Reference > Keyboard Shortcuts

DPlot has a set of keyboard shortcuts that you can use to carry out commands and select dialog box options directly from the keyboard - by using these shortcut keys, you bypass the menus. With other shortcut keys, you can move, select, and edit large documents more efficiently.

Keys that must be pressed sequentially are shown separated by a comma; keys that must be pressed at the same time are shown separated by a plus sign.

Help keys

To	Press
Switch to Help window	F1
Switch to context-sensitive Help	SHIFT+F1

Editing

To	Press
Carry out an action	ENTER
Cancel an action	ESC
Clear the selection	DELETE
Copy the active document to the Clipboard	CTRL+C
Paste data from the Clipboard	CTRL+V

Working with files

To	Press
Create a new document	CTRL+N
Save the active document with the Save command on the File menu	CTRL+S
Open an existing file	CTRL+O
Print the active document	CTRL+P
Close the active document	CTRL+F4
Quit DPlot	ALT+F4

Working with windows

To	Press
Select the menu bar	ALT or F10
Select the DPlot Control menu	ALT+SPACEBAR
Select the document Control menu	ALT+HYPHEN
Close the document window	CTRL+F4
Switch to the next open document window	CTRL+F6
Switch to the previous open document window	CTRL+SHIFT+F6
Tile document windows vertically	SHIFT+F4
Tile document windows horizontally	SHIFT+F6
Arrange all open documents as overlapped windows with the active document on top.	SHIFT+F5
Zoom all (show entire plot extents after zooming in)	CTRL+1
Zoom in on the current mouse position by a factor of 2 for XY plots and 2D views of 3D data.	CTRL+2 or CTRL++ (Plus sign on the numeric keypad)
Zoom in on the current mouse position by a factor of 3, 4, or 5 for XY plots and 2D views of 3D data.	CTRL+3, CTRL+4, CTRL+5
Zoom out	CTRL+- (CTRL key and the minus sign on the numeric keypad)

Within dialog boxes with text formatting codes

To	Press
Subscript	CTRL+
Superscript	CTRL+
Insert Symbol	CTRL+S
Bold	CTRL+B
Italic	CTRL+I
Underline	CTRL+U
Double size	CTRL+2
Color	CTRL+K

3D Views of 3D/4D data:

To	Press
Decrease azimuth by 1 degree	CTRL+
Increase azimuth by 1 degree	CTRL+
Decrease elevation by 1 degree	CTRL+
Increase elevation by 1 degree	CTRL+
Decrease azimuth by 5 degrees	CTRL+SHIFT+
Increase azimuth by 5 degrees	CTRL+SHIFT+
Decrease elevation by 5 degrees	CTRL+SHIFT+
Increase elevation by 5 degrees	CTRL+SHIFT+

Please note: These shortcuts work best with simple plots: no more than a few thousand data points, antialiasing and lighting turned off. For the fastest rendering, use a wireframe rendering and turn off antialiasing using the right-click menu:

Once you have the view angles you want, you can then quickly switch back to a normal surface plot and add antialiasing if you like with this same right-click menu.

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