Affinity Layout Studio Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

Keyboard shortcuts for Affinity Layout Studio on Windows. Covers text frames, master pages, section management, and styles for layout and print work on Windows.
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Layout Studio tools

Color Picker Tool
I
Fill Tool
G
Move Tool
V
Node Tool
A
Pen Tool
P
Picture Frame tools cycle (Picture Frame Rectangle, Picture Frame Ellipse)
K
Shape tools cycle (Rectangle, Ellipse, and Rounded Rectangle)
U
Text tools cycle (Artistic, Frame Text, Table)
T
Transparency Tool
Y
Vector Flood Fill Tool
R
View Tool
H
Zoom Tool
Z

Page control

Add Page
Ctrl+Shift+Pg Dn
Previous Page
Ctrl+Pg Up
Next Page
Ctrl+Pg Dn

Layout operations

Convert to Picture Frame
Shift+P
Edit Detached (Master Page)
Ctrl+Shift+D

Text: General

Spelling Options
Ctrl+Shift+;

Text: Navigation and Selection

Open Find and Replace panel
Ctrl+F
Move left by one character
Left
Move right by one character
Right
Move to start of word
Ctrl+Left
Move to end of word
Ctrl+Right
Move to start of line
Home
Move to end of line
End
Move to start of text frame/story
Ctrl+Home
Move to end of text frame/story
Ctrl+End
Move to start of current paragraph
Ctrl+Up
Move to start of next paragraph
Ctrl+Down

Text: Deleting

Delete character to left
Bksp
Delete to start of word
Ctrl+Bksp
Delete to end of word
Ctrl+Del

Text: Formatting

Bold
Ctrl+B
Font size: Bigger
Ctrl+Shift+.
Font size: Precise Bigger
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+.
Font size: Smaller
Ctrl+Shift+,
Font size: Precise Smaller
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+,
Italic
Ctrl+I
List level: Decrease
Alt+Shift+[
List level: Increase
Alt+Shift+]
Open Character panel
Ctrl+T
Superscript
Ctrl+Shift+=
Subscript
Ctrl+Alt+-
Toggle Insert Inside
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+\
Underline
Ctrl+U

Text: Alignment

Align Left
Ctrl+Alt+L
Align Center
Ctrl+Alt+C
Align Right
Ctrl+Alt+R
Justify Left
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+\

Text: Typography and Typesetting

Baseline: Raise
Alt+Shift+Up
Baseline: Lower
Alt+Shift+Down
Kerning/Tracking: Loosen (10‰)
Alt+Right
Kerning/Tracking: Loosen More (50‰)
Alt+Shift+Right
Kerning/Tracking: Tighten (10‰)
Alt+Left
Kerning/Tracking: Tighten More (50‰)
Alt+Shift+Left
Leading: Decrease
Alt+Up
Leading: Increase
Alt+Down

Text: Special characters

Em Dash
Alt+-
En Dash
Alt+Shift+-
Indent to Here
Ctrl+\
Insert index mark
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+[
Line Break
Shift+Enter
Non-Breaking Hyphen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+-
Non-Breaking Space
Alt+Space
Right Indent Tab
Shift+Tab
Soft Hyphen
Ctrl+Shift+-
Toggle Unicode
Alt+U

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