Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Actions

Mind map that details the various keyboard shortcuts and mouse actions that can be utilized in ConceptDraw MINDMAP

Example 1. Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Actions

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Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Actions
• Documents and Windows
  • Ctrl+N - Create a New Document
  • Ctrl+O - Open a Document
  • Ctrl+S - Save the active document
  • Ctrl+Shift+S - Save the active document under a new filename
  • Ctrl+Alt+S - Save the document as Template
  • Ctrl+Alt+I - Input View
  • Ctrl+Alt+O - Output View
  • Ctrl+P - Print Preview
  • Ctrl+Shift+P - Quick Print
  • F7 - Spelling
  • Ctrl+F4 / Ctrl+W - Close the active window
  • Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+F6 - Activate the next window
  • Alt+F4 / Ctrl+Q - Quit ConceptDraw MINDMAP
• Document View
  • Shift+F3 - Outline and map views
  • F3 - Map view only / Outline view only
  • Ctrl+"=" / Click in Zoom Box mode - Zoom In
  • Ctrl+"-" - Click + Alt in Zoom Box mode - Zoom Out
  • Ctrl+mouse wheel - Zoom In / Zoom Out
  • Ctrl+Shift+Z - Select Zoom Box tool
  • Alt+Enter - Show/hide levels
  • Shift+mouse wheel - Horizontal scroll
  • Ctrl+0 - Show fit map
  • PgUp - Go to the previous page
  • PgDn - Go to the next page
• Selecting Objects
  • Select with Shift - Allows to select several objects
  • Ctrl+A - Select all the objects on page
  • Tab - Select the next object according to the order in which they were created
  • Shift+Tab - Select the previous object according to the order in which they were created
• Editing
  • Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y - Undo the last operation / Redo what was reversed by Undo
  • Ctrl+X / Shift+Delete - Cut the selection to the Clipboard
  • Ctrl+C/Ctrl+Ins - Copy the selection to the Clipboard
  • Ctrl+V / Shift+Ins - Paste the content from the Clipboard
  • Delete/Backspace - Delete the selected object(s)
  • Ctrl+F - Search/Replace Text
  • Ctrl for dragging - Duplicate the selected object(s)
• Dialogs
  • F4 - Show / Hide Clipart Window
  • F5 - Start Presentation Mode
  • Shift+F5 - Full Screen Mode
  • F6 - Show / Hide Page Navigator
  • Shift+F6 - Show / Hide View Navigator
  • F9 - Show / Hide Symbols floating dialog
  • F10 - Show / Hide Topic Type floating dialog
  • F11 - Add / Edit text note
  • Ctrl+Shift+E - Create / Edit hyperlink
  • Ctrl+Shift+T - Show Map Theme Attributes dialog
• Topics
  • Enter, Double-click - Add a topic of the same level as the selected one
  • Shift+Enter, Shift+Double-click, Insert - Add a subtopic to the selected topic
  • Ctrl+Shift+L - Add callout to selected topic
  • Ctrl+Right / Ctrl+Left - Indent / Outdent item (one level deeper / one level closer to the root)
  • Ctrl+Down / Ctrl+Up - Move item to the next / previous position (one line down / up)
  • Del, Backspace - Delete the selected topic(s)
  • Arrows - Select the next topic
  • Ctrl+Double-click - Add floating topic
  • Double-click - Add a new topic to the main idea (if no topic is selected)
  • Alt+Enter - Expand / Collapse Topic Levels
  • Shift+Spaec - Arrange Branch
  • Ctrl+Shift+A - Apply changes to current level of topics
  • Ctrl+Alt+F - Go in the box Search
• Editing Text of Topics
  • F2 - Activate Text Editing
  • Shift+Enter in editing mode - Start a new text line
  • Enter in editing mode - Quit editing mode and insert topic
  • Ctrl+Enter in editing mode - Quitediting mode and insert subtopic
  • Esc - Quit editing mode without applying changes
• Brainstorming
  • Ctrl+Alt+B - Hold Brainstorming session in current document
  • Enter in the box ideas - Insert new idea as floating topic in map
  • Alt+F4 - Quit Brainstorming session
• Operations on Objects
  • Ctrl+Shift+"[" - Send to Back
  • Ctrl+Shitf+"]" - Bring to Front
  • Ctrl+"[" - Send Backward
  • Ctrl+"]" - Bring Forward
  • Resize with Shift - Toggle between proportional and nonsymmetrical resizing
• Switching between Modes
  • Ctrl+1 / Esc Activate Select tool
  • Ctrl+2 Activate Rectangle tool
  • Ctrl+3 - Activate Ellipse tool
  • Ctrl+4 - Activate Line tool
  • Ctrl+5 - Activate Spline tool
  • F2 - Activate Text Editing mode
  • Space + moving mouse - Activate Scroll Hand tool
  • Shift in drawing - Constrained drawing mode (circle, square, etc.)
• Text Formatting
  • Ctrl+D - Format Text
  • Ctrl+B - Bold
  • Ctrl+I - Italic
  • Ctrl+U - Underline
  • Ctrl+L - Align on the left
  • Ctrl+E - Align in the center
  • Ctrl+R - Align on the right
  • Ctrl+"," - Increase font
  • Ctrl+"." - Decrease font
  • Ctrl+Shift+C - Copy formatting from selection
  • Ctrl+Shift+V - Apply copied formatting to selection
• Application
  • F1 - Call Help System
    • Subtopic
      • Subtopic
  • Ctrl+F1 - About ConceptDraw MINDMAP
  • Ctrl+"*" - Preferences (Application Settings)
• Office tools
  • Ctrl+J - Create Project
  • Ctrl+Shift+J - Create Project (Page)
• Presentation mode
  • Space - Go to the next view
  • Arrows (left/right) - Go to the next / previous view
  • B - Darken
  • w - Lighten
  • Backspace - Go to the previous view
  • Esc - Exit from presentation mode
• View Navigator
  • Insert - Insert new view
  • Arrows (left/right) - Go to the next / previous view
  • Ctrl+Arrows - Move view to the left / to the right
  • Delete/Backspace - Remove view
  • Esc - Remove focus from current view and move focus on map
  • Enter - Focus moves to the map
  • Home/End - Go to the first/last view
  • F2 - Start editing the view title
  • Ctrl+Shift+1 - Create view from visible objects
  • Ctrl+Shift+2 - Create view from selected objects
  • Ctrl+Shift+1 Create view from selected branches
  • Ctrl+Shift+R - Refresh previews
• Page Navigator
  • Double-click on empty place - Add New Page
  • Click mouse on the page in the title - Start editing the editor title page
  • Ctrl+Arrows - Move page to the left / to the right
  • Delete - Remove page
  • Ctrl+T - Add New PAge
  • Arrows - Go to the next / previous page



The Benefits for ConceptDraw MINDMAP Brainstorming Software

• ConceptDraw MINDMAP is effective for brainstorming, designing mind maps, idea generating, creative and lateral thinking, creativity and problem solving.
• ConceptDraw MINDMAP is ideal for team and personal work in Business, Marketing and Project Management.
• The libraries with large quantity of vector objects help to illustrate your mind maps and to make them bright, visual and comprehensible.
• Use of View Navigator tool lets create presentations from a mind map: you can simply select the map parts you want to present, sequence your slides, and preview the presentation.
• ConceptDraw MINDMAP provides wide capabilities of importing and exporting in various formats: Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, MS Excel, Mindjet MindManager, image, HTML, PDF file.






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