154 Shortcuts for Apple Pages

Jump to: Moving around within a document, Formatting text, Selecting text, General, Working with tables, Manipulating fixed objects, Editing chart data

1. Moving around within a document

Left Arrow

Move one character to the left

Right Arrow

Move one character to the right

Up Arrow

Move to the line above

Down Arrow

Move to the line below

Option+Left Arrow

Move to the beginning of current or previous word

Option+Right Arrow

Move to the end of current or next word

Command+Left Arrow

Move to the beginning of the current line

Command+Right Arrow

Move to the end of the current line

Option+Up Arrow

Move to the beginning of the current paragraph

Option+Down Arrow

Move to the end of the current paragraph

Command+Up Arrow, Home

Move to the beginning of the document

Command+Down Arrow, End

Move to the end of the document

2. Formatting text

Command+T

Show fonts

Shift+Command+T

Show styles

Command+B

Bold

Command+I

Italic

Command+U

Underline

Delete

Delete previous character or selection

Del (not available on all keyboards)

Delete the next character or selection

Command++ (plus sign)

Make font size bigger

Command+- (minus sign)

Make font size smaller

Control+Command++ (plus sign)

Make text superscript

Control+Command+- (minus sign)

Make text subscript

Command+{

Align text flush left

Command+|

Center text

Command+}

Align text flush right

Option+Command+|

Align text flush left and flush right (justify)

Command+[

Decrease list indent level

Command+]

Increase list indent level

Command+X

Cut

Command+C

Copy

Option+Command+C

Copy paragraph style

Option+Shift+Command+C

Copy character style

Command+V

Paste

Option+Command+V

Paste character or paragraph style

Option+Shift+Command+V

Paste and match style of destination text

Option+Space bar

Insert non-breaking space

Shift+Return

Insert line break (soft return)

Command+Enter

Insert page break

Return

Insert paragraph break

3. Selecting text

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

Select one or more characters

Double+click the word

Select a word

Triple+click in the paragraph

Select a paragraph

Command+A

Select all inline text and objects

Shift+Command+A

Deselect all all inline text and objects

Shift+Right Arrow

Extend selection one character to the right

Shift+Left Arrow

Extend selection one character to the left

Shift+Option+Right Arrow

Extend selection to end of current word

Shift+Option+Left Arrow

Extend selection to beginning of current word

Shift+Command+Right Arrow

Extend selection to end of current line

Shift+Command+Left Arrow

Extend selection to beginning of current line

Shift+Up Arrow

Extend selection to the line above

Shift+Down Arrow

Extend selection to the line below

Shift+Option+Up Arrow

Extend selection to beginning of the current paragraph

Shift+Option+Down Arrow

Extend selection to end of the current paragraph

Shift+Command+Down Arrow

Extend selection to end of text

Shift+Command+Up Arrow

Extend selection to beginning of text

4. General

Command+N

Open new document (You can choose the type of document you want to open in Pages Preferences.)

Command+O

Open existing document

Command+S

Save

Shift+Command+S

Save as

Command+P

Print

Shift+Command+P

Page setup

Command+F

Find

Command+G

Find next

Shift+Command+G

Find previous

Command+E

Use selection for find

Command+J

Scroll to found selection

Command+semi-colon (;)

Check spelling

Command+colon (:)

Show Spelling window

Command+>/Command+<

Zoom in/Out

Command+W

Close window

Command+M

Minimize window

Command+comma(,)

Show preferences

Option+Command+I

Show Inspector window

Command+R

Show document rulers

Command+Shift+L

Show layout

Command+Shift+I

Show formatting characters (invisibles)

Shift+Command+C

Show Colors window

Command+?

Pages Help

Command+H

Hide Pages

Option+Command+H

Hide other windows

Command+Q

Quit Pages

5. Working with tables

Command+A

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

Command+C

Copy contents of selected cells or whole table, if table is selected

Command+X

Cut contents of selected cells or whole table, if table is selected

Command+V

Paste the selection that was last copied

Delete

Delete selection (whole table, border or border segment, or contents of selected cells)

Shift+drag table

Constrain the movement of the table and snap to guides

Option+Shift+drag table

Duplicate table

Drag selected cell to another cell

Switch contents of selected cell with contents of destination cell

Option+drag selected cell to another cell

Copy contents of selected cell into destination cell

Shift+click

Extend selection from selected cell to destination cell

Command+click cells

Select or deselect multiple cells that are not next to each other

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

Stop editing text and select cell

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

Select entire row or column border

Option+click

Select or deselect border segment

Shift+click or Command+click border

Select or deselect multiple cell borders

Drag border or border segment

Move row or column border or border segment to new position

Arrow keys

Move table, border, or segment one pixel

Shift+Arrow keys

Move table, border, or segment ten pixels

Arrow keys (in cell selection mode)

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

Shift+Arrow keys (in cell selection mode)

Extend cell selection by one cell

Tab/Shift+Tab

Select text in nextprevious cell

Command+Return (in cell selection mode)

Stop editing cell and select the table

Option+click Table toolbar button then drag to size

Create a table by dragging

Option+Tab(in text edit mode)

Insert a Tab

6. Manipulating fixed objects

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

"Draw" a fixed shape, table, or chart

Command+A

Select all fixed objects

Command+Shift+A

Deselect all fixed objects

Command+click, Shift+click

Add or remove selected object to previously selected object(s)

Shift+drag,Command+drag

Add or remove selected range to previously selected range

Arrow key

Move selected object one point

Shift+Arrow key

Move selected object ten points

Shift+Command-B

Send object to the back

Option+Command-B

Send object one layer back

Shift+Command-F

Bring object to the front

Option+Shift+Command+F

Bring object one layer forward

Control+Option+Command+M

Move object to section master

Option+Command+G

Group objects

Option+Shift+Command+G

Ungroup objects

Command+L

Lock objects

Option+Command+L

Unlock objects

Option+drag

Duplicate object

Shift+drag

Constrain movement of object to 45º

Drag handle

Resize object

Option+drag handle

Resize object from center

Option+Shift+drag handle

Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object from center

Shift+drag handle

Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object

Command+drag handle

Rotate object

Shift+Command+drag handle

Rotate object 45º

Command+drag

Turn off alignment guides

Shift+Command+M

Mask or unmask object

Return

Exit mask mode

Double-click the masked image

Reenter mask mode

Control+click

Open shortcut menu for selected item

Command+Return

Exit text edit mode and select object

Command+C

Copy selected object

Command+V

Paste selected object

Command+X

Cut selected object

7. Editing chart data

Shift+Command-D

Show or hide Chart Data Editor

Return

Complete a cell entry and move the selection down

Shift+Return

Complete a cell entry and move the selection up

Tab

Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the right

Shift+Tab

Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the left

Delete

Delete the character to the left of the insertion point, or delete the selection

Arrows keys (in text edit mode)

Move one character left, right, to the beginning of text (up), or to the end of text (down)

Enter

Complete a cell entry and select the cell

Arrows keys (in cell selection mode)

Move one cell in a given direction

Home

Move to the beginning of the row

End

Move to the last filled cell to the right in the current row

Shift+Arrow keys

Extend the selection by one cell

Shift+Home

Extend the selection to the beginning of the row

Shift+End

Extend the selection to the end of the row

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Apple Pages Shortcuts

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