Impulse Keyboard Shortcuts

Methodox Impulse answers the keys below. The first tables are the menu commands that have a key, generated from the window itself; the later ones are the keys of the page. Every menu shows its item's key beside it, and hovering over a toolbar button shows its name.

File

Key	Command
`Ctrl+N`	File ▸ New
`Ctrl+O`	File ▸ Open…
`Ctrl+S`	File ▸ Save
`Ctrl+Shift+S`	File ▸ Save As…
`Ctrl+P`	File ▸ Print…
`Ctrl+W`	File ▸ Close

Edit

Key	Command
`Ctrl+Z`	Edit ▸ Undo
`Ctrl+Y`	Edit ▸ Redo
`Ctrl+X`	Edit ▸ Cut
`Ctrl+C`	Edit ▸ Copy
`Ctrl+V`	Edit ▸ Paste
`Ctrl+A`	Edit ▸ Select All
`Ctrl+F`	Edit ▸ Find…
`Ctrl+H`	Edit ▸ Find and Replace…
`F3`	Edit ▸ Find Next
`Shift+F3`	Edit ▸ Find Previous

View

Key	Command
`Ctrl+F8`	View ▸ Field Shadings

Review

Key	Command
`Ctrl+Shift+E`	Review ▸ Track Changes

References

Key	Command
`Ctrl+Shift+F9`	References ▸ Refresh All

Tools

Key	Command
`F7`	Tools ▸ Spelling…
`Shift+F7`	Tools ▸ Automatic Spell Checking
`F9`	Tools ▸ Update ▸ Fields
`Alt+F11`	Tools ▸ Scripts

Window

Key	Command
`Ctrl+F6`	Window ▸ Next Document
`Ctrl+Shift+F6`	Window ▸ Previous Document

Typing and moving

These keys work in the page (Print Layout, the usual view) and in Draft view.

Key	What it does
`←` `→`	One character left or right
`Ctrl+←` `Ctrl+→`	One word left or right
`↑` `↓`	One line up or down
`Home` `End`	Start or end of the line
`Ctrl+Home` `Ctrl+End`	Start or end of the document
`Page Up` `Page Down`	One screen up or down
`Shift` with any of the above	Select as you move
`Backspace` `Delete`	Delete the character before or after the caret, or the selection
`Ctrl+Backspace` `Ctrl+Delete`	Delete the word before or after the caret
`Enter`	New paragraph
`Tab`	In a table, the next cell (a new row after the last one); elsewhere, a tab character
`Shift+Tab`	In a table, the previous cell
`Esc`	Leave a header, footer or note and go back to the body text
`Ctrl+B` `Ctrl+I` `Ctrl+U`	Bold, italic, underline

With a picture or shape selected:

Key	What it does
`←` `→` `↑` `↓`	Nudge it 1 pt
`Ctrl+←` `Ctrl+→` `Ctrl+↑` `Ctrl+↓`	Nudge it 10 pt
`Delete` `Backspace`	Delete it
`Esc`	Deselect it

Mouse

Gesture	What it does
Wheel	Scroll, gliding rather than jumping
`Ctrl` + wheel	Zoom (Print Layout)
Middle-button drag	Pan
Double-click, triple-click	Select a word, a paragraph
`Shift` + click	Extend the selection
Drag a picture's corner	Resize it keeping its proportions; with `Shift`, freely
Double-click a shape	Type into it

Not yet: Shift+Enter and Ctrl+Enter make a new paragraph rather than a line or page break, and there are no keys for alignment, headings or font size; use the toolbar and the Format menu.

In the Scripts pane

Tools ▸ Scripts (Alt+F11) opens the script editor under the document. While the editor has the keyboard, its own keys win over the window's: Ctrl+F searches the script rather than the document, and Ctrl+D deletes a line.

Key	What it does
`Ctrl+Enter`	Run the script
`Ctrl+Space`	Show completions; typing `.` (or `:` in Lua) shows them too
`Enter` `Tab`	Accept a completion; `Esc` closes the list
`Tab` `Shift+Tab`	Indent or unindent by two spaces
`Ctrl+D`	Delete the line
`Insert`	Overtype on or off
`Ctrl+Backspace` `Ctrl+Delete`	Delete the word before or after the caret
`Alt+Shift+←` `Alt+Shift+→` `Alt+Shift+↑` `Alt+Shift+↓`	Rectangular selection
`Ctrl+F`	Find in the script
`Ctrl+H`	Find and replace in the script
`F3` `Shift+F3`	Next or previous match
`Alt+R` `Alt+A`	Replace, or replace all, while the find bar is open
`Ctrl+Tab`	Leave the editor