Keyboard shortcuts in the rich text editor

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You can use keyboard shortcuts to apply formatting to text in the rich text editor.

Editing

Use the following shortcuts to edit text:

ResultPC Shortcut
Copy selected textCTRL+C
PasteCTRL+V
Cut selected textCTRL+X
Undo last actionCTRL+Z
Redo action (after undo)CTRL+Y
Select allCTRL+A
Save and close dialogCTRL+ENTER
Line break (
tag)
SHIFT + ENTER

Font formats

Use the following shortcuts to apply formatting to selected text:

FormatShortcut
UnderlineCTRL+U
ItalicCTRL+I
BoldCTRL+B

Lists

To format a paragraph as a list item, enter the relevant shortcut at the beginning of the paragraph followed by a space:

List typeShortcut
Bulleted list*
Bulleted list-
Numbered list1.
Numbered list1)

To remove the bullet or number, place the cursor at the beginning of the paragraph and press backspace.

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