# Shortcuts keys for Windows OS users
Shortcut keys as an alternative to do our work in a computer in a short time with easiest way. You can open, close, and navigate the Start menu, desktop, menus, dialog boxes, and Web pages using keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts may also make it easier for you to interact with your computer.
General keyboard shortcuts
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CTRL+C
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Copy.
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CTRL+X
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Cut.
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CTRL+V
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Paste.
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CTRL+Z
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Undo.
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DELETE
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Delete.
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SHIFT+DELETE
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Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin.
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CTRL while dragging an item
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Copy selected item.
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CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item
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Create shortcut to selected item.
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F2
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Rename selected item.
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CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
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Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.
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CTRL+LEFT ARROW
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Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
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CTRL+DOWN ARROW
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Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph.
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CTRL+UP ARROW
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Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
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CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
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Highlight a block of text.
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SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
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Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document.
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CTRL+A
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Select all.
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F3
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Search for a file or folder.
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ALT+ENTER
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View properties for the selected item.
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ALT+F4
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Close the active item, or quit the active program.
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ALT+Enter
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Displays the properties of the selected object.
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ALT+SPACEBAR
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Opens the shortcut menu for the active window.
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CTRL+F4
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Close the active document in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously.
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ALT+TAB
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Switch between open items.
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ALT+ESC
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Cycle through items in the order they were opened.
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F6
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Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop.
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F4
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Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer.
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SHIFT+F10
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Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.
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ALT+SPACEBAR
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Display the System menu for the active window.
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CTRL+ESC
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Display the Start menu.
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ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name
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Display the corresponding menu.
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Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu
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Carry out the corresponding command.
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F10
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Activate the menu bar in the active program.
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RIGHT ARROW
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Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu.
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LEFT ARROW
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Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu.
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F5
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Refresh the active window.
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BACKSPACE
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View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer.
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ESC
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Cancel the current task.
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SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive
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Prevent the CD from automatically playing.
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Dialog box keyboard shortcuts
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To
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CTRL+TAB
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Move forward through tabs.
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CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
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Move backward through tabs.
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TAB
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Move forward through options.
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SHIFT+TAB
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Move backward through options.
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ALT+Underlined letter
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Carry out the corresponding command or select the corresponding option.
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ENTER
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Carry out the command for the active option or button.
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SPACEBAR
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Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box.
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Arrow keys
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Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons.
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F1
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Display Help.
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F4
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Display the items in the active list.
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BACKSPACE
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Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box.
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Natural keyboard shortcuts
You can use the following keyboard shortcuts with a Microsoft Natural Keyboard or any other compatible keyboard that includes the Windows logo key ( 
) and the Application key ( 
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) and the Application key ( ).
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To
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Display or hide the Start menu.
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| +BREAK |
Display the System Properties dialog box.
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| +D |
Show the desktop.
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| +M |
Minimize all windows.
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| +Shift+M |
Restores minimized windows.
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| +E |
Open My Computer.
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| +F |
Search for a file or folder.
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CTRL+
+F |
Search for computers.
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| +F1 |
Display Windows Help.
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| + L |
Lock your computer if you are connected to a network domain, or switch users if you are not connected to a network domain.
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| +R |
Open the Run dialog box.
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Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.
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| +U |
Open Utility Manager.
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Accessibility keyboard shortcuts
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To
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Right SHIFT for eight seconds
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Switch FilterKeys on and off.
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Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN
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Switch High Contrast on and off.
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Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK
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Switch MouseKeys on and off.
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SHIFT five times
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Switch StickyKeys on and off.
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NUM LOCK for five seconds
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Switch ToggleKeys on and off.
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| +U |
Open Utility Manager.
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Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts
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To
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END
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Display the bottom of the active window.
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HOME
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Display the top of the active window.
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NUM LOCK+ASTERISK on numeric keypad (*)
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Display all subfolders under the selected folder.
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NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN on numeric keypad (+)
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Display the contents of the selected folder.
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NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN on numeric keypad (-)
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Collapse the selected folder.
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LEFT ARROW
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Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder.
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RIGHT ARROW
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Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder.
