Shortcuts for Rational Publishing Engine

Review this list of keyboard shortcuts available for you to use within the Rational® Publishing Engine Document Studio application or the Launcher application. You can view a list of the shortcuts from the user interface by clicking Window > Preferences > General > Keys.

Document Studio shortcut keys

Table 1. Review the shortcut keys you can use in the Document Studio application.
Key combination Function
Ctrl+3 Open a list of available user interface elements to select.
Ctrl+A Select all. For example, use this key combination to select all elements in the template content editor.
Ctrl+B Set the Formatting > Font > Bold property to true.
Ctrl+C Copy a selection in the template editor. You can also use Ctrl+Insert to perform the same action.
Ctrl+D Open the window for creating a document specification.
Ctrl+F4 Close document template. You can also use Ctrl+W to perform the same action.
Ctrl+F7 Switch between the open Document Studio views, such as the Properties, Data Source Schemas, and Outline views.
Ctrl+F8 Switch to the Launcher perspective.
Ctrl+H Open the Search window.
Ctrl+I Set the Formatting > Font > Italic property to true.
Ctrl+L Open the color selection window to select a color value for the Formatting > Font > Font Color property.
Ctrl+M Maximize or minimize the active view or template editor.
Ctrl+N Open the window to create a document, such as a document template.
Ctrl+O Opens a window to select a template to load. You can also use Ctrl+T to perform the same action.
Ctrl+S Save document template.
Ctrl+T Open template window. You can also use Ctrl+O to perform the same action.
Ctrl+U Set the Formatting > Font > Underline property to true.
Ctrl+V Paste a selection into the template editor. You can also use Shift+Insert to perform the same action.
Ctrl+W Close the document template. You can also use Ctrl+F4 to perform the same action.
Ctrl+X Cut a selection from the template editor. You can also use Ctrl+Delete to perform the same action.
Ctrl+Y Redo the last action that was undone.
Ctrl+Z Undo the last action.
Ctrl+. Moves the cursor to the next annotation.
Ctrl+, Moves the cursor to the previous annotation.
Ctrl+Delete Cut a selection from the template editor. You can also use Ctrl+X to perform the same action.
Ctrl+End Move the cursor to the end of a line of text. You can also use End to perform the same action.
Ctrl+Home Move the cursor to the start of the next line of text. You can also use Home to perform the same action.
Ctrl+Insert Copy a selection in the template editor. You can also use Ctrl+C to perform the same action.
Ctrl+Left Move the cursor to the previous word in line of text.
Ctrl+Right Move the cursor to the next word in line of text.
Ctrl+Alt+G Intended to create new workspaces in Eclipse, however, there is only one workspace available in Rational Publishing Engine.
Ctrl+Shift+F4 Close all document templates. You can also use Ctrl+Shift+W to perform the same action.
Ctrl+Shift+F7 Return to the previous open Document Studio view you switched from, such as the Properties, Data Source Schema, or Outline views.
Ctrl+Shift+F8 Return to the previous perspective.
Ctrl+Shift+Left Select the previous word in a line of text.
Ctrl+Shift+Right Select the next word in a line of text.
Ctrl+Shift+W Close all document templates. You can also use Ctrl+Shift+F4 to perform the same action.
Shift+End Select text from the current location of the cursor to the end of the line.
Shift+Home Select text from the beginning of a line of text to the current location of the cursor.
Shift+Insert Paste a selection into the template editor. Paste a selection into the template editor. You can also use Ctrl+V to perform the same action.
Alt+F7 Switch from the template content editor to the zoom editor.
Alt+PageDown Switch between the template content editor, the zoom editor, and master page tabs.
Alt+PageUp Return to the previous tab after switching between the template content editor, the zoom editor, and master page tabs.
Alt+Shift+F7 Switch from the zoom editor to the template content editor.
Alt+Shift+Q Open the window to select a view.
Delete Delete a selection from the template editor.
End Move the cursor to the end of a line of text. You can also use Ctrl+End to perform the same action.
F12 Move the focus to the template content editor.
Home Move the cursor to the start of the next line of text. You can also use Ctrl+Home to perform the same action.

Launcher shortcut keys

Table 2. Review the shortcut keys you can use in the Launcher application.
Key combination Function
Ctrl+D Opens the window to select and load a document specification.
Ctrl+F4 Close the document specification. You can also use Ctrl+W to perform the same action.
Ctrl+F7 Switch between the open Launcher views, such as the Properties and Console views.
Ctrl+F8 Switch to the Document Studio perspective.
Ctrl+O Open a document specification.
Ctrl+N Open the window to create a document, such as a document specification.
Ctrl+S Save document specification.
Ctrl+W Close document specification. You can also use Ctrl+F4 to perform the same action.
Ctrl+Y Redo the last action that was undone.
Ctrl+Z Undo the last action.
Ctrl+. Moves the cursor to the next annotation.
Ctrl+, Moves the cursor to the previous annotation.
Ctrl+Shift+F4 Close all document specifications. You can also use Ctrl+Shift+W to perform the same action.
Ctrl+Shift+F7 Return to the previous open Launcher view you switched from, such as the Properties and Console views.
Ctrl+Shift+F8 Return to the previous perspective.
Ctrl+Shift+L Open a list of the available shortcut keys.
Ctrl+Shift+W Close all document specifications. You can also use Ctrl+Shift+F4 to perform the same action.
Alt+Shift+Q Open the window to select a view.

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