Hotkeys and shortcuts for Apple Pages

(Total 185)

`←`	Moving around within a document Move one character to the left
`→`	Moving around within a document Move one character to the right
`Control` + `B`	Moving around within a document Move one character backward (works for left-to-right and right-to-left text)
`Control` + `F`	Moving around within a document Move one character forward (works for left-to-right and right-to-left text)
`↑`	Moving around within a document Move to the line above
`↓`	Moving around within a document Move to the line below
`Control` + `⌥ Option` + `B`	Moving around within a document Move to the beginning of the current or previous word
`⌥ Option` + `←`	Working with tables Add a column to the left of the selected cells
`Control` + `⌥ Option` + `F`	Moving around within a document Move to the end of the current or next word
`⌥ Option` + `→`	Working with tables Add a column to the right of the selected cells
`⌘ Cmd` + `↑`	Moving around within a document Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current text area (document, text box, shape, or table cell
`⌘ Cmd` + `↓`	Moving around within a document Move the insertion point to the bottom of the current text area (document, text box, shape, or table cell
`Control` + `A or ⌥ Option` + `↑`	Moving around within a document Move to the beginning of the paragraph
`Control` + `E or ⌥ Option` + `↓`	Moving around within a document Move to the end of the paragraph
`⌘ Cmd` + `←`	Moving around within a document Move to the left edge of the current line
`⌘ Cmd` + `→`	Moving around within a document Move to the right edge of the current line
`Page Up`	Moving around within a document Scroll up the page
`Page Down`	Moving around within a document Scroll down the page
`Option` + `Page Up`	Moving around within a document Scroll one page up and move the insertion point
`Control` + `V`	Moving around within a document Scroll one page down and move the insertion point
`Option` + `Page Down`	Moving around within a document Scroll one page down and move the insertion point
`Home`	Moving around within a document Move to the beginning of the document without moving the insertion point
`Fn` + `↑`	Moving around within a document Move to the beginning of the document without moving the insertion point
`End`	Moving around within a document Move to the end of the document without moving the insertion point
`Fn` + `↓`	Moving around within a document Move to the end of the document without moving the insertion point
`Control` + `L`	Moving around within a document Center the insertion point in the center of the application window
`Mouse double click`	Working with tables Open the Formula Editor for the cell containing a formula or formatted number
`Mouse triple click`	Selecting text (triple click the paragraph) Select a paragraph
`⌘ Cmd` + `A`	Working with tables (after selecting a cell) Select all content in a table
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `A`	Manipulating objects Deselect all objects
`↑ Shift` + `→`	Working with tables Select additional columns
`↑ Shift` + `←`	Working with tables Select additional columns
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `→`	Selecting text Extend the selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of subsequent words
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `←`	Selecting text Extend the selection to the beginning of the current word
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `→`	Selecting text Extend the selection to the end of the current line
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `←`	Selecting text Extend the selection to the beginning of the current line
`↑ Shift` + `↑`	Working with tables Select additional rows
`↑ Shift` + `↓`	Working with tables Select additional rows
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `↑`	Selecting text Extend the selection to the beginning of the current paragraph
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `↓`	Selecting text Extend the selection to the end of the current paragraph
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `↑`	Selecting text Extend the selection to the beginning of the text
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `↓`	Selecting text Extend the selection to the end of the text
`⌘ Cmd` + `T`	Formatting text Show the Fonts window
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `C`	General Show the Colors window
`⌘ Cmd` + `B`	Formatting text Apply boldface to selected text
`⌘ Cmd` + `I`	Formatting text Apply italic to selected text
`⌘ Cmd` + `U`	Formatting text Apply underline to selected text
`Control` + `H`	Formatting text Delete the previous character or selection
`Control` + `D`	Formatting text Delete the next character or selection
`ForwardDel`	Using editing tools (not available on all keyboards) Delete the next character or selection
`⌥ Option` + `Del`	Formatting text Delete the word before the insertion point
`⌥ Option` + `ForwardDel`	Formatting text (not available on all keyboards) Delete the word after the insertion point
`Control` + `K`	Formatting text Delete the text between the insertion point and the next paragraph break
`⌘ Cmd` + `+`	Formatting text Make the font size bigger
`⌘ Cmd` + `-`	Formatting text Make the font size smaller
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `←`	Formatting text Decrease (tighten) the space between selected characters
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `→`	Formatting text Increase (loosen) the space between selected characters
`Control` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `+`	Formatting text Make the text superscript
`Control` + `⌘ Cmd` + `-`	Formatting text Make the text subscript
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `E`	Formatting text Insert an equation