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# Shortcuts keys for Mac OS users
| Shortcut | Description |
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| Command-X | Cut: Remove the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard. |
| Command-C | Copy the selected item to the Clipboard. This also works for files in the Finder. |
| Command-V | Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. This also works for files in the Finder. |
| Command-Z | Undo the previous command. You can then press Command-Shift-Z to Redo, reversing the undo command. In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple commands. |
| Command-A | Select All items. |
| Command-F | Find: Open a Find window, or find items in a document. |
| Command-G | Find Again: Find the next occurrence of the item previously found. To find the previous occurrence, press Command-Shift-G. |
| Command-H | Hide the windows of the front app. To view the front app but hide all other apps, press Command-Option-H. |
| Command-M | Minimize the front window to the Dock. To minimize all windows of the front app, press Command-Option-M. |
| Command-N | New: Open an new document or window. |
| Command-O | Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open. |
| Command-P | Print the current document. |
| Command-S | Save the current document. |
| Command-W | Close the front window. To close all windows of the app, press Command-Option-W. |
| Command-Q | Quit the app. |
| Option-Command-Esc | Force Quit: Choose an app to force quit. Or press Command-Shift-Option-Esc and hold for 3 seconds to force just the front app to quit. |
| Command–Space bar | Spotlight: Show or hide the Spotlight search field. To perform a Spotlight search from a Finder window, press Command–Option–Space bar. If you use multiple input sources to type in different languages, these shortcuts change input sources instead of showing Spotlight. |
| Space bar | Quick Look: Use Quick Look to preview the selected item. |
| Command-Tab | Switch apps: Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps. |
| Shift-Command-Tilde (~) | Switch windows: Switch to the next most recently used window of the front app. |
| Shift-Command-3 | Screenshot: Take a screenshot of the entire screen. Learn more screenshot shortcuts. |
| Command-Comma (,) | Preferences: Open preferences for the front app. |
Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts
| Shortcut | Description |
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| Power button | Tap to turn on your Mac or wake your Mac from sleep. |
Hold for 1.5 seconds while your Mac is awake to display a dialog asking if you want to restart, sleep, or shut down. If you don't want to wait 1.5 seconds, press Control–Power button or Control–Media Eject  . | |
| Hold for 5 seconds to force your Mac to turn off. | |
| Control–Command–Power button | Force your Mac to restart. |
| Control–Shift–(Power button or Media Eject ) | Put your displays to sleep. |
| Control–Command–Media Eject | Quit all apps, then restart your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you'll be asked whether you want to save them. |
| Control–Option–Command–(Power button or Media Eject ) | Quit all apps, then shut down your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you'll be asked whether you want to save them. |
| Shift-Command-Q | Log out of your OS X user account. You'll be asked to confirm. |
| Option-Shift-Command-Q | Log out of your OS X user account immediately, without being asked to confirm. |
Document shortcuts
| Shortcut | Description |
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| Command-B | Boldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off. |
| Command-I | Italicize the selected text, or turn italics on or off. |
| Command-U | Underline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off. |
| Command-T | Show or hide the Fonts window. |
| Command-D | Select the Desktop folder from within an Open dialog or Save dialog. |
| Control-Command-D | Show or hide the definition of the selected word. |
| Shift-Command-Colon (:) | Display the Spelling and Grammar window. |
| Command-Semicolon (;) | Find misspelled words in the document. |
| Option-Delete | Delete the word to the left of the insertion point. |
| Control-H | Delete the character to the left of the insertion point. Or use Delete. |
| Control-D | Delete the character to the right of the insertion point. Or use Fn-Delete. |
| Fn-Delete | Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete  key. Or use Control-D. |
| Control-K | Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph. |
| Command-Delete | Select Delete or Don't Save in a dialog that contains a Delete or Don't Save button. |
| Fn–Up Arrow | Page Up: Scroll up one page. |
| Fn–Down Arrow | Page Down: Scroll down one page. |
| Fn–Left Arrow | Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document. |
| Fn–Right Arrow | End: Scroll to the end of a document. |
| Command–Up Arrow | Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document. |
| Command–Down Arrow | Move the insertion point to the end of the document. |
| Command–Left Arrow | Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line. |
| Command–Right Arrow | Move the insertion point to the end of the current line. |
| Option–Left Arrow | Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word. |
| Option–Right Arrow | Move the insertion point to the end of the next word. |
| Shift–Command–Up Arrow | Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document. |
| Shift–Command–Down Arrow | Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document. |
| Shift–Command–Left Arrow | Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line. |
| Shift–Command–Right Arrow | Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line. |
| Shift–Up Arrow | Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above. |
| Shift–Down Arrow | Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below. |
| Shift–Left Arrow | Extend text selection one character to the left. |
| Shift–Right Arrow | Extend text selection one character to the right. |
| Option–Shift–Up Arrow | Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again. |
