German Keyboard Shortcuts

Key bindings different to the English keyboard layout are marked bold. Some of the bindings depend on the context (canvas or worksheet, text region, formula region).

Insert

Shortcut	Function	Description
"		Canvas: Insert text region, Formula: Start a string constant
'		Start a unit name (placeholder becomes rounded)
\	sqrt()	${\sqrt {\scriptstyle \blacksquare }}$ square root
[	el()	${\scriptstyle \blacksquare }_{\,\scriptstyle \blacksquare }$ element index (add a second index using argument separator (; or ,)
]	line()	$\left|{\begin{array}{c}{\scriptstyle \blacksquare }\\{\scriptstyle \blacksquare }\\\end{array}}\right.$ code block
.		Subscript a variable, function, or unit (text index)
^		${\scriptstyle \blacksquare }^{\,\scriptstyle \blacksquare }$ exponentiation
!		${\scriptstyle \blacksquare }\,!$ factorial
%		Percent sign
&		${\scriptstyle \blacksquare }\,\wedge \,{\scriptstyle \blacksquare }$ Boolean AND
|		${\scriptstyle \blacksquare }\,\vee \,{\scriptstyle \blacksquare }$ Boolean OR
~		${\scriptstyle \blacksquare }\,\approx \,{\scriptstyle \blacksquare }$ Boolean Approximate equal
@		Insert 2D plot
Ctrl+.		Symbolic calculation of the equation
Ctrl++		${\scriptstyle \blacksquare }\,{\boldsymbol {=}}\,{\scriptstyle \blacksquare }$ Boolean "Equal to"
Ctrl+^	nthroot()	${\sqrt[{\scriptstyle \blacksquare }]{\scriptstyle \blacksquare }}$ n-th root operator
Ctrl+E		Insert Function dialog box
Ctrl+G		Pressing after a character, toggles its interpretation as Greek
Ctrl+K		Toggles special character mode in names
Ctrl+M	mat()	Insert Matrix
Ctrl+T		Insert blank Image
Ctrl+W		Insert Unit dialog box
Ctrl+0		${\scriptstyle \blacksquare }\,\geq \,{\scriptstyle \blacksquare }$ Boolean "Greater or Equal to" operator
Ctrl+1	transpose()	${\scriptstyle \blacksquare }^{\mathrm {T} }$Insert Matrix transpose
Ctrl+3		${\scriptstyle \blacksquare }\,\neq \,{\scriptstyle \blacksquare }$ Boolean "Not Equal to" operator
Ctrl+8		${\scriptstyle \blacksquare }\,\times \,{\scriptstyle \blacksquare }$ Vector Multiplication operator (cross product)
Ctrl+9		${\scriptstyle \blacksquare }\,\leq \,{\scriptstyle \blacksquare }$ Boolean "Less Than or Equal to" operator
Ctrl+Enter		Canvas: Insert separator line, Text: Insert new paragraph (separated by empty line)
Shift+Enter		Line break (in text regions)
Ctrl+Shift+P		$\pi$ Pi constant (3,1415...)
Ctrl+Shift+Z		$\infty$ Infinity symbol
Alt++ ESC		Insert formula in a text region (ESC is required to exit ALT mode)

Edit

Shortcut	Function
Ctrl+Z	Rollback change
Ctrl+Y	Repeat change
Ctrl+X	Cut selection
Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert	Copy selection
Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert	Insert
Ctrl+A	Select All / Select element content (depends on cursor position)
Pos1 or End	Move cursor to start or end of the document, the text or the formula
Enter	Leave current region
TAB or Shift-Tab	Go to next or previous region
Ctrl+B	Bold font
Ctrl+I	Italic font
Ctrl+U	Underscore
F8	Apply subsequent edits to all occurences of a name in a formula

Standard

Shortcut	Function
Ctrl+N	Create new document
Ctrl+F4	Close current document
Ctrl+P	Print current document
Ctrl+O	Open document
Ctrl+S	Save document
F9	Recalculate document

Dynamic Assistant

Shortcut	Function
TAB, Ctrl+Enter, Shift+Enter, DoubleClick	Auto-complete with the chosen variable/function name
Ctrl+Space	Auto-Complete if menu is shown, otherwise manually activates Dynamic Assistance
*+Enter	For Smartphones