reverses the last operation
Alt+Backspace	Reverses the last operation
Alt+F3	Opens the Lens Docker Window
Ctrl+E	Exports text or objects to another format
Ctrl+I	Imports text or objects
Ctrl+N	Creates a new drawing
Ctrl+O	Opens an existing drawing
Ctrl+P	Prints the active drawing
Ctrl+S	Saves the active drawing
F11	Applies fountain fills to objects
Shft+F11	Applies uniform color fills to objects
Alt+F3	Finds the specified text in the drawing
Ctrl+B	Changes the style of text to bold
Ctrl+Shft+F	Shows a list of all the available/active fonts
Ctrl+Shft+W	Shows a list of all the available/active font weights
Ctrl+I	Changes the style of text to italic
Ctrl+Shft+K	Changes all text characters to small capital letters
Ctrl+U	Changes the style of text to underline
Ctrl+NUMPAD2	Decreases font size to previous point size
Ctrl+NUMPAD2	Decreases font size to previous point size
Ctrl+Shft+P	Shows a list of all the available/active font sizes
Ctrl+Shft+H	Shows a list of all the available/active HTML font sizes
Ctrl+NUMPAD8	Increases font size to next point size
Ctrl+NUMPAD8	Increases font size to next point size
Ctrl+NUMPAD6	Increase font size to next setting in Font Size List
Ctrl+NUMPAD6	Increase font size to next setting in Font Size List
Ctrl+NUMPAD4	Decrease font size to previous setting available in the Font Size List
Ctrl+NUMPAD4	Decrease font size to previous setting available in the Font Size List
Ctrl+Y	Snaps objects to the grid (toggle)
Ctrl+K	Breaks apart the selected object
Ctrl+L	Combines the selected objects
Ctrl+Shft+Q	Converts an outline to an object
Ctrl+Q	Converts the selected object to a curve; converting to curves can provide for more flexible editing
Ctrl+G	Groups the selected objects
Ctrl+U	Ungroups the selected objects or group of objects
Shft+F1	Invokes What's This? help
Ctrl+F11	Opens the Symbols Docker Window
F10	Edits the nodes of an object; double-clicking the tool selects all nodes on the selected object
DnArrow	Nudges the object downward
LeftArrow	Nudges the object to the left
RightArrow	Nudges the object to the right
UpArrow	Nudges the object upward
Shft+DnArrow	Nudges the object downward by the Super Nudge factor
Shft+LeftArrow	Nudges the object to the left by the Super Nudge factor
Shft+RightArrow	Nudges the object to the right by the Super Nudge factor
Shft+UpArrow	Nudges the object upward by the Super Nudge factor
Ctrl+F10	Opens the Options dialog with the Text options page selected
Ctrl+J	Opens the dialog for setting CorelDRAW options
Ctrl+PgDn	Places the selected object(s) back one position in the object stacking order
Ctrl+PgUp	Places the selected object(s) forward one position in the object stacking order
Shft+PgDn	Places the selected object(s) to the back
Shft+PgUp	Places the selected object(s) to the front
Shft+F12	Opens the Outline Color dialog box
F12	Opens the Outline Pen dialog box
PgDn	Goes to the next page
PgUp	Goes to the previous page
Alt+Return	Displays object or tool properties depending on the current selection or tool
Ctrl+A	Selects the entire drawing
Ctrl+F5	Opens the Graphic and Text Styles Docker Window
Ctrl+Shft+S	Shows a list of all the styles in the drawing
Ctrl+M	Adds/removes bullets for the text object (toggle)
Ctrl+E	Changes the alignment of text to center alignment
Ctrl+F8	Converts artistic text to paragraph text or vice versa
Ctrl+Shft+D	Adds/removes a Drop Cap for the text object (toggle)
Ctrl+Shft+T	Opens the Edit Text dialog box
Ctrl+H	Changes the alignment of text to force last line full alignment
Ctrl+T	Formats the properties of text
Ctrl+J	Changes the alignment of text to full alignment
Ctrl+,	Changes the text to horizontal direction
Ctrl+L	Changes the alignment of text to left alignment
Ctrl+N	Changes the alignment of text to have no alignment
