Apple Keynote Keyboard Shortcuts for macOS

Apple Keynote Keyboard Shortcuts for MacOS. View hotkeys online or download free PDF Cheat Sheet to create and edit presentations faster on Mac.

Start dictation: Fn+D
Open the theme chooser: Cmd+N
Open the theme chooser and show the Language pop-up menu: Cmd+Opt+N
Close the theme chooser: Esc
Open an existing presentation: Cmd+O
Save a presentation: Cmd+S
Save as: Cmd+Opt+Shift+S
Duplicate a presentation: Cmd+Shift+S
Print a presentation: Cmd+P
Open the Keynote User Guide: Cmd+Shift+/
Close a window: Cmd+W
Close all windows: Cmd+Opt+W
Minimize a window: Cmd+M
Minimize all windows: Cmd+Opt+M
Enter full-screen view: Cmd+Ctrl+F
Zoom in: Cmd+Shift+.
Zoom out: Cmd+Shift+,
Show the Settings window: Cmd+,
Zoom to selection: Cmd+Shift+0
Zoom to fit content (including objects on the extended canvas) in the window: Cmd+Opt+Shift+0
Fit slide in the window: Cmd+Opt+0

Return to actual size: Cmd+0
Show the presentation rulers: Cmd+R
Choose a file to insert: Cmd+Shift+V
Show the Colors window: Cmd+Shift+C
Hide or show the toolbar: Cmd+Opt+T
Rearrange an item in the toolbar: Cmd+Drag
Remove an item from the toolbar: Cmd+Drag away
Hide or show inspector sidebars: Cmd+Opt+I
Hide or show the object list: Cmd+Shift+L
Select all object types in the object list filter menu: Cmd+A
Deselect all object types in the object list filter menu: Cmd+Shift+A
Open the next tab in the sidebar: Ctrl+`
Open the previous tab in the sidebar: Ctrl+Shift+`
Enter or exit Edit Slide Layouts view: Cmd+Shift+E
Add a new slide layout (from Edit Slide Layouts view): Cmd+Shift+N
Hide Keynote: Cmd+H
Hide other windows: Cmd+Opt+H
Undo the last action: Cmd+Z
Redo the last action: Cmd+Shift+Z
Quit Keynote: Cmd+Q
Quit Keynote and keep windows open: Cmd+Opt+Q

Move one character to the left: Left
Move one character to the right: Right
Move one character backward (works for left-to-right and right-to-left text): Ctrl+B
Move one character forward (works for left-to-right and right-to-left text): Ctrl+F
Move to the line above: Up
Move to the line below: Down
Move to the beginning of the current or previous word: Opt+Left
or
Ctrl+Opt+B
Move to the end of the current or next word: Opt+Right
or
Ctrl+Opt+F
Move to the beginning of the current text area: Cmd+Up
Move to the bottom of the current text area: Cmd+Down
Move to the beginning of the current line: Cmd+Left
Move to the end of the current line: Cmd+Right

Move to the beginning of the current paragraph: Opt+Up
Move to the end of the current paragraph: Opt+Down
Find the selected item in the presentation: Cmd+E
Jump to a selection in a presentation: Cmd+J
Scroll to the beginning of the slide: Home
or
Fn+Up
Scroll to the end of the slide: End
or
Fn+Down
Center the insertion point in the app window: Ctrl+L
Move to the next slide: Fn+Down
or
Pg Dn
Move to the previous slide: Fn+Up
or
Pg Up
Move to the first slide: Fn+Left
or
Home
Move to the last slide: Fn+Right
or
End
Go to a specific slide: Cmd+Ctrl+G

Select one or more characters: Click+Drag
Select a word: Double-click
Select a paragraph: Triple-click
Select all objects and text: Cmd+A
Deselect all objects and text: Cmd+Shift+A
Extend the text selection: Click,Shift+Click
Extend the selection one character to the right: Shift+Right
Extend the selection one character to the left: Shift+Left
Extend the selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of subsequent words: Opt+Shift+Right
Extend the selection to the beginning of the current word: Opt+Shift+Left

Extend the selection to the end of the current line: Cmd+Shift+Right
Extend the selection to the beginning of the current line: Cmd+Shift+Left
Extend the selection to the line above: Shift+Up
Extend the selection to the line below: Shift+Down
Extend the selection to the beginning of the current paragraph: Opt+Shift+Up
Extend the selection to the end of the current paragraph: Opt+Shift+Down
Extend the selection to the beginning of the text: Cmd+Shift+Up
or
Shift+Home
Extend the selection to the end of the text: Cmd+Shift+Down
or
Shift+End
Select a bullet and its text: Click
Move a bullet and its text, with its sub-bullets and text: Click+Drag

