Shortcuts Apple Pages for MacOS

MacOS

We present to your attention the shortcuts for the Apple Pages for MacOS which is used on the operating system MacOS, in this hotkeys description 154 of the most popular and important shortcuts are offered. You can also add your changes on our portal if you consider the data insufficiently complete or add a new program from the very beginning.

Moving around within a document

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Left Arrow	Move one character to the left
Right Arrow	Move one character to the right
Up Arrow	Move to the line above
Down Arrow	Move to the line below
Option+Left Arrow	Move to the beginning of current or previous word
Option+Right Arrow	Move to the end of current or next word
Command+Left Arrow	Move to the beginning of the current line
Command+Right Arrow	Move to the end of the current line
Option+Up Arrow	Move to the beginning of the current paragraph
Option+Down Arrow	Move to the end of the current paragraph
Command+Up Arrow, Home	Move to the beginning of the document
Command+Down Arrow, End	Move to the end of the document

Formatting text

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Command+T	Show fonts
Shift+Command+T	Show styles
Command+B	Bold
Command+I	Italic
Command+U	Underline
Delete	Delete previous character or selection
Del (not available on all keyboards)	Delete the next character or selection
Command+plus sign (+)	Make font size bigger
Command+minus sign(-)	Make font size smaller
Control+Command+plus sign (+)	Make text superscript
Control+Command+minus sign (-)	Make text subscript
Command+{	Align text flush left
Command+\|	Center text
Command+}	Align text flush right
Option+Command+\|	Align text flush left and flush right (justify)
Command+[	Decrease list indent level
Command+]	Increase list indent level
Command+X	Cut
Command+C	Copy
Option+Command+C	Copy paragraph style
Option+Shift+Command+C	Copy character style
Command+V	Paste
Option+Command+V	Paste character or paragraph style
Option+Shift+Command+V	Paste and match style of destination text
Option+Space bar	Insert non-breaking space
Shift+Return	Insert line break (soft return)
Command+Enter	Insert page break
Return	Insert paragraph break

Selecting text

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Click in front of the first character and drag across the characters you want to select	Select one or more characters
Double+click the word	Select a word
Triple+click in the paragraph	Select a paragraph
Command+A	Select all inline text and objects
Shift+Command+A	Deselect all all inline text and objects
Shift+Right Arrow	Extend selection one character to the right
Shift+Left Arrow	Extend selection one character to the left
Shift+Option+Right Arrow	Extend selection to end of current word
Shift+Option+Left Arrow	Extend selection to beginning of current word
Shift+Command+Right Arrow	Extend selection to end of current line
Shift+Command+Left Arrow	Extend selection to beginning of current line
Shift+Up Arrow	Extend selection to the line above
Shift+Down Arrow	Extend selection to the line below
Shift+Option+Up Arrow	Extend selection to beginning of the current paragraph
Shift+Option+Down Arrow	Extend selection to end of the current paragraph
Shift+Command+Down Arrow	Extend selection to end of text
Shift+Command+Up Arrow	Extend selection to beginning of text

General

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Command+N	Open new document (You can choose the type of document you want to open in Pages Preferences.)
Command+O	Open existing document
Command+S	Save
Shift+Command+S	Save as
Command+P	Print
Shift+Command+P	Page setup
Command+F	Find
Command+G	Find next
Shift+Command+G	Find previous
Command+E	Use selection for find
Command+J	Scroll to found selection
Command+semi-colon (;)	Check spelling
Command+colon (:)	Show Spelling window
Command+>/Command+<	Zoom in/Out
Command+W	Close window
Command+M	Minimize window
Command+comma(,)	Show preferences
Option+Command+I	Show Inspector window
Command+R	Show document rulers
Command+Shift+L	Show layout
Command+Shift+I	Show formatting characters (invisibles)
Shift+Command+C	Show Colors window
Command+?	Pages Help
Command+H	Hide Pages
Option+Command+H	Hide other windows
Command+Q	Quit Pages

