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⤢ SCRIVENER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 53 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl Document… 2 Ctrl Corkboar… 3 Ctrl Outline … 4 5 Ctrl Take Sna… 6 7 8 9 0 Q W Ctrl Close Pr… E Ctrl Shift Compile R Ctrl Right Al… T Y Ctrl Redo U Ctrl Underline I Ctrl Italic O Ctrl Open Pro… P Ctrl Print Cu… A Ctrl Select A… S Ctrl Save D Ctrl Duplicat… F Ctrl Find G Ctrl Group Se… H Ctrl Replace J Ctrl Justify … K Ctrl Split at… L Ctrl Left Ali… Z Ctrl Undo X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Bold N Ctrl New Text M Ctrl Merge Do… MORE SHORTCUTS Enter/Exit Co… F11 New Folder Ctrl Shift N Show/Hide Bin… Ctrl Shift B Show/Hide Ins… Ctrl Shift I Paste and Mat… Ctrl Shift Y Search in Pro… Ctrl Shift G Show Project … Ctrl , Save As Ctrl Shift S Ungroup Ctrl Shift U Center Paragr… Ctrl E Split Horizon… Ctrl = Split Vertica… Ctrl Shift ' Backward in D… Ctrl [ Forward in Do… Ctrl ] Inline Annota… Ctrl Shift A Footnote Ctrl Shift F Duplicate wit… Ctrl Shift D Split with Se… Ctrl Shift K Copy Style Ctrl Shift C Paste Style Ctrl Shift V No Split Ctrl ' Show/Hide Rul… Ctrl R Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − Take Titled S… Ctrl Shift 5 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · WINDOWS
SCRIVENER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 53 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl Document… 2 Ctrl Corkboar… 3 Ctrl Outline … 4 5 Ctrl Take Sna… 6 7 8 9 0 A Ctrl Select A… Z Ctrl Undo E Ctrl Shift Compile R Ctrl Right Al… T Y Ctrl Redo U Ctrl Underline I Ctrl Italic O Ctrl Open Pro… P Ctrl Print Cu… Q S Ctrl Save D Ctrl Duplicat… F Ctrl Find G Ctrl Group Se… H Ctrl Replace J Ctrl Justify … K Ctrl Split at… L Ctrl Left Ali… M Ctrl Merge Do… W Ctrl Close Pr… X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Bold N Ctrl New Text MORE SHORTCUTS Enter/Exit Co… F11 New Folder Ctrl Shift N Show/Hide Bin… Ctrl Shift B Show/Hide Ins… Ctrl Shift I Paste and Mat… Ctrl Shift Y Search in Pro… Ctrl Shift G Show Project … Ctrl , Save As Ctrl Shift S Ungroup Ctrl Shift U Center Paragr… Ctrl E Split Horizon… Ctrl = Split Vertica… Ctrl Shift ' Backward in D… Ctrl [ Forward in Do… Ctrl ] Inline Annota… Ctrl Shift A Footnote Ctrl Shift F Duplicate wit… Ctrl Shift D Split with Se… Ctrl Shift K Copy Style Ctrl Shift C Paste Style Ctrl Shift V No Split Ctrl ' Show/Hide Rul… Ctrl R Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − Take Titled S… Ctrl Shift 5 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · WINDOWS
⤢ BINDER New Text Ctrl N New Folder Ctrl Shift N Group Selection Ctrl G Duplicate Document Ctrl D Ungroup Ctrl Shift U Duplicate without Subdocum… Ctrl Shift D VIEW Enter/Exit Composition Mode F11 Document / Scrivenings View Ctrl 1 Corkboard View Ctrl 2 Outline View Ctrl 3 Show/Hide Binder Ctrl Shift B Show/Hide Inspector Ctrl Shift I Split Horizontally Ctrl = Split Vertically Ctrl Shift ' No Split Ctrl ' Show/Hide Ruler Ctrl R Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − HELP Show Manual F1 EDITING Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Find Ctrl F Select All Ctrl A Cut Ctrl X Split at Selection Ctrl K Redo Ctrl Y Paste and Match Style Ctrl Shift Y Replace Ctrl H Search in Project Ctrl Shift G Merge Documents Ctrl M Split with Selection as Ti… Ctrl Shift K DOCUMENTS Take Snapshot Ctrl 5 Take Titled Snapshot Ctrl Shift 5 NAVIGATION Backward in Document Histo… Ctrl [ Forward in Document History Ctrl ] PROJECT Save Ctrl S Compile Ctrl Shift E Open Project Ctrl O Show Project Targets Ctrl , Close Project Ctrl W Save As Ctrl Shift S Print Current Document Ctrl P Project Statistics Ctrl . FORMATTING Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Underline Ctrl U Center Paragraph Ctrl E Left Align Paragraph Ctrl L Right Align Paragraph Ctrl R Justify Paragraph Ctrl