Keyboard and mouse shortcuts

Hold Shift or Ctrl while clicking an object

Hold Command while clicking an object

Additive selection

Hold Alt while resizing object

Hold Option while resizing object

Prevent snapping, finer control

Hold Ctrl while dragging object

Hold Option while dragging object

Windows: Duplicate object

Mac: Duplicate object if applicable, finer control

See Duplicate elements

Hold Shift while moving an object

Hold Shift while moving an object

Move object only horizontally or vertically

Del or Backspace

Del or Backspace

Delete the selected element or chart feature

Hold Ctrl+Shift while resizing an object

Hold Ctrl+Shift while resizing an object

Resize object symmetrically around its center

While dragging resize or alignment handle:
Scroll Mouse Wheel
or
← → ↑ ↓
PgUp PgDn

While dragging resize or alignment handle:
Magic Mouse:
Swipe down/up with one finger
(Magic) Trackpad:
Swipe down/up with two fingers
or
← → ↑ ↓
PgUp PgDn

Switch slide to align with/snap to element on different slide

Hold Ctrl while dragging a resize handle

Hold Ctrl while dragging a resize handle

Define a fixed size (see Specify the exact dimensions of elements)

Ctrl+Alt+
← → ↑ ↓

Ctrl+Option+
← → ↑ ↓

Duplicate elements, e.g., in process flows, tables

See Duplicate elements

Double-click

Double-click

Pentagon/Chevron: Toggle between pentagon and chevron shape

Image: Reopen thinkcell Library to select different image

Ctrl+
Scroll Mouse Wheel up/down

Magic Mouse:
Ctrl+
Swipe down/up with one finger

(Magic) Trackpad:

• Opening/closing Pinch gesture
• Ctrl+
  Swipe down/up with two fingers

Zoom in/out

Middle mouse button/mouse wheel:
click and drag

Magic Mouse:
Swipe with one finger
(Magic) Trackpad:
Swipe with two fingers

In zoom view: Pan around the slide

Ctrl+A

Command+A

When whole chart or element is selected: Select all shapes on slide.

When feature of chart is selected: Select all features of same type. Press repeatedly to include all features of similar type (see Select objects with your keyboard).

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+
← → ↑ ↓

Command+Option+
Shift+← → ↑ ↓

Extend selection in given direction

Alt+
← → ↑ ↓
or
(Shift+)Tab

Command+Option+
← → ↑ ↓
or
(Shift+)Tab

Move selection across shapes on the slide

Move selection across features (e.g., labels) of an element

F2

F2

Toggle text-edit mode in labels

Alt+Shift+← →
or
When in text-edit mode in a list or with all text selected: (Shift+)Tab

Command+[ ]
or
When in text-edit mode in a list or with all text selected: (Shift+)Tab

Any label: Decrease/increase indentation level

Agenda: Decrease/increase hierarchy level of selected chapter

Alt+Shift+
PgUp PgDn

Option+Shift+
PgUp PgDn

Align text up or down

Alt+Enter

Option+Enter

In Excel datasheet: line break

F7

F7

In Excel datasheet: spell checking

Ctrl+Alt+↑ ↓

Ctrl+Option+↑ ↓

Duplicate activity row above/below

Alt+Shift+↑ ↓

Not applicable

Move selected activity row up/down

← → ↑ ↓

← → ↑ ↓

Move selected timeline element

Move date selection

Ctrl+← → ↑ ↓

Ctrl+Shift+
← → ↑ ↓

Move selected timeline element with finer steps

PgUp PgDn

PgUp PgDn

Move date selection one screen page up/down

Shift+
← → ↑ ↓
PgUp PgDn

Shift+
← → ↑ ↓
PgUp PgDn

Move end of selected date range in selected direction by one step/one page

Ctrl+Alt+↑ ↓

Ctrl+Option+↑ ↓

Add new chapter above/below

Alt+Shift+↑ ↓

Not applicable

Move selected chapter up/down

v/1

v/1

Checkbox: Set state to check mark

x/2

x/2

Checkbox: Set state to X mark

Space/0

Space/0

Checkbox: Clear checkbox

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Harvey ball: Set number of filled segments (will only work up to the maximal number of segments set)

+ -

+ -

Checkbox: Cycle through states

Harvey ball: Increase/decrease number of filled segments

Double-click

Double-click

Cycle through states

Double-click

Double-click

Total and level difference arrow: Cycle direction of calculation

Value line: Reset to arithmetic mean

↑ ↓

↑ ↓

Value line: Move up/down