If you use Scrivener, it’s likely that you’re interested in maximizing your writing productivity. Scrivener is a powerful writing tool that gives you flexibility and control over almost every aspect of your writing. One of the best ways to speed up your writing workflow is to become a power user through the use of keyboard shortcuts. Below I’ve included a comprehensive list of Scrivener’s keyboard shortcuts for the Windows version of Scrivener.

 

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows Documents

  • Move Item Up: Ctrl+Up
  • Remove Item Shift+Del
  • Move Item Down: Ctrl+Down
  • Move Item Left: Ctrl+Left
  • Move Item Right: Ctrl+Right
  • Split At Selection: Ctrl+K
  • Split With Selection as name: Ctrl+Shift+K
  • Set Selection as name: F2
  • Duplicate Item With SubDocuments: Ctrl+D
  • Duplicate Item Without SubDocuments: Ctrl+Shift+D
  • Take Snapshot: Ctrl+5
  • Take Snapshot With name: Ctrl+Shift+5
  • Open in Editor: Ctrl+Shift+Return
  • Open in Other Editor: Ctrl+Alt+Return
  • Open In External Editor: Ctrl+F5
  • Group Selection: Ctrl+G
  • UnGroup Selection: Ctrl+Shift+U
  • Merge Documents: Ctrl+M

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Editing

  • Add Current To Completions: Ctrl+Alt+=
  • Show Spelling: Ctrl+8, B
  • Insert Image: Ctrl+Shift+H
  • Insert Current Date and Time: Ctrl+F6
  • Project Search: Ctrl+Shift+G
  • Undo: Ctrl+Z
  • Redo: Ctrl+Y
  • Cut: Ctrl+X
  • Copy: Ctrl+C
  • Paste: Ctrl+V
  • Select All: Ctrl+A
  • Find Dialog: Ctrl+F
  • Find Next: F3
  • Find Previous: Shift+F3
  • Replace And Find Next: Ctrl+H
  • Paste And Match Style: Ctrl+Shift+V
  • Find By Format Dialog: Ctrl+F3
  • Find Next By Format: Ctrl+Shift+F3
  • Find Previous By Format: Ctrl+Alt+F3
  • Complete Current Word: Alt+=
  • Complete Current name: Ctrl+Alt+4

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Files

  • New Project: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N
  • Open Project: Ctrl+O
  • Page Setup: Ctrl+Shift+P
  • Print: Ctrl+P
  • Close Project: Ctrl+F4
  • Save: Ctrl+S
  • Save As: Ctrl+Shift+S
  • Compile: Ctrl+Shift+E
  • Import Files: Ctrl+Shift+J
  • Import Web Page: Ctrl+Shift+W
  • Export Files: Ctrl+Shift+X

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Formatting

  • Toggle Invisibles: Ctrl+Shift+\
  • Toggle Ghost Notes: Ctrl+Shift+7
  • Show Citations: Ctrl+8, C
  • Toggle Ruler: Ctrl+Shift+R
  • Fonts: F4
  • Toggle FormatBar: Alt+Right
  • Toggle Typewriter Scrolling: Meta+Ctrl+T
  • Annotation: Ctrl+Shift+A
  • Footnote: Ctrl+Shift+F
  • Script Writing: Ctrl+4
  • Outlined: Ctrl+;
  • Script Elements Popup: Ctrl+\
  • Strike Through: Ctrl+Shift+-
  • Bold: Ctrl+B
  • Enlarge Font: Ctrl+>
  • Italic: Ctrl+I
  • Shrink Font: Ctrl+<
  • Underlined: Ctrl+U
  • Super Script: Ctrl+Alt+]
  • Sub Script: Ctrl+Alt+[
  • To name Case: Ctrl+6
  • To Smart Quotes: Ctrl+`
  • To Straight Quotes: Ctrl+Shift+`
  • To Single Spaces: Ctrl+Space
  • Align Left: Ctrl+L
  • Copy Style: Ctrl+Shift+C
  • Align Center: Ctrl+E
  • Paste Style: Ctrl+Shift+Y
  • Align Justified: Ctrl+J
  • Copy Ruler: Ctrl+Alt+7
  • Align Right: Ctrl+R
  • Paste Ruler: Ctrl+Alt+8
  • Single Line Spacing: Ctrl+Shift+1
  • Double Line Spacing: Ctrl+Shift+2
  • Single Half Line Spacing: Ctrl+Shift+3

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for the Fullscreen Option

  • Full Screen Keywords: Ctrl+Alt+6
  • Full Screen Go To: Ctrl+Alt+5

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for the Help Option

  • Scrivener Manual: F1

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Other

  • Increase Left Indent: Ctrl+Q
  • Decrease Left Indent: Ctrl+Shift+Q
  • Increase Text Indent: Ctrl+T
  • Decrease Text Indent: Ctrl+Shift+T

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for the Project Menu

  • Project Statistics: Ctrl+.
  • Text Statistics: Ctrl+/
  • Add New Text: Ctrl+N
  • Project Targets: Ctrl+,
  • Add New Folder: Ctrl+Shift+N
  • Toggle Keywords HUD: Ctrl+Shift+G
  • Edit Meta Data: Ctrl+Shift+M
  • Show Auto Complete List: Ctrl+Shift+4

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for the Tools Menu

  • Toggle Scratch Pad: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P
  • Preferences: F12

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for View

  • Previous Container: Ctrl+Shift+Up
  • Next Container: Ctrl+Shift+Down
  • Previous Document: Alt+Shift+Left
  • Next Document: Alt+Shift+Right
  • Enclosing Group: Alt+Shift+Up
  • Editor Selection: Alt+Shift+Down
  • Toggle Main ToolBar: Alt+Left
  • Toggle Collections: Ctrl+Shift+9
  • Toggle Editor HeaderBar: Alt+Up
  • Play Pause Action: Ctrl+Return
  • Toggle Editor FooterBar: Alt+Down
  • Fast Forward Action: Ctrl+}
  • Rewind Action: Ctrl+{
  • Current Editor Back: Ctrl+[
  • Current Editor Forward: Ctrl+]
  • Alternate Editor Back:
  • Alternate Editor Forward:
  • Show Binder Tint: F5
  • Show Icon Tint: F6
  • Show Index Card Tint: F7
  • Show Outliner Tint: F8
  • Focus Next Major Element: Ctrl+Tab
  • Reveal In Binder: Ctrl+Shift+8
  • Show Index Card Label: F9
  • Show Index Card Status: F10
  • Show Index Card Keywords: Ctrl+F12
  • Toggle Binder: Ctrl+Shift+B
  • Toggle Inspector: Ctrl+Shift+I
  • Toggle FullScreen: F11
  • No Editor Split: Ctrl+’
  • Horizontal Editor Split: Ctrl++
  • Vertical Editor Split: Ctrl+Shift+’
  • Show Text: Ctrl+1
  • Show Corkboard: Ctrl+2
  • Show Outliner: Ctrl+3
  • Toggle Editor Lock: Ctrl+Shift+L
  • Zoom In: Ctrl+=
  • Zoom Out: Ctrl+-
  • Expand All:
  • Collapse All:
  • Collapse All To Current Level:

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