A keyboard accelerator is a key or key combination that invokes a menu selection without displaying the menu. Not every menu selection has a keyboard accelerator. Those that do, are marked with the accelerator key or key combination on the menu.
Many keyboard accelerators are formed by holding down the Ctrl key or the Meta key while pressing another key. This type action is documented as Ctrl - key where key is the name of the key that is pressed.
The definition of keyboard accelerators can be changed by modifying the NExS resources defined in Appendix B. The ones documented below are the default set.
The default NExS keyboard accelerators are shown in Table 9.1:
Key | Action |
Ctrl - a | Select All |
Ctrl - b | Bold Font |
Ctrl - c | Insert Column |
Ctrl - f | Copy Formula |
Ctrl - g | Go to |
Ctrl - i | Italic Font |
Ctrl - m | Move |
Ctrl - n | Normal Font |
Ctrl - o | Open Sheet |
Ctrl - r | Insert Row |
Ctrl - s | Save |
Ctrl - u | Undo |
Ctrl - v | Copy Value |
Ctrl - C | Delete Column |
Ctrl - F | Format Range |
Ctrl - I | Bold-Italic Font |
Ctrl - R | Delete Row |
Ctrl - V | Create new view |
Ctrl - Delete | Clear |
Ctrl - Space | Select |
Ctrl - Meta - Space | Reselect |
Meta - a | Automatic Justification |
Meta - c | Center Justification |
Meta - l | Left Justification |
Meta - p | Print Sheet |
Meta - q | Quit |
Meta - r | Right Justification |
Meta - C | Close Sheet |
Meta - N | New Sheet |
Key | Action |
F2 | Edit Cell |
F6 | Find |
F7 | Find Next |
F8 | Find Previous |
F9 | Recalculate |
F10 | Shift focus to the menu bar |
F11 | Cancel Edit |
Esc | Cancel Edit |
Left Arrow | Move left one cell |
Right Arrow | Move right one cell |
Up Arrow | Move up one cell |
Down Arrow | Move down one cell |
Ctrl - Left Arrow | Page left |
Ctrl - Right Arrow | Page right |
Ctrl - Up Arrow, | Page up |
Ctrl - Down Arrow | Page down |
Next Page/Page Down | Page down |
Prev Page/Page Up | Page Up |
Shift - any motion | Select while moving |