Shortcut keys in Mac version

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Shortcut keys in Mac version

Note: For most shortcut keys with the Cmd key, you can also use the Ctrl key instead of the Cmd key. For the shortcut key Cmd+S, for example, you can also press Ctrl+S.

In the Mac version, the following shortcut keys are available:

Shortcut keys for commands

 

Command

 

Shortcut key

 

Quick access toolbar: Undo last command

 

Cmd+Z

 

Quick access toolbar: Redo

 

Cmd+Y

 

File | New

 

Cmd+N

 

File | Open

 

Cmd+O

 

File | Close

 

Cmd+F4 or Cmd+W

 

File | Save

 

Cmd+S

 

File | Print

 

Cmd+P

 

File | File manager

 

F12

 

File | Exit

 

Alt+F4 or Cmd+Q

 

Home | Paste

 

Cmd+V

 

Home | Paste Special

 

Cmd+Alt+V

 

Home | Cut

 

Cmd+X

 

Home | Copy

 

Cmd+C

 

Home | Format painter (copying step)

 

Cmd+Shift+C

 

Home | Format painter (pasting step)

 

Cmd+Shift+V

 

Home | group Character:

 

 

 

Select font from the list

 

Cmd+D

 

Reduce font size

 

Cmd+8

 

Increase font size

 

Cmd+9

 

Change uppercase/lowercase of text
(from "test" to "Test" to "TEST")

 

Shift+F3

 

Bold on/off

 

Cmd+B

 

Italics on/off

 

Cmd+I

 

Underline on/off

 

Cmd+U

 

Superscript

 

Cmd+Shift+Plus key (numeric keypad)

 

Subscript

 

Cmd+Shift+Minus key (numeric keypad)

 

Remove superscript or subscript

 

Cmd+Shift+Multiply key (numeric keypad)

 

Reset character formatting

 

Ctrl+Space

 

Home | group Paragraph:

 

 

 

Increase left indent

 

Cmd+M

 

Decrease left indent

 

Cmd+Shift+M

 

Increase hanging indent

 

Cmd+T

 

Decrease hanging indent

 

Cmd+Shift+T

 

Alignment: Left

 

Cmd+L

 

Alignment: Centered

 

Cmd+E

 

Alignment: Right

 

Cmd+R

 

Alignment: Justified

 

Cmd+J

 

Automatic single line spacing (1 line)

 

Cmd+1

 

Automatic one and a half line spacing (1.5 lines)

 

Cmd+5

 

Automatic double line spacing (2 lines)

 

Cmd+2

 

Home | group Styles:

 

 

 

"Normal" paragraph style

 

Cmd+Alt+0 or Ctrl+Shift+N

 

Paragraph style "Heading 1" to "Heading 9"

 

Cmd+Alt+1 to Cmd+Alt+9

 

Increase the paragraph's outline level by 1

 

Ctrl+Shift+ß

 

Reduce the paragraph's outline level by 1

 

Ctrl+Shift+à

 

Home | Search

 

Cmd+F

 

Home | Replace

 

Cmd+H

 

Home | Search again (or Replace again)

 

F3

 

Home | Go to

 

F5 or Cmd+G

 

Home| Select all

 

Ctrl+A

 

Insert | Break | Line break

 

Shift+

 

Insert | Break | Column break

 

Cmd+Shift+

 

Insert | Break | Page break

 

Cmd+

 

Insert | Hyperlink

 

Cmd+K

 

Insert | Insert footnote

 

Cmd+Alt+F

 

Insert | Date

 

Ctrl+. (period)

 

Insert | time

 

Ctrl+Shift+. (period)

 

Insert | Character

 

 

 

Insert a soft hyphen (optional hyphen)

 

Cmd+Hyphen

 

Insert a non-breaking hyphen

 

Cmd+Shift+Hyphen

 

Insert an en dash (–)

 

Cmd+Minus key (numeric keypad)

 

Insert an em dash (—)

 

Cmd+Alt+Minus key (numeric keypad)

 

Insert a non-breaking space

 

Cmd+Shift+Space

 

Insert | Field | Calculation

 

F2

 

Insert | Calculate
(not available in ribbon by default)

 

F8

 

References | Field | Calculation

 

F2

 

References | Show field names or field contents

 

Alt+F9

 

References | Update fields

 

F9

 

Mailings | Field | Calculation

 

F2

 

Mailings | Show field names or field contents

 

Alt+F9

 

Mailings | Update fields

 

F9

 

Review | Spell check

 

F7

 

Review | Thesaurus

 

Shift+F7

 

Review | Duden

 

Alt+F7

 

Review | Track changes

 

Cmd+Shift+E

 

View | Show field names or field contents

 

Alt+F9

 

View | Full screen

 

F6

Shortcut keys for selecting text

 

Command

 

Shortcut key

 

Select single characters (forward)

 

Shift+à

 

Select single characters (backward)

 

Shift+ß

 

Select single words (forward)

 

Alt+Shift+à

 

Select single words (backward)

 

Alt+Shift+ß

 

Select up to the end of the line

 

Shift+End

 

Select up to the beginning of the line

 

Shift+Home

 

Select paragraph (down)

 

Alt+Shift+â

 

Select paragraph (up)

 

Alt+Shift+á

 

Select entire screen pages (down)

 

Shift+PageDownâ

 

Select entire screen pages (up)

 

Shift+PageUpá

 

Select up to the end of the document

 

Ctrl+Shift+End

 

Select up to the beginning of the document

 

Ctrl+Shift+Home

 

Select entire document

 

Ctrl+A

Other useful shortcut keys

 

Command

 

Shortcut key

 

Expand or collapse the ribbon

 

Cmd+F1

 

Move to the next ribbon tab

 

Ctrl+F12

 

Move to the previous ribbon tab

 

Ctrl+Shift+F12

 

For open dialog boxes: move to the next tab

 

Ctrl+Tab

 

For open dialog boxes: move to the previous tab

 

Ctrl+Shift+Tab

 

Move to the next form object
(or in tables: move to the next cell)

 

Ctrl+F11

 

Move to the previous form object
(for tables: move to the previous cell)

 

Ctrl+Shift+F11

 

Move to the next form object (in form mode)
or select the next object (in object mode)

 

Tab

 

Move to the previous form object (in form mode)
or select the previous object (in object mode)

 

Shift+Tab

 

Move to the beginning of the document

 

Ctrl+Home

 

Move to the end of the document

 

Ctrl+End

 

Convert a hexadecimal character code into Unicode characters*

 

Cmd+Alt+Shift+X

*If, for example, you type 20AC and then press this shortcut key, a euro sign € will appear (since this character has the code 20AC in the Unicode character set).