In Origin, you can use a combination of keystrokes to quickly perform an action. The key combination consists of modifier key(s) (such as CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT) and an accompanying key (such as a character key, an arrow key, or a function key).
Project
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + N | File : New… | Open the New dialog. |
| Ctrl + Alt + I | File: New: Image: Image/Video… | Open the Images dialog. See details on this page. |
| Ctrl + Alt + T | File: New: Image: Multiple Image Files… | Open the Connect Multiple Images dialog. See details on this page. |
| Ctrl + Alt +L | File: New: Image: Web Image… | Open the Enter Image URL dialog. |
| Ctrl + O | File: Open… | Open the Open dialog. |
| Ctrl + P | File : Print | Open the Print dialog. |
| Ctrl + S | File : Save Project | Save current project. (If project has never been saved, then open Save As.. dialog) |
| Ctrl + F4 | Close the active worksheet/graph/matrix window | |
| Ctrl + F6 | Go to Next window | Activate the next window. |
| Alt + 1 | View : Project Explorer | Open the Project Explorer. |
| Alt + 2 | View : Results Log | Open the Results Log. |
| Alt + 3 | View : Command Window Window : Command Window | Open the Command Window. |
| Alt + 4 | View : Code Builder | Open the Code Builder. |
| Alt + 5 | View : Quick Help | Open the Quick Help. |
| Alt + 6 | View : Messages Log | Open the Messages Log. |
| Alt + 7 | View : Smart Hint Log | Open the Smart Hint Log. |
| Alt + 8 | View : Object Manager | Open the Object Manager. |
| Alt + 9 | View : Apps | Open the Apps. |
| Alt + Shift +3 | Window : Script Window | Open the Script Window. |
| Ctrl + Alt + Z | Window : Return to Last Window | Go back to the previous activated window. |
| F2 | Project Explorer: right click on folder or window and choose Rename | Rename selected item in Project Explorer. If window is selected, change window Short Name (SN)/Long Name (LN), depending on which name you set when last time you used the in-place edit mode to rename window. You can also use Ctrl+N to switch between LN and SN. See more here |
| Ctrl + N | Switch between LN (Long Name) and SN (Short Name) toggle mode when in-place editing workbook name in Project Explorer. | |
| F3 | PE: Right-click on Folder(Find) | Open the Find dialog for the selected folder when active Project Explorer. |
| Ctrl + Tab | Navigate between different windows in the same folder, including the floating windows. Toggled on the window from the last active window, and ending at the first active window. | |
| Ctrl Shift +Tab | Navigate between different windows in the same folder, including the floating windows. The order of toggling windows is inverse of Ctrl + Tab | |
| Alt + Shift + R | Right click the title bar of external Excel workbook and choose Update Origin. | Update Origin from external Excel in Origin. |
Tool
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + K | Data: Import from File : Single ASCII… | Open the ASCII dialog. (Worksheet, Matrixsheet, Graph) |
| Ctrl + 3 | Data: Import from File: Import Wizard | Open the Import Wizard. (Worksheet, Matrix, Graph) |
| Ctrl + 4 | Data : Re-import Directly | A data file has been imported to the active worksheet. |
| Ctrl + T | View : Toolbars | Open the Customize dialog. |
| Ctrl + U | Preferences: Options | Open the Options dialog. |
| F7 | Preferences: Theme Organizer | Open the Theme Organizer. |
| F8 | Tools: Fitting Function Builder | Open the Fitting Function Builder. |
| F9 | Tools: Fitting Function Organizer | Open the Fitting Function Organizer. |
| F10 | Help: App Center | Open the App Center. |
| F11 | Help: Learning Center | Open the Learning Center. |
| Ctrl + Shift + O | Tools: Color Manager | Open the Color Manager. |