J Copy Style Ctrl Shift C Paste Style Ctrl Shift V INSERT Inline Annotation Ctrl Shift A Footnote Ctrl Shift F Scrivener KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 55 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · WINDOWS ⤢ BINDER 06 New Text Ctrl N New Folder Ctrl Shift N Group Selection Ctrl G Duplicate Document Ctrl D Ungroup Ctrl Shift U Duplicate without Subdocume… Ctrl Shift D VIEW 12 Enter/Exit Composition Mode F11 Document / Scrivenings View Ctrl 1 Corkboard View Ctrl 2 Outline View Ctrl 3 Show/Hide Binder Ctrl Shift B Show/Hide Inspector Ctrl Shift I Split Horizontally Ctrl = Split Vertically Ctrl Shift ' No Split Ctrl ' Show/Hide Ruler Ctrl R Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − HELP 01 Show Manual F1 EDITING 13 Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Find Ctrl F Select All Ctrl A Cut Ctrl X Split at Selection Ctrl K Redo Ctrl Y Paste and Match Style Ctrl Shift Y Replace Ctrl H Search in Project Ctrl Shift G Merge Documents Ctrl M Split with Selection as Tit… Ctrl Shift K DOCUMENTS 02 Take Snapshot Ctrl 5 Take Titled Snapshot Ctrl Shift 5 NAVIGATION 02 Backward in Document History Ctrl [ Forward in Document History Ctrl ] PROJECT 08 Save Ctrl S Compile Ctrl Shift E Open Project Ctrl O Show Project Targets Ctrl , Close Project Ctrl W Save As Ctrl Shift S Print Current Document Ctrl P Project Statistics Ctrl . FORMATTING 09 Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Underline Ctrl U Center Paragraph Ctrl E Left Align Paragraph Ctrl L Right Align Paragraph Ctrl R Justify Paragraph Ctrl J Copy Style Ctrl Shift C Paste Style Ctrl Shift V INSERT 02 Inline Annotation Ctrl Shift A Footnote Ctrl Shift F Scrivener KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 55 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · WINDOWS
⤢ SCRIVENER · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 9 SETS · No.01 SCRIVENER TOTAL 55 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS PROJECT 08 BINDER 06 EDITING 13 VIEW 12 FORMATTING 09 DOCUMENTS 02 NAVIGATION 02 INSERT 02 HELP 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Save Ctrl S Compile Ctrl Shift E Open Project Ctrl O Show Project Targets Ctrl , Close Project Ctrl W Save As Ctrl Shift S Print Current Document Ctrl P Project Statistics Ctrl . New Text Ctrl N New Folder Ctrl Shift N Group Selection Ctrl G Duplicate Document Ctrl D Ungroup Ctrl Shift U Duplicate without Sub… Ctrl Shift D Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Find Ctrl F Select All Ctrl A Cut Ctrl X Split at Selection Ctrl K Redo Ctrl Y Paste and Match Style Ctrl Shift Y Replace Ctrl H Search in Project Ctrl Shift G Merge Documents Ctrl M Split with Selection … Ctrl Shift K Enter/Exit Composition Mode F11 Document / Scrivenings View Ctrl 1 Corkboard View Ctrl 2 Outline View Ctrl 3 Show/Hide Binder Ctrl Shift B Show/Hide Inspector Ctrl Shift I Split Horizontally Ctrl = Split Vertically Ctrl Shift ' No Split Ctrl ' Show/Hide Ruler Ctrl R Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Underline Ctrl U Center Paragraph Ctrl E Left Align Paragraph Ctrl L Right Align Paragraph Ctrl R Justify Paragraph Ctrl J Copy Style Ctrl Shift C Paste Style Ctrl Shift V Take Snapshot Ctrl 5 Take Titled Snapshot Ctrl Shift 5 Backward in Document History Ctrl [ Forward in Document History Ctrl ] Inline Annotation Ctrl Shift A Footnote Ctrl Shift F Show Manual F1
