Apple Mac OS X Pages Hotkeys - Keyboard Shortcuts





Action

 

Shortcut

Moving around within a document

Move one character to the left

Left Arrow

Move one character to the right

Right Arrow

Move to the line above

Up Arrow

Move to the line below

Down Arrow

Move to the beginning of current or previous word

Option-Left Arrow

Move to the end of current or next word

Option-Right Arrow

Move to the beginning of the current line

Command-Left Arrow

Move to the end of the current line

Command-Right Arrow

Move to the beginning of the current paragraph

Option-Up Arrow

Move to the end of the current paragraph

Option-Down Arrow

Scroll to the beginning of the document

Home

Move to the beginning of the document

 

Command-Up Arrow

Scroll to the end of the document

End

Move to the end of the document

 

Command-Down Arrow

Selecting text

Select one or more characters

Click in front of the first character and drag across the characters you want to select

Select a word

Double-click the word

Select a paragraph

Triple-click in the paragraph

Select all inline text and objects

Command-A

Deselect all inline text and objects

Shift-Command-A

Extend text selection

Click in the text, then Shift-click in another location in the text

Extend selection one character to the right

Shift-Right Arrow

Extend selection one character to the left

Shift-Left Arrow

Extend selection to end of current word

Shift-Option-Right Arrow

Extend selection to beginning of current word

Shift-Option-Left Arrow

Extend selection to end of current line

Shift-Command-Right Arrow

Extend selection to beginning of current line

Shift-Command-Left Arrow

Extend selection to the line above

Shift-Up Arrow

Extend selection to the line below

Shift-Down Arrow

Extend selection to beginning of the current paragraph

Shift-Option-Up Arrow

Extend selection to end of the current paragraph

Shift-Option-Down Arrow

Extend selection to beginning of text

Shift-Command-Up Arrow or
Shift-Home

Extend selection to end of text

Shift-Command-Down Arrow or
Shift-End

Select multiple words or blocks of text that are not next to each other

Select the first text you want, and then select additional text while holding down the Command key

Formatting text

Show fonts window

Command-T

Show styles drawer

Shift-Command-T

Bold

Command-B

Italic

Command-I

Underline

Command-U

Delete previous character or selection

Delete

Delete the next character or selection

Del (not available on all keyboards)

Make font size bigger

Command-plus sign (+), command-equal sign (=)

Make font size smaller

Command-minus sign (-)

Make text superscript

Control-Command-plus sign (+)

Make text subscript

Control-Command-minus sign (-)

Align text flush left

Command-

Align text flush left and flush right (justify)

Option-Command-|

Decrease list indent level

Command-[

Increase list indent level

Command-]

Edit hyperlink text without disabling hyperlinks

 

Arrow keys into hyperlink text

Cut

Command-X

Copy

Command-C

Copy paragraph style

Option-Command-C

Copy character style

Option-Shift-Command-C

Paste

Command-V

Paste character or paragraph style

Option-Command-V

Paste and match style of destination text

Option-Shift-Command-V

Insert non-breaking space

Option-Space bar

Insert line break (soft return)

Shift-Return

Insert page break

Command-Enter

Insert paragraph break

Return

Manipulating fixed objects

"Draw" a fixed shape, table, or chart

Option-click the Objects toolbar button; choose Shapes, Table, or Chart; then drag to size

Select all fixed objects

Select one fixed object and press Command-A

Deselect all fixed objects

Select one fixed object and press Command-Shift-A

Select or deselect additional objects

Command-click, Shift-click

Add range to (or remove it from) selection

Shift-drag, Command-drag

Move selected object one point

Arrow key

Move selected object ten points

Shift-Arrow key

Send object to the back

Shift-Command-B

Send object one layer back

Option-Shift-Command-B

Bring object to the front

Shift-Command-F

Bring object one layer forward

Option-Shift-Command-F

Group objects

Option-Command-G

Ungroup objects

Option-Shift-Command-G

Lock objects

Command-L

Unlock objects

Option-Command-L

Duplicate object

Command-D, Option-drag

Constrain movement of object to 45º

Shift-drag

Resize object

Drag handle

Resize object from center

Option-drag handle

Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object

Shift-drag handle

Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object from center

Option-Shift-drag handle

Rotate object

Command-drag handle

Rotate object 45º

Shift-Command-drag handle

Rotate object around opposite handle (instead of center)

 

Command-Option-drag handle

Rotate object 45º around opposite handle (instead of center)

 

Shift-Command-Option-drag handle

Turn off alignment guides

Command-drag

Mask or unmask object

Shift-Command-M

Exit mask mode

Return, Command-Return, Enter, double-click

Reenter mask mode

 

Double-click the masked image

Open shortcut menu for selected item

Control-click

Exit text edit mode and select object

Command-Return

Working with tables

Select all table borders or cell content, depending on initial selection

Command-A

Delete selected table, border or border segment, or contents of selected cells

Delete

Constrain the movement of the table and snap to guides

Shift-drag table

Switch contents of selected cell with contents of destination cell

Drag selected cell to another cell

Copy contents of selected cell into destination cell

 

Option-drag selected cell to another cell

Extend selection from selected cell to destination cell

 

Shift-click in destination cell

Select cell

 

Click cell of selected table or double-click cell of unselected table

Add cell to (or remove it from) selection

Command-click selected or unselected cell

Enter text edit mode

 

Return or enter (in cell selection mode)

Stop editing text and select cell

Command-Return or Command-click the cell (in text edit mode)

Select border

Click border of selected table or double-click border of unselected table

Add border to (or remove it from) selection

Command-click or Shift-click border

Select border segment

Option-click, Option-double-click if table isn't selected

Add border segment to (or remove it from) selection

 

Shift-Option-click border segment, Command-Option-click border segment

Move border or border segment to new position

Drag border or border segment

Move selected table, border, or border segment one point

Arrow keys

Move selected table, border, or border segment ten points

Shift-Arrow keys

Select next cell to the left, right, up, or down

Arrow keys (in cell selection mode)

Extend cell selection by one cell

Shift-Arrow keys (in cell selection mode)

Select text in next cell or if last cell is selected add a new row

Tab

Select text in previous cell

Shift-Tab

Stop editing cell and select the table

Command-Return (in cell selection mode)

Insert a tab

Option-Tab (in text edit mode)

Open table formatting menu for selected table or cells

 

Control-click table

Create a table by dragging
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