List of Text Tool key shortcuts
Cursor keys Move the text cursor one character at a time up, down, left or right.
Home Move the text cursor to the start of the line.
End Move the text cursor to the end of the line.
CTRL+right-cursor Move the text cursor right one word.
CTRL+left-cursor Move the text cursor left one word.
CTRL+HOME Move the text cursor to the start of the first line in a text object.
CTRL+END Move the text cursor to the end of the last line in a text object.
CTRL+A Selects all characters in a text object.
CTRL+B Apply the Bold attribute (see Bold).
CTRL+I Apply the Italic attribute (see Italic).
CTRL+C Copy the selected region of text to the clipboard.
CTRL+L Selects all characters in the line containing the text cursor.
CTRL+V Paste text at the text cursor position (If the clipboard contains text)
CTRL+W Swap the case of the character to the right of the text cursor.
CTRL+equals/plus key Increase kerning/tracking.
CTRL+underline/minus key Decrease kerning/tracking.
RETURN Start a new line of text.
DELETE Delete the character to the right of the text cursor. If the cursor is on the end of a text line, join this line to the line below.
BACKSPACE Delete the character to the left of the text cursor. If the cursor is at the start of a text line, join this line to the line above.
Shift+cursor keys Select all text between the cursor position and the beginning of the line.
Shift+END Select all text between the cursor position and the end of the line.
For details of how to enter special characters with the Text Tool, see Typing international characters.