SCRIVENER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl Document… 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E Ctrl Shift Compile R T Y U I Ctrl Italic O P A Ctrl Select A… S Ctrl Save D F Ctrl Find G H J K L Z Ctrl Undo X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Bold N Ctrl New Text M MORE SHORTCUTS Enter/Exit Compos… F11 New Folder Ctrl Shift N shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · WINDOWS Keyboard map PROJECT Save Ctrl S Compile Ctrl Shift E VIEW Enter/Exit Composition Mode F11 Document / Scrivenings View Ctrl 1 FORMATTING Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I BINDER New Text Ctrl N New Folder Ctrl Shift N EDITING Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Find Ctrl F Select All Ctrl A Cut Ctrl X Scrivener 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 SCRIVENER · WINDOWS Isometric PROJECT 02 Save Ctrl S Compile Ctrl Shift E VIEW 02 Enter/Exit Composition Mode F11 Document / Scrivenings View Ctrl 1 FORMATTING 02 Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I BINDER 02 New Text Ctrl N New Folder Ctrl Shift N EDITING 06 Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Find Ctrl F Select All Ctrl A Cut Ctrl X Scrivener 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 SCRIVENER · WINDOWS Typewriter SCRIVENER · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 5 SETS · No.01 SCRIVENER TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS PROJECT 02 BINDER 02 EDITING 06 VIEW 02 FORMATTING 02 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Save Ctrl S Compile Ctrl Shift E New Text Ctrl N New Folder Ctrl Shift N Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Find Ctrl F Select All Ctrl A Cut Ctrl X Enter/Exit Composition Mode F11 Document / Scrivenings View Ctrl 1 Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Editorial Scrivener is a long-form writing application built for authors, screenwriters, and researchers, organizing drafts, notes, and references in one project. Its shortcuts make navigating the binder, restructuring text, and drafting faster so you can stay in the writing.
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15 Action Shortcut Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V Undo Ctrl Z Find Ctrl F Select All Ctrl A Cut Ctrl X Split at Selection Ctrl K Redo Ctrl Y Paste and Match Style Ctrl Shift Y Replace Ctrl H Search in Project Ctrl Shift G Merge Documents Ctrl M Find Next
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Split with Selection as Title Ctrl Shift K Find Previous
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12 Action Shortcut Enter/Exit Composition Mode F11 Document / Scrivenings View Ctrl 1 Corkboard View Ctrl 2 Outline View Ctrl 3 Show/Hide Binder Ctrl Shift B Show/Hide Inspector Ctrl Shift I Split Horizontally Ctrl = Split Vertically Ctrl Shift ' No Split Ctrl ' Show/Hide Ruler Ctrl R Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl −
10 Action Shortcut Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Underline Ctrl U Center Paragraph Ctrl E Left Align Paragraph Ctrl L Right Align Paragraph Ctrl R Highlight Text
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Justify Paragraph Ctrl J Copy Style Ctrl Shift C Paste Style Ctrl Shift V
9 Action Shortcut Save Ctrl S New Project
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Compile Ctrl Shift E Open Project Ctrl O Show Project Targets Ctrl , Close Project Ctrl W Save As Ctrl Shift S Print Current Document Ctrl P Project Statistics Ctrl .
8 Action Shortcut New Text Ctrl N New Folder Ctrl Shift N Reveal in Binder
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Group Selection Ctrl G Duplicate Document Ctrl D Move to Trash
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Ungroup Ctrl Shift U Duplicate without Subdocuments Ctrl Shift D
4 Action Shortcut Previous Document
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Next Document
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Backward in Document History Ctrl [ Forward in Document History Ctrl ]
3 Action Shortcut Comment
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Inline Annotation Ctrl Shift A Footnote Ctrl Shift F
2 Action Shortcut Take Snapshot Ctrl 5 Take Titled Snapshot Ctrl Shift 5
1 Action Shortcut Show Manual F1
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