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Using keyboard shortcuts

You can make your StoryLines experience even smoother by using handy keyboard shortcuts. Note that some shortcuts are dependent on context: that is, which control has the focus. For example, if you are typing text into a card, Undo and Redo shortcuts affect the text control, while if the storylines window has the focus, Undo and Redo apply to edits such as card creation, deletion and moving.

Ctrl + A Storylines window: selects all cards. Edit control: selects all text.
Ctrl + B Play the Forty Thieves patience game to relax your mind.
Ctrl + C Edit control: copies any selected text to the clipboard.
Ctrl + E Export the project to a file using the current report style.
Ctrl + F Shows the Find window, for searching through card text.
Ctrl + G Generates the report, if not in auto-generate mode.
Ctrl + H Show the thesaurus (Windows only).
Ctrl + I Imports a text file into the Project Notes area.
Ctrl + K Shows the Storylines Dialog.
Ctrl + L Shows the Project Information Dialog
Ctrl + N Creates a new card, on the storyline denoted by the current storyline selection.
Ctrl + O Opens a StoryLines file.
Ctrl + R Shows the Find and Replace window, for searching through cards and possibly replacing text.
Ctrl + S Saves the current StoryLines project.
Ctrl + T Shows the Global Settings Dialog.
Ctrl + V Edit control: pastes text from the clipboard to the text control.
Ctrl + W Closes the current StoryLines project.
Ctrl + X Edit control: cuts any selected text and copies it to the clipboard.
Ctrl + Y Storylines window, edit control: redoes the previously undone edit.
Ctrl + Z Storylines window, edit control: undoes the previous edit.
Ctrl + Tab Cycles through the tabs in the card editor window (Description, Content, Setting, Annotation).
Del Edit control: deletes the currently selected text, or if no text selected, the next character.
Alt + F4 Closes StoryLines.
Alt + Home Goes to the beginning of the storylines window.
Alt + End Goes to the end of the storylines window.
Alt + Left Goes to the previous card on the current storyline.
Alt + Right Goes to the next card on the current storyline.
Alt + Up Goes to the previous card on the current column.
Alt + Down Goes to the next card on the current column.
Alt + Insert Inserts a new column at the focussed card.
Alt + Delete Deletes the selected card(s) or focussed card.
Esc Leaves column label or section label editing.
Return Leaves column label or section label editing.
F2 Shows the card description window.
F3 Shows the card content window.
F4 Shows the card setting window.
F5 Shows the card annotation window.
F6 Shows the report window.