Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcut Explanation
Backspace

To clear the label of a cell in Edit mode.

To clear the last character in a message. To do this, the Allow typing in Message box option must be enabled.

See Allow typing in a message)

Ctrl + A Select all.
Ctrl + C Copy.
Ctrl + D To search for pages that contain a specific label or a certain action in Mouse mode.
Ctrl + F To search for a label or action in Edit mode.
Ctrl + F10 To make it easy to translate a communication grid using the translation option.
Ctrl + F11 To make it easy on a communication grid to replace the symbols from one symbol set, with symbols from another symbol set.
Ctrl + F9 To replace one symbol by another symbol on an extensive communication grid with several pages.
Ctrl + G

To navigate to a chosen page.

To group symbols in the Bliss Editor.

Ctrl + I The label and the text are captured. When typing, only the symbol of the selected cell is changed.
Ctrl + L The symbol and the text are captured. When typing, only the label of the selected cell is changed.
Ctrl + M The symbol and the label are captured. When typing, only the text of the selected cell is changed.
Ctrl + N

To create a new file in Mind Express.

To create a new Bliss symbol in the Bliss Editor.

Ctrl + O To open a file from the media library.
Ctrl + Left Arrow Previous style.
Ctrl + Up Arrow Previous image.
Ctrl + Down Arrow Next image.
Ctrl + Right Arrow Next style.
Ctrl + S To save a file.
Ctrl + Shift + C To take a screenshot of the page.
Ctrl + Shift + I To show / hide the cell in Edit mode.
Ctrl + Shift + U To select / deselect the cell in Edit mode.
Ctrl + Shift + M To open the media libraries.
Ctrl + Shift + V To paste the captured screenshot into a cell.
Ctrl + U To ungroup a BLISS symbol in the Bliss Editor.
Ctrl + V Paste.
Ctrl + X Cut.
Ctrl + Y Redo.
Ctrl + Z Undo.
Delete To clear the cell contents of a Grid page type or to delete a cell on a Freestyle page type in Edit mode.
End To go to the last page.
ESC To display the menu and the title bar.
F1 Opens the Mind Express Help pages.
F2 Switch between Edit mode and Mouse mode.
F3 To find the next cell that matches the search query entered.
F4 Fill cells.
F5 Open the Edit window, after selecting a cell in Edit mode.
F6 Open or close the Symbols window.
F7 Open or close the Actions window.
F8 Open the Page settings window.
F9 Open the Style settings window.
Home To go to the first page.
Insert Add a new page.
Page Down To go to the next page.
Page Up To go to the previous page.
Shift + Ctrl + F8 To delete the duplicate styles.
Shift + Delete Clear the symbol, label and text of a cell. The cell style is retained.
Shift + Insert Add a new page and create a link to the new page.
Shift + Tab Select the previous cell.
Tab Select the next cell.