`⌘ Cmd` + `{`	Formatting text Align the text flush left
`⌘ Cmd` + `\|`	Formatting text Center the text
`⌘ Cmd` + `}`	Formatting text Align the text flush right
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `\|`	Formatting text Align the text flush left and flush right (justify)
`⌘ Cmd` + `[`	Formatting text Decrease the indent level of a block of text or a list item
`⌘ Cmd` + `]`	Formatting text Increase the indent level of a block of text or a list item
`↑ Shift` + `⭾ Tab`	Editing chart data Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the left
`⭾ Tab`	Editing chart data Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the right
`⌘ Cmd` + `K`	Creating cell references in formulas Specify absolute and relative attributes of selected cell references
`⌘ Cmd` + `X`	Formatting text Cut the selection
`⌘ Cmd` + `C`	Formatting text Copy the selection
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `C`	Working with tables Copy cell style
`⌘ Cmd` + `V`	Formatting text Paste the selection
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `V`	Working with tables Paste cell style
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `V`	Working with tables Paste and preserve the style of the destination cell
`↑ Shift` + `Mouse movement`	Manipulating objects (drag a selection handle) Constrain the aspect ratio when resizing the object
`⌥ Option` + `Space`	Formatting text Insert a nonbreaking space
`↑ Shift` + `⤶ Enter`	Editing chart data Complete a cell entry and move the selection up
`⤶ Enter`	Editing chart data Complete a cell entry and move the selection down
`Control` + `O`	Formatting text Insert a new line after the insertion point
`Fn` + `⌘ Cmd` + `⤶ Enter`	Formatting text Insert a page break
`Control` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Space`	Formatting text Enter special characters
`Control` + `T`	Formatting text Transpose the characters on either side of the insertion point
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `E`	Formatting text Add an EndNote bibliography
`Del`	Working with tables Delete the selected table, or the contents of selected cells
`Fn` + `Del`	Using editing tools Delete the next character or selection
`⌘ Cmd` + `F`	Using editing tools Find
`⌘ Cmd` + `G`	Using editing tools Find next
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `G`	Using editing tools Find previous
`⌘ Cmd` + `E`	Using editing tools Place the selected text in the Find & Replace text field.
`⌘ Cmd` + `J`	Using editing tools Scroll the window to show the selected text or object
`Esc`	General Close the template chooser
`Control` + `⌘ Cmd` + `D`	Using editing tools Look up the word at the insertion point
`⌥ Option` + `Esc`	Using editing tools Display a list of words to complete the selected word
`⌘ Cmd` + `Semicolon`	Using editing tools (;) Check spelling and grammar
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Colon`	Using editing tools (:) Show the “Spelling and Grammar” window
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `H`	Using editing tools Highlight text
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `K`	Creating cell references in formulas Specify absolute and relative attributes of selected cell references
`⌘ Cmd` + `⤶ Enter`	Working with tables Stop editing the cell and select the cell
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `K`	Creating cell references in formulas Specify absolute and relative attributes of the first and last cells of selected cell references
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `K`	Creating cell references in formulas Specify absolute and relative attributes of the first and last cells of selected cell references
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `A`	Using editing tools Accept a change (when change tracking is on)
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `R`	Using editing tools Reject a change (when change tracking is on)
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `W`	Using editing tools Show or hide word count
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `scroll`	Manipulating objects (for Magic Mouse or a trackpad) Scroll zoom
`⌘ Cmd` + `Mouse movement`	General (drag item outside of the toolbar) Remove an item from the toolbar
`⌘ Cmd` + `Mouse left click`	Working with tables (click a selected or unselected cell) Add a cell to (or remove it from) the selection
`↑ Shift` + `Mouse left click`	Working with tables (click in the destination cell) Extend the selection from the selected cell to the destination cell
`Mouse movement` + `Mouse left click`	Manipulating objects Move selected objects
`Press`	Manipulating objects an arrow key Move the selected object one point
`↑ Shift` + `← ↑ → ↓`	Working with tables (on a selected cell) Extend the cell selection by one cell
`← ↑ → ↓`	Working with tables (on a selected cell) Select the next cell to the left, right, up, or down
`⌥ Option` + `Mouse left click`	Manipulating objects (Option-click the shape style in the sidebar on the right side of the Pages window) Apply the shape style but not its text style
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `B`	Manipulating objects Send the selected object to the back
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `B`	Manipulating objects Send the selected object one layer back
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `F`	Manipulating objects Bring the selected object to the front
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `F`	Manipulating objects Bring the selected object one layer forward
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `G`	Manipulating objects Group selected objects
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `G`	Manipulating objects Ungroup selected objects