| Ctrl + Shift + P | Connectivity: Python Console | Toggle the Python Console |
| Alt + F5 | Runs the [Main] section of User Files\Custom.ogs. | Same as Custom Routine button  , Standard Toolbar. |
| Ctrl + 0 | Click the Pause Auto Recalculation button  . | The recalculate button (green or yellow) is dimmed and operations are paused, until press Ctrl + 0 or click the button again. |
Editing
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + F | Edit : Find | Open the Find tab of the Find and Replace dialog. (Workbook, Graph) Open the simple Find dialog. (Notes) |
| Ctrl + G | Edit : Go to | Open the dlgRowColGoto dialog box. (Workbook) |
| Ctrl + H | Edit : Replace | Open the Replace tab of the Find and Replace dialog. (Workbook, Matrix) Open the simple Replace dialog. (Notes) |
| Ctrl + V | Edit : Paste (Also in many context menus) | Paste from the Clipboard. |
| Ctrl + X | Edit : Cut | Cut the selected object(s). (May also add to Clipboard.) |
| Ctrl + Z | Edit : Undo | Undo the last action. Also, see this Note. |
| Ctrl + Y | Edit: Redo | Redo the last action. |
| Ctrl + Alt + B | Edit : Button Edit Mode | Switch to the Button Edit Mode. |
| Ctrl + Alt + V | Edit : Paste Link or Right-Click a cell (paste link) | When an object has been copied. |
| Del | Edit : Clear | When an object has been selected. |
| Ctrl + Click | Select discontiguous cells, or deselect selected cells | When worksheet or matrix has been active |
| Ctrl + Del | Enter NANUM ("--") | When worksheet cell(s) has been selected |
| Alt + Double-click | Right-click on the object and select Properties | When an object has been selected. |
| Alt + X | When entering special characters into text labels and worksheet cells, enter the Unicode four-digit hex value and immediately press ALT + X. | While editing text "in-place." |
| Shift | N/A | When using Mini Toolbars to edit graph or sheet properties, pressing the Shift key will restore a toolbar that has faded away. Onetime use. |
| Copy | ||
| Ctrl + C | Edit : Copy : Copy (Also in many context menus) | When an object is selected. |
| Ctrl + Alt + C | Edit : Copy : Copy (Full Precision) (When Matrix/ Worksheet active) | Select cells in the matrix/ worksheet window. |
| Ctrl + Shift + C | Edit: Copy : Copy (including label rows) | When one or multiple columns are highlighted, copy the column(s) with label rows. |
| Ctrl + J | Edit : Copy : Copy (formula) | When one or multiple columns are highlighted, copy the column(s) with formula. |
| Ctrl + Shift + J | Edit : Copy (label rows) | When one or multiple columns are highlighted, just copy label rows of the column(s). |
| Ctrl + Alt + J | Edit : Copy : Copy (formula + label rows) | When one or multiple columns are highlighted, copy the column(s) with label rows and formula. |
| Ctrl + Shift + A | Edit : Copy : Copy All | When one or multiple columns are highlighted, copy the column(s) with data, label rows and formula. |
| Ctrl + Shift + G | Edit: Copy: Copy as Table(HTML/EMF) | When a Worksheet is active, copy the whole sheet as HTML/EMF table. |
Worksheet
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + D | Column : Add New Columns... | Open the Add New Columns dialog box. (Workbook, Matrix) |
| Ctrl + H | Insert Info Variable | With the text object selected in in-place editing mode, open the Insert Variable dialog. |
| Ctrl + L | Data: Define Name (with worksheet active) | With the worksheet active, open the New Name dialog box. |
| Insert: Latex Equation (With worksheet cell selected in in-place editing mode) | With the worksheet cell (label row or data cell) selected in in-place editing mode, open the Latex Equation Editor dialog. | |
| Ctrl + M | While editing cell contents, opens the Character Map. | |
| Ctrl + Q | Column : Set Column Values... | Open the Set Values dialog. (Worksheet, Matrix) |
