Compiled by David Creamer

Adobe Certified Instructor

www.IDEAStraining.com

Useful FrameMaker Keyboard Commands

This is not a complete list of shortcuts in FrameMaker. Consult the on-line help file for other shortcuts.

Legend to typing shortcuts

hyphenated shortcuts (i.e., Cntl-6)

Spaced shortcuts (i.e., Esc n s)

Hold down modifier key(s) while typing character

Type the keys in order, releasing after each key

Function

Shortcut

Code

View
Force Redraw
Activate current document window
Zoom in one setting
Zoom out one setting
Fit page to window
Fit to 100%

Cntl-l (lowercase L)
Shift+F7
Esc z i (think Zoom In)
Esc z o (think Zoom Out)
Esc z p
Esc z z

Navigation
Home or End of document
Go to page
Go to start/end of word
Go to start/end of sentence
Go to start/end of paragraph
Go to top/bottom of column

Alt-Pg Up or Alt-Pg Down

Cntl-g
Cntl-Left or -Right keyboard arrow
Cntl-Home or -End
Cntl-Up or -Down keyboard arrow
Cntl-Pg Up or -Pg Down

Book Shortcuts
Hold down the Shift key when accessing the File menu so you can Open, Save,
and Close all files in book
Save All
Close All
Open All
Select all files in book
Select all non-generated files in book
Select all generated files in book
Update Book

Shift-File menu
Esc f S
Esc f C
Esc f O
Esc-e, A F
Esc-e, A N
Esc-e, A G
Esc f g (then press Enter to confirm)

Formatting Text via keyboard

Apply Paragraph Tag to selected paragraphs*
Apply Character Tag to selected text*
Change all settings to "As Is" in Designer panels
Change all settings to match selection
Change Paragraph Designer properties tab
Create New Style
Rename Style

F9
F8
Shift-F8
Shift-F9
Previous: Page Up; Next: Page Down
Type new name in Designer and click Apply
Type new name in Designer and click Update All

Case Change
All lowercase to selection
All uppercase to selection
Initial caps to selection

Alt-Cntl-l (lowercase L)
Alt-Cntl-u
Alt-Cntl-c

Conditional and VariableShortcuts

Apply Condition to selected text
Remove Condidtion from selected text
Make selected text uncondidtional
Insert Variable*

Cntl-4
Cntl-5
Cntl-6
Cntl-0 (zero)

Hyphens & Dashes

Discretionary hyphen (soft hyphen or dishie)
Suppress hyphenation
Non-breaking standard Hyphen
Em Dash
En Dash

Cntl-hyphen
Esc n s
Esc hyphen h
Cntl-q Shft-q
Cntl-q Shft-p

\\_
\+
\m
\=

Cntl-space or Esc Space h

Cntl-Shft-space or Esc Space m
Cntl-Alt-space or Esc Space n
Esc space 1 (one)
Esc space t

\space
\sm or \M
\sn or \N
\s# or \#
\st or \i

Spaces
Non-breaking standard space
Em space (width is equal to type size)
En space (half an Em space)
Numeric space (width of a zero)
Thin space (1/12th of an Em space)

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Adobe Certified Instructor

www.IDEAStraining.com

Special Characters

Note: FrameMaker includes a Character panel (File>Utilities) and you can use the Windows Character utility to copy/paste.
Bullet
Cntl-q %
Trademark
Cntl-q *
Copyright
Cntl-q )
Register
Cntl-q (
Dagger
Cntl-q space
Grave (by itself)
Double-Dagger
Cntl-q ` (grave key)
Ellipsis
Cntl-q Shft-i
Circumflex
Florin
Fraction Slash
Guilsing Left
<
Guilsing Right
>
Per thousand
OE ligature
oe ligature

\b
\TM
\xa
\d
\{
\D
\e
\@
\F
\/
\(
\)
\%
\OE
\oe

Quotes
Double Typewriter Quotes " (with Smart Quotes on)*
Single Typewriter Quote ' (with Smart Quotes on)*

Esc "
Cntl-'

*This is the default setting; you should leave it as is.

