Keyboard control and shortcuts

Keyboard controls when editing a puzzle:

Cursors Move the cursor; right/down also change typing direction
 
Shift+Cursors Select squares
 
Ctrl+Cursors Skip to next or previous word start
 
Alt+Cursors Insert/remove a bar on a side of the square
 
Tab Toggle the direction in which you want to type
 
Enter Move to left or top of next line
 
Spacebar Insert a default Block
 
Delete Delete letter/block at cursor
 
Ctrl+Delete Remove square from puzzle
 
Shift+Delete Delete word. Doesn't affect intersecting words
 
Alt+Delete Delete letters, but not blocks, in current selection
 
Alt+Backspace Undo
 
Alt+Enter Edit a square's properties
 
Ctrl+A AutoFind
 
Shift+Alt+A Find word to fit in word slot
 
Ctrl+E Edit Clue
 
Ctrl+R Review/edit clues
 
Ctrl+W Show WordWeb with the word at the cursor (if you have WordWeb installed).
 
Ctrl+C Copy word at cursor to clipboard
 
Ctrl+X Cut word at cursor to clipboard
 
Ctrl+V Paste word at start of current word slot
 
Ctrl+Shift+V Paste word starting at the cursor position
 
Ctrl+L Select word in the current word slot
 
Ctrl+M
Select square and any symmetric squares
 
Ctrl+I
Insert multiple letters in a square, e.g. for a rebus puzzle
 
Cltr+Alt+T
Toggle marking the current word as a theme word
 
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Ctrl+S Save

See Mouse for mouse combinations and the Toolbar topic