Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-X: Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-C: Copy the selected item to the Clipboard. This also works for files in the Finder.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-V: Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. This also works for files in the Finder.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Z: Undo the previous command. You can then press Shift-Command-Z to Redo, reversing the undo command. In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple commands.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-A: Select All items.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-F: Find items in a document or open a Find window.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-G: Find Again: Find the next occurrence of the item previously found. To find the previous occurrence, press Shift-Command-G.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-H: Hide the windows of the front app. To view the front app but hide all other apps, press Option-Command-H.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-M: Minimize the front window to the Dock. To minimize all windows of the front app, press Option-Command-M.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-O: Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-P: Print the current document.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-S: Save the current document.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-T: Open a new tab.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-W: Close the front window. To close all windows of the app, press Option-Command-W.

Document shortcuts

• Command (or Cmd) ⌘ and enter: To add a line in a Google Spreadsheet or Doc
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-B: Boldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off. 
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-I: Italicise the selected text, or turn italics on or off.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-K: Add a web link.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-U: Underline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-T: Show or hide the Fonts window.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-D: Select the Desktop folder from within an Open dialog or Save dialog.
• Control (or Ctrl)⌃-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-D: Show or hide the definition of the selected word.
• Shift⇧-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Colon (:): Display the Spelling and Grammar window.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Semicolon (;): Find misspelled words in the document.
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Delete: Delete the word to the left of the insertion point.
• Control (or Ctrl)⌃-H: Delete the character to the left of the insertion point. Or use Delete.
• Control (or Ctrl)⌃-D: Delete the character to the right of the insertion point. Or use Fn-Delete.
• Fn-Delete: Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete   key. Or use Control-D.
• Control (or Ctrl)⌃-K: Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph.
• Fn–Up Arrow: Page Up: Scroll up one page. 
• Fn–Down Arrow: Page Down: Scroll down one page.
• Fn–Left Arrow: Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document.
• Fn–Right Arrow: End: Scroll to the end of a document.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Up Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Down Arrow: Move the insertion point to the end of the document.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Left Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Right Arrow: Move the insertion point to the end of the current line.
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Left Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Right Arrow: Move the insertion point to the end of the next word.
• Shift⇧-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Up Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document.
• Shift⇧-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Down Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document.
• Shift⇧-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Left Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line.
• Shift⇧-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Right Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line.
• Shift⇧-Up Arrow: Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above.
• Shift⇧-Down Arrow: Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below.
• Shift⇧-Left Arrow: Extend text selection one character to the left.
• Shift⇧-Right Arrow: Extend text selection one character to the right.
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Shift⇧-Up Arrow: Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again.
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Shift⇧-Down Arrow: Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again.
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Shift⇧-Left Arrow: Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again.
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Shift⇧-Right Arrow: Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again.
• Control (or Ctrl) ⌃-A: Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
• Control (or Ctrl) ⌃-E: Move to the end of a line or paragraph.
• Control (or Ctrl) ⌃-F: Move one character forward.
• Control (or Ctrl) ⌃-B: Move one character backward.
• Control (or Ctrl) ⌃-L: Centre the cursor or selection in the visible area.
• Control (or Ctrl) ⌃-P: Move up one line.
• Control (or Ctrl) ⌃-N: Move down one line.
• Control (or Ctrl) ⌃-O: Insert a new line after the insertion point.
• Control (or Ctrl) ⌃-T: Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Left Curly Bracket ({): Left align.
• Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Right Curly Bracket (}): Right align.
• Shift⇧-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Vertical bar (|): Center align.
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-F: Go to the search field. 
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-T: Show or hide a toolbar in the app.
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-C: Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard.
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-V: Paste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item.
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Shift⇧-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-V: Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content.
• Option (or Alt)⌥-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-I: Show or hide the inspector window.
• Shift⇧-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-P:  Page setup: Display a window for selecting document settings.
• Shift⇧-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-S: Display the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document.
• Shift⇧-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Minus sign (-): Decrease the size of the selected item.
• Shift⇧-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Plus sign (+): Increase the size of the selected item. Command–Equal sign (=) performs the same function.
• Shift⇧-Command (or Cmd) ⌘-Question mark (?): Open the Help menu.