CommandShift3

Capturethescreentoafile

CommandShift
Control3

CapturethescreentotheClipboard

CommandShift4

Captureaselectionofthescreentoafile,orpres
window

CommandShift
Control4

CaptureaselectionofthescreentotheClipboard
capturejustawindow

CommandA

Selectallitemsortextinthefrontmostwindow

CommandZ

Undothepreviouscommand(someappsallowy

CommandShiftZ

Redo,putsbackthelastchangemadewithundo
multipletimes)

CommandSpace
bar

ShoworhidetheSpotlightsearchfield
(ifmultiplelanguagesarebeingusedsimultaneo
throughenabledscriptsystemsinstead)

CommandOption ShowtheSpotlightsearchresultswindow(ifmu
Spacebar
mayrotatethroughkeyboardlayoutsandinputm
CommandTab

Moveforwardtothenextmostrecentlyusedapp

OptionMedia
Eject()

Ejectfromsecondaryopticalmediadrive(ifone

Command
Brightnessdown
(F1)

Toggle"MirrorDisplays"onmultimonitorconf

Command
Brightnessup(F2)

ToggleTargetDisplayMode

Command
Mission
Control(F3)

ShowDesktop

CommandF5

ToggleVoiceOverOnorOff

OptionBrightness Opens"Displays"SystemPreference
(F2)
OptionMission
Control(F3)

OpenMissionControlpreferences

OptionVolume
key(F12)

OpenSoundpreferences

CommandMinus
()

Decreasethesizeoftheselecteditem

CommandColon
(:)

DisplaytheSpellingandGrammarwindow

Command
Semicolon(;)

Findmisspelledwordsinthedocument

Command
Comma(,)

Openthefrontapp'spreferenceswindow

Command
QuestionMark(?)

OpentheHelpmenu

Commandplus(+) Increasethesizeoftheselecteditem
orCommand
ShiftEquals(=)
CommandOption ShoworhidetheDock
D
Command
ControlD

Showorhidethedefinitionofaselectedword

CommandD

SelectstheDesktopfolderinOpenandSavedial

CommandDelete

SelectsDon'tSaveindialogsthatcontainaDele

CommandE

Usetheselectionforafind

CommandF

OpenaFindwindoworfindtextinadocument

CommandOption Movetothesearchfieldcontrol
F
CommandG

Findthenextoccurrenceoftheselection

CommandShiftG

Findthepreviousoccurrenceoftheselection

CommandH

Hidethewindowsofthecurrentlyrunningapp

CommandOption Hidethewindowsofallotherrunningapps
H
CommandOption Displayaninspectorwindow
I
CommandM

MinimizetheactivewindowtotheDock

CommandOption MinimizeallwindowsoftheactiveapptotheD
M
CommandN

Createanewdocumentinthefrontmostapp

CommandO

Displayadialogforchoosingadocumenttoope

CommandP

Printthecurrentdocument

CommandShiftP

Displayawindowforspecifyingdocumentparam

CommandQ

Quitthefrontmostapp

CommandS

Savetheactivedocument

CommandShiftS

DisplaytheSaveAsdialogorduplicatethecurre

CommandOption Showorhideatoolbar
T
CommandW

Closethefrontmostwindow

CommandOption Closeallwindowsinthecurrentapp
W
CommandZ

Undopreviouscommand(someappsallowform

CommandShiftZ

Redo,putsbacklastchangemadeusingundo(so
Redos)

CommandOption chooseanapptoForceQuit
esc
CommandShift

ForceQuitthefrontmostapp

OptionEsc(hold
forthreeseconds)
CommandB

Boldtheselectedtextortoggleboldtex

CommandI

Italicizetheselectedtextortoggleitalic

CommandU

Underlinetheselectedtextortoggleun

CommandT

ShoworhidetheFontswindow

fnDelete

ForwardDelete(onaportableMac'sbu

fnUpArrow

Scrolluponepage(sameasPageUpke

fnDownArrow

Scrolldownonepage(sameasPageDo

fnLeftArrow

Scrolltothebeginningofadocument(

fnRightArrow

Scrolltotheendofadocument(samea

CommandRightArrow

Movethetextinsertionpointtotheend

CommandLeftArrow

Movethetextinsertionpointtothebeg

CommandDownArrow

Movethetextinsertionpointtotheend

CommandUpArrow

Movethetextinsertionpointtothebeg

OptionRightArrow

Movethetextinsertionpointtotheend

OptionLeftArrow

Movethetextinsertionpointtothebeg

OptionDelete

Deletethewordthatisleftofthecursor

punctuationaftertheword
CommandShiftRight
Arrow

Selecttextbetweentheinsertionpointa
(*)

CommandShiftLeftArrow Selecttextbetweentheinsertionpointa
currentline(*)
CommandShiftUpArrow

Selecttextbetweentheinsertionpointa
document(*)

CommandShiftDown
Arrow

Selecttextbetweentheinsertionpointa
(*)

ShiftLeftArrow

Extendtextselectiononecharactertoth

ShiftRightArrow

Extendtextselectiononecharactertoth

ShiftUpArrow

Extendtextselectiontothelineabove,
boundaryatthesamehorizontallocatio

ShiftDownArrow

Extendtextselectiontothelinebelow,
boundaryatthesamehorizontallocatio

ShiftOptionRightArrow

Extendtextselectiontotheendofthec
thefollowingwordifpressedagain(*)

ShiftOptionLeftArrow

Extendtextselectiontothebeginningo
beginningofthefollowingwordifpres

ShiftOptionDownArrow

Extendtextselectiontotheendofthec
endofthefollowingparagraphifpresse

ShiftOptionUpArrow

Extendtextselectiontothebeginningo
tothebeginningofthefollowingparag

ControlA

Movetobeginningoflineorparagraph

ControlB

Moveonecharacterbackward

ControlD

Deletethecharacterinfrontofthecurs

ControlE

Movetothebeginningofalineorpara

ControlF

Moveonecharacterforward

ControlH

Deletethecharacterbehindthecursor

ControlK

Deletefromthecharacterinfrontofthe
orparagraph

ControlL

Centerthecursororselectioninthevis

ControlN

Movedownoneline

ControlO

Insertanewlineafterthecursor

ControlP

Moveuponeline

ControlT

Transposethecharacterbehindthecurs
thecursor

ControlV

Movedown

Command{

Leftalignaselection

Command}

Rightalignaselection

Command|

Centeralignaselection

CommandOptionC

Copytheformattingsettingsofthesele
Clipboard

CommandOptionV

Applythestyleofoneobjecttothesele

CommandShiftOptionV

Applythestyleofthesurroundingtext
andMatchStyle)

CommandControlV

Applyformattingsettingstotheselecte

CommandOptionF5

DisplayAccessibilityOptions

CommandF5orfn
CommandF5

TurnVoiceOveronoroff

OptionControlF8orfn
OptionControlF8

OpenVoiceOverUtility(ifVoiceOver

CommandOption8

TurnZoomonoroff

CommandOptionPlus(+)

ZoomIn

CommandOptionMinus
()

ZoomOut

CommandOptionControl
8

Invert/revertthescreencolors

CommandOptionControl
Comma(,)

Reducecontrast

CommandOptionControl

Increasecontrast

Period(.)