You can get a lot more out of SmartDraw 2008 using the keyboard shortcuts; many of the shortcuts are simply extensions of SmartDraw's automated drawing engine, so they're worth learning if you're interested in becoming even more effecient with SmartDraw.
Here's the list of current keyboard shortcuts for SmartDraw 2008:
Ctrl + Dragging the corner of a
shape
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Forces a shape to enlarge
proportionally
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Shift + Ctrl clicking on a shape
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Zoom in (stops at 800%)
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F1
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Help Index
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F3
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Find Next (Find and Replace
dialog)
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Alt+F4
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Exit / Close SmartDraw
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Delete
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Clear / Delete selected object
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Ctrl+A
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Select All
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Ctrl+B
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Bold Text
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Ctrl+C
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Copy
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Ctrl+D
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Duplicate
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Ctrl+F
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Find
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Ctrl+G
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Group
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Shift + Ctrl + G
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Ungroup
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Ctrl+H
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Replace
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Ctrl+I
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Italicize Text
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Ctrl+J
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Enter Text Edit mode. Only works when an object is selected
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Ctrl+K
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Insert Hyperlink
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Ctrl+M
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Enter Text Edit mode. Only works when an object is selected
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Ctrl+N
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New Document
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Ctrl+O
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Open Document
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Ctrl+P
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Print
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Ctrl+Q
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Save changes and exit / close
SmartDraw
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Ctrl+R
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Opens format table dialog
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Ctrl+S
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Save
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Ctrl+T
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Opens Font Dialog
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Ctrl+U
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Underline Text
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Ctrl+V
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Paste
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Ctrl+W
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Save changes and exit to template
selection screen
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Ctrl+X
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Cut
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Ctrl+Y
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Redo
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Ctrl+Z
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Undo
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Ctrl + (numeric key pad only)
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Zoom In
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CTRL - (numeric key pad only)
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Zoom Out
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Directional Arrows
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Nudges the selected object(s) or
group
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CTRL + Directional Arrow
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Add shape in
up/down/left/right (only works when
auto connector is present)
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Enter (Return key)
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Add Shape Below
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Insert
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Add Shape to the right
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Tab
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Moves to the next object
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Shift+Tab
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Moves to the previous object
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