Keyboard controls when editing a puzzle:
| Cursors | Move the cursor; right/down also change typing direction |
| Shift+Cursors | Select squares |
| Ctrl+Cursors | Skip to next or previous word start |
| Alt+Cursors | Insert/remove a bar on a side of the square |
| Tab | Toggle the direction in which you want to type |
| Enter | Move to left or top of next line |
| Spacebar | Insert a default block |
| Delete | Delete letter/block at cursor |
| Ctrl+Delete | Remove square from puzzle |
| Shift+Delete | Delete word; doesn't affect intersecting words |
| Alt+Delete | Delete letters, but not blocks, in current selection |
| Alt+Backspace | Undo |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo |
| Alt+Enter | Edit a square's properties |
| Ctrl+A | AutoFind |
| Shift+Alt+A | Find Word to fit in word slot |
| Ctrl+E | Edit Clue |
| Ctrl+R | Review/edit clues |
| Ctrl+G | Generate clues using AI |
| Ctrl+K | Check grid |
| Ctrl+W | Show WordWeb with the word at the cursor (if you have WordWeb installed). |
| Ctrl+C | Copy word at cursor to clipboard |
| Ctrl+X | Cut word at cursor to clipboard |
| Ctrl+V | Paste word at start of current word slot |
| Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste word starting at the cursor position |
| Ctrl+L | Select word in the current word slot |
| Ctrl+M |
Select square and any symmetric squares |
| Ctrl+I |
Insert multiple letters in a square, e.g. for a rebus puzzle |
| Ctrl+Alt+T |
Toggle marking the current word as a theme word |
| Ctrl+F | Find text in Review/Edit Clues window |
| Alt+A | Find anagrams (in Clue Editor) |
| F1 | Help Contents and AI Help Assistant |
| Ctrl+S | Save |