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⤢ CALIBRE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 45 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Ctrl Restore … Q Ctrl Quit cal… W E Edit met… R Ctrl Restart … T Ctrl Toggle T… Y U I Show boo… O Open con… P Polish b… A Add books S Save to … D Send to … F Ctrl Shift Advanced… G Get books H Ctrl Toggle h… J K Edit Tab… L Z X C Convert … V View B Ctrl Show/hid… N Find nex… M Merge se… MORE SHORTCUTS Next page Space Remove select… Del Focus the sea… / Previous page Shift Space Download meta… Ctrl D Next section Ctrl PgDn Previous sect… Ctrl PgUp Edit current … F2 Edit book T Toggle full s… F11 Increase font… Ctrl + Decrease font… Ctrl − Start search … / Add formats t… Shift A View last rea… Shift V Full text sea… Ctrl / Clear the cur… Esc Beginning of … Ctrl HOME End of book Ctrl END Back Alt LEFT Go to locatio… Ctrl G Find next (vi… F3 New bookmark Ctrl Alt B View specific… Alt V Merge records… Alt M shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CALIBRE · WINDOWS
CALIBRE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 45 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Ctrl Restore … A Add books Z E Edit met… R Ctrl Restart … T Ctrl Toggle T… Y U I Show boo… O Open con… P Polish b… Q Ctrl Quit cal… S Save to … D Send to … F Ctrl Shift Advanced… G Get books H Ctrl Toggle h… J K Edit Tab… L M Merge se… W X C Convert … V View B Ctrl Show/hid… N Find nex… MORE SHORTCUTS Next page Space Remove select… Del Focus the sea… / Previous page Shift Space Download meta… Ctrl D Next section Ctrl PgDn Previous sect… Ctrl PgUp Edit current … F2 Edit book T Toggle full s… F11 Increase font… Ctrl + Decrease font… Ctrl − Start search … / Add formats t… Shift A View last rea… Shift V Full text sea… Ctrl / Clear the cur… Esc Beginning of … Ctrl HOME End of book Ctrl END Back Alt LEFT Go to locatio… Ctrl G Find next (vi… F3 New bookmark Ctrl Alt B View specific… Alt V Merge records… Alt M shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CALIBRE · WINDOWS
⤢ LIBRARY Add books A Convert selected books C View V Send to device D Remove selected books Del Save to disk S Show book details I Add formats to selected bo… Shift A View last read book Shift V Get books G Merge selected records M View specific format Alt V Merge records, keeping ori… Alt M Open containing folder O Add empty books Ctrl Shift E Toggle mark on selected bo… Ctrl M Re-apply the current sort F5 GENERAL Quit calibre Ctrl Q Restart calibre Ctrl R EDITING METADATA Edit metadata of selected … E Download metadata and cove… Ctrl D Edit current field in book… F2 SEARCH Focus the search bar / Advanced search dialog Ctrl Shift F Full text search of all bo… Ctrl / Clear the current search Esc Find next matching book N Find previous matching book Shift N EDITING Edit book T Edit Table of Contents K Polish books P VIEWER Next page Space Previous page Shift Space Next section Ctrl PgDn Previous section Ctrl PgUp Toggle Table of Contents Ctrl T Toggle full screen F11 Increase font size Ctrl + Decrease font size Ctrl − Start search (viewer) / Beginning of book Ctrl HOME End of book Ctrl END Back Alt LEFT Go to location or position Ctrl G Find next (viewer) F3 Show/hide bookmarks Ctrl B New bookmark Ctrl Alt B Forward Alt RIGHT Restore default font size Ctrl 0 Find previous (viewer) Shift F3 Read aloud Ctrl S Toggle between Paged and F… Ctrl M Toggle highlights panel Ctrl H Follow links with the keyb… Alt F Select all (viewer) Ctrl A Toggle auto-scroll (viewer) Ctrl Space Print book to PDF Ctrl P calibre KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 57 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CALIBRE · WINDOWS ⤢ LIBRARY 17 Add books A Convert selected books C View V Send to device D Remove selected books Del Save to disk S Show book details I Add formats to selected books Shift A View last read book Shift V Get books G Merge selected records M View specific format Alt V Merge records, keeping origi… Alt M Open containing folder O Add empty books Ctrl Shift E Toggle mark on selected books Ctrl M Re-apply the current sort F5 GENERAL 02 Quit calibre Ctrl Q Restart calibre Ctrl R EDITING METADATA 03 Edit metadata of selected bo… E Download metadata and covers Ctrl D Edit current field in book l… F2 SEARCH 06 Focus the search bar / Advanced search dialog Ctrl Shift F Full text search of all books Ctrl / Clear the current search Esc Find next matching book N Find previous matching book Shift N EDITING 03 Edit book T Edit Table of Contents K Polish books P VIEWER 26 Next page Space Previous page Shift Space Next section Ctrl PgDn Previous section Ctrl PgUp Toggle Table of Contents Ctrl T Toggle full screen F11 Increase font size Ctrl + Decrease font size Ctrl − Start search (viewer) / Beginning of book Ctrl HOME End of book Ctrl END Back Alt LEFT Go to location or position Ctrl G Find next (viewer) F3 Show/hide bookmarks Ctrl B New bookmark Ctrl Alt B Forward Alt RIGHT Restore default font size Ctrl 0 Find previous (viewer) Shift F3 Read aloud Ctrl S Toggle between Paged and Flo… Ctrl M Toggle highlights panel Ctrl H Follow links with the keyboa… Alt F Select all (viewer) Ctrl A Toggle auto-scroll (viewer) Ctrl Space Print book to PDF Ctrl P calibre KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 57 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CALIBRE · WINDOWS
