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Shortcuts at a glance

Formato Windows Add-in

Align & distribute

Type

Description

Windows logo
Apple logo

Align selected objects on the left

Align left

Ctrl + Alt + ⇦

Ctrl + ⌘ + ⇦

Align top

Align selected objects to the top

Ctrl + Alt + ⇧

Ctrl + ⌘ + ⇧

Align right 

Align selected objects to the right

Ctrl + Alt + ⇨

Ctrl + ⌘ + ⇨

Align bottom

Align selected objects to the bottom

Ctrl + Alt + ⇩

Ctrl + ⌘ + ⇩

Align center

Ctrl + ⌘ + C

Ctrl + Alt + C

Align selected objects to the center

Align middle

Align selected objects to the middle

Ctrl + Alt + M

Ctrl + ⌘ + M

Distribute horizontally

Distribute selected objects horizontally

Ctrl + ⌘ + H

Alt + Shift + H

Distribute vertically

Distribute selected objects vertically

Alt + Shift + V

Ctrl + ⌘ + V

Type

Description

Make objects the same size

Same size

Alt + Z

Ctrl + Z

Same width

Make objects the same width

Ctrl + Alt +E

Ctrl + ⌘ + E

Same height

Make objects the same height

Ctrl + Shift + E

Shift + ⌘ + E

Windows logo
Apple logo

Resize

Insert

Type

Description

Windows logo
Apple logo

Textbox

Insert textbox

Alt + Q

Ctrl + Q

Line

Insert different line types

Toolbar

N.a.

Source

Insert a source

Ctrl + Alt + S

Ctrl + ⌘ + S

Footnote

Insert a footnote to a word

Ctrl + Alt + F

Ctrl + Shift + F

Tracker

Toolbar

Toolbar

Insert tracker

Harvey balls

Insert harvey ball

Toolbar

Toolbar

Sticky

Insert sticky note

⌘ + 0

Ctrl + 0

Unformatted text

Paste unformatted text to selection

Ctrl + Alt + T

Ctrl + ⌘ + T

Arrange

Type

Description

Windows logo
Apple logo

Swap positions of two selected objects

Swap objects

Toolbar

Ctrl +3

Copy object position

Copy position of selected object

Ctrl + 1

Ctrl + 1

Paste object position

Set position of seldected object

Ctrl + 2

Ctrl + 2

Select similar

Select similar objects

Toolbar

Ctrl + S

Copy to Excel

Ctrl + C

Toolbar

Select textboxes to export to Excel

Paste from Excel

Select textboxes to paste from Excel

Toolbar

Ctrl + V

Reset fixed elements

Reset all fixed elements (e.g., title) 

Ctrl + ⌘ + R

Ctrl + Alt + R

Text to dots

Change content of textboxes to dots

Toolbar

Ctrl + .

Text

Type

Description

Windows logo
Apple logo

Enable resize shape to fit text

Autoformat

Ctrl + 8

⌘ + 8

Disable autoformat

Disable resize shape to fit text

Ctrl + Shift + 8

⌘ + Shift + 8

Word wrap

Enable word wrap

Ctrl + 7

⌘ + 7

Disable word wrap

Disable word wrap

Ctrl + Shift + 7

⌘ + Shift + 7

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