| Ctrl + Shift + Y | Analysis : Fitting : Nonlinear Curve Fit | Open the NLFit dialog. (Worksheet, Graph) |
| Ctrl + Shift + Q | Column : Set Multiple Columns Values... | Open the Set Values - Multiple Columns dialog. (Worksheet) |
| Ctrl + Shift + U | Right-click on gray space of the worksheet, View: F(x) | Hide/show formula row in the worksheet. |
| F4 | Format->Worksheet | Open the Worksheet Properties dialog. |
| Ctrl + Home | Go to the cell in row 1, column 1 of the active sheet. | |
| Ctrl + End | Go to the cell in the last occupied column and last occupied row in the active sheet. | |
| Ctrl + F3 | Data: Name Manager | Open the Named Range Manager dialog box. |
| Ctrl + F5 | Set All Column Values | Re-execute all formula in the worksheet/matrix. |
| Ctrl + PageUp / PageDown | Navigate between different worksheets within the current workbook. | |
| Ctrl + DOWN Arrow | Go to the last occupied cell in the column.† | |
| Ctrl + UP Arrow | Go to the first occupied cell in the column.† | |
| Ctrl + Shift + LEFT Arrow | Extend the selection (whole columns or a block of cells) to the leftmost occupied column. If a block of cells is selected, the selection will only cover the same row range.† | |
| Ctrl + Shift + RIGHT Arrow | Extend the selection (whole columns or a block of cells) to the rightmost occupied column. If a block of cells is selected, the selection will only cover the same row range.† | |
| Ctrl + Space | Extend to select the whole column. | |
| Shift + Space | Extend to select the whole row | |
| Shift + RIGHT Arrow | Select the column to the left or right of the currently-selected column. Each press of the arrow key selects another column. Hold to scroll selection. | |
| Shift + UP / DOWN Arrow | Select the row up or down from the currently-selected row. Each press of the arrow key selects another row. Hold to scroll selection. | |
| Ctrl + Shift + DOWN Arrow |
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| Ctrl + Shift + UP Arrow |
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| Ctrl + Shift + Home |
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| Ctrl + Shift + End |
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| Alt + Enter | Double click in a cell to enter the in-place edit mode and press Alt + Enter to insert a new line after the cursor.†† | |
| Ctrl + Enter |
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| Ctrl + F10 Ctrl + click green lock icon | Click on the green lock icon and select Change Parameters | When the worksheet (report sheet) or graph with the recalculate green lock |
†As in MS Excel, these actions are disrupted by blank cells or missing values. To modify the default behavior and extend the selection beyond blank cells or missing values see documentation of LabTalk system variable @ESL.
††From Origin2021, the hotkeys of these actions are switched to follow that of MS Excel. To rollback to the old behavior, see documentation of LabTalk system variable @FCA.
Matrix
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + Q | Column : Set Column Values… | Open the Set Values dialog. (Worksheet, Matrix) |
| Ctrl + Shift + C | View→Show Column/Row | When a matrix is active |
| Ctrl + Shift + D | View→Data Mode | When a matrix is active in image mode. |
| Ctrl + Shift + I | View→Image Mode | When a matrix is active in data mode. |
| Ctrl + Shift + N | Show Image Thumbnails | When Matrix is active |
| Ctrl + Shift + T | Tools→Region of Interest Tools | When a matrix or image is active |
| Ctrl + Shift + X | View→Show X/Y, when a matrix is active | Show the real X/Y value in current matrix. |
Graph
- For Zoom, Pan and Scale In or Out on graph, workbook, matrix and layout windows, see Zoom, Pan and Scale.
- For 3D openGL graphs, also see Resize, Rotate and Skew the 3D Graph and Directional Lighting of the 3D Graph.
