Pages '09 Keyboard Shortcuts

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Moving Around
Selecting Text
Formatting Text
Manipulating Objects
Working with Tables
Creating Cell Reference
Editing Chart Data
Editable Shapes
Thumbnail View
General

Move one character to the left ←

Move one character to the right →

Move to the line above ↑

Move to the line below ↓

Move to the beginning of current or previous word ⌥ ←

Move to the end of current or next word ⌥ →

Move to the beginning of the current line ⌘ ←

Move to the end of the current line ⌘ →

Move to the beginning of the current paragraph ⌥ ↑

Move to the end of the current paragraph ⌥ ↓

Scroll to the beginning of the document Home

Move to the beginning of the document ⌘ ↑

Scroll to the end of the document End

Move to the end of the document ⌘ ↓

Select all inline text and objects ⌘ A

Deselect all inline text and objects ⇧ ⌘ A

Extend selection one character to the right ⇧ →

Extend selection one character to the left ⇧ ←

Extend selection to end of current word ⇧ ⌥ →

Extend selection to beginning of current word ⇧ ⌥ ←

Extend selection to end of current line ⇧ ⌘ →

Extend selection to beginning of current line ⇧ ⌘ ←

Extend selection to the line above ⇧ ↑

Extend selection to the line below ⇧ ↓

Extend selection to beginning of the current paragraph ⇧ ⌥ ↑

Extend selection to end of the current paragraph ⇧ ⌥ ↓

Extend selection to beginning of text ⇧ ⌘ ↑

Extend selection to end of text ⇧ ⌘ ↓

Show Fonts window ⌘ T

Show Styles drawer ⇧ ⌘ T

Bold ⌘ B

Italic ⌘ I

Underline ⌘ U

Delete previous character or selection Delete

Make font size bigger ⌘ + / =

Make font size smaller ⌘ -

Make text superscript ⌃ +

Make text subscript ⌃ ⌘ -

Align text flush left ⌘ [

Center text ⌘ \

Align text flush right ⌘ ]

Align text flush left and flush right (justify) ⌥ ⌘ \

Decrease list indent level ⌘ [

Increase list indent level ⌘ ] / ⇥

Promote to previous outline level ⇧ ⇥

Demote to next outline level ⇥

Cut ⌘ X

Copy ⌘ C

Copy paragraph style ⌥ ⌘ C

Copy character style ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ C

Paste ⌘ V

Paste character or paragraph style ⌥ ⌘ V

Paste and match style of destination text ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ V

Insert nonbreaking space ⌥ ␣

Insert line break (soft return) ⇧ ↩

Insert page break ⌘ ↩

Insert paragraph break ↩

Insert EndNote citation ⇧ ⌘ E

Select or deselect additional objects ⌘ / ⇧

Add range to (or remove it from) selection ⇧ / ⌘ drag

Move selected object one point ↑↓ ←→

Move selected object ten points ⇧ ↑↓ ←→

Send object to the back ⇧ ⌘ B

Send object one layer back ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ B

Bring object to the front ⇧ ⌘ F

Bring object one layer forward ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ F

Group objects ⌥ ⌘ G

Ungroup objects ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ G

Lock objects ⌘ L

Unlock objects ⌥ ⌘ L

Duplicate object ⌘ D, ⌥ drag

Constrain movement of object to 45° ⇧ drag

Turn off alignment guides ⌘ drag

Mask or unmask object ⇧ ⌘ M

Open shortcut menu for selected item ⌃

Exit text edit mode and select object ⌘ ↩

Choose an object to insert ⇧ ⌘ V

Define as placeholder text ⌃ ⌥ ⌘ T

Define object as media placeholder ⌃ ⌥ ⌘ I

Add a row above the selected cells ⌥ ↑

Add a row below the selected cells ⌥ ↓

Add a column to the right of the selected cells ⌥ →

Add a column to the left of the selected cells ⌥ ←

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

Delete selected table, border or border segment, or contents of selected cells Delete

Stop editing cell and select cell ⌘ ↩

Stop editing cell and select the table 2x ⌘ ↩

Move selected table, border, or border segment one point ↑↓ ←→

Move selected table, border, or border segment ten points ⇧ ↑↓ ←→

Select text in next cell or if last cell is selected add a new row ⇥

Select text in previous cell ⇧ ⇥

Insert a line break (soft return) when editing text in a cell ⌃ ↩

Insert a paragraph break (hard return) when editing text in a cell ⌥ ↩

Insert a paragraph break (hard return) when editing text in a cell and “Return key moves to next cell” isn't selected ↩

Start editing a cell ⌥ ↩

Open Formula Editor for selected non-formula cell =

Navigate to and select a single cell ⌥ ↑↓ ←→

Extend or shrink a selected cell reference ⇧ ⌥ ↑↓ ←→

Navigate to first or last non-header cell in row or column ⌥ ⌘ ↑↓ ←→

Change a selected cell reference back to text ⌥ ↩

Insert a line break ⌥ ↩

Insert a tab ⌥ ⇥

Show or hide Chart Data Editor ⇧ ⌘ D

Complete a cell entry and move the selection down ↩

Complete a cell entry and move the selection up ⇧ ↩

Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the right ⇥

Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the left ⇧ ⇥

Complete a cell entry and select the cell ↩

Move to the beginning of the row fn ←

Move to the last nonblank cell at the end of the row fn →

Extend the selection by one cell ⇧ ↑↓ ←→

Extend the selection to the beginning of the row ⇧ fn ←

Extend the selection to the end of the row ⇧ fn →

Show page thumbnails ⌥ ⌘ P

Select section above current section ↑

Select section below current section ↓

Extend selection from current section to section above ⇧ ↑

Extend selection from current section to section below ⇧ ↓

Move between pages fn ↑ / ↓

Select first section fn ←

Select last section fn →

Select all sections ⌘ A

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

Open new document from template chooser ⇧ ⌘ N

Open existing document ⌘ O

Save ⌘ S

Save as ⇧ ⌘ S

Print ⌘ P

Page setup ⇧ ⌘ P

Pages help ⌘ ?

Find ⌘ F

Find next ⌘ G

Find previous ⇧ ⌘ G

Use selection for find ⌘ E

Scroll to found selection ⌘ J

Show search sidebar ⌥ ⌘ F

Check spelling ⌘ ;

Show spelling window ⌘ :

Zoom in ⌘ >

Zoom out ⌘ <

Close window ⌘ W

Minimize window ⌘ M

Show preferences ⌘ ,

Show Inspector window ⌥ ⌘ I

Show document rulers ⌘ R

Show layout ⇧ ⌘ L

Show formatting characters (invisibles) ⇧ ⌘ I

Show Colors window ⇧ ⌘ C

Hide or show format bar ⇧ ⌘ R

Hide Pages ⌘ H

Hide other windows ⌥ ⌘ H

Quit Pages ⌘ Q