| A | Alamanac |
| T | Trees toggle |
| B | Building Transparency toggle |
| G | Grid toggle |
| W | Weather Graphics toggle ((clouds)) |
| M | recall last Message |
| Q | Quit |
| S | Save game |
| L | Load game |
| + | Increase game Speed by one level |
| - | Decrease game Speed by one level |
| PAUSE | Pause toggle |
| SHIFT-T | Track selected unit |
| arrows | scroll map |
| SHIFT-arrows | fast scroll map |
| numpad8 | Zoom In |
| numpad2 | Zoom Out |
| numpad4 | Rotate Clockwise ((left)) |
| numpad6 | Rotate Counter-clockwise ((right)) |
| F2 | Settings |
| F3 | 8-bit Graphics toggle |
| F4 | Full screen / Window toggle |
| F6 | Down one resolution ((ie 1024x768 to 800x600)) |
| F7 | Up one resolution |
| F8 | Hardware Rendering toggle |
| right-hold | free screen scrolling |
| wheel-scroll | Zoom level |
| wheel-hold | free screen scrolling |
| # | [v1.02] Programmable hot keys for quick jumps to map locations, people, and almanac pages, as follows…The number keys on the keyboard (0 through 9) can be programmed.If viewing an almanac page, hold down CTRL 3 to set the number 3 as a hot key for that page.Then, to return to that almanac page, press 3 (without CTRL or SHIFT) at any time.To set a hotkey to a unit or building, select that unit or building, then program the key by holding down SHIFT and pressing the number (i.e. 3). To set a map location hot key, do the same thing without any unit or building selected. In all of these cases, press the same number (without CTRL or SHIFT) at any time to jump back to them. |
| O | [v1.01] Jump to Election Opponent. Only usable during an ongoing election. |