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + A | Select all layers in current graphs. If the window is Layout, then select all objects(label, graph, worksheet...). | |
| Ctrl + Enter | Exit in-place editing mode | With the text object selected in in-place editing mode. |
| Ctrl + G | File:Export Graphs:Open Dialog | Open Import and Export:expGraph (graph export) dialog for current graph window. |
| Ctrl + H | Insert : Info Variable | With the text object selected in in-place editing mode, open the Insert Variable dialog. |
| Ctrl + L | Insert : Latex Equation | With the text object selected in in-place editing mode, open the Latex Equation Editor dialog. |
| Ctrl + J | Edit : Copy Page | With Graph or Layout window active. |
| Ctrl + Alt + J | Edit : Copy Page as Picture | With Graph or Layout window active. |
| Ctrl + L | Graph : Reconstruct Legend | Reconstruct a Graph Legend. (Graph). |
| Ctrl + R | Graph : Rescale to Show all | Adjust scales to show all data in graph. (Graph) |
| Ctrl + M | Open the Symbol Map dialog | With a text object selected in in-place editing mode. |
| Ctrl + Y | Analysis : Fitting : Nonlinear Curve Fit | Open the NLFit dialog. (Worksheet, Graph) |
| Ctrl + 1 | View : Page View | When a Graph window or Layout window is active. |
| Ctrl + 2 | View : Print View | When a Graph window or Layout window is active. |
| Ctrl + 4 | Sets cursor to Data Selection mode | When a Graph window is active. |
| ` (backquote, aka acute key) | Scale Out | When a Graph window is active. If Scale In tool has been used, Scale Out once for each Scale In step. |
| 1 | Sets cursor to Scale In mode | When a Graph window is active. |
| 2 | Sets cursor to Screen Reader mode | When a Graph window or layout window is active. Click on page to read coordinates. |
| 3 | Sets cursor to Data Reader mode | When a Graph window is active. Click on data point to read data coordinates. |
| 4 | Sets cursor to Data Selection mode | When a Graph window is active. Click on dataplot to draw markers. Position then double-click or press Enter to set. |
| 5 | Sets cursor to Draw Data mode | When a Graph window is active. Double-click on graph to set a data point. Repeat as needed. Press Esc when done. |
| 6 | Sets cursor to Add Text Tool | When a Graph window is active. Click on graph to establish text location and type. Click outside text object when done. |
| 7 | Sets cursor to Arrow Tool | When a Graph window is active. Click and drag in graph to draw an Arrow object. |
| 8 | Sets cursor to Curved Arrow Tool | When a Graph window is active on current graph window. |
| 9 | Line Tool(with graph active) | When a Graph window is active. Start to add line on current graph window. |
| F2 | Format->Page Properties | Open the Page Properties page of Plot Details dialog for current graph window. |
| Enter the in-place editing mode. | With the text object selected. | |
| F5 | Graph : Refresh the graph | Refresh the graph window after redrawn(Graph) |
| F12 | Graph->Layer Contents | Open the Layer Contents dialog for current graph window. |
| Ctrl + Shift + J | View->Full Screen | When a graph is active. |
| Ctrl + Shift + E | Graph: Fit Page to Layer | Apply the last-used theme to fit page to layer directly without opening dialog. |
| UP Arrow / DOWN Arrow | switch plot | When the Data Reader is being used on graph window. |
| LEFT Arrow / RIGHT Arrow | Move the data selection to the left or right, along the plot. | When a data point on the graph has been selected with the Data Reader. Note: There are a number of system variables that control Arrow key acceleration and data-increment for the Data Reader. For more information, see the summary table in Reading Coordinate Values in the Graph. |
| Ctrl + Enter | When insert an Image in a Graph, double click it to pop-up Image window. Then press Ctrl + Enter to accept changes and close it. This behavior is the same as clicking the Return button in top-right corner. |
Layout
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + Enter | When insert an Image in a Layout, double click it to pop-up Image window. Then press Ctrl + Enter to accept changes and close it. This behavior is the same as clicking the Return button in top-right corner. |
Zoom, Pan and Scale
 | With respect to the graph page, these actions can be separated into (1) those that change axis scales and (2) those that do NOT change axis scales. For actions that change axis scales (e.g. Scale In/Out), reset the view of the graph by pressing CTRL + R; for actions that do NOT change axis scale (e.g. Zoom In/Out), reset by pressing CTRL + W. CTRL + W works for 3D openGL graphs, layout pages and matrix images, too. |
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For the following table, assume that the Pointer tool 
is selected unless otherwise indicated.
