Keyboard shortcuts are often used in modern operating systems and computer software programs.
Learning and using keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time.
| Description | Windows | Mac OS |
|---|---|---|
| Edit menu | Alt + E | Ctrl + F2 + F |
| File menu | Alt + F | Ctrl + F2 + E |
| View menu | Alt + V | Ctrl + F2 + V |
| Select all text | Ctrl + A | Cmd + A |
| Copy text | Ctrl + C | Cmd + C |
| Find text | Ctrl + F | Cmd + F |
| Find and replace text | Ctrl + H | Cmd + F |
| New Document | Ctrl + N | Cmd + N |
| Open a file | Ctrl + O | Cmd + O |
| Print options | Ctrl + P | Cmd + P |
| Save file | Ctrl + S | Cmd + S |
| Paste text | Ctrl + V | Cmd + V |
| Cut text | Ctrl + X | Cmd + X |
| Redo text | Ctrl + Y | Shift + Cmd + Z |
| Undo text | Ctrl + Z | Cmd + Z |
| Description | Windows | Mac OS |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor Movement | ||
| Go to the right or to the beginning of next line break | Right Arrow | Right Arrow |
| Go to the left or to the end of previous line break | Left Arrow | Left Arrow |
| Go up one row | Up Arrow | Up Arrow |
| Go down one row | Down Arrow | Down Arrow |
| Go to the beginning of the current line | Home | Cmd + Left Arrow |
| Go to the end of the current line | End | Cmd + Right Arrow |
| Go to the beginning of the document | Ctrl + Home | Cmd + Up Arrow |
| Go to the end of the document | Ctrl + End | Cmd + Down Arrow |
| Move up one frame | Page Up | Fn + Up Arrow |
| Move down one frame | Page Down | Fn + Down Arrow |
| Go to beginning of previous word | Ctrl + Left Arrow | Option + Left Arrow |
| Go to beginning of next word | Ctrl + Right Arrow | Option + Right Arrow |
| Go to beginning of line break | Ctrl + Up Arrow | Cmd + Left Arrow |
| Go to end of line break | Ctrl + Down Arrow | Cmd + Right Arrow |
| Text Selection | ||
| Select characters to the left | Shift + Left Arrow | Shift + Left Arrow |
| Select characters to the right | Shift + Right Arrow | Shift + Right Arrow |
| Select lines upwards | Shift + Up Arrow | Shift + Up Arrow |
| Select lines downwards | Shift + Down Arrow | Shift + Down Arrow |
| Select words to the left | Shift + Ctrl + Left | Shift + Opt + Left |
| Select words to the right | Shift + Ctrl + Right | Shift + Opt + Right |
| Select paragraphs to the left | Shift + Ctrl + Up | Shift + Opt + Up |
| Select paragraphs to the right | Shift + Ctrl + Down | Shift + Opt + Down |
| Select text between cursor and beginning of current line | Shift + Home | Cmd + Shift + Left Arrow |
| Select text between cursor and end of current line | Shift + End | Cmd + Shift + Right Arrow |
| Select text between cursor and beginning of document | Shift + Ctrl + Home | Cmd + Shift + Up Arrow |
| Select text between cursor and end of document | Shift + Ctrl + End | Cmd + Shift + Down Arrow |
| Select one frame of text above | Shift + Page Up | Shift + Fn + Up Arrow |
| Select one frame of text below | Shift + Page Down | Shift + Fn + Down Arrow |
| Select all text | Ctrl + A | Cmd + A |
| Find text | Ctrl + F | Cmd + F |
| Text Formatting | ||
| Make selected text bold | Ctrl + B | Cmd + B |
| Make selected text italic | Ctrl + I | Cmd + I |
| Underline selected text | Ctrl + U | Cmd + U |
| Make selected text superscript | Ctrl + Shift + = | Cmd + Shift + = |
| Make selected text subscript | Ctrl + = | Cmd + = |
| Text Editing | ||
| Delete characters to the left | Backspace | Backspace |
| Delete characters to the right | Delete | Fn + Backspace |
| Delete words to the right | Ctrl + Del | Cmd + Backspace |
| Delete words to the left | Ctrl + Backspace | Cmd + Fn + Backspace |
| Indent | Tab | Tab |
| Outdent | Shift + Tab | Shift + Tab |
| Copy text | Ctrl + C | Cmd + C |
| Find and replace text | Ctrl + H | Cmd + F |
| Paste text | Ctrl + V | Cmd + V |
| Cut text | Ctrl + X | Cmd + X |
| Redo text | Ctrl + Y | Shift + Cmd + Z |
| Undo text | Ctrl + Z | Cmd + Z |