Double Opening Quotes
Double Closing Quotes
Single Opening Quote
Single Closing Quote

\'
\` (grave)
\"
\,

Accents over Characters

Acute
Grave `
Tilde ~
Dieresis
Circumflex
Ring
Cedilla

Esc
Esc
Esc
Esc
Esc
Esc
Esc

' (letter: a, e, i, o, u, A, e, I, O, U)
` (letter: a, e, i, o, u, A, e, I, O, U)
~ (letter: a, o, n, A, O, N)
% (letter: a, e, i, o, u, y, A, e, I, O, U, Y)
^ (letter: a, e, i, o, u, A, e, I, O, U)
* (letter: a, A)
, (letter: c, C)

TABLES
Selection
Select single cell
Select row
Select column
Select table
Select body row(s) but not header
Moving
Move to next cell
Move to previous cell
Move to cell below
Move to cell above
Adding/Deleting
Add Row Above
Add Row Below
Add Column to Left
Add Column to Right
Delete selected Rows or Columns
Delete contents of selection
Other
Type Tab in a cell
Add row below
Resize column without resizing table
Align Cell Top
Align Cell Middle
Align Cell Bottom
Create custome rules for table

Cntl-click on cell
Cntl-double click on column (vertical) border in row
Cntl-double click on row (horizontal) border in column
Cntl-triple click
Esc t h b
Tab
Shft-Tab
Cntl-Alt-Tab
Cntl-Alt-Shft-Tab
Esc t R a
Esc t R b or Control-Return or Control-j
Esc t c l
Esc t c r
Esc t c x
Esc t c e
Esc Tab
Cntl-Enter
Shift-drag or Alt-drag cell handle
Cntl-F1
Cntl-F2
Cntl-F3
Esc t e

Colors
High-quality, on-screen tints
Open Color Definitions

For better on-screen editing appearance, use new color or tint, not the
Esc v c d (hint: follows menu names)
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Cleaning up Excel files for import

Method 1 (cleanest method)

1] Save Excel file as either a tab-delimited text file or

a CSV file.
2] Import .txt or .csv file into Frame and select
Convert to Table option
3] In the Convert to Table dialog box, apply desired
table style, set amount of header rows, and choose
either tab or comma (csv) delimited file.
4] Merge cells as needed
1] Copy cells in Excel
2] In Frame, use Paste Special
3] Paste as Text (plain)
4] Select newly pasted tabbed-text
5] Use Table>Convert to Table menu
5] Merge cells as needed
1] Import Excel file into Frame
2] Delete unwanted worksheets
3] Select table and use Custom Ruling and Shading
dialog box to set all options to "From Table"

Method 2 ( requires slightly more cleanup)

Method 3 (most cleanup work)

4] Add in header rows and paste content into the

header rows
5] Apply proper paragraph styles
6] Merge cells as needed

Temporary Hyperlink
Allow you to follow Cross-ref, index entry, TOC entry, hyperlink to source for
edits

Cntl-Alt-click on link

Find & Change Wildcards

Note: Use Wildcards must be turned on for these to work.

Find one or more alphanumeric characters
Find one or more non-word characters (such as spaces and punctuation)
Find a single character
Find any one of the bracketed characters
Find any character except the bracketed characters
Find any characters within the range
Breakout character (to find characters used during wildcard search)
The beginning of a line
The end of a line
Note: Use Wildcards must be turned off for these to work.
End of paragraph (return)
Start of paragraph (return)
Forced Return (line break, soft return, shift-return)
Tab
End of flow
Find two paragragh returns/replace with one

*
| (bar)
?
[aeiou]
[^xyz]
[q-t]
\ (for example, to search for an actual asterisk, type \* )
^
$
\p
\P
\r
\t
\f
Find: \P\p Replace:(empty)

Graphics and Objects

Shrinkwrap In-Line Graphic Frame
Unwrap graphic to enlarge frame
To resize a frame
Copy an object
Nudge object
Nudge object 6 points
Scaling Graphics

Esc m p
Esc m e
Cntl-click on frame and resize as needed; double-click
to edit text again
Alt-drag or Cntl-drag object
Alt-arrow key
Alt-Shift-arrow key
Use Object Properties rather than Scale. Object Properties shows actual
reduction since import. Scale always treats the current size as 100%.

Special Commands
To Lock or Unlock a FrameMaker file

Esc Shft-f l (lowercase L) k

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