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Panning on the Graph, Layout, Matrix in Image View | ||
A + arrow keys + arrow keys | Panning the graph page | When you press "A" and hover on an active window, the Pointer tool changes to  to indicate pan mode. |
| Zoom In/ Out the Graph, Layout, Matrix in Image View | ||
| Ctrl + I | View : Zoom In | Puts cursor in Zoom In mode which activates upon Click. |
| Ctrl + M | View : Zoom Out | Zoom out of the page. |
| A + "+" / "-" keys (2D) A + Wheel | Zoom In and Out | When you press "A" and hover on an active window, the Pointer tool changes to to indicate zoom mode. |
| R or S + "+" / "-" keys (3D) R or S + Wheel | When you press "S" and hover on an active window, the Pointer tool changes to  to indicate zoom mode. | |
| Ctrl + Wheel | Keep pressing the Ctrl key and roll up/down the mouse wheel to zoom in/out active page. | |
| + Wheel | Click on the Zoom-Panning Tool button and roll up/down the mouse wheel to zoom in/out on active page. | |
| + "+"/"-" key | Click on the Zoom-Panning Tool button and press "+"/"-" to zoom in/out on active page. | |
| Ctrl + W | View : Whole Page | Restore page to 100% view. (91% for Layout page). |
| + Z + "Home" | Restore page to 100% view. (91% for Layout page). Hint: "Home" is to the right of Insert/Delete keys. | |
| Panning on the Graph Layer | ||
| X + Wheel / Mouse-drag X + Right/ Left Arrow key X + "+" / "-" key | Panning in X direction only | With graph active and with Pointer tool selected on Tools toolbar |
| X + Shift + Wheel / Mouse-drag X + Shift + Up/ Down Arrow key X + Shift + "+" / "-" key | Panning in Y direction only | With graph active and with Pointer tool selected on Tools toolbar |
 + Mouse-drag | Panning in both directions | With graph active and Rescale Tool selected on Tools toolbar |
| Scale In or Out on the Graph Layer | ||
| Z + Wheel Z + "+"/ "-" key Z + Right-click + drag right/left | Scale in or out in X direction only | With graph active and with Pointer tool selected on Tools toolbar |
| + Wheel + Right-click + drag right/left | With graph active and Rescale Tool selected on Tools toolbar | |
| Z + Shift + Wheel Z + Shift + "+"/ "-" key Z + Right-click + drag up/down | Scale in or out in Y direction only | With graph active and with Pointer tool selected on Tools toolbar |
| + Shift + Wheel + Right-click + drag up/down | With graph active and Rescale Tool selected on Tools toolbar | |
| D + Wheel D + "+"/ "-" key | Scale in or out in Z direction only | With graph active and with Pointer tool selected on Tools toolbar |
| + D+ Wheel | With graph active and Rescale Tool selected on Tools toolbar | |
Ctrl +  + Mouse-drag | Creates a new graph window named Enlarged that plots only that portion of the original graph inside a light gray region-of-interest. | With a graph active, press Ctrl then click the Scale In button (Tools toolbar) and drag out a region-of-interest. |
Graph Animation
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Q | Add a frame | When use the Video Builder tool to create the video. |
Resize, Rotate and Skew the 3D Graph
This floating toolbar can be activated for 3D openGL graphs by clicking once inside the graph layer (hint: do not click on the actual data plot).
