E. Keyboard shortcuts

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Most keyboard shortcuts that you know from PowerPoint work with think-cell elements as well. The same is true for keys that modify mouse operations like

  • Shift/Ctrl (Mac: ⌘ Cmd)-click for additive selection
  • Alt (Mac: ⌘ Cmd) while resizing to prevent snapping or for finer control
  • Ctrl-drag for duplication of shapes (on Mac, ⌥ Alt will enable fine control and duplicate, if applicable)
  • Shift while moving an element to constrain it to move only horizontally or vertically.

The following table shows the keyboard shortcuts and mouse interactions frequently used with think-cell, and the ones that offer additional functionality over Microsoft PowerPoint.

Shortcut key (Win)

Shortcut key (Mac)

Description

Del or Backspace

Del or Backspace

Delete the selected element (e.g. chart) or feature (e.g., label)

Ctrl+Shift+
Drag to resize

Ctrl+Shift+
Drag to resize

Resize symmetrically around fixed center

While dragging resize or alignment handle:
Scroll Mouse Wheel
or
← → ↑ ↓
PgUp PgDn

While dragging resize or alignment handle:
Magic Mouse:
Swipe down/up with one finger
(Magic) Trackpad:
Swipe down/up with two fingers
or
← → ↑ ↓
PgUp PgDn

Switch slide to align with/snap to element on different slide

Zoom and pan

Ctrl+
Scroll Mouse Wheel up/down

Magic Mouse:
Ctrl + Swipe down/up with one finger
(Magic) Trackpad:

  • Opening/closing Pinch gesture
  • Ctrl + Swipe down/up with two fingers

Zoom in/out

Middle mouse button/mouse wheel:
click and drag

Magic Mouse:
Swipe with one finger
(Magic) Trackpad:
Swipe with two fingers

In zoom view: Pan around the slide

Select and multi-select

Ctrl+A

⌘ Cmd+A

  • When whole chart or element is selected: Select all shapes on slide.
  • When feature of chart is selected: Select all features of same type. Press repeatedly to include all features of similar type (see 3.5.1 Multi-selection).

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+
← → ↑ ↓

⌘ Cmd+⌥ Alt+Shift+
← → ↑ ↓

Extend selection in given direction

Alt+
← → ↑ ↓
or
(Shift)+Tab

⌘ Cmd+⌥ Alt+
← → ↑ ↓
or
(Shift)+Tab

  • Move selection across shapes on the slide
  • Move selection across features (e.g., labels) of an element

Text

F2

F2 1

Toggle text-edit mode in text labels

Alt+Shift+← →
or
When in text edit mode in a list or with all text selected: (Shift+)Tab

⌘ Cmd+[ ]
or
When in text edit mode in a list or with all text selected: (Shift+)Tab

  • Any text label: Decrease/increase indentation level
  • Agenda: Decrease/increase hierarchy level of selected chapter

Alt+Shift+
PgUp PgDn

⌥ Alt+Shift+
PgUp PgDn

Align text up or down

Alt+Enter

⌥ Alt+Enter

In Excel datasheet: line break

F7

F7 1

In Excel datasheet: spell checking

Difference arrows and value line

Double-click

Double-click

  • Total and level difference arrow: Cycle direction of calculation
  • Value line: Reset to arithmetic mean

↑ ↓

↑ ↓

Value line: Move up/down

Layout elements

Ctrl+
Drag alignment/resize handle

Ctrl+
Drag alignment/resize handle

Define a fixed size (see 15.8.1 Setting a fixed size)

Ctrl+Alt+
← → ↑ ↓

Ctrl+⌥ Alt+
← → ↑ ↓

Duplicate elements, e.g., in process flows, tables

Double-click

Double-click

  • Pentagon/Chevron: Toggle between pentagon and chevron shape
  • Stock image: Reopen stock image library to select different image

Gantt chart and agenda

Ctrl+Alt+↑ ↓

Ctrl+⌥ Alt+↑ ↓

  • Gantt chart: Duplicate activity row above/below
  • Agenda: Add new chapter above/below

Alt+Shift+↑ ↓

—

Move selected activity row/chapter up/down

← → ↑ ↓

← → ↑ ↓

  • Gantt chart: Move selected timeline element
  • Gantt calendar: Move date selection

Ctrl+← → ↑ ↓

Ctrl+Shift+
← → ↑ ↓

Gantt chart: Move selected timeline element with finer steps

PgUp PgDn

PgUp PgDn

Gantt calendar: Move date selection one screen page up/down

Shift+
← → ↑ ↓
PgUp PgDn

Shift+
← → ↑ ↓
PgUp PgDn

Gantt calendar: Move end of selected date range in selected direction by one step/one page.

Checkbox and Harvey ball

v/o/1
x/2
Space/0

v/o/1
x/2
Space/0

Checkbox: Set state

0 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8

0 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8

Harvey ball: Set number of filled segments (will only work up to the maximal number of segments set)

+ -

+ -

  • Checkbox: Cycle through states
  • Harvey ball: Increase/decrease number of filled segments

Double-click

Double-click

Cycle through states

  1. On many Mac keyboards, the F1, F2, … keys have special functions by default. To access the corresponding F key you have to press Fn+F2, for example. You can switch the default behavior as explained here. ↑

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