Compiled by David Creamer of www.ideas Training.com Useful FrameMaker Keyboard Commands This is not a complete list of shortcuts in FrameMaker. Consult the on-line help file for other shortcuts. Legend to typing shortcuts hyphenated shortcuts (i.e., Cntl-6) Spaced shortcuts (i.e., Esc n s) Hold down modifier key(s) while typing character Type the keys in sequence, releasing after each key Function Shortcut Code View Force Redraw Cntl-l (lowercase L) Activate current document window Zoom in one setting Zoom out one setting Fit page to window Fit to 100% View Text Symbols View Borders View Rulers View Graphics Bar Shift+F7 Esc z i (think Zoom In) Esc z o (think Zoom Out) Esc z p Esc z z Esc v t Esc v b Esc v r Esc g T Navigation Home or End of document/flow Go to page Go to start/end of word Go to start/end of sentence Go to start/end of paragraph Go to top/bottom of column View Master Pages View Body Pages View Reference Pages Go to Hyperlink Source Works for Cross-ref, Generated page listings, and hyperlinks Alt-Pg Up or Alt-Pg Down Cntl-g or click on current page number at bottom of screen Cntl-Left or -Right keyboard arrow Cntl-Home or -End Cntl-Up or -Down keyboard arrow Cntl-Pg Up or -Pg Down Esc v M Esc v B Esc v R Cntl-Alt-click on link Cntl-Alt-click on page number for indices Book Shortcuts Select all files in book Select all non-generated files in book Select all generated files in book Hold down the Shift key before accessing the File menu so you can Open, Save, and Close all files in book or all open files Text Selection Word Paragraph Sentence Entire Text/Flow Esc-e, A F Esc-e, A N Esc-e, A G Shft-File menu option Double-click Triple-click Esc h s Cntl-A
Formatting Text via keyboard Quick-Apply Paragraph Tag to selected paragraphs* F9 Quick-Apply Character Tag to selected text* F8 Change all settings in panel to "As Is" Shift-F8 Change all settings in panel to match selection Shift-F9 Change active Paragraph Designer properties tab Previous: Page Up; Next: Page Down Create New Style (FrameMaker 2015 and older) Type new name in Designer and click Apply Rename Style (FrameMaker 2015 and older) Type new name in Designer and click Update All Quick-Insert Variable* Cntl-0 (keyboard zero, not numeric keyboard zero) Insert Maker (will auto-insert selected text) Esc s m Insert Cross-Reference Esc s c Case Change selection to lowercase Alt-Cntl-l (lowercase L) Case Change selection UPPERCASE Alt-Cntl-u Case Change selection to Initial Caps Alt-Cntl-c Conditional Shortcuts* Apply Condition to selected text Cntl-4 Remove Condidtion from selected text Cntl-5 Make selected text uncondidtional Cntl-6 Select all surounding conditional text at insertion Esc h C *Be sure the document window is active and not a panel/pod. Index Markers Insert Maker (will auto-insert selected text) Esc s m Multiple-Level Index Entries PrimaryLevel:SecondaryLevel:TertiaryLevel (colon) Multiple Index Entries FirstEntry; SecondEntry;ThirdEntry (semi-colon) Page Range Entry <$startrange>entry and <$endrange>entry Supress Page Number on Entry for Index x-ref <$nopage>entry. See OtherEntry Custom Sort Order for special entries 1st Entry[First Entry] Go to Index Marker Source Cntl-Alt-click on page number for indices Hyphens & Dashes Discretionary hyphen (soft hyphen or dishie) Cntl-hyphen \- Suppress hyphenation Esc n s \_ Non-breaking standard Hyphen Esc hyphen h \+ Em Dash Cntl-q Q \m En Dash Cntl-q P \= Spaces Non-breaking standard space Cntl-space or Esc Space h \space Em space (width is equal to type size) Cntl-Shft-space or Esc Space m \sm or \M En space (half an Em space) Cntl-Alt-space or Esc Space n \sn or \N Numeric space (width of a zero) Esc space 1 (one) \s# or \# Thin space (1/12th of an Em space) Esc space t \st or \i
Special Characters Paragraph Keyboard Enter \p Line Break/Soft Return/Forced Return Shift-Keyboard Enter \r Tab Tab (Esc Tab in table) \t Bullet Cntl-q % \b Trademark Cntl-q * \TM Copyright Cntl-q ) \@ Register Cntl-q ( \xa8 Cent sign Cntl-q " Grave (by itself) ` \{ Acute (by itself)/single Prime Cntl-q + Double Prime Cntl-q } \& Dagger Cntl-q space \d Double-Dagger Cntl-q ` (grave key) \D Ellipsis Cntl-q I (Shft-i) \e Circumflex Cntl-q v \@ Florin Cntl-q D \F Paragraph Symbol Cntl-q & Section Symbol Cntl-q $ Single Guillemot Left Cntl-q \ \( Single Guillemot Right Cntl-q [ \) Double Guillemot Left «Double Guillemot Right» Per thousand Cntl-q d \% OE ligature Cntl-q N \OE oe ligature Cntl-q O \oe Backslash \\ Quotes Double Typewriter Quotes " (with Smart Quotes on)* Esc " Single Typewriter Quote ' (with Smart Quotes on)* Cntl-' *The default, and suggested, setting Double Opening Quotes (with Smart Quotes off) Cntl-q R \' Double Closing Quotes (with Smart Quotes off) Cntl-q S \` (grave) Single Opening Quote (with Smart Quotes off) Cntl-q T \" Single Closing Quote (with Smart Quotes off) Cntl-q U Base Single Quote Cntl-q b \, Base Double Quote Cntl-q c \g Accents over Characters Acute Esc ' (letter: a, e, i, o, u, A, e, I, O, U) Grave ` Esc ` (letter: a, e, i, o, u, A, e, I, O, U) Tilde ~ Esc ~ (letter: a, o, n, A, O, N) Dieresis Esc % (letter: a, e, i, o, u, y, A, e, I, O, U, Y)