| Pressing Ctrl + A selects all graph layers and in a 3D openGL graph, this has the effect of showing the 3D floating button group. Once the button group is displayed, use the TAB key to cycle through available tools. |
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| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Fix position of 3D floating button group. | ||
| N/A | Fix position of toolbar. | Pin the 3D floating button group to the upper-right corner of the graph layer. |
| Move the graph layer. | ||
| Arrow keys | Move the graph layer (including all attached objects) on the graph page. | When this button is active, hovering inside the 3D "cube" changes the Pointer tool to a  . Drag with the mouse or use the arrow keys to move the layer vertically or horizontally. |
| Resize a 3D graph with aspect ratio retained. | ||
| X + Arrow key | Resize the 3D graph in the X direction. | When this button is active, XYZ axes appears at the middle of the 3D cube. Use the listed key combinations to increase or decrease the size of the layer in the page. |
| Y + Arrow key | Resize the 3D graph in the Y dimension. | |
| Z + Arrow key | Resize the 3D graph in the Z dimension. | |
| Shift + X + Arrow key | Resize the 3D graph in the YZ plane. | |
| Shift + Y + Arrow key | Resize the 3D graph in the XZ plane. | |
| Shift + Z + Arrow key | Resize the 3D graph in the XY plane. | |
| W + Arrow key | Resize the 3D graph in any dimension. | |
| Rotate 3D graphs with the 3D floating buttons. | ||
| X + Arrow key | Rotate the 3D graph around the X axis. | When this button is active, a set of 4 rotation radii (X,Y,Z,screen) appear in the middle of the 3D cube. Use the listed key combinations or hover on a rotation radius and drag with your mouse to rotate the graph on the page. |
| Y + Arrow key | Rotate the 3D graph around the Y axis. | |
| Z + Arrow key | Rotate the 3D graph around the Z axis. | |
| Q + Arrow key | Rotate the 3D graph in screen. | |
| W + Arrow key | Rotate the 3D graph around any axes. | |
| Rotate 3D graphs using the R key. | ||
| R + Mouse | Drag to rotate the 3D graph in an arbitrary direction. | Press "R" before pressing other keys. Hovering on a 3D graph while pressing "R" changes the Pointer tool |
| R + Ctrl + Mouse/Arrow key | Rotate the 3D graph around the X axis. | |
| R + Shift + Mouse/Arrow key | Rotate the 3D graph around the Y axis. | |
| R + Ctrl + Shift + Mouse/Arrow key | Rotate the 3D graph around the Z axis. | |
| Shear the 3D graph in X/Y direction. | ||
| X + Arrow key | Shear the 3D graph in X direction. | When this button is active, you can shear the graph layer in the X or Y direction. Note: This toolbar button will not display unless you have checked Enable Shearing on the Miscellaneous tab (layer level) of Plot Details. |
| Y + Arrow key | Shear the 3D graph in Y direction. | |
| Switch the operation button. | ||
| Tab | Toggle the operation modes: Resize mode and Rotate mode. | With graph layer active |
| Control the increment speed factor. | ||
| i | Increase the speed factor in increment of 5% | With graph layer active |
| d | Decrease the speed factor in increment of 5% | With graph layer active |
Directional Lighting of the 3D Graph
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
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| S + Mouse/Arrow key | Change lighting angles in horizontal and vertical planes. | Press the “S” key while hovering on the 3D openGL graph. The cursor will change modes. Drag with your mouse or use arrow keys to change lighting source direction. |
| Hold “S” + Wheel to Zoom in/out on 3D openGL graphs. Hold “S” + Drag to change lighting direction. |
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Image
| Hot Key | Menu/Button/Action | Context |
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| Ctrl + Q | Right click and select Add ROI | When an Image window is active |
| Insert an image to the Graph Window | ||
| Ctrl + E | Right click on a ROI and select Clip | When an image is inserted into the Graph window (by Insert: Image from File or Insert: Image from Image Window), double clicking on the image object will open it in a separated Image window. When the Image window is active and a ROI box is added on it. |
| Ctrl + F | Right click on a ROI and select Apply Scale to Graph | When an image is inserted into the Graph window as background(by Insert: Image from File or Insert: Image from Image Window), you can open it in a separated Image window from Object Manager. When the Image window is active and a ROI box is added on it. |