`⌘ Cmd` + `L`	Manipulating objects Lock selected objects
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `L`	Manipulating objects Unlock selected objects
`⌥ Option` + `← ↑ → ↓`	Creating cell references in formulas Navigate to and select a single cell
`⌥ Option` + `Mouse movement`	Working with editable shapes (drag the midpoint of a line) Add a Bézier point to an editable shape
`Mouse movement`	Working with editable shapes (drag the midpoint of a line) Add a smooth point to an editable shape
`⌘ Cmd` + `Mouse movement`	Manipulating objects Disable alignment guides while moving or resizing an object
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `Mouse movement`	Manipulating objects (drag a selection handle) Constrain the aspect ratio when resizing the object from the center
`↑ Shift`	Manipulating objects (press Shift while rotating) Rotate the object 45°
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Mouse movement`	Manipulating objects (drag a selection handle) Rotate the object around the opposite handle (instead of the center)
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Mouse movement`	Manipulating objects (drag a selection handle) Rotate the object 45° around the opposite handle (instead of the center)
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `M`	Manipulating objects Mask or unmask the image
`Control` + `Mouse left click`	Manipulating objects Open the shortcut menu for the selected item
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `V`	General Choose a file to insert
`Control` + `⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `T`	Manipulating objects Define the selected text as a text placeholder
`Control` + `⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `I`	Manipulating objects Define the image or movie as a media placeholder
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `P`	Working with editable shapes Draw a custom shape with the Pen tool
`Mouse left click` then `Del`	Working with editable shapes Delete a point of an editable shape
`⌥ Option` + `↑`	Working with tables Add a row above the selected cells
`⌥ Option` + `↓`	Working with tables Add a row below the selected cells
`⌥ Option` + `⤶ Enter`	Working with tables Insert a row at the bottom of the table
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `U`	Working with tables Auto align cell content
`⌘ Cmd` + `⤶ Enter` then `⤶ Enter`	Working with tables Stop editing the cell and select the table
`↑ Shift` + `Mouse movement`	Working with tables (drag the table) Constrain the movement of the table horizontally, vertically, or diagonally (45°)
`⌥ Option` + `⭾ Tab`	Working with tables Insert a tab when editing text or a formula
`Control` + `⤶ Enter`	Working with tables Insert a line break (soft return) when editing text in a cell
`=`	Working with tables Open the Formula Editor for the selected nonformula cell
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `← ↑ → ↓`	Creating cell references in formulas Extend or shrink a selected cell reference
`Press ⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `← ↑ → ↓`	Creating cell references in formulas Navigate to and select the first or last cell in a row or column
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `D`	Editing chart data Show or hide the Chart Data editor
`← →`	Editing chart data Move one character to the left or right
`↑ ↓`	Editing chart data Move to the beginning of text or to the end of text
`Fn` then `Fn`	General Start dictation
`⌘ Cmd` + `N`	General Open the template chooser
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `N`	General Open the template chooser and show the Language pop-up menu
`⌘ Cmd` + `O`	General Open an existing document
`⌘ Cmd` + `S`	General Save a document
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `S`	General Save As
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `S`	General Duplicate a document
`⌘ Cmd` + `P`	General Print a document
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `?`	General Open Pages Help
`⌘ Cmd` + `W`	General Close a window
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `W`	General Close all windows
`⌘ Cmd` + `M`	General Minimize a window
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `M`	General Minimize all windows
`Control` + `⌘ Cmd` + `F`	General Enter full-screen view
`⌘ Cmd` + `>`	General Zoom in
`⌘ Cmd` + `<`	General Zoom out
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `0`	General Zoom to selection
`⌘ Cmd` + `0`	General Return to actual size
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `T`	General Show or hide the tab bar
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `P`	General Show page thumbnails
`⌘ Cmd` + `R`	General Show or hide the ruler
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `P`	General Open the page setup window
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `L`	General Show or hide layout boundaries
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `I`	General Show formatting characters (invisibles)
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `T`	General Hide or show the toolbar
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `I`	General Hide or show sidebars on the right side of the Pages window
`Control` + `	General Open the next tab in the sidebar
`↑ Shift` + `Control` + `	General Open the previous tab in the sidebar
`⌘ Cmd` + `H`	General Hide Pages
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `H`	General Hide windows of other applications
`⌘ Cmd` + `Z`	General Undo the last action
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Z`	General Redo the last action
`⌘ Cmd` + `,`	General Open Pages Preferences
`⌘ Cmd` + `Q`	General Quit Pages
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Q`	General Quit Pages and keep windows open

