Document Shortcuts

Question 1

Command-B

Answer 1

Boldface the selected text; or turn boldfacing on or off.

Question 2

Command-I

Answer 2

Italicize the selected text; or turn italics on or off.

Question 3

Command-K

Answer 3

Add a web link.

Question 4

Command-U

Answer 4

Underline the selected text; or turn underlining on or off.

Question 5

Command-T

Answer 5

Show or hide the Fonts window.

Question 6

Command-D

Answer 6

Select the Desktop folder from within an Open dialog or Save dialog.

Question 7

Control-Command-D

Answer 7

Show or hide the definition of the selected word.

Question 8

Shift-Command-Colon (:)

Answer 8

Display the Spelling and Grammar window.

Question 9

Command-Semicolon (;)

Answer 9

Find misspelled words in the document.

Question 10

Option-Delete

Answer 10

Delete the word to the left of the insertion point.

Question 11

Control-H

Answer 11

Delete the character to the left of the insertion point. Or use Delete.

Question 12

Control-D

Answer 12

Delete the character to the right of the insertion point. Or use Fn-Delete.

Question 13

Fn-Delete

Answer 13

Forward delete on keyboards that don’t have a Forward Delete key. Or use Control-D.

Question 14

Control-K

Answer 14

Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph.

Question 15

Fn–Up Arrow or Page Up

Answer 15

Scroll up one page.

Question 16

Fn–Down Arrow or Page Down

Answer 16

Scroll down one page.

Question 17

Fn–Left Arrow or Home

Answer 17

Scroll to the beginning of a document.

Question 18

Fn–Right Arrow or End

Answer 18

Scroll to the end of a document.

Question 19

Command–Up Arrow

Answer 19

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document.

Question 20

Command–Down Arrow

Answer 20

Move the insertion point to the end of the document.

Question 21

Command–Left Arrow

Answer 21

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line.

Question 22

Command–Right Arrow

Answer 22

Move the insertion point to the end of the current line.

Question 23

Option–Left Arrow

Answer 23

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.

Question 24

Option–Right Arrow

Answer 24

Move the insertion point to the end of the next word.

Question 25

Shift–Command–Up Arrow

Answer 25

Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document.

Question 26

Shift–Command–Down Arrow

Answer 26

Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document.

Question 27

Shift–Command–Left Arrow

Answer 27

Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line.

Question 28

Shift–Command–Right Arrow

Answer 28

Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line.

Question 29

Shift–Up Arrow

Answer 29

Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above.

Question 30

Shift–Down Arrow

Answer 30

Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below.

Question 31

Shift–Left Arrow

Answer 31

Extend text selection one character to the left.

Question 32

Shift–Right Arrow

Answer 32

Extend text selection one character to the right.

Question 33

Option–Shift–Up Arrow

Answer 33

Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph; then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again.

Question 34

Option–Shift–Down Arrow

Answer 34

Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph; then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again.

Question 35

Option–Shift–Left Arrow

Answer 35

Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word; then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again.

Question 36

Option–Shift–Right Arrow

Answer 36

Extend text selection to the end of the current word; then to the end of the following word if pressed again.

Question 37

Control-A

Answer 37

Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph.

Question 38

Control-E

Answer 38

Move to the end of a line or paragraph.

Question 39

Control-F

Answer 39

Move one character forward.

Question 40

Control-B

Answer 40

Move one character backward.

Question 41

Control-L

Answer 41

Center the cursor or selection in the visible area.

Question 42

Control-P

Answer 42

Move up one line.

Question 43

Control-N

Answer 43

Move down one line.

Question 44

Control-O

Answer 44

Insert a new line after the insertion point.

Question 45

Control-T

Answer 45

Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point.

Question 46

Command–Left Curly Bracket ({)

Answer 46

Left align.

Question 47

Command–Right Curly Bracket (})

Answer 47

Right align.

Question 48

Shift–Command–Vertical bar (|)

Answer 48

Center align.

Question 49

Option-Command-F

Answer 49

Go to the search field.

Question 50

Option-Command-T

Answer 50

Show or hide a toolbar in the app.

Question 51

Option-Command-C

Answer 51

Copy Style. Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard.

Question 52

Option-Command-V

Answer 52

Paste Style. Apply the copied style to the selected item.

Question 53

Option-Shift-Command-V

Answer 53

Paste and Match Style. Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content.

Question 54

Option-Command-I

Answer 54

Show or hide the inspector window.

Question 55

Shift-Command-P

Answer 55

Page setup. Display a window for selecting document settings.

Question 56

Shift-Command-S

Answer 56

Display the Save As dialog; or duplicate the current document.

Question 57

Shift–Command–Minus sign (-)

Answer 57

Decrease the size of the selected item.

Question 58

Shift–Command–Plus sign (+)

Answer 58

Increase the size of the selected item. Command–Equal sign (=) performs the same function.

Question 59

Shift–Command–Question mark (?)

Answer 59

Open the Help menu.