Project 2013 Keyboard Shortcuts Microsoft Office basics Keyboard access to the ribbon 1. Press Alt. The KeyTips are displayed over each feature that is available in the current view. 2. Press the letter that appears in the KeyTip over the feature that you want to use. 3. Depending on which letter you press, additional KeyTips may appear. For example, if the Home tab is active and you press W, the View tab is displayed, along with the KeyTips for the groups on that tab. 4. Continue pressing letters until you press the letter of the command or control that you want to use. In some cases, you must first press the letter of the group that contains the command. NOTE To cancel the action that you are taking and hide the KeyTips, press Alt. Display and use windows ALT + TAB Switch to the next window. CTRL + F6 When more than one window is open, switch to the next window. ALT + SHIFT+TAB CTRL+ W or CTRL + F4 CTRL+ F5 F6 SHIFT+F6 Move around in text or cells. Switch to the previous window. CTRL+SHIFT+F6 Switch to the previous window. Close the active window. CTRL + F10 Maximize or restore a selected window. Restore the size of the active window after you maximize it. Move to a task pane from another pane in the program window (clockwise direction). You may need to press F6 more than once. Move to a pane from another pane in the program window (counterclockwise direction). PRINT SCREEN ALT+ PRINT SCREEN LEFT RIGHT Move one character to the left Move one character to the right END HOME Copy a picture of the screen to the Clipboard. Copy a picture of the selected window to the Clipboard. Move to the end of a line. Move to the beginning of a line UP Move one line up. CTRL + UP Move up one paragraph. DOWN Move one line down. CTRL + DOWN CTRL + LEFT CTRL + RIGHT Move down one paragraph Move one word to the left CTRL + END Move to the end of a text Move one word to the right CTRL + HOME Move to the beginning of a text
Move around in and work in tables TAB Move to the next cell. CTRL + TAB Insert a tab in a cell. SHIFT+TAB Move to the preceding cell. Start a new paragraph DOWN Move to the next row. TAB at the end of the last row UP Move to the preceding row. Add a new row at the bottom of the table Access and use actions ALT+SHIFT+ F10 DOWN UP Tips Display the menu or message for an action. If more than one action is present, switch to the next action and display its menu or message Select the next item on the action menu. Select the previous item on the action menu. ESC Perform the action for the selected item on the action menu. Close the action menu or message. You can ask to be notified by a sound whenever an action appears. To hear audio cues, you must have a sound card. You must also have Microsoft Office Sounds installed on your computer. You can download Microsoft Office Sounds from Office.com. Use dialog boxes TAB SHIFT+TAB CTRL+TAB CTRL+SHIFT+TAB KEYS INSERT Move to the next option or option group. Move to the previous option or option group. Switch to the next tab in a dialog Switch to the previous tab in a dialog Move between options in an open drop-down list, or between options in a group of options. Perform the action assigned to the selected button; select or clear the selected check First letter of an option in a dropdown list ALT + the letter underlined an option ALT + DOWN + ESC Open the list if it is closed and move to that option in the list. Select an option; select or clear a check Open a selected drop-down list. Close a selected drop-down list; cancel a command and close a dialog Perform the action assigned to a default button in a dialog
Use edit boxes within dialog boxes An edit box is a blank in which you type or paste an entry, such as your user name or the path to a folder. HOME Move to the beginning of the entry. SHIFT + RIGHT END Move to the end of the entry. CTRL + SHIFT + LEFT LEFT or RIGHT CTRL + LEFT CTRL + RIGHT SHIFT + LEFT Move one character to the left or right, respectively. CTRL + SHIFT + RIGHT Select or cancel selection one character to the right. Select or cancel selection one word to the left. Select or cancel selection one word to the right. Move one word to the left. SHIFT + HOME Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the entry. Move one word to the right. SHIFT + END Select from the insertion point to the end of the entry. Select