Show the Fonts window: Cmd+T
Show the Colors window: Cmd+Shift+C
Apply boldface to selected text: Cmd+B
Apply italic to selected text: Cmd+I
Apply underline to selected text: Cmd+U
Delete the previous character or selection: Del
Delete the next character or selection: Fn+Del
or
Fwd Del
Delete the word before the insertion point: Opt+Del
Delete the word after the insertion point: Opt+Fwd Del
Delete the text between the insertion point and the next paragraph break: Ctrl+K
Make the font size bigger: Cmd+=
Make the font size smaller: Cmd+-
Decrease the space between selected characters: Cmd+Opt+[
Increase the space between selected characters: Cmd+Opt+]
Make the text superscript: Cmd+Ctrl+Shift+=
Make the text subscript: Cmd+Ctrl+-
Align the text flush left: Cmd+Shift+[
Center the text: Cmd+Shift+\
Align the text flush right: Cmd+Shift+]

Align the text flush left and flush right (justify): Cmd+Opt+Shift+\
Decrease the indent level of a block of text or a list item: Cmd+[
Increase the indent level of a block of text or a list item: Cmd+]
Decrease the indent level of a list item or headline: Shift+Tab
Increase the indent level of a list item or headline: Tab
Turn text or an object into a link: Cmd+K
Cut the selection: Cmd+X
Copy the selection: Cmd+C
Copy the paragraph style: Cmd+Opt+C
Paste the selection: Cmd+V
Paste the paragraph style: Cmd+Opt+V
Paste and match the style of the destination text: Cmd+Opt+Shift+V
Add a range to (or remove it from) the selection: Shift+Drag
or
Cmd+Drag
Insert a nonbreaking space: Opt+Space
Insert a line break (soft return): Shift+Return
Insert a paragraph break: Return
Insert a new line after the insertion point: Ctrl+O
Enter special characters: Cmd+Ctrl+Space
Transpose the characters on either side of the insertion point: Ctrl+T

Find: Cmd+F
Find next (while in the Find window): Cmd+G
Find previous (while in the Find window): Cmd+Shift+G
Place the selected text in the Find & Replace text field: Cmd+E
Replace text: Return
Scroll the window to show the selected text or object: Cmd+J
Hide the Find window: Esc
Look up the word at the insertion point: Cmd+Ctrl+D

Display a list of words to complete the selected word: Opt+Esc
Check spelling and grammar: Cmd+;
Show the “Spelling and Grammar” window: Cmd+Shift+;
Open a new comment for the selected text, object, or table cell: Cmd+Shift+K
Save a comment: Cmd+Return
Show the next comment: Cmd+Opt+K
Show the previous comment: Cmd+Opt+Shift+K
Clean up slide: Ctrl+Shift+F

Show or hide the object list: Cmd+Shift+L
Select all objects (Press with one object selected): Cmd+A
Deselect all objects (Press with one object selected): Cmd+Shift+A
Select objects by dragging. Drag from a blank part of the slide around objects. Option-drag to select objects outward from the starting point: Drag
or
Opt+Drag
Scroll zoom (for Magic Mouse or a trackpad): Cmd+Opt+Scroll
Add or remove objects from the selection: Cmd+Drag
Select the next object on the slide: Tab
Select the previous object on the slide: Shift+Tab
Select or deselect additional objects: Cmd+Click
or
Shift+Click
Move selected objects: Drag
Move the selected object one point: UpDownLeftRight
Move the selected object ten points: Shift+UpDownLeftRight
Move the selected object one screen pixel: UpDownLeftRight
Move the selected object ten screen pixels: Shift+UpDownLeftRight
Copy the graphic style of text: Cmd+Opt+C
Paste the graphic style of text: Cmd+Opt+V
Send the selected object to the back: Cmd+Shift+B
Send the selected object one layer back: Cmd+Opt+Shift+B
Bring the selected object to the front: Cmd+Shift+F
Bring the selected object one layer forward: Cmd+Opt+Shift+F
Group selected objects: Cmd+Opt+G
Ungroup selected objects: Cmd+Opt+Shift+G

Select an object in a group: Double-click
Lock selected objects: Cmd+L
Unlock selected objects: Cmd+Opt+L
Duplicate the object: Cmd+D
or
Opt+Drag
Constrain the movement of the object to 45°: Shift+Drag
Resize the object: Drag a handle
Disable alignment guides while resizing: Cmd+Drag
Resize the object from the center: Opt+Drag a handle
Constrain the aspect ratio when resizing the object: Shift+Drag a handle
Constrain the aspect ratio when resizing the object from the center: Opt+Shift+Drag a handle
Rotate the object: Cmd+Drag a handle
Rotate the object 45°. Press while rotating: Shift
Rotate the object around the opposite handle (instead of the center): Cmd+Opt+Drag a handle
Rotate the object 45° around the opposite handle (instead of the center): Cmd+Opt+Shift+Drag a handle
Turn off alignment guides while moving an object: Cmd+Drag
Mask or unmask the object: Cmd+Shift+M
Hide mask controls: Return
or
Double-click
Show mask controls for masked image: Double-click
Open the shortcut menu for the selected item: Ctrl+Click
Exit text editing and select the object: Cmd+Return
Define the object as a media placeholder: Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+I
Define the selected text as a text placeholder: Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+T

