Look It Up · Everyday · 3 min
Keyboard shortcuts
The keys worth learning first. Every one can be changed, and the full list is in Keyboard & Shortcuts.
Finding things
| Ctrl+F | Find anything: commands, tools, settings, help |
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| Ctrl+Shift+F | Find words in the drawing |
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| F1 | Help, about whatever your pointer is on |
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Files
| Ctrl+O | Open a drawing |
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| Ctrl+S | Create a save point |
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| Ctrl+Shift+S | Save a project file |
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| Ctrl+P | Print |
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Moving round
| Ctrl+0 | Fit the whole page |
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| Ctrl+2 | Fit the page width |
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| Ctrl+1 | Actual size |
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| Ctrl++ or Ctrl+− | Zoom in or out |
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| Page Down or Page Up | Next or previous page |
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| Home or End | First or last page |
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| F | Focus mode |
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| F11 | Full screen |
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Editing
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
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| Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo |
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| Ctrl+C or Ctrl+V | Copy or paste |
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| Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste in place |
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| Ctrl+A | Select all on this page |
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| Delete | Delete the selection |
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| Ctrl+Shift+H | Action log |
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| V | Select |
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| H | Pan |
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| K | Calibrate scale |
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| L | Length |
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| M | Polyline length |
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| A | Rectangle area |
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| O | Polygon area |
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| B | Fill an area |
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| X | Cutout |
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| E | Perimeter |
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| C | Count |
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| G | Count every one |
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| N | Angle |
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| D | Dimension |
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| T | Text |
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| P | Freehand |
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| R | Rectangle |
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| ` | Use the previous tool again |
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To change a key, open Keyboard & Shortcuts…. It shows every command with its key, warns you about clashes, and can put any one back to its default.
In DatoMark Open Keyboard & Shortcuts
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Written for DatoMark 0.1.1-trial.1. These pages are made from the same words as Help inside the program, so the two cannot disagree.