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⤢ SCRIVENER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 53 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl Document… 2 Ctrl Corkboard… 3 Ctrl Outline Vie… 4 5 Ctrl Take Snap… 6 7 8 9 0 Q W Ctrl Close Proj… E Ctrl Shift Compile R Ctrl Right Align… T Y Ctrl Redo U Ctrl Underline I Ctrl Italic O Ctrl Open Proj… P Ctrl Print Curre… A Ctrl Select All S Ctrl Save D Ctrl Duplicate… F Ctrl Find G Ctrl Group Sele… H Ctrl Replace J Ctrl Justify Par… K Ctrl Split at Sel… L Ctrl Left Align… Z Ctrl Undo X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Bold N Ctrl New Text M Ctrl Merge Doc… MORE SHORTCUTS Enter/Exit Comp… F11 New Folder Ctrl Shift N Show/Hide Binder Ctrl Shift B Show/Hide Insp… Ctrl Shift I Paste and Match… Ctrl Shift Y Search in Project Ctrl Shift G Show Project Ta… Ctrl , Save As Ctrl Shift S Ungroup Ctrl Shift U Center Paragraph Ctrl E Split Horizontally Ctrl = Split Vertically Ctrl Shift ' Backward in Doc… Ctrl [ Forward in Docu… Ctrl ] Inline Annotation Ctrl Shift A Footnote Ctrl Shift F Duplicate withou… Ctrl Shift D Split with Selecti… Ctrl Shift K Copy Style Ctrl Shift C Paste Style Ctrl Shift V No Split Ctrl ' Show/Hide Ruler Ctrl R Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − Take Titled Snap… Ctrl Shift 5 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · WINDOWS SCRIVENER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 53 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl Document… 2 Ctrl Corkboard… 3 Ctrl Outline Vie… 4 5 Ctrl Take Snap… 6 7 8 9 0 A Ctrl Select All Z Ctrl Undo E Ctrl Shift Compile R Ctrl Right Align… T Y Ctrl Redo U Ctrl Underline I Ctrl Italic O Ctrl Open Proj… P Ctrl Print Curre… Q S Ctrl Save D Ctrl Duplicate… F Ctrl Find G Ctrl Group Sele… H Ctrl Replace J Ctrl Justify Par… K Ctrl Split at Sel… L Ctrl Left Align… M Ctrl Merge Doc… W Ctrl Close Proj… X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Ctrl Paste B Ctrl Bold N Ctrl New Text MORE SHORTCUTS Enter/Exit Comp… F11 New Folder Ctrl Shift N Show/Hide Binder Ctrl Shift B Show/Hide Insp… Ctrl Shift I Paste and Match… Ctrl Shift Y Search in Project Ctrl Shift G Show Project Ta… Ctrl , Save As Ctrl Shift S Ungroup Ctrl Shift U Center Paragraph Ctrl E Split Horizontally Ctrl = Split Vertically Ctrl Shift ' Backward in Doc… Ctrl [ Forward in Docu… Ctrl ] Inline Annotation Ctrl Shift A Footnote Ctrl Shift F Duplicate withou… Ctrl Shift D Split with Selecti… Ctrl Shift K Copy Style Ctrl Shift C Paste Style Ctrl Shift V No Split Ctrl ' Show/Hide Ruler Ctrl R Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − Take Titled Snap… 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 Subdocuments 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 Title Ctrl Shift K DOCUMENTS Take Snapshot Ctrl 5 Take Titled Snapshot Ctrl Shift 5 NAVIGATION Backward in Document History 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 Subdocu… 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 as Title 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 All 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 Compositio… 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 M… F11 Document / Scrivenings V… 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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13 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 Split with Selection as Title Ctrl Shift K
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 −
9 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 Justify Paragraph Ctrl J Copy Style Ctrl Shift C Paste Style Ctrl Shift V
8 Action Shortcut 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 .
6 Action Shortcut New Text Ctrl N New Folder Ctrl Shift N Group Selection Ctrl G Duplicate Document Ctrl D Ungroup Ctrl Shift U Duplicate without Subdocuments Ctrl Shift D
2 Action Shortcut Backward in Document History Ctrl [ Forward in Document History Ctrl ]
2 Action Shortcut 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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Does the poster include every Scrivener shortcut? Scrivener has 55 keyboard shortcuts on Windows — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
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