Make a custom shape editable (by double-clicking the edge of the shape): Double-click
Draw a custom shape with the Pen tool: Cmd+Opt+Shift+P
Move a point of an editable shape: Drag
Delete a point of an editable shape: Click,Del
Add a sharp point to an editable shape. Drag the midpoint of a line: Cmd+Drag

Add a smooth point to an editable shape. Drag the midpoint of a line: Drag
Add a Bézier point to an editable shape. Drag the midpoint of a line: Opt+Drag
Change a curve point of an editable shape into a corner point: Double-click
Reshape the curve of a smooth point (by dragging the line adjacent to the smooth point): Drag
Reshape the curve of a Bézier point: Click,Drag the control

Insert an equation: Cmd+Opt+E
Add a row above the selected cells: Opt+Up
Add a row below the selected cells: Opt+Down
Add a column to the right of the selected cells: Opt+Right
Add a column to the left of the selected cells: Opt+Left
Insert a row at the bottom of the table (with a cell in the bottom row selected): Opt+Return
Insert a column on the right of the table (with a cell in the right-most column selected): Tab
Select an entire row or column in the selected table (by clicking the letter for the column or the number for the row): Click
Select all rows that intersect the current selection: Cmd+Opt+Return
Select all columns that intersect the current selection: Cmd+Ctrl+Return
Select additional rows: Shift+UpDown
Select additional columns: Shift+LeftRight
Select additional cells: Shift+Click
Select only body cells in a row or column (by double-clicking the letter for the column or the number for the row): Double-click
Move the cell selection to the beginning of the next row (with a cell in the rightmost column selected): Tab
Stop the reordering of rows or columns. Press while dragging: Esc
Select all content in a table: Cmd+A
Delete the selected table, or the contents of selected cells: Del
Constrain the movement of the table and snap to guides (by dragging the table): Shift+Drag
Replace the contents of the selected cell with the contents of the destination cell (by dragging selected cell to another): Drag
Copy the contents of the selected cell into the destination cell (by dragging selected cell to another): Opt+Drag
Copy cell style: Cmd+Opt+C
Paste cell style: Cmd+Opt+V
Paste and preserve the style of the destination cell: Cmd+Opt+Shift+V
Select a cell in a selected or an unselected table: Click
or
Double-click
Edit a cell (with a cell selected): Return
Highlight the row and column for a cell. Press as you move over a cell: Opt
Open a pop-up menu in a selected cell: Space
Add a cell to (or remove it from) the selection: Cmd+Click
Auto-align cell content: Cmd+Opt+U
Stop editing the cell and select the cell: Cmd+Return
Stop editing the cell and select the table: Cmd+Return+Return
Move the selected table one point: UpDownLeftRight
Move the selected table ten points: Shift+UpDownLeftRight
Resize all columns in a table proportionately (with the table selected): Shift+Drag a handle
Select the next cell or, if the last cell is selected, add a new row: Tab

Select the previous cell: Shift+Tab
Select the cell below: Return
Select the cell above: Shift+Return
Select the cell to the left, right, up, or down. Press an arrow (from a selected cell): UpDownLeftRight
Extend the cell selection by one cell Press Shift and an arrow key (from a selected cell): Shift+UpDownLeftRight
Select the parent of the current selection: Cmd+Return
Insert a tab when editing text or a formula: Opt+Tab
Insert a line break (soft return) when editing text in a cell: Shift+Return
Insert a paragraph break (hard return) when editing text in a cell: Return
Open the Formula Editor for the selected nonformula cell: =
Open the Formula Editor for the cell containing a formula or formatted number: Double-click
or
Opt+Return
In the Formula Editor, save changes: Return
or
Tab
In the Formula Editor, discard changes: Esc
Select the first populated cell in the current row: Cmd+Opt+Left
Select the last populated cell in the current row: Cmd+Opt+Right
Select the first populated cell in the current column: Cmd+Opt+Up
Select the last populated cell in the current column: Cmd+Opt+Down
Delete selected rows: Cmd+Opt+Del
Delete selected columns: Cmd+Ctrl+Del
Select the table name: Shift+Tab
Paste a formula result: Cmd+Shift+V
Select the first cell in a selected table: Return
Expand the current selection to include the first populated cell in the current row: Cmd+Opt+Shift+Left
Expand the current selection to include the last populated cell in the current row: Cmd+Opt+Shift+Right
Expand the current selection to include the first populated cell in the current column: Cmd+Opt+Shift+Up
Expand the current selection to include the last populated cell in the current column: Cmd+Opt+Shift+Down
Merge selected cells: Cmd+Ctrl+M
Unmerge selected cells: Cmd+Ctrl+Shift+M
Add or remove the top border: Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+Up
Add or remove the bottom border: Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+Down
Add or remove the right border: Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+Right
Add or remove the left border: Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+Left
Turn on autofill mode: Cmd+\
Autofill from the column before: Cmd+Ctrl+\
Autofill from the row above: Cmd+Opt+\