Ctrl+R	Changes the alignment of text to right alignment
Ctrl+.	Changes the text to vertical (toggle)
Delete	Deletes the character to the right of the text caret
Ctrl+Delete	Deletes the word to the right of the text caret
PgDn	Moves the text caret down 1 frame
DnArrow	Moves the text caret down 1 line
Ctrl+DnArrow	Moves the text caret down 1 paragraph
LeftArrow	Moves the text caret left 1 character
Ctrl+LeftArrow	Moves the text caret left 1 word
RightArrow	Moves the text caret right 1 character
Ctrl+RightArrow	Moves the text caret right 1 word
PgUp	Moves the text caret up 1 frame
UpArrow	Moves the text caret up 1 line
Ctrl+UpArrow	Moves the text caret up 1 paragraph
Ctrl+Home	Moves the text caret to the beginning of the frame
Home	Moves the text caret to the beginning of the line
Ctrl+PgUp	Moves the text caret to the beginning of the text
Ctrl+End	Moves the text caret to the end of the frame
End	Moves the text caret to the end of the line
Ctrl+PgDn	Moves the text caret to the end of the text
Shft+LeftArrow	Selects the character to the left of the text caret
Shft+RightArrow	Selects the character to the right of the text caret
Shft+PgDn	Selects text downwards by 1 frame
Shft+DnArrow	Selects text downwards by 1 line
Ctrl+Shft+DnArrow	Selects text downwards by 1 paragraph
Shft+PgUp	Selects text upwards by 1 frame
Shft+UpArrow	Selects text upwards by 1 line
Ctrl+Shft+UpArrow	Selects text upwards by 1 paragraph
Ctrl+Shft+LeftArrow	Selects the word to the left of the text caret
Ctrl+Shft+RightArrow	Selects the word to the right of the text caret
Ctrl+Shft+Home	Selects text to the beginning of the frame
Shft+Home	Selects text to the beginning of the line
Ctrl+Shft+PgUp	Selects text to the beginning of the text
Ctrl+Shft+End	Selects text to the end of the frame
Shft+End	Selects text to the end of the line
Ctrl+Shft+PgDn	Selects text to the end of the text
Alt+F12	Aligns text to the baseline
Shft+F3	Changes the case of selected text
Ctrl+Shft+C	Shows non-printing characters
I	Draws curves and applies Preset, Brush, Spray, Calligraphic or Pressure Sensitive effects to the strokes
F7	Draws ellipses and circles; double-clicking the tool opens the Toolbox tab of the Options dialog box
X	Erases part of a graphic or splits an object into two closed paths
D	Draws a group of rectangles; double-clicking opens the Toolbox tab of the Options dialog
G	Adds a fill to object(s); clicking and dragging on object(s) applies a fountain fill
M	Converts an object to a Mesh Fill object
F5	Selects the last used Curve tool
Y	Draws symmetrical polygons; double-clicking opens the Toolbox tab of the Options dialog
F6	Draws rectangles; double-clicking the tool creates a page frame
A	Draws spirals; double-clicking opens the Toolbox tab of the Options dialog
F8	Adds text; click on the page to add Artistic Text; click and drag to add Paragraph Text
Ctrl+Space	Toggles between the current tool and the Pick tool
Alt+F7	Opens the Position Docker Window
Alt+F8	Opens the Rotate Docker Window
Alt+F9	Opens the Scale and Mirror Docker Window
Alt+F10	Opens the Size Docker Window
Alt+F11	Runs the Visual Basic for Applications Editor
Ctrl+Return	Brings up the Property Bar and gives focus to the first visible item that can be tabbed to
Ctrl+F12	Opens the Spell Checker; checks the spelling of the selected text
Alt+DnArrow	Pans the drawing downward
Alt+LeftArrow	Pans the drawing to the left
Alt+RightArrow	Pans the drawing to the right
H	Pans around the drawing by clicking and dragging using this tool
Alt+UpArrow	Pans the drawing upward
Ctrl+F2	Opens the View Manager Docker Window
F2	Performs one zoom operation and then returns to the previous tool
F3	Zooms out on the drawing
F4	Zooms in on all objects in the drawing
Shft+F4	Displays the entire printable page
Shft+F2	Zooms in on selected objects only