IBM Lotus Notes keyborad shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts to select and move text in a document

You must be in edit mode to use these shortcuts. Press Ctrl+E to put your document in edit mode.

Shortcut	Description
Arrow keys	Move cursor Note: If Scroll Lock key is on, scroll page
Ctrl+A	Select all contents of document
Ctrl+C	Copy selected text or object
Ctrl+Down	Move item in list or table one row down
Ctrl+Up	Move item in list or table one row up
Ctrl+V	Paste text or object
Ctrl+X	Cut selected text or object
Delete	Delete selected graphic
Delete	Delete selected text or object
Shift+Ctrl+Down	Select text up to same point of next line
Shift+Ctrl+Left	Select previous word
Shift+Ctrl+Right	Select next word
Shift+Ctrl+Up	Select text up to same point of previous line
Shift+Ctrl+Down	Select text to end of current line, move focus to next line
Shift+End	Select text to end of current line
Shift+Home	Select text to beginning of current line
Shift+Left	Select previous character
Shift+Right	Select next character
Shift+Up	Select text to beginning of current line, move focus to previous line

Keyboard shortcuts to move the cursor in a document

Cursor shortcuts

Shortcut	To move to
Arrow keys (if Use accessibilty keyboard navigation is disabled)	Different field on a form
Ctrl+Left	Beginning of current word
Ctrl+Right	Beginning of next word
End	End of line
Home	Beginning of line
Shift+Tab	Previous field in a form
Shift+Tab	Previous row in table
Tab	Next row in table
Tab (Use accessibility keyboard navigation in basic preferences must be enabled)	Next field in a form

Keyboard shortcuts to change text and paragraph properties in a document

You must be in edit mode to use the following shortcuts. Press Ctrl+E to put your document in edit mode.

Text and paragraph shortcuts

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+B	Bold selected text
Ctrl+E	Put document in either read or edit mode
Ctrl+F	Find text and replace
Ctrl+G	Find next word when "Find text and replace" starts
Ctrl+I	Italicize selected text
Ctrl+J	Format paragraphs (alignment, spacing, etc.)
Ctrl+K	Format text (font, size, color, etc.)
Ctrl+R	Show/Hide ruler
Ctrl+L+T	Change text style to default (color changes only if the text style was applied using a Paragraph Style)
Ctrl+U	Underline selected text
Ctrl+Z	Undo last action
F2	Enlarge selected text to next available point size
F7	Indent first line in paragraph
F8	Indent entire paragraph
F9	Refresh current document (in edit mode), view, or workspace
F11	Cycle through paragraph styles (defined in the Paragraph Styles tab in Text Properties)
Shift+F2	Reduce selected text to next available point size
Shift+F7	Outdent first line in a paragraph
Shift+F8	Outdent entire paragraph

General keyboard shortcuts

General shortcuts

Shortcut	Description
Alt+A	Access actions from within a document
Alt+accelerator key	Access top level menus (for example, Alt+F opens File menu)
Alt+Down	Open drop-down controls such as the Select Names dialog box from name fields, combo boxes, date pickers, color palettes, and collapsed list box controls.
Alt+Minus	Opens a Size menu for pane borders. Press the s key to activate the menu, move the Up or Down arrow to select the border to move, and then press the Left, Right, Up, or Down arrow to move the selected border.
Alt+Spacebar	Opens a menu that lets you perform standard window operations such as Restore, Minimize, and Maximize. Use the Size and Move commands with the arrow keys to size or move the Lotus Notes window.
Arrow keys	Navigate days via date picker in calendar
Arrow keys, Left and Right	Navigate tabs or a horizontal list
Arrow keys, Up and Down	Navigate a vertical list, such as a menu, navigator, calendar time slots, or items in a list view
Ctrl+Alt+B	Access Open menu and open the applications and bookmark list
Ctrl+Alt+S	Access the sidebar
Ctrl+F	Opens the Find dialog box from views
Ctrl+F1	(Linux® only) Get Help on current feature
Ctrl+F7, then Up and Down arrow keys, then Enter	Move to selected window panel
Ctrl+F8, then Up and Down arrow keys, then Enter	Move to selected window tab
Ctrl+Page Up and Ctrl+Page Down	Navigate pages in calendar
Ctrl+Shift+L	Open list of available shortcuts
Ctrl+Tab	Navigate forward in tab order
Ctrl+W	Closes current tabbed page
Enter	Expand or collapse a category or folder
Esc	Closes current tabbed page, collapses current thread, or exits current element
F1	Get Help on current feature Linux users: Use Ctrl+F1 instead.
F6	Cycles through all panes in the open perspective. (In views such as mail and calendar list views, for example, moves focus from view navigator to list view to preview pane (if open) to mini-view and back to view navigator.)
Minus	Collapse a category or folder
Shift+F10	Open sidebar panel menu.
Shift+Plus	Expand a category, folder, or thread
Shift+Tab	Navigate backward in tab order
Tab	Navigate forward in tab order
Tab	Give focus to Refresh schedule information icon in Scheduler in a meeting entry. Then, to access the Scheduler, press Tab again to give focus to entire Scheduler, and press Spacebar to give focus to the first item in Scheduler. Then do any of these: Press Tab to give focus to different items within Scheduler. Press Ctrl+Left arrow and Ctrl+Right arrow to move the time bar when it has focus. Press Esc to remove focus from the Scheduler, and then press Shift+Tab to give focus to previous items in the meeting entry.

Keyboard shortcuts for applications:

Shortcut	Description
Arrow keys	Move through embedded element
Ctrl+N	Create new application
Ctrl+O	Open application
Ctrl+W	Closes current tabbed page
Enter	Select item in embedded outline
Esc	Closes current tabbed page or exits current element
F9	Refresh current document (in edit mode), view or workspace
Minus	Collapse folder in embedded outline
Page Down	Move to bottom of active page
Page Up	Move to top of active page
Plus	Expand folder in embedded outline
Shift+Ctrl+F9	Update all views in current application
Shift+F9	Rebuild current document, view, workspace (must have Manager access)
Spacebar	Give focus to embedded element
Up and Down arrow	Move through embedded outline

Keyboard shortcuts for properties boxes

when you are editing a document, click Text > Text Properties to open the Text Properties box.

Properties box shortcuts:

Shortcut	Description
Alt+Down	Open color field in Font tab
Alt+Up	Close color field in Font tab
Alt+Enter	Open or close properties box
Ctrl+Alt+Enter	Open or close express tools in properties box
Ctrl+End	Move to last properties box tab (in Text and Table Properties, last tab is Express Tools)
Ctrl+Home	Move to first properties box tab
Ctrl+Page Down	Move to next properties box tab
Ctrl+Page Up	Move to previous properties box tab
Down or Right arrow	Select next item in a list or set of options in properties box
Enter	Activate default or selected item(s) in properties box
Enter	Close color field in Font tab and activate selection
Esc	Close color field in Font tab without activating selection
Esc	Close properties box when focus is in properties box
F1	Get Help on current properties box
Shift+Tab	Move to previous option or set of options in properties box
Tab	Move to next option or set of options in properties box
Up or Left arrow	Select previous item in a list or set of options in properties box