Using Keyboard Shortcuts

Using Keyboard Shortcuts

Here's a list of keyboard shortcuts to help you work even faster in Articulate Storyline:

Key(s)

Function

F1

Help

F2

Select all text within a shape after its bounding box has been clicked

F3

Switch to Slide View

F4

Switch to Slide Master View

F5

Switch to Feedback Master View

F7

Spell check

F10

Publish

F12

Preview entire project

Shift+F9

Show/hide gridlines

Shift+F12

Preview current scene

Shift+drag

If moving an object, movement is constrained to straight lines. If resizing an object, size maintains aspect ratio.

Alt+drag

Move or resize an object with tighter control in one-pixel increments

Ctrl+drag

If moving an object, a copy of the object will be created in the new location. If resizing an object, it will be proportionally resized from opposite directions simultaneously.

Ctrl+A

Select all

Ctrl+B

Bold

Ctrl+C

Copy

Ctrl+D

Duplicate object

Ctrl+E

Center align text

Ctrl+F

Find

Ctrl+G

Group objects

Ctrl+I

Italicize

Ctrl+J

Insert picture

Ctrl+K

Insert hyperlink or trigger

Ctrl+L

Left align text

Ctrl+M

Insert slide

Ctrl+N

New project

Ctrl+O

Open project

Ctrl+P

Publish to a Microsoft Word document

Ctrl+R

Right align text

Ctrl+S

Save project

Ctrl+T

Insert text box

Ctrl+U

Underline

Ctrl+V

Paste

Ctrl+W

Close the active tab in Slide View

Ctrl+X

Cut

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Ctrl+Enter

Open Format Shape or Format Picture window

Ctrl+F12

Preview current slide

Ctrl+Mouse Wheel

Zoom in/out

Ctrl+Arrow

Move selected object one pixel in the direction of the arrow

Ctrl+=

Change selected text to subscript

Ctrl+Shift+C

Copy object formatting

Ctrl+Shift+G

Ungroup objects

Ctrl+Shift+V

Paste object formatting

Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Open Size and Position window

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow

Resize the selected object by one pixel (up/down arrows increase/decrease the object height; right/left arrows increase/decrease the object width)

Ctrl+Shift+=

Change selected text to superscript

Ctrl+Shift+>

Increase font size

Ctrl+Shift+<

Decrease font size

C

Adds a cue point if you press the key while playing the slide from the timeline

Spacebar

Pauses/plays the timeline after you click the play button on the timeline

Creating Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts

Create your own keyboard shortcuts by adding features you use frequently to the Quick Access Toolbar. Just right-click the button for any Storyline feature, then select Add to Quick Access Toolbar.
To launch any of the buttons on the Quick Access Toolbar via a keyboard shortcut, press and hold the Alt key on your keyboard and press the number key that matches the button you want to launch. For example, the first button on the Quick Access Toolbar is "1," the second button is "2," etc.

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