| Navigate Multi-Frame Image/Video in the Image Window (Do not use these hot keys when image/video is playing) | ||
| ← /→ Arrow key |  /  | Navigate to the previous/next frame when focus is on the video. The increment step is 1. |
| Shift + ← /→ Arrow key | Navigate to the previous/next 5th frame when focus is on the video. The increment step is 5. | |
| Shift + Ctrl + ← /→ Arrow key | Fast-navigate to the previous/next 20th frame when focus is on the video. The increment step is 20. | |
| Ctrl + ← /→ Arrow key |  /  | Navigate to the first/last frame. |
Gadgets
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
|---|---|---|
| O | Output the current result. | With gadget on graph, press O will create new output. If there are multiple gadgets in graph, one needs to be selected first. |
| N | Output the results for all curves in active layer. | Apply the same operation for all curves in active layer and output results. |
| L | Output the results for all layers. | Apply the same operation for all curves in all layers of the graph and output results. |
Format
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
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| Ctrl + B | Toggle Bold on & off | When worksheet or matrix cells are selected, or text object is in edit mode. |
| Ctrl + G | Greek interpretation of characters | With text object selected in in-place editing mode, this key toggles. When selecting entire text, all becomes Greek. |
| Ctrl + I | Toggle Italic on & off | When worksheet or matrix cells are selected, or text object is in edit mode. |
| Ctrl + U | Toggle Underline on & off | When worksheet or matrix cells are selected, or text object is in edit mode. |
| Ctrl + ”>“ | Sel Text: Increase Font (or Ctrl+Shift+”.“) | Select text in in-place editing mode. |
| Ctrl + ”<“ | Sel Text: Decrease Font (or Ctrl+Shift+”,“) | Select text in in-place editing mode. |
| Ctrl + ”+” in Num keyboard Ctrl + Shift + ”=“ | Sel Text: Superscript | Select text in in-place editing mode. |
| Ctrl + Shift + E | Format: Fit Page to Layer | Apply the last-used theme to fit page to layer directly without opening dialog. |
| Ctrl + ”=“ | Sel Text: Subscript | Select text in in-place editing mode. |
| Ctrl + ”-” in Num keyboard | Sel Text: SuperSubscript | Select text in in-place editing mode. |
| Ctrl + ’ Ctrl + P | Add a full height prime symbol. | When in-place edit mode is turned on for text label or rich text format is selected for worksheet. And if superscript is already turned on, it will be added as a combining prime. |
| Ctrl + Shift + ’ Ctrl + Shift + P | Add a full height double prime symbol. | When in-place edit mode is turned on for text label or rich text format is selected for worksheet. And if superscript is already turned on, it will be added as a combining double prime. |
Markers
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
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| Ctrl + Alt + M | Data→Mark Data Range | Select data plot in graph window. |
| Ctrl + Alt + N | Data→Clear Data Markers | With a data range marked in graph window. |
| Ctrl + Shift + M | Data→Analysis Markers→Hide | When a range of data is marked and do an analysis |
Move Lock Position
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
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| Ctrl + Shift + F | Data→Lock Position→First Point | After performing fitting on graph |
| Ctrl + Shift + K | Data→Lock Position→Layer Icon | After performing fitting on graph |
| Ctrl + Shift + L | Data→Lock Position→Last Point | After performing fitting on graph |
Project Explorer
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
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| Ctrl + Enter | When editing the Comment for the windows in the Project Explorer sub-panel, press Ctrl + Enter to exit edit. | |
| Ctrl + Shift + Mouse-drag the selected windows | Duplicate Windows in Project Explorer |
Horizontal Scroll
For Origin 2024, it supports horizontal scroll by mouse wheel including in Graph, Workbook, Matrix, Images windows.
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
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| Shift + Wheel | Scroll right and left in the window. |
Programming
| Hot Key | Menu/Action | Context |
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| Ctrl + Shift + Left Click | Display underlying script in Code Builder and display command information in [https://www.originlab.com/doc/Origin-Help/CmdWindow Script Window. |