Book Bolt Studio Shortcuts

2 min. readlast update: 04.07.2025

Most Window's shortcuts will work in the Book Bolt Studio, additionally we have a few custom ones.

Mac Users: Please use your META key in place of where it says CTRL below.

Copy - CTRL  & C
Paste - CTRL & V
Cut - CTRL & X
Duplicate - CTRL & J (Instantly copies what is selected instead of doing copy & paste).
Select All - CTRL & A (Selects all items in the work area).
Deselect - CTRL & D 
Delete - Delete Key or Backspace Key (Deletes the selected item or text box).
Undo - CTRL & Z
Redo - CTRL & Y
Save - CTRL & S
Zoom In -  +
Zoom Out -  -
Reset Back to Default (100) - CTRL & 0 (Zero not letter O)
Arrow Key - Default is move selected object 5 Pixels each click (Click Settings > Keyboard                              to change anumber of pixels).
Shift & Arrow Key - Default is move selected object 50 pixels each click (Click Settings >                                              Keyboard to change number of pixels).
OTHER:

Drag Canvas - Hold Spacebar Down & Left Click on Work Area and drag mouse.

Delete Multiple Pages at Once - Hold Shift Key & click each page on the left side, that you want to delete (blue rectangle will be around page if selected) then right click on one of the selected pages and pick Delete Pages (x) (x is the number of pages selected).

Dot to Dot - Delete a Dot - Hold Down CTRL Key and then click the X.

IMAGES:

Transform Image without keeping Aspect Ratio: Make sure you have an image selected and if you drag a corner handle, it resizes and keeps the aspect ratio. If you hold down your SHIFT key and drag the corner handles it resizes without keeping the aspect ration

Skew an Image: Make sure you have an image selected and hold down the SHIFT key and click and drag a top, bottom left or right side handle to skew an image. Side handles you drag up and down, and the top or bottom drage left and right.

 

We have an additional article in troubleshooting for Mac users, called Mac Users Using the Studio Help

 

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