If you use Scrivener, it’s likely that you’re interested in maximizing your writing productivity. Scrivener is a powerful writing tool that gives you flexibility and control over almost every aspect of your writing. One of the best ways to speed up your writing workflow is to become a power user through the use of keyboard shortcuts. Below I’ve included a comprehensive list of Scrivener’s keyboard shortcuts for the Windows version of Scrivener.

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows Documents

• Move Item Up: Ctrl+Up
• Remove Item Shift+Del
• Move Item Down: Ctrl+Down
• Move Item Left: Ctrl+Left
• Move Item Right: Ctrl+Right
• Split At Selection: Ctrl+K
• Split With Selection as name: Ctrl+Shift+K
• Set Selection as name: F2
• Duplicate Item With SubDocuments: Ctrl+D
• Duplicate Item Without SubDocuments: Ctrl+Shift+D
• Take Snapshot: Ctrl+5
• Take Snapshot With name: Ctrl+Shift+5
• Open in Editor: Ctrl+Shift+Return
• Open in Other Editor: Ctrl+Alt+Return
• Open In External Editor: Ctrl+F5
• Group Selection: Ctrl+G
• UnGroup Selection: Ctrl+Shift+U
• Merge Documents: Ctrl+M

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Editing

• Add Current To Completions: Ctrl+Alt+=
• Show Spelling: Ctrl+8, B
• Insert Image: Ctrl+Shift+H
• Insert Current Date and Time: Ctrl+F6
• Project Search: Ctrl+Shift+G
• Undo: Ctrl+Z
• Redo: Ctrl+Y
• Cut: Ctrl+X
• Copy: Ctrl+C
• Paste: Ctrl+V
• Select All: Ctrl+A
• Find Dialog: Ctrl+F
• Find Next: F3
• Find Previous: Shift+F3
• Replace And Find Next: Ctrl+H
• Paste And Match Style: Ctrl+Shift+V
• Find By Format Dialog: Ctrl+F3
• Find Next By Format: Ctrl+Shift+F3
• Find Previous By Format: Ctrl+Alt+F3
• Complete Current Word: Alt+=
• Complete Current name: Ctrl+Alt+4

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Files

• New Project: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N
• Open Project: Ctrl+O
• Page Setup: Ctrl+Shift+P
• Print: Ctrl+P
• Close Project: Ctrl+F4
• Save: Ctrl+S
• Save As: Ctrl+Shift+S
• Compile: Ctrl+Shift+E
• Import Files: Ctrl+Shift+J
• Import Web Page: Ctrl+Shift+W
• Export Files: Ctrl+Shift+X

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Formatting

• Toggle Invisibles: Ctrl+Shift+\
• Toggle Ghost Notes: Ctrl+Shift+7
• Show Citations: Ctrl+8, C
• Toggle Ruler: Ctrl+Shift+R
• Fonts: F4
• Toggle FormatBar: Alt+Right
• Toggle Typewriter Scrolling: Meta+Ctrl+T
• Annotation: Ctrl+Shift+A
• Footnote: Ctrl+Shift+F
• Script Writing: Ctrl+4
• Outlined: Ctrl+;
• Script Elements Popup: Ctrl+\
• Strike Through: Ctrl+Shift+-
• Bold: Ctrl+B
• Enlarge Font: Ctrl+>
• Italic: Ctrl+I
• Shrink Font: Ctrl+<
• Underlined: Ctrl+U
• Super Script: Ctrl+Alt+]
• Sub Script: Ctrl+Alt+[
• To name Case: Ctrl+6
• To Smart Quotes: Ctrl+`
• To Straight Quotes: Ctrl+Shift+`
• To Single Spaces: Ctrl+Space
• Align Left: Ctrl+L
• Copy Style: Ctrl+Shift+C
• Align Center: Ctrl+E
• Paste Style: Ctrl+Shift+Y
• Align Justified: Ctrl+J
• Copy Ruler: Ctrl+Alt+7
• Align Right: Ctrl+R
• Paste Ruler: Ctrl+Alt+8
• Single Line Spacing: Ctrl+Shift+1
• Double Line Spacing: Ctrl+Shift+2
• Single Half Line Spacing: Ctrl+Shift+3

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for the Fullscreen Option

• Full Screen Keywords: Ctrl+Alt+6
• Full Screen Go To: Ctrl+Alt+5

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for the Help Option

• Scrivener Manual: F1

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for Other

• Increase Left Indent: Ctrl+Q
• Decrease Left Indent: Ctrl+Shift+Q
• Increase Text Indent: Ctrl+T
• Decrease Text Indent: Ctrl+Shift+T

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for the Project Menu

• Project Statistics: Ctrl+.
• Text Statistics: Ctrl+/
• Add New Text: Ctrl+N
• Project Targets: Ctrl+,
• Add New Folder: Ctrl+Shift+N
• Toggle Keywords HUD: Ctrl+Shift+G
• Edit Meta Data: Ctrl+Shift+M
• Show Auto Complete List: Ctrl+Shift+4

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for the Tools Menu

• Toggle Scratch Pad: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P
• Preferences: F12

Scrivener Keyboard Shortcuts for View

• Previous Container: Ctrl+Shift+Up
• Next Container: Ctrl+Shift+Down
• Previous Document: Alt+Shift+Left
• Next Document: Alt+Shift+Right
• Enclosing Group: Alt+Shift+Up
• Editor Selection: Alt+Shift+Down
• Toggle Main ToolBar: Alt+Left
• Toggle Collections: Ctrl+Shift+9
• Toggle Editor HeaderBar: Alt+Up
• Play Pause Action: Ctrl+Return
• Toggle Editor FooterBar: Alt+Down
• Fast Forward Action: Ctrl+}
• Rewind Action: Ctrl+{
• Current Editor Back: Ctrl+[
• Current Editor Forward: Ctrl+]
• Alternate Editor Back:
• Alternate Editor Forward:
• Show Binder Tint: F5
• Show Icon Tint: F6
• Show Index Card Tint: F7
• Show Outliner Tint: F8
• Focus Next Major Element: Ctrl+Tab
• Reveal In Binder: Ctrl+Shift+8
• Show Index Card Label: F9
• Show Index Card Status: F10
• Show Index Card Keywords: Ctrl+F12
• Toggle Binder: Ctrl+Shift+B
• Toggle Inspector: Ctrl+Shift+I
• Toggle FullScreen: F11
• No Editor Split: Ctrl+’
• Horizontal Editor Split: Ctrl++
• Vertical Editor Split: Ctrl+Shift+’
• Show Text: Ctrl+1
• Show Corkboard: Ctrl+2
• Show Outliner: Ctrl+3
• Toggle Editor Lock: Ctrl+Shift+L
• Zoom In: Ctrl+=
• Zoom Out: Ctrl+-