Keyboard shortcuts for working on the layout

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 shortcuts for selecting and deselecting elements on the page
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 shortcuts for interacting with elements on the page
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 1 point.

Edit text inline

Use keyboard shortcuts to edit text on a layout while in inline text editing mode.

Keyboard shortcuts for editing text inline
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 shortcuts for navigating 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.
`C`	Override the active tool with the Explore tool.
`Q`	Activate or deactivate a map frame.
`X`	Zoom out box.
`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.