or cancel selection one character to the left. Basic File Management CTRL + F12 CTRL + O CTRL + S Open a project file (display the Open dialog box). Open a project file (display the Open tab in the Backstage view). Save a project file. CTRL + N CTRL + P Create a new project. Print a file (display the Print tab in the Backstage view). Use the Open and Save As dialog boxes CTRL + F12 Display the Open dialog DELETE Delete the selected folder or file. CTRL + O F12 BACKSPACE Display the Open tab in the Backstage view. Display the Save As dialog Open the selected folder or file. Open the folder one level above the open folder. SHIFT + F10 TAB SHIFT + TAB F4 or ALT 1 Display a shortcut menu for a selected item such as a folder or file. Move forward through options Move back through options Open the Look in list
Microsoft Project Quick reference Use a Network Diagram KEYS SHIFT+ KEYS CTRL + KEYS Move to a different Network Diagram Add Network Diagram boxes to the selection. Move a Network Diagram PAGE UP or SHIFT+PAGE UP Page DOWN or SHIFT +PAGE DOWN CTRL+PAGE UP or SHIFT + CTRL + PAGE UP Move up one window height Move down one window height. Move left one window width. NOTE You need to set manual positioning first. Select the box you want to move. Click Format, and then click Layout. Click Allow manual box positioning. CTRL+HOME or SHIFT+ CTRL+HOME Move to the top Network Diagram box in the view or project. CTRL+PAGE DOWN or SHIFT + CTRL +PAGE Move right one window width. CTRL + END or SHIFT+ CTRL+END Move to the lowest Network Diagram box in the project. or TAB Select the next field in the Network Diagram HOME or SHIFT+HOME Move to the leftmost Network Diagram box in the project. SHIFT + Select the previous field in the Network Diagram END or SHIFT+END Move to the rightmost Network Diagram box in the project. Use OfficeArt objects Move OfficeArt shapes KEYS SHIFT+RIGHT SHIFT+LEFT SHIFT + UP SHIFT + DOWN CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT Nudge the shape up, down, right, or left. Increase the shape s width by 10%. Decrease the shape s width by 10% Increase the shape s height by 10%. Decrease the shape s height by 10% Increase the shape s width by 1%. CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT CTRL +SHIFT+UP CTRL + SHIFT+DOWN ALT +RIGHT ALL+LEFT+ Decrease the shape s width by 1%. Increase the shape s height by 1%. Decrease the shape s height by 1%. Rotate the shape 15 degrees to the right. Rotate the shape 15 degrees to the left.
Select and copy OfficeArt objects and text ESC TAB or SHIFT+TAB until the object you want is selected Press and hold Ctrl while you click the shapes Press and hold Shift while you click the shapes Select an object (with text selected inside the object). Select an object (with an object selected). Select text within an object (with an object selected). Select multiple shapes Select multiple shapes with text CTRL+SHIFT+C CTRL+SHIFT+ V CTRL +G after you select the items that you want to group CTRL +SHIFT+G after you select the group that you want to ungroup CTRL+Z Copy formatting only. Paste formatting only Group shapes, pictures, or WordArt. Ungroup shapes, pictures, or WordArt. Undo the last action. CTRL+X Cut selected object. CTRL+Y Redo the last action CTRL+C Copy selected object. CTRL+Click Add next object to a multi-selection. CTRL + V CTRL +ALT +V Paste cut or copied object. Paste special Edit OfficeArt text and textboxes SHIFT+Click Adds next object to a multi-selection; allows clicking on textbox text to add the textbox to the multi-selection. ESC Collapse selection. CTRL+RIGHT Move one word to the right. CTRL + A Select all text. HOME Move to the beginning of the line. CTRL+BACKSPACE CTRL + DELETE Delete one word to the left. Delete one word to the right. END CTRL + UP Move to the end of the line. Move up one paragraph CTRL+Z Undo CTRL + DOWN Move down one paragraph. CTRL+Y Redo CTRL + HOME Move to the beginning of the object s text. CTRL +LEFT Navigate views and windows Move one word to the left. CTRL + END F2 Activate the entry bar to edit text in a field. SHIFT + F3 Move to the end of the object s text Reset sort order to ID order and turn off grouping. F10 or ALT Activate the menu bar. F6 Select a drawing object. ALT+HYPHEN or ALT+SPACEBAR Activate the project control menu. SHIFT+F2 Display task information.