Circumflex ˆ Esc ^ (letter: a, e, i, o, u, A, e, I, O, U) Ring Esc * (letter: a, A) Cedilla ç Esc, (letter: c, C) Math Symbols Fraction Slash Cntl-q Z \ / Multiplication Division Cntl-q 0 (zero) Cntl-q V Plus/Minus Cntl-q 1 Greater Than or Equal To Less Than or Equal To Not Equal to Approximately Equal To Infinity/Proportional Cntl-q 8 (change to Symbol font character style) Cntl-q # (change to Symbol font character style) Cntl-q 6 (change to Symbol font character style) Cntl-q H (change to Symbol font character style) Cntl-q 4 (change to Symbol font character style) Degree/Ring Cntl-q { Slash Zero Cntl-q / Small slash Zero Cntl-q? One Scientific Notation Cntl-q 6 Two Scientific Notation (squared) Cntl-q 7 Three Scientific Notation (cubed) Cntl-q 8 1/4 fraction Cntl-q 9 1/2 fraction Cntl-q : 3/4 fraction Cntl-q = Per-mille (parts per thousand) Cntl-q d \% Microns (Mu symbol) Cntl-q 5 Find & Change Special Characters Note: Use Wildcards must be turned OFF for these to work. End of paragraph (return) \p Start of paragraph (return) \P Forced Return (line break, soft return) \r Tab \t End of flow \f Find two paragragh returns/replace with one Find: \P\p Replace:\p Start or End of word \< or \> Find & Change with Wildcards Note: Use Wildcards must be turned ON for these to work. Find one or more alphanumeric characters * Find one or more non-word characters (such as spaces and Find a single character? Find any one of the bracketed characters Find any character except the bracketed characters Find any characters within the range Breakout character (to find characters used during wildcard search) The beginning of a line [aeiou] [^xyz] [q-t] \ (for example, to search for an actual asterisk, type \* ) ^ The end of a line $
Tables Selection Select single cell Select row Select column Select table Moving Move to next cell Move to previous cell Move to cell below Move to cell above Other Type Tab in a cell Add row below Resize column without resizing table Align Cell Top Align Cell Middle Align Cell Bottom Cleaning up imported Table from Excel Cntl-click on cell Cntl-double click on column (vertical) border in row Cntl-double click on row (horizontal) border in column Cntl-triple click Tab Shft-Tab Cntl-Alt-Tab Cntl-Alt-Shft-Tab Esc Tab Cntl-Enter Shft-drag or Alt-drag cell handle Cntl-F1 Cntl-F2 Cntl-F3 Note: Even when you import tables without formatting, tables will still have formats. Excel files import all worksheets and all data, so it is best to remove unwanted worksheets and data before importing. Method 1 for existing tables 1] Set all Custom Rules and Shades to From Table and apply Method 2 for imported tables On-Screen Table Tints (FrameMaker 12 and older) Import Word files as Plain Text (to bypass new Word import dialog) 2] Set Row Height defaults (0" to 14") 3] Apply Paragraph style(s) to table 4] Apply Table style to table 5] Merge cells as needed 1] Open Excel file save as tab-delimited or csv text 2] Import into FrameMaker as Text 3] Choose "Convert Text to Table" 4] Select delimiter (tab or comma) and Table style 5] Import For better on-screen editing appearance, use new color or tint, not the percentage from Table Designer. For example, don't use Black at 10%; create a new color set to 10% K and use that new color at 100%. Either method will not affect print or PDF output. 1] Open Word file, select all, and copy 2] Paste Special in FrameMaker 3] Choose "Text" and paste
Editing Objects Scaling Graphics Generally, use Object Properties rather than Scale. Object Properties shows actual reduction since import. Scale always treats whatever the current size as 100%. Object Properties dialog box To resize a Text Frame Shrinkwrap In-Line Graphic Frame Unwrap graphic to enlarge frame Move object 1 point Move object 6 points Esc g o Cntl-click on frame and resize as needed; hold shift key to constrain proportion; double-click to return to text editing Esc m p Esc m e Alt-arrow key Alt-Shift-arrow key