⤢ CALIBRE · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 6 SETS · No.01 CALIBRE TOTAL 57 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS LIBRARY 17 EDITING METAD 03 VIEWER 26 SEARCH 06 EDITING 03 GENERAL 02 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Add books A Convert selected books C View V Send to device D Remove selected books Del Save to disk S Show book details I Add formats to selected boo… Shift A View last read book Shift V Get books G Merge selected records M View specific format Alt V Merge records, keeping origin… Alt M Open containing folder O Add empty books Ctrl Shift E Toggle mark on selected books Ctrl M Re-apply the current sort F5 Edit metadata of selected books E Download metadata and covers Ctrl D Edit current field in book list F2 Next page Space Previous page Shift Space Next section Ctrl PgDn Previous section Ctrl PgUp Toggle Table of Contents Ctrl T Toggle full screen F11 Increase font size Ctrl + Decrease font size Ctrl − Start search (viewer) / Beginning of book Ctrl HOME End of book Ctrl END Back Alt LEFT Go to location or position Ctrl G Find next (viewer) F3 Show/hide bookmarks Ctrl B New bookmark Ctrl Alt B Forward Alt RIGHT Restore default font size Ctrl 0 Find previous (viewer) Shift F3 Read aloud Ctrl S Toggle between Paged and Flo… Ctrl M Toggle highlights panel Ctrl H Follow links with the keyboard Alt F Select all (viewer) Ctrl A Toggle auto-scroll (view… Ctrl Space Print book to PDF Ctrl P Focus the search bar / Advanced search dialog Ctrl Shift F Full text search of all books Ctrl / Clear the current search Esc Find next matching book N Find previous matching book Shift N Edit book T Edit Table of Contents K Polish books P Quit calibre Ctrl Q Restart calibre Ctrl R
CALIBRE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E Edit met… R T Ctrl Toggle T… Y U I O P A Add books S Save to … D Send to … F G H J K L Z X C Convert … V View B N M MORE SHORTCUTS Next page Space Remove selected b… Del Focus the search … / Previous page Shift Space Download metadata… Ctrl D Next section Ctrl PgDn Previous section Ctrl PgUp shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH CALIBRE · WINDOWS Keyboard map LIBRARY Add books A Convert selected books C View V Send to device D Remove selected books Del Save to disk S SEARCH Focus the search bar / EDITING METADATA Edit metadata of selected books E Download metadata and covers Ctrl D VIEWER Next page Space Previous page Shift Space Next section Ctrl PgDn Previous section Ctrl PgUp Toggle Table of Contents Ctrl T calibre 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 CALIBRE · WINDOWS Isometric LIBRARY 06 Add books A Convert selected books C View V Send to device D Remove selected books Del Save to disk S SEARCH 01 Focus the search bar / EDITING METADATA 02 Edit metadata of selected books E Download metadata and covers Ctrl D VIEWER 05 Next page Space Previous page Shift Space Next section Ctrl PgDn Previous section Ctrl PgUp Toggle Table of Contents Ctrl T calibre 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 CALIBRE · WINDOWS Typewriter CALIBRE · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 4 SETS · No.01 CALIBRE TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS LIBRARY 06 EDITING METAD 02 VIEWER 05 SEARCH 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Add books A Convert selected books C View V Send to device D Remove selected books Del Save to disk S Edit metadata of selected books E Download metadata and covers Ctrl D Next page Space Previous page Shift Space Next section Ctrl PgDn Previous section Ctrl PgUp Toggle Table of Contents Ctrl T Focus the search bar / Editorial Calibre is an open-source e-book manager for organizing your library, converting between formats, and syncing books to e-readers. Its shortcuts make searching, tagging, and converting titles faster when you are managing a large collection.
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26 Action Shortcut Next page Space Previous page Shift Space Next section Ctrl PgDn Previous section Ctrl PgUp Toggle Table of Contents Ctrl T Toggle full screen F11 Increase font size Ctrl + Decrease font size Ctrl − Start search (viewer) / Beginning of book Ctrl HOME End of book Ctrl END Back Alt LEFT Go to location or position Ctrl G Find next (viewer) F3 Show/hide bookmarks Ctrl B New bookmark Ctrl Alt B Forward Alt RIGHT Restore default font size Ctrl 0 Find previous (viewer) Shift F3 Read aloud Ctrl S Toggle between Paged and Flow mode Ctrl M Toggle highlights panel Ctrl H Follow links with the keyboard Alt F Select all (viewer) Ctrl A Toggle auto-scroll (viewer) Ctrl Space Print book to PDF Ctrl P
17 Action Shortcut Add books A Convert selected books C View V Send to device D Remove selected books Del Save to disk S Show book details I Add formats to selected books Shift A View last read book Shift V Get books G Merge selected records M View specific format Alt V Merge records, keeping originals Alt M Open containing folder O Add empty books Ctrl Shift E Toggle mark on selected books Ctrl M Re-apply the current sort F5
6 Action Shortcut Focus the search bar / Advanced search dialog Ctrl Shift F Full text search of all books Ctrl / Clear the current search Esc Find next matching book N Find previous matching book Shift N
3 Action Shortcut Edit metadata of selected books E Download metadata and covers Ctrl D Edit current field in book list F2
3 Action Shortcut Edit book T Edit Table of Contents K Polish books P
2 Action Shortcut Quit calibre Ctrl Q Restart calibre Ctrl R
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