SHIFT+F6 Activate the split bar. SHIFT+F2 Display resource information. ALT+F4 F3 ALT+F3 Close the program window. Display all filtered tasks or all filtered resources. Display the Field Settings dialog SHIFT+F2 SHIFT+F8 CTRL+F9 Display assignment information. Turn on or off the Add To Selection mode. Turn on or off Auto Calculate. SHIFT + F11 Open a new window. F8 Turn on or off the Extend Selection mode. SHIFT+BACKSPACE Reduce a selection to a single field. ALT+ KEYS Move left, right, up, or down to view different pages in the Print Preview window. Outline a project ALT+SHIFT+HYPHEN or ALT+SHIFT+MINUS Sign (minus sign on the numeric keypad) ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ALT+SHIFT+ = or ALT+SHIFT+PLUS Sign (plus sign on the numeric keypad) Hide subtasks. Indent the selected task. Show subtasks. Select and edit in a dialog box ALT+SHIFT+* (asterisk on the numeric keypad) ALT+SHIFT+LEFT Show all tasks. KEYS ALT+1 (left) or ALT+2 (right) Move between fields at the bottom of a form. Move into tables at the bottom of a form. SHIFT+ Outdent the selected task. Move to the next task or resource. Move to the previous task or resource. Select and edit in a sheet view Edit in a view ESC Cancel an entry F5 Use the Go To command (Edit menu). CTRL+DELETE Clear or reset the selected field. CTRL + F2 Link tasks. CTRL +C Copy the selected data. CTRL+V Paste the copied or cut data. CTRL+X Cut the selected data. SHIFT+BACKSPACE Reduce the selection to one field. DELETE Delete the selected data. CTRL+Z Undo the last action CTRL+ MNUS Sign (on the numeric keypad) Delete row that has a selected cell. CTRL+SHIFT+F2 Unlink tasks
CTRL + D Fill down. CTRL+SHIFT+M Set the task to manually schedule CTRL+F or SHIFT+F5 SHIFT+F4 Move in a view Display the Find dialog In the Find dialog box, continue to the next instance of the search results. CTRL+SHIFT+A ALT + HOME ALT + END Move to the beginning of a project (timescale). Move to the end of a project (timescale). CTRL + UP CTRL + HOME ALT + LEFT Move the timescale left. End or CTRL +RIGHT Set the task to auto schedule Move to the first row. Move to the first field of the first row. Move to the last field in a row. ALT + RIGHT Move the timescale right. CTRL + END Move to the last field of the last row. HOME or CTRL + LEFT Move in the side pane Move to the first field in a row. CTRL + DOWN CTRL + TAB or CTRL + SHIFT + TAB TAB Move focus between the side pane and the view on the right side. Select different controls in the side pane if focus is in the side pane. SPACEBAR Move to the last row. Select or clear check boxes and option buttons if focus is in the side pane. Select in a view SHIFT+PAGE DOWN SHIFT+PAGE UP SHIFT +DOWN SHIFT+UP SHIFT+HOME SHIFT+END CTRL+SHIFT+HOME Extend the selection down one page. Extend the selection up one page. Extend the selection down one row. Extend the selection up one row. Extend the selection to the first field in a row. Extend the selection to the last field in a row. Extend the selection to the start of the information. CTRL+SHIFT+HOME CTRL+SHIFT+END CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR CTRL+SPACEBAR SHIFT+SPACEBAR SHIFT+ Extend the selection to the first field of the first row. Extend the selection to the last field of the last row. Select all rows and columns. Select a column. Select a row. Move within a selection down one field. Move within a selection up one field.
CTRL+SHIFT+END Extend the selection to the end of the information. TAB Move within a selection right one field. CTRL+SHIFT+UP Extend the selection to the first row. SHIFT+TAB Move within a selection left one field. CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN Extend the selection to the last row. Select and edit in the entry bar Accept an entry. CTRL+DELETE Delete one word to the right. ESC Cancel an entry. SHIFT+END Extend the selection to the end of the text. BACKSPACE DELETE Delete one character to the left. Delete one character to the right. SHIFT+HOME INSERT Extend the selection to the start of the text. Turn on or off Overtype mode. Use a timescale ALT+PAGE UP ALT+PAGE DOWN ALT+HOME ALT+END Move the timescale left one page. Move the timescale right one page. Move the timescale to beginning of the project. Move the timescale to end of the project. ALT+LEFT ALT+RIGHT CTRL+ / (slash on the numeric keypad) CTRL+ / (asterisk on the numeric keypad) Scroll the timescale left. Scroll the timescale right. Show smaller time units. Show larger time units.