To select menu options, you can press their respective shortcut keys. The following tables list the available menu shortcuts in Microsoft Expression Blend.
File menu
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To do this action
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Press
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Create a new item (UserControl, Window, Page, Resource Dictionary in WPF, Scene in Microsoft Silverlight 1.0, UserControl in Silverlight 2)
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CTRL+N
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Create a new project
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CTRL+SHIFT+N
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Open a project or solution (not a site)
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CTRL+SHIFT+O
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Close the active document
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CTRL+W
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Close all open documents
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CTRL+SHIFT+W
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Close solution
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CTRL+SHIFT+C
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Save the active document
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CTRL+S
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Save all documents
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CTRL+SHIFT+S
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Save a copy of the solution or site
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CTRL+SHIFT+P
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Exit Expression Blend
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CTRL+Q
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Edit menu
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To do this action
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Press
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Undo the last action
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CTRL+Z
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Redo the last action that was undone
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CTRL+Y or CTRL+SHIFT+Z
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Cut
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CTRL+X
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Copy
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CTRL+C
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Paste
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CTRL+V
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Delete
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DELETE
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Find text (XAML view or JavaScript editor only)
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CTRL+F
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Find the next occurrence of text (XAML view or JavaScript editor only)
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F3
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Find the next occurrence of text (XAML view or JavaScript editor only)
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CTRL+H
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Select all objects
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CTRL+A
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Select no objects
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CTRL+SHIFT+A
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View menu
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To do this action
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Press
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Switch between Design, XAML, and Split view
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F11
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Zoom in on the artboard
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CTRL+EQUAL SIGN
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Zoom out on the artboard
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CTRL+MINUS SIGN
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Fit the selection to the screen size
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CTRL+0
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View the artboard at actual size
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CTRL+1
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Show or hide handles
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F9
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Show or hide object boundaries
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CTRL+SHIFT+H
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Object menu
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To do this action
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Press
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Edit the text in a control
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F2
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Edit a control (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)
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CTRL+E
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Make the selected objects the same width
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CTRL+SHIFT+1
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Make the selected objects the same height
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CTRL+SHIFT+2
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Make the selected objects the same size
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CTRL+SHIFT+9
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Flip the selected object horizontally
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CTRL+SHIFT+3
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Flip the selected object vertically
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CTRL+SHIFT+4
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Autosize width
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CTRL+SHIFT+5
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Autosize height
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CTRL+SHIFT+6
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Group objects into a layout panel
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CTRL+G
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Ungroup objects
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CTRL+SHIFT+G
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Bring the selected object to the front
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CTRL+SHIFT+]
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Bring forward
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CTRL+]
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Send the selected object to the back
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CTRL+SHIFT+[
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Send backward
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CTRL+[
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Make a clipping path
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CTRL+7
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Release a clipping path
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CTRL+SHIFT+7
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Make a compound path
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CTRL+8
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Release a compound path
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CTRL+SHIFT+8
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Lock selection
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CTRL+L
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Unlock all objects
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CTRL+SHIFT+L
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Show selection
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CTRL+T
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Hide selection
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CTRL+3
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Project menu
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To do this action
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Press
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Add an existing item to the project
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CTRL+I
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Add a reference to a DLL (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)
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ALT+SHIFT+R
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Build the solution (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)
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CTRL+SHIFT+B
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Test the project or site
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F5
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Tools menu
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To do this action
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Press
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Make a user control from the selected objects (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)
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F8
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Window menu
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To do this action
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Press
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Switch between Animation and Design workspace
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F6
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Show or hide Results panel
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F12
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Show or hide panels
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F4 or TAB
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Reset the active workspace layout
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CTRL+SHIFT+R
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Help menu
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To do this action
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Press
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View the User Guide
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F1
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Miscellaneous
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To do this action
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Press
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Constrain proportions of objects being drawn or transformed
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Hold SHIFT
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Nudge selected objects
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arrow keys
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Pan the workspace
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Hold SPACEBAR
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Show the Asset Library (from Toolbox)
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CTRL+PERIOD
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Switch between open documents
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CTRL+TAB
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Select multiple objects
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Hold CTRL
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Select multiple adjacent objects
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Hold SHIFT
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Zoom in and out on the artboard
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CTRL+MOUSE WHEEL
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Move the artboard left and right
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SHIFT+MOUSE WHEEL
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Move the artboard up and down
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MOUSE WHEEL
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