| The following general, navigation, selection, and formatting shortcuts apply in word-processing documents and text frames. Some actions have two or more shortcuts.
General word-processing keyboard commands
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Keyboard shortcut |
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Apply Ruler |
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Shift- -V |
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Bold |
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-B |
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Copy Ruler |
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Shift- -C |
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Delete the next character |
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Del (not available on all keyboards) |
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Delete the previous character |
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Delete |
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Insert Column Break |
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Enter |
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Insert Blank Footnote |
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Shift- -F |
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Insert Page Break |
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Shift-Enter |
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Insert Section Break |
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Option-Enter |
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Italic |
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-I |
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Other (font size) |
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Shift- -O |
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Plain Text |
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-T |
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Return to the main text area from the footnote area |
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Enter (numeric keypad) |
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Show/Hide formatting (invisible) characters |
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-; (semicolon) |
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Underline |
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-U |
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Word-processing navigation keyboard commands
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To move |
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Keyboard shortcut |
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One character left |
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Left Arrow |
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One character right |
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Right Arrow |
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One line up |
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Up Arrow |
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One line down |
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Down Arrow |
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One word left |
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Option-Left Arrow |
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One word right |
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Option-Right Arrow |
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To the beginning of a document |
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Home, -Up Arrow |
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To the end of a document |
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End, -Down Arrow |
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To the beginning of a line |
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-Left Arrow |
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To the end of a line |
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-Right Arrow |
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To the beginning of a paragraph |
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Option-Up Arrow |
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To the end of a paragraph |
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Option-Down Arrow |
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Word-processing selection keyboard commands
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Action or command |
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Keyboard shortcut |
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Select one or more characters |
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Click in front of the first character and drag across the characters you want to select |
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Select a word |
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Double-click the word |
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Select a line of text |
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Click three times in the line |
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Select a paragraph |
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Click four times in the paragraph |
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Select All |
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-A |
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Select blocks of text |
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Click the start of a text block, and then Shift-click the end of another text block |
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Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the paragraph |
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Shift-Option-Up Arrow |
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Select from the insertion point to the end of the paragraph |
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Shift-Option-Down Arrow |
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Extend the selection one line at a time |
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Shift-Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Right Arrow, Left Arrow |
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Typing formatting characters and special text
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For this character |
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Space |
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Space bar |
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Non-breaking space |
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Option-Space bar |
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Tab |
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Tab |
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Paragraph return |
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Return |
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Line break (soft return) |
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Shift-Return |
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Column break |
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Enter |
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Page break |
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Shift-Enter |
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Section break |
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Option-Enter |
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