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Mac Hot-Keys

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Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

ShortcutDescription
Command-XCut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard.
Command-CCopy the selected item to the Clipboard. This also works for files in the Finder.
Command-VPaste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. This also works for files in the Finder.
Command-ZUndo the previous command. You can then press Command-Shift-Z to Redo, reversing the undo command. In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple commands.
Command-ASelect All items.
Command-FFind items in a document or open a Find window.
Command-GFind Again: Find the next occurrence of the item previously found. To find the previous occurrence, press Command-Shift-G.
Command-HHide the windows of the front app. To view the front app but hide all other apps, press Command-Option-H.
Command-MMinimize the front window to the Dock. To minimize all windows of the front app, press Command-Option-M.
Command-NNew: Open an new document or window.
Command-OOpen the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open.
Command-PPrint the current document.
Command-SSave the current document.
Command-WClose the front window. To close all windows of the app, press Command-Option-W.
Command-QQuit the app.
Option-Command-EscForce Quit: Choose an app to force quit. Or press Command-Shift-Option-Esc and hold for 3 seconds to force just the front app to quit.
Command–Space barSpotlight: Show or hide the Spotlight search field. To perform a Spotlight search from a Finder window, press Command–Option–Space bar. If you use multiple input sources to type in different languages, these shortcuts change input sources instead of showing Spotlight.
Space barQuick Look: Use Quick Look to preview the selected item.
Command-TabSwitch apps: Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps.
Shift-Command-Tilde (~)Switch windows: Switch to the next most recently used window of the front app.
Shift-Command-3Screenshot: Take a screenshot of the entire screen. Learn more screenshot shortcuts.
Command-Comma (,)Preferences: Open preferences for the front app.



Document Shortcuts

ShortcutDescription
⌘ -BBoldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off.
⌘ -IItalicize the selected text, or turn italics on or off.
⌘ -UUnderline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off.
⌘ -TShow or hide the Fonts window.
⌘ -DSelect the Desktop folder from within an Open dialog or Save dialog.
Control-⌘ -DShow or hide the definition of the selected word.
Shift-⌘ -Colon (:)Display the Spelling and Grammar window.
⌘ -Semicolon (;)Find misspelled words in the document.
Option-DeleteDelete the word to the left of the insertion point.
Control-HDelete the character to the left of the insertion point. Or use Delete.
Control-DDelete the character to the right of the insertion point. Or use Fn-Delete.
Fn-DeleteForward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key. Or use Control-D.
Control-KDelete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph.
⌘ -DeleteSelect Delete or Don't Save in a dialog that contains a Delete or Don't Save button.
Fn–Up ArrowPage Up: Scroll up one page.
Fn–Down ArrowPage Down: Scroll down one page.
Fn–Left ArrowHome: Scroll to the beginning of a document.
Fn–Right ArrowEnd: Scroll to the end of a document.
⌘ –Up ArrowMove the insertion point to the beginning of the document.
⌘ –Down ArrowMove the insertion point to the end of the document.
⌘ –Left ArrowMove the insertion point to the beginning of the current line.
⌘ –Right ArrowMove the insertion point to the end of the current line.
Option–Left ArrowMove the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
Option–Right ArrowMove the insertion point to the end of the next word.
Shift–⌘ –Up ArrowSelect the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document.
Shift–⌘ –Down ArrowSelect the text between the insertion point and the end of the document.
Shift–⌘ –Left ArrowSelect the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line.
Shift–⌘ –Right ArrowSelect the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line.
Shift–Up ArrowExtend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above.
Shift–Down ArrowExtend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below.
Shift–Left ArrowExtend text selection one character to the left.
Shift–Right ArrowExtend text selection one character to the right.
Option–Shift–Up ArrowExtend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again.
Option–Shift–Down ArrowExtend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again.
Option–Shift–Left ArrowExtend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again.
Option–Shift–Right ArrowExtend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again.
Control-AMove to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Control-EMove to the end of a line or paragraph.
Control-FMove one character forward.
Control-BMove one character backward.
Control-LCenter the cursor or selection in the visible area.
Control-PMove up one line.
Control-NMove down one line.
Control-OInsert a new line after the insertion point.
Control-TSwap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point.
⌘ –Left Curly Bracket ({)Left align.
⌘ –Right Curly Bracket (})Right align.
Shift–⌘ –Vertical bar ()Center align.
Option-⌘ -FGo to the search field.
Option-⌘ -TShow or hide a toolbar in the app.
Option-⌘ -CCopy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard.
Option-⌘ -VPaste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item.
Option-Shift-⌘ -VPaste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content.
Option-⌘ -IShow or hide the inspector window.
Shift-⌘ -PPage setup: Display a window for selecting document settings.
Shift-⌘ -SDisplay the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document.
Shift–⌘ –
Minus sign (-)Decrease the size of the selected item.
Shift–⌘ –
Plus sign (+)Increase the size of the selected item. ⌘ –Equal sign (=) performs the same function.
Shift–⌘ –
Question mark (?)Open the Help menu.

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