Keyboard Shortcuts
You can quickly use or activate some commands, tools, and actions of the Canvas Envision Creator by pressing specific key combinations - keyboard shortcuts.
Learning keyboard shortcuts
You can learn the keyboard shortcuts at the following places in the UI:
Tooltips
Menus
Context-sensitive menus
The following two sections provide the full lists of all the shortcuts in the Canvas Envision Creator and 3D editor.
To access these lists from the Canvas Envision Creator, either:
Press Alt+K.
Click the Shortcuts List button in the Tip panel on the Help ribbon tab.
The system opens the help page with the shortcut lists in another browser tab.
Canvas Envision Creator shortcuts
The table below lists the keyboard shortcuts when working on the illustrations in the page layout area of the Canvas Envision Creator.
Command | Keyboard shortcut |
|---|---|
Append | Shift+F5 |
Camera tool | Ctrl+Y |
Combine - Add | Ctrl+Shift+A |
Combine - Outline | Ctrl+Shift+O |
Convert to Paths | Ctrl+K |
Convert to Beziers | Ctrl+Shift+K |
Copy | Ctrl+C |
Cut | Ctrl+X |
Duplicate | Ctrl+D |
Duplicate Transform | Ctrl+Shift+D |
Edit as Path | Ctrl+E |
Export Image | F11 |
Find and Replace | Ctrl+F |
Fit to Window | F3 |
Flip Vertical | Alt+V |
Flip Horizontal | Alt+F |
Font Size - Increase | Ctrl+[ |
Font Size - Decrease | Ctrl+] |
Font Style - Bold | Ctrl+B |
Font Style - Italic | Ctrl+I |
Group | Ctrl+G |
Hide Selection | Ctrl+H |
Home screen | Alt+H |
Hyperlink Option dialog box | Ctrl+U |
Hyperlink Pointer Tool | Ctrl+Shift+Q |
Ink/Outline Selection tool | Ctrl+Shift+C |
Insert 3D Animation | Shift+F6 |
Insert 3D Model | Shift+F3 |
Insert Image | Shift+F2 |
Insert Vector Drawing | Shift+F4 |
Invert Selection | Ctrl+Shift+I |
Lock | Ctrl+L |
New | Ctrl+N |
Open file | Ctrl+O |
Open screen | Alt+O |
Open Online Help | F1 |
Paste | Ctrl+V |
Paste in Place | Ctrl+Shift+V |
Alt+P | |
Redo | Ctrl+Shift+Z |
Refresh | F5 |
Remove Hyperlink | Ctrl+Shift+U |
Render Page with Options | Ctrl+Shift+Y |
Rotate Left 90 | Ctrl+Shift+R |
Rotate Right 90 | Ctrl+R |
Save | Ctrl+S |
Save As | Ctrl+Shift+S |
Save as Symbol | Alt+S |
Select All | Ctrl+A |
Select tool | Ctrl+Q |
Set as Default Shape | F12 |
Show All Hidden Objects | Ctrl+Shift+H |
Show/Hide Flow Controls | F2 |
Show/Hide Grid | Shift+F7 |
Show/Hide Guides | Shift+F8 |
Show/Hide Key Tips | F10 |
Show/Hide Markups | Shift+F12 |
Show/Hide Smart Snaps | F4 |
Show/Hide Symbols pane | Shift+F1 |
Show/Hide Text Boxes | Alt+Shift+T |
Smart Backward | Ctrl+J |
Smart Forward | Ctrl+Shift+J |
Smart Mouse dialog box | Shift+F9 |
Smart Mouse On/Off | F9 |
Snap to Grid On/Off | F7 |
Snap to Guides On/Off | F8 |
Text tool | Alt+T |
Undo | Ctrl+Z |
Ungroup | Ctrl+Shift+G |
Unlock | Ctrl+Shift+L |
Zoom dialog box | Ctrl+Shift+M or Alt+M |
Zoom In | Ctrl+= |
Zoom Out | Ctr+- |
Zoom tool | Ctrl+M |
3D editor shortcuts
The table below lists the keyboard shortcuts when working on 3D models in the 3D editor of the Canvas Envision Creator.
Command | Keyboard shortcut |
|---|---|
Align Pivot - With Given Pivot | Alt+G |
Align Pivot - With Line/Axis | Alt+H |
Align Pivot - With Local Axis | Alt+J |
Align Pivot - With World Axis | Alt+I |
Cutting Planes - Create | Alt+C |
Cutting Planes - Create from 3 Points | Alt+W |
Cutting Planes - X | Alt+X |
Cutting Planes - Y | Alt+Y |
Cutting Planes - Z | Alt+Z |
Exit | Ctrl+Shift+X |
Fit to Screen | F4 |
Fit to View Bounds | Shift+B |
Ghost | Ctrl+G |
Hide Selection | Ctrl+H |
Invert Selection | Ctrl+I |
Isolate Selection | Ctrl+Shift+I |
Mode - Flat | Ctrl+Shift+6 |
Mode - Flat Technical | Ctrl+Shift+4 |
Mode - Silhouette | Ctrl+Shift+5 |
Mode - Smooth | Ctrl+Shift+1 |
Mode - Smooth with Outlines | Ctrl+Shift+2 |
Mode - Technical | Ctrl+Shift+3 |
Mode - Wireframe | Ctrl+Shift+7 |
Online help | F1 |
Redo | Ctrl+Shift+Z |
Redo Selection | Ctrl+F |
Restore Neutral Position | Ctrl+R |
Save | Ctrl+S |
Save New | Ctrl+Shift+S |
Select All | Ctrl+A |
Select All Visible Parts | Ctrl+P |
Select tool | Alt+S |
Set Pivot - On Bounding Box Center | Alt+O |
Set Pivot - On Line/Axis | Alt+Q |
Set Pivot - On Point | Alt+P |
Show All | Ctrl+Shift+A |
Snap to Closest Standard View | F8 |
Undo | Ctrl+Z |
Undo Selection | Ctrl+E |
Unghost All | Ctrl+U |
View - Back | Alt+B |
View - Bottom | Alt+M |
View - Front | Alt+F |
View - Left | Alt+L |
View - Right | Alt+R |
View - Top | Alt+T |
Zoom In | Ctrl+= |
Zoom Out | Ctrl+- |
Overriding web browser shortcuts
To override the web browser shortcuts with the Creator's ones:
On the Home screen, click Options.
Select the Override browser shortcuts checkbox.
