Keyboard shortcuts
by Adam Somlai-Fischer
Using keyboard shortcuts can speed up your workflow.
Basic shortcuts to remember:
| Double Click | Write text |
| Space | Toggle between Edit and Show modes |
| Right, Left | Move Forward and Back in the path, while in Show mode |
| Up, Down | Zoom in / out while in Show mode |
The complete list
| General navigation | |
| Scroll Mouse | Zoom around the mouse pointer |
| x | hold down x, move the mouse without clicking to pan the view. Hint: you can drag the zebra while doing this to move objects to longer distances |
| z | hold down z, move the mouse without clicking to zoom the view |
| r | hold down r, move the mouse without clicking to rotate the view |
| 1, 2, 3, 4 | Zoom in, out, rotate right, left |
| Edit Mode | |
| Double Click | Write text |
| Space | If you are in Frame, Shape, Path, Colors, it goes up to top of edit mode (Zebra/Write) |
| Space | Toggle between Show and Edit modes. |
| Space (hold down) | Hold down space to temporarily switch to Show mode, click to zoom, or press right to move to the next path step, and release space to continue editing. This is a very effective use of prezi. |
| F | Draw Frames, last used frame is selected |
| I | Insert Menu |
| L | Load files |
| S | Shapes Menu, last used shape is activated |
| P | Path Menu, Add Objects is activated |
| SHIFT | and drag the mouse - select multiple items |
| SHIFT | while drawing a frame - draw 4:3 aspect ratio frames |
| CTRL+S | Save |
| CTRL+Z | Undo |
| If you see a Zebra | An object is selected |
| LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN | Nudge the selection 1 pixels |
| SHIFT + LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN | Nudge the selection 10 pixels |
| SHIFT | + Click, Add/Remove objects from selection |
| CTRL+D | Duplicate Selection |
| CTRL+C, CTRL+V | Copy and paste selection (you can zoom away and paste it there) |
| Delete, Backspace | Delete selection |
| Show Mode | this also applies to Portable(downloaded) Prezis |
| Right, Left | Zoom to Next, Previous Path steps |
| Up | Zoom in centrally |
| Down | Smart Zoom out - finds the next largest enclosing Frame, or the overview if there are no more frames, and zooms / rotates / pans to it |
| 0 (zero) | Start fullscreen mode |
| Esc | Stop fullscreen mode |
And here is a Prezi to help you remember these shortcuts:
