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Visio Plan 2 Visio in Microsoft 365 Visio Plan 1 Visio Professional 2021 Visio Standard 2021 Visio Professional 2019 Visio Standard 2019 Visio Professional 2016 Visio Standard 2016 Visio Professional 2013 Visio 2013 Visio Premium 2010 Visio 2010 Visio Standard 2010 More...Less Many users find that using an external keyboard with keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Visio helps them work more efficiently. For users with mobility or vision disabilities, keyboard shortcuts can be easier than using the touchscreen, and are an essential alternative to using a mouse. Notes:
This article describes the keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Visio on Windows. Note: To quickly find a shortcut in this article, you can use the Search. Press Ctrl+F and then type your search words. In this topic
Frequently used shortcutsThis table lists the most frequently used shortcuts in Visio.
Top of Page Navigate in VisioMove in the full-screen view modeUse these keyboard shortcuts to move between Visio and another app or page when you are using the full-screen view.
Top of Page Move in a web page drawing
Top of Page Move in text or cells
Top of Page Navigate the ribbon
Top of Page Edit and format text
Top of Page Align text
Top of Page Use the Snap & Glue features
Top of Page Group, rotate, and flip shapes
Top of Page Display drawing windows
Top of Page Select tools
Top of Page Select drawing tools
Top of Page Crop a picture
Top of Page Work with Visio shapes and stencilsMove from shape to shape in a drawing page
Top of Page Work with master shapes in a stencil
Top of Page Work with stencils in edit mode
Top of Page Work with windows, task panes, and dialog boxesWork with windows
Top of Page Use the Help paneThe Help pane displays topics and other support content.
Top of Page Work with task panes
Top of Page Float or anchor task panes
Top of Page Work with dialog boxes
Top of Page Use edit boxes within dialog boxesAn edit box is a blank box in which you type or paste an entry, such as your username or the path of a folder.
Top of Page Use the Open and Save As dialog boxes
Top of Page Zoom
Top of Page See alsoVisio help & learning Screen reader support for Visio Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Visio This article describes the keyboard shortcuts in Visio for the web. Note: To quickly find a shortcut in this article, you can use the Search. Press Ctrl+F and then type your search words. In this topic
Frequently used shortcuts
Top of Page Page navigation
Top of Page Ribbon navigation
Top of Page Work with shapes
Top of Page Format text
Top of Page Move the insertion point in text
Top of Page Select content or expand selection
Top of Page See alsoVisio help & learning Screen reader support for Visio Keyboard shortcuts for using the Help window The Help window provides access to all Office Help content. The Help window displays topics and other Help content. In the Help window To do this Press Open the Help window. F1 Close the Help window. ALT+F4 Switch between the Help window and the active app. ALT+TAB Go back to Visio 2010 Home. ALT+HOME Select the next item in the Help window. TAB Select the previous item in the Help window. SHIFT+TAB Perform the action for the selected item. ENTER Select the next hidden text or hyperlink, including Show All or Hide All at the top of a topic. TAB Select the previous hidden text or hyperlink. SHIFT+TAB Perform the action for the selected Show All, Hide All, hidden text, or hyperlink. ENTER Move back to the previous Help topic (Back button). ALT+LEFT ARROW Move forward to the next Help topic (Forward button). ALT+RIGHT ARROW Scroll small amounts up or down, respectively, within the currently displayed Help topic. UP or DOWN ARROW Scroll larger amounts up or down, respectively, within the currently displayed Help topic. PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN Display a menu of commands for the Help window. This requires that the Help window have the active focus (click in the Help window). SHIFT+F10 Stop the last action (Stop button). ESC Refresh the window (Refresh button). F5 Switch among areas in the Help window; for example, switch between the toolbar, address bar, and Search list. F6 In a Table of Contents in tree view, select the next or previous item, respectively. UP or DOWN ARROW In a Table of Contents in tree view, expand or collapse the selected item, respectively. LEFT or RIGHT ARROW Display and use windows To do this Press Switch to the next window. ALT+TAB Switch to the previous window. ALT+SHIFT+TAB Close the active window. ALT+F4 Move to a task pane from another pane in the app window (clockwise direction). You might need to press F6 more than once. Note: If pressing F6 does not display the task pane you want, try pressing ALT to put the focus on the ribbon. F6 Maximize a selected window. CTRL+F10 Restore the size of the Visio app window after you maximized it. CTRL+F5 Copy a picture of the screen to the Clipboard. PRINT SCREEN Copy a picture of the selected window to the Clipboard. ALT+PRINT SCREEN For any window with an icon in its title bar (for example, a shapes window), display the window shortcut menu. ALT+SPACEBAR Open the Page dialog box. SHIFT+F4 Open the Reorder Pages dialog box. CTRL+ALT+P Cycle the focus through open drawings. CTRL+TAB or CTRL+F6 Cycle the focus through open drawings in reverse order. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+F6 Cycle the focus through pages in a drawing, including any visible markup overlays. CTRL+PAGE DOWN Cycle the focus through pages in a drawing in reverse order. CTRL+PAGE UP When a task pane is active, select the next or previous option in the task pane. TAB or SHIFT+TAB Change or resize the font To do this Press Increase the font size of the selected text. CTRL+SHIFT+> Decrease the font size of the selected text. CTRL+SHIFT+< Move around in text or cells To do this Press Move one character to the left. LEFT ARROW Move one character to the right. RIGHT ARROW Move one line up. UP ARROW Move one line down. DOWN ARROW Move one word to the left. CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move one word to the right. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move to the end of a line. END Move to the beginning of a line. HOME Move up one paragraph. CTRL+UP ARROW Move down one paragraph. CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move to the end of a text box. CTRL+END Move to the beginning of a text box. CTRL+HOME Access and use task panes To do this Press Move to a task pane from another pane in the app window. (You might need to press F6 more than once.) Note: If pressing F6 does not display the task pane you want, try pressing ALT to put the focus on the ribbon and then pressing F6 to move to the task pane. F6 When a task pane is active, select the next or previous option in the task pane. TAB or SHIFT+TAB Move among choices on a selected submenu; move among certain options in a group of options in a dialog box. DOWN or UP ARROW Open the selected menu, or perform the action assigned to the selected button. SPACEBAR or ENTER Open a shortcut menu SHIFT+F10 When a menu or submenu is visible, select the first or last command, respectively, on the menu or submenu. HOME or END Float or anchor task panes Press F6 repeatedly to select the task pane that you want. Press ALT+SPACEBAR to open the menu for that task pane. Press the DOWN ARROW key to select the Float Window command, and then press ENTER. Use dialog boxes To do this Press Move to the next option or option group. TAB Move to the previous option or option group. SHIFT+TAB Switch to the next tab in a dialog box. CTRL+TAB Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Move between options in an open dropdown list, or between options in a group of options. Arrow keys Perform the action assigned to the selected button; select or clear the selected checkbox. SPACEBAR Open the list if it is closed and move to that option in the list. First letter of an option in a dropdown list Select an option; select or clear a checkbox. ALT+ the letter underlined in an option Open a selected dropdown list. ALT+DOWN ARROW Close a selected dropdown list; cancel a command and close a dialog box. ESC Perform the action assigned to a default button in a dialog box. ENTER Use edit boxes within dialog boxes An edit box is a blank in which you type or paste an entry, such as your username or the path of a folder. To do this Press Move to the beginning of the entry. HOME Move to the end of the entry. END Move one character to the left or right. LEFT or RIGHT ARROW Move one word to the left. CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move one word to the right. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Select or cancel selection one character to the left. SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Select or cancel selection one character to the right. SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Select or cancel selection one word to the left. CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Select or cancel selection one word to the right. CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the entry. SHIFT+HOME Select from the insertion point to the end of the entry. SHIFT+END Use the Open and Save As dialog boxes To do this Press Move to the next option or option group. TAB Move to the previous option or option group. SHIFT+TAB Move between options in an open dropdown list, or between options in a group of options. Arrow keys Perform the action assigned to the selected button ENTER, SPACEBAR Move to the Save as type list in the Save As dialog box ALT+T Move to the File name box ALT+N Move to the file type list in the Open dialog box ALT+T Open a selected file in the Open dialog box ALT+O Save the current file in the Save dialog box ALT+S Open a selected dropdown list. ALT+DOWN ARROW Close a selected dropdown list; cancel a command and close a dialog box. ESC Update the file list F5 Display a shortcut menu for a selected item such as a folder or file SHIFT+F10 Edit text To do this Press Move to the next or previous character, respectively, in a line of text. RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW Move to the next or previous line of text, respectively. DOWN or UP ARROW Move to the next or previous word, respectively, in a line of text. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW or CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move to the next or previous paragraph, respectively. CTRL+DOWN or UP ARROW Select all the text in a text block. CTRL+A Select the next or previous character, respectively. SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW or SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Select the next or previous word, respectively. CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW or CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Select the next or previous line, respectively. SHIFT+DOWN or UP ARROW Select the next or previous paragraph, respectively. CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN or UP ARROW Delete the previous word. CTRL+BACKSPACE Replace the selected text with the field height. If no text is selected, replace all text with the field height for the selected shape. CTRL+SHIFT+H Format text To do this Press Turn bold ( CTRL+B Turn italic ( CTRL+I Turn underline ( CTRL+U Turn double underline on or off. CTRL+SHIFT+D Turn all caps on or off. CTRL+SHIFT+A Turn small caps on or off. CTRL+SHIFT+K Turn subscript ( CTRL+= Turn superscript ( CTRL+SHIFT+= Increase the font size of the selected text. CTRL+SHIFT+> Decrease the font size of the selected text. CTRL+SHIFT+< Align text To do this Press Align text left. CTRL+SHIFT+L Center text horizontally. CTRL+SHIFT+C Align text right. CTRL+SHIFT+R Justify text horizontally. CTRL+SHIFT+J Top-align text vertically. CTRL+SHIFT+T Center text vertically. CTRL+SHIFT+M Bottom-align text vertically. CTRL+SHIFT+V Navigate the Ribbon Press ALT. The KeyTips are displayed over each feature that is available in the current view.
Press the letter shown in the KeyTip over the feature that you want to use. Depending on which letter you press, you might be shown additional KeyTips. For example, if the Home tab is active and you press N, the Insert tab is displayed, along with the KeyTips for the groups on that tab. Continue pressing letters until you press the letter of the command or option that you want to use. In some cases, you must first press the letter of the group that contains the command. For example, if the Home tab is active, press ALT+H, F, S will take you to the Size list box in the Font group. Note: To cancel the action that you are taking and hide the KeyTips, press ALT. Zoom
Move around in full-screen view Use these keyboard shortcuts to move between Visio and another app or page when you are in full-screen view.
Move around a Web page drawing
Visio-specific tasksFormat text
Use the Snap & Glue features
Group, rotate, and flip shapes
View drawing windows
Visio-specific toolbarsSelect tools
Select the drawing tools
Crop a picture
Visio shapes and stencilsMove from shape to shape in a drawing page
Work with master shapes in a stencil
Work with stencils in edit mode
See alsoVisio help center Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Visio Visio for the web help Make a Visio for the web diagram accessible Technical support for customers with disabilitiesMicrosoft wants to provide the best possible experience for all our customers. If you have a disability or questions related to accessibility, please contact the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk for technical assistance. The Disability Answer Desk support team is trained in using many popular assistive technologies and can offer assistance in English, Spanish, French, and American Sign Language. Please go to the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk site to find out the contact details for your region. If you are a government, commercial, or enterprise user, please contact the enterprise Disability Answer Desk. Need more help?Which of the following word features removes all formatting for selected text and returns it to plain text?In Word: On the Edit menu, click Clear and then select Clear Formatting.
What three properties of a typeface can be changed to format the text?In Microsoft Word, you can change the properties of any text, including font type, size, and color, and make it bold, italic, or underlined (font style). The following illustration shows an example of the formatting bar and a description of the tools it contains.
Which of the following features removed all formatting from the selected text?CTRL-SPACE removes character-level formatting from the selected text (fonts, italics/bold, font size, etc.)
What is the name of the toolbar that appears after text is selected?Word Lesson 1 Reveiw. |