Hotkeys and shortcuts for Apple Pages

(Total 185)

←

Moving around within a document

Move one character to the left

→

Moving around within a document

Move one character to the right

Control + B

Moving around within a document

Move one character backward (works for left-to-right and right-to-left text)

Control + F

Moving around within a document

Move one character forward (works for left-to-right and right-to-left text)

↑

Moving around within a document

Move to the line above

↓

Moving around within a document

Move to the line below

Control + ⌥ Option + B

Moving around within a document

Move to the beginning of the current or previous word

⌥ Option + ←

Working with tables

Add a column to the left of the selected cells

Control + ⌥ Option + F

Moving around within a document

Move to the end of the current or next word

⌥ Option + →

Working with tables

Add a column to the right of the selected cells

⌘ Cmd + ↑

Moving around within a document

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current text area (document, text box, shape, or table cell

⌘ Cmd + ↓

Moving around within a document

Move the insertion point to the bottom of the current text area (document, text box, shape, or table cell

Control + A or ⌥ Option + ↑

Moving around within a document

Move to the beginning of the paragraph

Control + E or ⌥ Option + ↓

Moving around within a document

Move to the end of the paragraph

⌘ Cmd + ←

Moving around within a document

Move to the left edge of the current line

⌘ Cmd + →

Moving around within a document

Move to the right edge of the current line

Page Up

Moving around within a document

Scroll up the page

Page Down

Moving around within a document

Scroll down the page

Option + Page Up

Moving around within a document

Scroll one page up and move the insertion point

Control + V

Moving around within a document

Scroll one page down and move the insertion point

Option + Page Down

Moving around within a document

Scroll one page down and move the insertion point

Home

Moving around within a document

Move to the beginning of the document without moving the insertion point

Fn + ↑

Moving around within a document

Move to the beginning of the document without moving the insertion point

End

Moving around within a document

Move to the end of the document without moving the insertion point

Fn + ↓

Moving around within a document

Move to the end of the document without moving the insertion point

Control + L

Moving around within a document

Center the insertion point in the center of the application window

`←`

`→`

`Control` + `B`

`Control` + `F`

`↑`

`↓`

`Control` + `⌥ Option` + `B`

`⌥ Option` + `←`

`Control` + `⌥ Option` + `F`

`⌥ Option` + `→`

`⌘ Cmd` + `↑`

`⌘ Cmd` + `↓`

`Control` + `A or ⌥ Option` + `↑`

`Control` + `E or ⌥ Option` + `↓`

`⌘ Cmd` + `←`

`⌘ Cmd` + `→`

`Page Up`

`Page Down`

`Option` + `Page Up`

`Control` + `V`

`Option` + `Page Down`

`Home`

`Fn` + `↑`

`End`

`Fn` + `↓`

`Control` + `L`

`Mouse double click`

`Mouse triple click`

`⌘ Cmd` + `A`

`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `A`

`↑ Shift` + `→`

`↑ Shift` + `←`

`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `→`

`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `←`

`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `→`

`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `←`

`↑ Shift` + `↑`

`↑ Shift` + `↓`

`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `↑`

`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `↓`

`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `↑`

`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `↓`

`⌘ Cmd` + `T`

`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `C`

`⌘ Cmd` + `B`

`⌘ Cmd` + `I`

`⌘ Cmd` + `U`

`Control` + `H`

`Control` + `D`

`ForwardDel`