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System Shortcuts

Action Reserved Mac Shortcuts
Show or hide the Spotlight search field Command + Spacebar
Varies Apple Reserved Shift + Command + Spacebar
Show the Spotlight search results window Option + Command + Spacebar
Show the Special Characters window Control + Command + Spacebar
Navigate through controls in a reverse direction Shift + Tab
Move forward to the next most recently used app in a list of open apps Command + Tab
Move backward through a list of open apps (sorted by recent use) Shift + Command + Spacebar
Move focus to the next group of controls in a dialog or the next table Control + Tab
Move focus to the previous group of controls Control + Shift + Tab
Open the Force Quit dialog Option + Command + Esc
Quit all apps and restart the computer Control + Command + Eject
Quit all apps and shut the computer down Control + Option + Command + Eject
Toggle full keyboard access on or off Control + F1
Move focus to the menu bar Control + F2
Move focus to the Dock Control + F3
Move focus to the active (or next) window Control + F4
Move focus to the previously active window Control + Shift + F4
Move focus to the toolbar Control + F5
Turn VoiceOver on or off Command + F5
Move focus to the first (or next) panel Control + F6
Move focus to the previous panel Control + Shift + F6
Temporarily override the current keyboard access mode in Windows and dialogs Control + F7
Varies Apple Reserved F8
Show desktop F11
Hide or display Dashboard F12
Activate the next open window in the frontmost app Command + ‘
Activate the previous open window in the frontmost app Shift + Command + ‘
Move focus to the window drawer Option + Command + ‘
Decrease the size of the selection Command + –
Zoom out when screen zooming is on Option + Command + –
Decrease screen contrast Control + Option + Command + ,
Increase screen contrast Control + Option + Command + .
Open the app’s Help menu Command + ?
Turn font smoothing on or off Option + Command + /
Increase the size of the selection Shift + Command + =
Zoom in when screen zooming is on Option + Command + =
Capture the screen to a file Shift + Command + 3
Capture the screen to the Clipboard Control + Shift + Command + 3
Capture a selection to a file Shift + Command + 4
Capture a selection to the Clipboard Control + Shift + Command + 4
Turn the screen zooming on or off Option + Command + 8
Invert the screen colors Control + Option + Command + 8
Show or hide the Dock Option + Command + D
Log out the current user Shift + Command + Q
Log out the current user without confirmation Option + Shift + Command + Q
Change the keyboard layout to the current layout of the Roman script Command + Right Arrow Key
Extend selection to the next semantic unit, typically the end of the current line Shift + Command + Right Arrow Key
Extend the selection of one character to the right Shift + Right Arrow Key
Extend selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the next word Option + Shift + Right Arrow Key
Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a table Control + Right Arrow Key
Change the keyboard layout to the current layout of the system script Command + Left Arrow Key
Extend selection to the previous semantic unit, typically the beginning of the current line Shift + Command + Left Arrow Key
Extend the selection of one character to the left Shift + Left Arrow Key
Extend selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the previous word Option + Shift + Left Arrow Key
Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a table Control + Left Arrow Key
Extend selection upward in the next semantic unit, typically at the beginning of the document Shift + Command + Up Arrow Key
Extend selection to the line above, to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal location Shift + Up Arrow Key
Extend selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the next paragraph Option + Shift + Up Arrow Key
Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a table Control + Up Arrow Key
Extend selection downward in the next semantic unit, typically at the end of the document Shift + Command + Down Arrow Key
Extend selection to the line below, to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal location Shift + Down Arrow Key
Extend the selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the next paragraph Option + Shift + Down Arrow Key
Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a table Control + Down Arrow Key

Expected Shortcuts

Action Reserved Mac Shortcuts
Left-align a selection Command + {
Right-align a selection Command + }
Center-align a selection Command + |
Display the Spelling window Command + :
Find misspelled words in the document Command + ;
Open the app’s preferences window Command + ,
Selects every item in a document or window, or all characters in a text field Command + A
Deselects all selections or characters Shift + Command + A
Boldface the selected text or toggle boldfaced text on and off Command + B
Copy the selection to the Clipboard Command + C
Display the Colors window Shift + Command + C
Copy the style of the selected text Option + Command + C
Copy the formatting settings of the selection and store them on the Clipboard Control + Command + C
Display the definition of the selected word in the Dictionary app Control + Command + D
Use the selection for a find operation Command + E
Open a Find window Command + F
Jump to the search field control Option + Command + F
Enter fullscreen Control + Command + F
Find the next occurrence of the selection Command + G
Find the previous occurrence of the selection Shift + Command + G
Hide the windows of the currently running app Command + H
Hide the windows of all other running apps Option + Command + H
Italicize the selected text or toggle italic text on or off Command + I
Display an Info window Command + I
Display an inspector window Option + Command + I
Scroll to a selection Command + J
Minimize the active window to the Dock Command + M
Minimize all windows of the active app to the Dock Option + Command + M
Open a new document Command + N
Display a dialog for choosing a document to open Command + O
Display the Print dialog Command + P
Display the Page Setup dialog Shift + Command + P
Quit the app Command + Q
Save a new document or save a version of a document Command + S
Duplicate the active document or initiate a Save As Shift + Command + S
Display the Fonts window Command + T
Show or hide a toolbar Option + Command + T
Underline the selected text or turn underlining on or off Command + U
Paste the Clipboard contents at the insertion point Command + V
Paste as (Paste as Quotation, for example) Shift + Command + V
Apply the style of one object to the selection Option + Command + V
Paste the Clipboard contents at the insertion point and apply the style of the surrounding text to the inserted object Option + Shift + Command + V
Apply formatting settings to the selection Control + Command + V
Close the active window Command + W
Close a file and its associated windows Shift + Command + W
Close all windows in the app Option + Command + W
Remove the selection and store it on the Clipboard Command + X
Undo the previous operation Command + Z
Redo Shift + Command + Z

Reserved international Shortcuts

Action Reserved Mac Shortcuts
Rotate through enabled script systems Command + Spacebar
Rotate through keyboard layouts and input methods within a script Option + Command + Spacebar
Varies Apple reserved Modifier Key + Command + Spacebar
Change the keyboard layout to the current layout of the Roman script Command + Right Arrow Key
Change keyboard layout to current layout of system script Command + Left Arrow Key

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