| Option–Shift–Down Arrow | Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again. |
| Option–Shift–Left Arrow | Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again. |
| Option–Shift–Right Arrow | Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again. |
| Control-A | Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph. |
| Control-E | Move to the end of a line or paragraph. |
| Control-F | Move one character forward. |
| Control-B | Move one character backward. |
| Control-L | Center the cursor or selection in the visible area. |
| Control-P | Move up one line. |
| Control-N | Move down one line. |
| Control-O | Insert a new line after the insertion point. |
| Control-T | Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point. |
| Command–Left Curly Bracket ({) | Left align. |
| Command–Right Curly Bracket (}) | Right align. |
| Shift–Command–Vertical bar (|) | Center align. |
| Option-Command-F | Go to the search field. |
| Option-Command-T | Show or hide a toolbar in the app. |
| Option-Command-C | Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard. |
| Option-Command-V | Paste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item. |
| Option-Shift-Command-V | Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content. |
| Option-Command-I | Show or hide the inspector window. |
| Shift-Command-P | Page setup: Display a window for selecting document settings. |
| Shift-Command-S | Display the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document. |
| Shift–Command– Minus sign (-) | Decrease the size of the selected item. |
| Shift–Command– Plus sign (+) | Increase the size of the selected item. Command–Equal sign (=) performs the same function. |
| Shift–Command– Question mark (?) | Open the Help menu. |
Finder shortcuts
| Shortcut | Description |
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| Command-D | Duplicate the selected files. |
| Command-E | Eject the selected disk or volume. |
| Command-F | Start a Spotlight search in the Finder window. |
| Command-I | Show the Get Info window for a selected file. |
| Shift-Command-C | Open the Computer window. |
| Shift-Command-D | Open the desktop folder. |
| Shift-Command-F | Open the All My Files window. |
| Shift-Command-G | Open a Go to Folder window. |
| Shift-Command-H | Open the Home folder of the current OS X user account. |
| Shift-Command-I | Open iCloud Drive. |
| Shift-Command-K | Open the Network window. |
| Option-Command-L | Open the Downloads folder. |
| Shift-Command-O | Open the Documents folder. |
| Shift-Command-R | Open the AirDrop window. |
| Shift-Command-T | Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mountain Lion or earlier) |
| Control-Shift-Command-T | Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mavericks or later) |
| Shift-Command-U | Open the Utilities folder. |
| Option-Command-D | Show or hide the Dock. This often works even when you're not in the Finder. |
| Control-Command-T | Add the selected item to the sidebar (OS X Mavericks or later). |
| Option-Command-P | Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows. |
| Option-Command-S | Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows. |
| Command–Slash (/) | Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows. |
| Command-J | Show View Options. |
| Command-K | Open the Connect to Server window. |
| Command-L | Make an alias of the selected item. |
| Command-N | Open a new Finder window. |
| Shift-Command-N | Create a new folder. |
| Option-Command-N | Create a new Smart Folder. |
| Command-R | Show the original file for the selected alias. |
| Command-T | Show or hide the tab bar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window. |
| Shift-Command-T | Show or hide a Finder tab. |
| Option-Command-T | Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window. |
| Option-Command-V | Move: Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location. |
| Option-Command-Y | View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files. |
| Command-Y | Use Quick Look to preview the selected files. |
| Command-1 | View the items in the Finder window as icons. |
| Command-2 | View the items in a Finder window as a list. |
| Command-3 | View the items in a Finder window in columns. |
| Command-4 | View the items in a Finder window with Cover Flow. |
| Command–Left Bracket ([) | Go to the previous folder. |
| Command–Right Bracket (]) | Go to the next folder. |
| Command–Up Arrow | Open the folder that contains the current folder. |
| Command–Control–Up Arrow | Open the folder that contains the current folder in a new window. |
| Command–Down Arrow | Open the selected item. |
| Command–Mission Control | Show the desktop. This works even when you're not in the Finder. |
| Command–Brightness Up | Turn Target Display Mode on or off. |
| Command–Brightness Down | Turn display mirroring on or off when your Mac is connected to more than one display. |
| Right Arrow | Open the selected folder. This works only when in list view. |
| Left Arrow | Close the selected folder. This works only when in list view. |
| Option–double-click | Open a folder in a separate window and close the current window. |
| Command–double-click | Open a folder in a separate tab or window. |
| Command-Delete | Move the selected item to the Trash. |
| Shift-Command-Delete | Empty the Trash. |
| Option-Shift-Command-Delete | Empty the Trash without confirmation dialog. |
| Command-Y | Use Quick Look to preview the files. |
| Option–Brightness Up | Open Displays preferences. This works with either Brightness key. |
| Option–Mission Control | Open Mission Control preferences. |
| Option–Volume Up | Open Sound preferences. This works with any of the volume keys. |
| Command key while dragging | Move the dragged item to another volume or location. The pointer changes while you drag the item. |
| Option key while dragging | Copy the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item. |
| Option-Command while dragging | Make an alias of the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item. |
| Option-click a disclosure triangle | Open all folders within the selected folder. This works only when in list view. |
| Command-click a window title | See the folders that contain the current folder. |
