Apple Pages Keyboard Shortcuts for macOS

Keyboard shortcuts for Apple Pages on Mac. Format text, apply styles, and navigate long documents on macOS.

Start dictation: Fn+D
Create a new document (open the template chooser): Cmd+N
Open the template chooser and show the Language pop-up menu: Cmd+Opt+N
Close the template chooser: Esc
Open an existing document (open the document manager): Cmd+O
Save a document: Cmd+S
Save As: Cmd+Opt+Shift+S
Duplicate a document: Cmd+Shift+S
Print a document: Cmd+P
Open the Pages 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
Increase text size: Cmd+=
Decrease text size: Cmd+-
Zoom out/in: Cmd+Shift+,.
Zoom to selection: Cmd+Shift+0
Return to actual size: Cmd+0

Show or hide the ruler: Cmd+R
Open the Page Setup window: Cmd+Shift+P
Show or hide layout boundaries: Cmd+Shift+L
Show formatting characters (invisibles): Cmd+Shift+I
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 sidebars on the right side of the Pages window: Cmd+Opt+I
Open the next tab in the sidebar: Ctrl+`
Open the previous tab in the sidebar: Ctrl+Shift+`
Hide Pages: Cmd+H
Hide windows of other applications: Cmd+Opt+H
Undo the last action: Cmd+Z
Redo the last action: Cmd+Shift+Z
Open Pages settings: Cmd+,
Quit Pages: Cmd+Q
Quit Pages 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: Ctrl+Opt+B
Move to the left edge of the current word (works for left-to-right and right-to-left text): Opt+Left
Move to the end of the current or next word: Ctrl+Opt+F
Move to the right edge of the current word (works for left-to-right and right-to-left text): Opt+Right
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current text area (document, text box, shape, or table cell): Cmd+Up
Move the insertion point to the bottom of the current text area (document, text box, shape, or table cell): Cmd+Down

Move to the beginning of the paragraph: Ctrl+A
or
Opt+Up
Move to the end of the paragraph: Ctrl+E
or
Opt+Down
Move to the left edge of the current line: Cmd+Left
Move to the right edge of the current line: Cmd+Right
Scroll up one page without moving the insertion point: Fn+Up
or
Pg Up
Scroll down one page without moving the insertion point: Fn+Down
or
Pg Dn
Scroll up one page and move the insertion point: Opt+Pg Up
Scroll down one page and move the insertion point: Ctrl+V
or
Opt+Pg Dn
Move to the beginning of the document without moving the insertion point: Home
or
Fn+Left
Move to the end of the document without moving the insertion point: End
or
Fn+Right
Center the insertion point in the center of the application window: Ctrl+L
Go to a specific page: 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
or
Ctrl+H
Delete the next character or selection: Ctrl+D
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 (tighten) the space between selected characters: Cmd+Opt+[
Increase (loosen) 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: Shift+Tab
Increase the indent level of a list item: Tab
Turn text or an object into a link: Cmd+K
Add a bookmark: Cmd+Opt+B
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
Copy the graphic style of text: Cmd+Opt+C
Paste the graphic style of text: Cmd+Opt+V
Add a range to (or remove it from) the selection: Shift+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
Insert a page break: Cmd+Return
Enter special characters: Cmd+Ctrl+Space
Transpose the characters on either side of the insertion point: Ctrl+T
Add an EndNote bibliography: Cmd+Opt+Shift+E

Delete the previous character or selection: Del
Delete the next character or selection: Fn+Del
or
Fwd Del
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+;
Highlight text: Cmd+Shift+H
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
Accept a change (when change tracking is on): Cmd+Opt+A
Reject a change (when change tracking is on): Cmd+Opt+R
Show or hide word count: Cmd+Shift+W
Enter or exit Edit Page Template view: Cmd+Shift+E

Select all objects: Cmd+A
Deselect all objects: Cmd+Shift+A
Select objects by dragging. In page layout documents, drag from a blank part of the page 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 previous object on the page: 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: Cmd+Opt+C
Paste the graphic style: Cmd+Opt+V
Apply the shape style but not its text style (by clicking the shape style in the sidebar on the right side of the Pages window): Opt+Click
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
Select the next object in a group: Tab

Select the previous object in a group: Shift+Tab
End editing an object, then select the group. Press with an object in a group selected: Cmd+Return
Lock selected objects: Cmd+L
Unlock selected objects: Cmd+Opt+L
Duplicate the object: Opt+UpDownLeftRight
or
Opt+Drag
Constrain the movement of the object horizontally, vertically, or diagonally (45°): Shift+Drag
Resize the object: Drag a handle
Disable alignment guides while moving or resizing an object: 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+Drag a handle
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
Mask or unmask the image: Cmd+Shift+M
Hide image mask controls: Return
or
Double-click
Show image mask controls: Double-click
Open the shortcut menu for the selected item: Ctrl+Click
Exit text editing and select the object: Cmd+Return
Choose an object to insert: Cmd+Shift+V
Define the selected text as a text placeholder: Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+T
Define the image or movie as a media placeholder: Cmd+Ctrl+Opt+I

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

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: Opt+Return
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 a table from a cell selection: Cmd+Return
Select all content in a table (with a cell selected): Cmd+A
Delete the selected table, or the contents of selected cells: Del
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
Extend the selection from the selected cell to the destination cell: Shift+Click
Select a cell in a selected or an unselected table: Click
or
Double-click
Add a cell to (or remove it from) the selection: Cmd+Click
Begin text editing (in a selected cell): Return
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
Constrain the movement of the table horizontally, vertically, or diagonally (45°): Shift+Drag
Resize all columns in a table proportionately (with the table selected): Shift+Drag a handle

Select the next cell to the left, right, up, or down (from a selected cell): UpDownLeftRight
Extend the cell selection by one cell (from a selected cell): Shift+UpDownLeftRight
Select the next cell: Tab
Select the previous cell: Shift+Tab
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
In the Formula Editor, commit 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
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+\

Insert an equation: Cmd+Opt+E
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 and select the first or last cell in a row or column: Cmd+Opt+UpDownLeftRight

Change a selected cell reference back to text (with a reference selected): Opt+Return
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

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Apple Pages Keyboard Shortcuts for macOS

General

Move around within a document

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