Show or hide the Chart Data Editor: Cmd+Shift+D
Complete a cell entry and move the selection down: Return
Complete a cell entry and move the selection up: Shift+Return
Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the right: Tab
Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the left: Shift+Tab

Move one character to the left or right: LeftRight
Move to the beginning of text or to the end of text: UpDown
Move the chart legend one point (with the legend selected): UpDownLeftRight
Move the chart legend ten points (with the legend selected): Shift+UpDownLeftRight

Navigate to and select a single cell: Opt+UpDownLeftRight
Extend or shrink a selected cell reference: Opt+Shift+UpDownLeftRight
Navigate to the first or last nonheader cell in a row or column: Cmd+Opt+UpDownLeftRight
Insert a line break: Opt+Return

Insert a tab: Opt+Tab
Specify absolute and relative attributes of selected cell references. Press to move forward or backward through options: Cmd+K
or
Cmd+Shift+K
Specify absolute and relative attributes of the first and last cells of selected cell references. Press to move forward or backward through options: Cmd+Opt+K
or
Cmd+Opt+Shift+K

Create a new slide at same level as last selected slide: Return
or
Cmd+Shift+N
Indent selected slides to the right: Tab
Move indented slides to the left: Shift+Tab
Select multiple slides: Shift+Drag
Extend or decrease the slide selection: Shift+Click
Add (or remove) a single noncontiguous slide from the selection: Cmd+Click
Use the default slide layout to create a new slide after the selected slide (by clicking the Add Slide button in the toolbar): Opt+Click

Duplicate a slide: Cmd+D
Delete selected slides: Del
Move to the next slide: Down
Move to the previous slide: Up
Expand a slide group: Right
Collapse a slide group: Left
Skip a slide so it doesn’t show in a presentation, or show a slide that’s being skipped: Cmd+Shift+H

Move to the next slide: Right
Move to the previous slide: Left
Extend the selection to the next slide: Shift+Right
Extend the selection to the previous slide: Shift+Left

Extend the selection to the first slide: Cmd+Shift+Up
Extend the selection to the last slide: Cmd+Shift+Down
Select the first slide: Cmd+Up
Select the last slide: Cmd+Down

Play a presentation: Cmd+Opt+P
Play a presentation beginning with the first slide (by clicking the Play button in the toolbar): Opt+Click
Advance to the next slide or build: DownRight
Go to previous slide: UpLeft
Advance to the next build or slide without animation: Shift+Right
Advance to the next slide without builds and animations: Shift+Down
Show or hide presenter notes: Cmd+Shift+P
Go back to previous build: Shift+UpLeft
Go back through previously viewed slides: Z
Pause the presentation: F
Pause the presentation and show a black screen: B
Pause the presentation and show a white screen: W
Show or hide the pointer: C
Display the slide number: S
Open the slide switcher: Slide number
Go to the next slide in the slide switcher: =

Go to the previous slide in the slide switcher: -
Go to the current slide and close the slide switcher: Return
Close the slide switcher: Esc
Switch the primary and presenter displays: X
Reset timer: R
Scroll the presenter notes up: U
Scroll the presenter notes down: D
Increase note font size: Cmd+=
Decrease note font size: Cmd+-
Quit presentation mode: Esc
or
Q
Hide the presentation and switch to last app used: H
Show or hide keyboard shortcuts: Shift+/
or
/
Go to first slide: Home
or
Fn+Up
Go to last slide: End
or
Fn+Down
Switch displays in rehearsal mode: Opt+X

Play the video: Space
Pause or resume playing the video: K
Rewind the video (by frame, if it’s paused): J

Fast forward the video (by frame, if it’s paused): L
Jump to the beginning of the video: I
Jump to the end of the video: O

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Apple Keynote Keyboard Shortcuts for macOS

General

Move around within a presentation

Select text

Format text

Find and delete text, use comments, and check spelling

Move, group, layer, and resize objects

Modify editable shapes

Work with tables

Edit chart data

Create cell references in formulas

Use Navigator view

Use Light Table view

Play a presentation and use the presenter mode

Control a video during a presentation