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⤢ MICROSOFT VISIO KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 40 1 Ctrl Pointer … 2 Ctrl Text Tool 3 Ctrl Connecto… 4 Ctrl Pencil T… 5 Ctrl Freeform… 6 Ctrl Line Tool 7 Ctrl Arc Tool 8 Ctrl Rectangl… 9 Ctrl Ellipse … 0 Q W Ctrl Shift Fit Page… E R Ctrl Rotate R… T Y U Ctrl Shift Ungroup … I Ctrl Italic O P A Ctrl Select A… S D F Ctrl Shift Bring to… G Ctrl Group Sh… H Ctrl Flip Hor… J Ctrl Flip Ver… K L Ctrl Rotate L… Z X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Shift Send to … N M MORE SHORTCUTS Nudge Shape UP Bold Ctrl B Underline Ctrl U Enter Full-Screen… F5 Open Align Shapes… F8 Nudge One Pixel Shift UP Exit Full-Screen … Esc Cycle Through Pag… Ctrl PgDn Cycle Through Pag… Ctrl PgUp Move to Next Shape Tab Align Text Left Ctrl Shift L Center Text Horiz… Ctrl Shift C Align Text Right Ctrl Shift R Open Text Dialog F11 Open Format Shape… F3 Cycle Through Ope… Ctrl Tab Open Home Tab Alt H shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICROSOFT VISIO · WINDOWS
MICROSOFT VISIO KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 40 1 Ctrl Pointer … 2 Ctrl Text Tool 3 Ctrl Connecto… 4 Ctrl Pencil T… 5 Ctrl Freeform… 6 Ctrl Line Tool 7 Ctrl Arc Tool 8 Ctrl Rectangl… 9 Ctrl Ellipse … 0 A Ctrl Select A… Z E R Ctrl Rotate R… T Y U Ctrl Shift Ungroup … I Ctrl Italic O P Q S D F Ctrl Shift Bring to… G Ctrl Group Sh… H Ctrl Flip Hor… J Ctrl Flip Ver… K L Ctrl Rotate L… M W Ctrl Shift Fit Page… X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Shift Send to … N MORE SHORTCUTS Nudge Shape UP Bold Ctrl B Underline Ctrl U Enter Full-Screen… F5 Open Align Shapes… F8 Nudge One Pixel Shift UP Exit Full-Screen … Esc Cycle Through Pag… Ctrl PgDn Cycle Through Pag… Ctrl PgUp Move to Next Shape Tab Align Text Left Ctrl Shift L Center Text Horiz… Ctrl Shift C Align Text Right Ctrl Shift R Open Text Dialog F11 Open Format Shape… F3 Cycle Through Ope… Ctrl Tab Open Home Tab Alt H shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICROSOFT VISIO · WINDOWS
⤢ TOOLS Pointer Tool Ctrl 1 Text Tool Ctrl 2 Connector Tool Ctrl 3 Pencil Tool Ctrl 4 Freeform Tool Ctrl 5 VIEW Enter Full-Screen View F5 Fit Page to Window Ctrl Shift W Exit Full-Screen View Esc Open Format Shape Pane F3 NAVIGATION Cycle Through Pages Ctrl PgDn Cycle Through Pages (Rev… Ctrl PgUp Move to Next Shape Tab Cycle Through Open Drawi… Ctrl Tab Open Home Tab Alt H EDITING Copy Ctrl C Cut Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V Select All Ctrl A TEXT Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Underline Ctrl U Align Text Left Ctrl Shift L Center Text Horizontally Ctrl Shift C Align Text Right Ctrl Shift R Open Text Dialog F11 SHAPES Group Shapes Ctrl G Ungroup Shapes Ctrl Shift U Bring to Front Ctrl Shift F Send to Back Ctrl Shift B Nudge Shape UP Rotate Left Ctrl L Rotate Right Ctrl R Flip Horizontal Ctrl H Flip Vertical Ctrl J Open Align Shapes Dialog F8 Nudge One Pixel Shift UP DRAWING Line Tool Ctrl 6 Rectangle Tool Ctrl 8 Ellipse Tool Ctrl 9 Arc Tool Ctrl 7 Microsoft Visio KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 40 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICROSOFT VISIO · WINDOWS ⤢ TOOLS 05 Pointer Tool Ctrl 1 Text Tool Ctrl 2 Connector Tool Ctrl 3 Pencil Tool Ctrl 4 Freeform Tool Ctrl 5 VIEW 04 Enter Full-Screen View F5 Fit Page to Window Ctrl Shift W Exit Full-Screen View Esc Open Format Shape Pane F3 NAVIGATION 05 Cycle Through Pages Ctrl PgDn Cycle Through Pages (R… Ctrl PgUp Move to Next Shape Tab Cycle Through Open Dra… Ctrl Tab Open Home Tab Alt H EDITING 04 Copy Ctrl C Cut Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V Select All Ctrl A TEXT 07 Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Underline Ctrl U Align Text Left Ctrl Shift L Center Text Horizontal… Ctrl Shift C Align Text Right Ctrl Shift R Open Text Dialog F11 SHAPES 11 Group Shapes Ctrl G Ungroup Shapes Ctrl Shift U Bring to Front Ctrl Shift F Send to Back Ctrl Shift B Nudge Shape UP Rotate Left Ctrl L Rotate Right Ctrl R Flip Horizontal Ctrl H Flip Vertical Ctrl J Open Align Shapes Dial… F8 Nudge One Pixel Shift UP DRAWING 04 Line Tool Ctrl 6 Rectangle Tool Ctrl 8 Ellipse Tool Ctrl 9 Arc Tool Ctrl 7 Microsoft Visio KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 40 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICROSOFT VISIO · WINDOWS
⤢ MICROSOFT VISIO · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 7 SETS · No.01 MICROSOFT VISIO TOTAL 40 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS SHAPES 11 EDITING 04 TOOLS 05 TEXT 07 VIEW 04 DRAWING 04 NAVIGATION 05 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Group Shapes Ctrl G Ungroup Shapes Ctrl Shift U Bring to Front Ctrl Shift F Send to Back Ctrl Shift B Nudge Shape UP Rotate Left Ctrl L Rotate Right Ctrl R Flip Horizontal Ctrl H Flip Vertical Ctrl J Open Align Shapes Dialog F8 Nudge One Pixel Shift UP Copy Ctrl C Cut Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V Select All Ctrl A Pointer Tool Ctrl 1 Text Tool Ctrl 2 Connector Tool Ctrl 3 Pencil Tool Ctrl 4 Freeform Tool Ctrl 5 Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Underline Ctrl U Align Text Left Ctrl Shift L Center Text Horizontally Ctrl Shift C Align Text Right Ctrl Shift R Open Text Dialog F11 Enter Full-Screen View F5 Fit Page to Window Ctrl Shift W Exit Full-Screen View Esc Open Format Shape Pane F3 Line Tool Ctrl 6 Rectangle Tool Ctrl 8 Ellipse Tool Ctrl 9 Arc Tool Ctrl 7 Cycle Through Pages Ctrl PgDn Cycle Through Pages (Reverse) Ctrl PgUp Move to Next Shape Tab Cycle Through Open Drawings Ctrl Tab Open Home Tab Alt H
MICROSOFT VISIO KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl Pointer … 2 Ctrl Text Tool 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E R T Y U Ctrl Shift Ungroup … I Ctrl Italic O P A Ctrl Select A… S D F Ctrl Shift Bring to… G Ctrl Group Sh… H J K L Z X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Shift Send to … N M MORE SHORTCUTS Nudge Shape UP Bold Ctrl B Underline Ctrl U shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICROSOFT VISIO · WINDOWS Keyboard map SHAPES Group Shapes Ctrl G Ungroup Shapes Ctrl Shift U Bring to Front Ctrl Shift F Send to Back Ctrl Shift B Nudge Shape UP TEXT Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Underline Ctrl U EDITING Copy Ctrl C Cut Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V Select All Ctrl A TOOLS Pointer Tool Ctrl 1 Text Tool Ctrl 2 Microsoft Visio KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICROSOFT VISIO · WINDOWS Isometric SHAPES 05 Group Shapes Ctrl G Ungroup Shapes Ctrl Shift U Bring to Front Ctrl Shift F Send to Back Ctrl Shift B Nudge Shape UP TEXT 03 Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Underline Ctrl U EDITING 04 Copy Ctrl C Cut Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V Select All Ctrl A TOOLS 02 Pointer Tool Ctrl 1 Text Tool Ctrl 2 Microsoft Visio KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH MICROSOFT VISIO · WINDOWS Typewriter MICROSOFT VISIO · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 4 SETS · No.01 MICROSOFT VISIO TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS SHAPES 05 EDITING 04 TOOLS 02 TEXT 03 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Group Shapes Ctrl G Ungroup Shapes Ctrl Shift U Bring to Front Ctrl Shift F Send to Back Ctrl Shift B Nudge Shape UP Copy Ctrl C Cut Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V Select All Ctrl A Pointer Tool Ctrl 1 Text Tool Ctrl 2 Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Underline Ctrl U Editorial Microsoft Visio is a diagramming application for creating flowcharts, network diagrams, floor plans, and process maps with extensive stencil libraries. Shortcuts speed up placing and connecting shapes, aligning objects, and moving between pages as diagrams grow detailed.
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All Microsoft Visio keyboard shortcuts (Windows)
Shapes Text Tools Navigation Editing Drawing View
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Shapes Text Tools Navigation Editing Drawing View
+ 2 more controls in the table below
Shapes 11 Action Shortcut Group Shapes Ctrl G Ungroup Shapes Ctrl Shift U Bring to Front Ctrl Shift F Send to Back Ctrl Shift B Nudge Shape UP Rotate Left Ctrl L Rotate Right Ctrl R Flip Horizontal Ctrl H Flip Vertical Ctrl J Open Align Shapes Dialog F8 Nudge One Pixel Shift UP
Text 7 Action Shortcut Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Underline Ctrl U Align Text Left Ctrl Shift L Center Text Horizontally Ctrl Shift C Align Text Right Ctrl Shift R Open Text Dialog F11
Tools 5 Action Shortcut Pointer Tool Ctrl 1 Text Tool Ctrl 2 Connector Tool Ctrl 3 Pencil Tool Ctrl 4 Freeform Tool Ctrl 5
Navigation 5 Action Shortcut Cycle Through Pages Ctrl PgDn Cycle Through Pages (Reverse) Ctrl PgUp Move to Next Shape Tab Cycle Through Open Drawings Ctrl Tab Open Home Tab Alt H
Editing 4 Action Shortcut Copy Ctrl C Cut Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V Select All Ctrl A
Drawing 4 Action Shortcut Line Tool Ctrl 6 Rectangle Tool Ctrl 8 Ellipse Tool Ctrl 9 Arc Tool Ctrl 7
View 4 Action Shortcut Enter Full-Screen View F5 Fit Page to Window Ctrl Shift W Exit Full-Screen View Esc Open Format Shape Pane F3
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