Shortcuts Microsoft Visio for Windows

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Select Various Tool/Shape Shortcuts

WindowsAction
Ctrl+1Select Painter Tool
Ctrl+2Select Text Tool
Ctrl+3Select Connector Tool
Ctrl+4Select Pencil Tool
Ctrl+Shift+4Select TextBox Tool
Ctrl+5Select the freedom Tool
Ctrl+6Select Line Tool
Ctrl+7Select Arc Tool
Ctrl+8Select Rectangle Tool
Ctrl+9Select Ellipse Tool
Ctrl+Shift+2Select Crop Tool
Ctrl+Shift+PSwitch format painter on/off
F2Rename the shape
Ctrl+FFind Shape
Ctrl+HReplace Shape
Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V/Ctrl+XCopy,Paste and Cut respectively Shape
DelDelete the selected shape
Shift+Arrow KeysNudge selected Shape by 1 px

Format text

WindowsAction
Alt+HOpen the home tab
F11Open text dialog box
F3Open format task pane
Alt+F9Open the snap & glue features
Ctrl+Shift+LAlign text left
Ctrl+Shift+RAlign text right
Ctrl+Shift+CAlign text center horizontally
Ctrl+Shift+JJustify text horizontally
Ctrl+Shift+TTop-Align text Vertically
Ctrl+Shift+MAlign text center vertically
Ctrl+Shift+VBottom align text vertically
Ctrl+Left ArrowMove one word to the left
Ctrl+Right ArrowMove one word to the right
Shift+Left ArrowSelect or cancel a character to the left
Shift+Right ArrowSelect or cancel a character to the right
Ctrl+Shift+Left arrowSelect or cancel a word to the left
Ctrl+Shift+Right ArrowSelect or cancel a word to the right
F5Update the file
Shift+F10Display shortcut menu for selected item
Ctrl+ASelect all text
Ctrl+BTurn on /off Bold
Ctrl+UTurn on/off underline
Ctrl+ITurn on/off Italic
Ctrl+Shift+DTurn on/off double underline
Ctrl+Shift+ATurn on/off all caps
Ctrl+Shift+KTurn on/off small caps
Ctrl+++=Turn on/off subscript
Ctrl+Shift+=Turn on/off superscript
Ctrl+Shift+>Increase font size
Ctrl+Shift+<Reduce font size

Window/Navigation Shortcut

WindowsAction
HomeMove to the beginning
EndMove to the end of entry
F5Full screen view
EscExit Full screen view
PgDnOpen the next page in drawing
PdUpOpen the previous page in drawing
Alt+F6Zoom in
Alt+Shift+F6Zoom out
Ctrl+Shift+WFit to window
Alt+TabSwitch window in app
Alt+F4Close the current window
Ctrl+F10Maximize the selected window
Ctrl+F5Restore the size of visio program
Alt+SpacebarDisplay shortcut menu
Arrow KeysMove between shapes/text
F1Open help window
Alt+F4Close help window
Alt+HomeGo back to Visio 16 Home
Ctrl+TabCycle through open drawings

File Operation

WindowsAction
Ctrl+SSave Diagram
Ctrl+OOpen existing diagram
Shift+F4Open the page dialog box
Ctrl+Alt+POpen the recorder pages in dialog box
Ctrl+ZUndo Changes
PrtScnCopy the picture from screen
Alt+PrtScnCopy the picture from selected window