KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS


Keyboard shortcuts to select and move text in a document (Macintosh)
You can use the following keyboard shortcuts when you are creating or editing a Mail memo or a document. You must be in Edit mode to use these shortcuts. Press COMMAND+E to put your document in Edit mode.
PressTo do this
COMMAND+ASelect all contents of document
COMMAND+C or F3Copy selected text or object
COMMAND+DOWN ARROWMove item in list or table one row down
COMMAND+UP ARROWMove item in list or table one row up
COMMAND+V or F4Paste text or object
COMMAND+X or F2Cut selected text or object
DEL or OPTION+DELETEDelete selected graphic
DEL or OPTION+DELETEDelete selected text or object
SHIFT+COMMAND+DOWN ARROWSelect text up to same point of next line
SHIFT+COMMAND+UP ARROWSelect text up to same point of previous line
SHIFT+COMMAND+RIGHT ARROWSelect next word
SHIFT+COMMAND+LEFT ARROWSelect previous word
SHIFT+DOWN ARROWSelect text to end of current line, move focus to next line
SHIFT+END (extended Macintosh keyboards only)Select text to end of current line
SHIFT+HOMESelect text to beginning of current line
SHIFT+LEFT ARROWSelect previous character
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROWSelect next character
SHIFT+UP ARROWSelect text to beginning of current line, move focus to previous line

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