Working with tables

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Command+A	Select all table borders or cell content, depending on initial selection
Command+C	Copy contents of selected cells or whole table, if table is selected
Command+X	Cut contents of selected cells or whole table, if table is selected
Command+V	Paste the selection that was last copied
Delete	Delete selection (whole table, border or border segment, or contents of selected cells)
Shift+drag table	Constrain the movement of the table and snap to guides
Option+Shift+drag table	Duplicate table
Drag selected cell to another cell	Switch contents of selected cell with contents of destination cell
Option+drag selected cell to another cell	Copy contents of selected cell into destination cell
Shift+click	Extend selection from selected cell to destination cell
Command+click cells	Select or deselect multiple cells that are not next to each other
Command+Return or Command+click the cell (in text edit mode)	Stop editing text and select cell
Click border of selected table or double-click border of unselected table	Select entire row or column border
Option+click	Select or deselect border segment
Shift+click or Command+click border	Select or deselect multiple cell borders
Drag border or border segment	Move row or column border or border segment to new position
Arrow keys	Move table, border, or segment one pixel
Shift+Arrow keys	Move table, border, or segment ten pixels
Arrow keys (in cell selection mode)	Select next cell to the left, right, up, or down
Shift+Arrow keys (in cell selection mode)	Extend cell selection by one cell
Tab/Shift+Tab	Select text in nextprevious cell
Command+Return (in cell selection mode)	Stop editing cell and select the table
Option+click Table toolbar button then drag to size	Create a table by dragging
Option+Tab(in text edit mode)	Insert a Tab

Manipulating fixed objects

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Option+click the Objects toolbar button; choose Shapes, Table, or Chart; then drag to size	"Draw" a fixed shape, table, or chart
Command+A	Select all fixed objects
Command+Shift+A	Deselect all fixed objects
Command+click, Shift+click	Add or remove selected object to previously selected object(s)
Shift+drag,Command+drag	Add or remove selected range to previously selected range
Arrow key	Move selected object one point
Shift+Arrow key	Move selected object ten points
Shift+Command-B	Send object to the back
Option+Command-B	Send object one layer back
Shift+Command-F	Bring object to the front
Option+Shift+Command+F	Bring object one layer forward
Control+Option+Command+M	Move object to section master
Option+Command+G	Group objects
Option+Shift+Command+G	Ungroup objects
Command+L	Lock objects
Option+Command+L	Unlock objects
Option+drag	Duplicate object
Shift+drag	Constrain movement of object to 45º
Drag handle	Resize object
Option+drag handle	Resize object from center
Option+Shift+drag handle	Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object from center
Shift+drag handle	Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object
Command+drag handle	Rotate object
Shift+Command+drag handle	Rotate object 45º
Command+drag	Turn off alignment guides
Shift+Command+M	Mask or unmask object
Return	Exit mask mode
Double-click the masked image	Reenter mask mode
Control+click	Open shortcut menu for selected item
Command+Return	Exit text edit mode and select object
Command+C	Copy selected object
Command+V	Paste selected object
Command+X	Cut selected object

Editing chart data

MacOS	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Shift+Command-D	Show or hide Chart Data Editor
Return	Complete a cell entry and move the selection down
Shift+Return	Complete a cell entry and move the selection up
Tab	Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the right
Shift+Tab	Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the left
Delete	Delete the character to the left of the insertion point, or delete the selection
Arrows keys (in text edit mode)	Move one character left, right, to the beginning of text (up), or to the end of text (down)
Enter	Complete a cell entry and select the cell
Arrows keys (in cell selection mode)	Move one cell in a given direction
Home	Move to the beginning of the row
End	Move to the last filled cell to the right in the current row
Shift+Arrow keys	Extend the selection by one cell
Shift+Home	Extend the selection to the beginning of the row
Shift+End	Extend the selection to the end of the row

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Date of change: 24.01.2019

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*Some of the keys listed may not work in older versions of the program