Apple Mac OS X Pages Hotkeys - Keyboard Shortcuts

Apple Mac OS X Pages Hotkeys - Keyboard Shortcuts 

Action		Shortcut
Moving around within a document
Move one character to the left		Left Arrow
Move one character to the right		Right Arrow
Move to the line above		Up Arrow
Move to the line below		Down Arrow
Move to the beginning of current or previous word		Option-Left Arrow
Move to the end of current or next word		Option-Right Arrow
Move to the beginning of the current line		Command-Left Arrow
Move to the end of the current line		Command-Right Arrow
Move to the beginning of the current paragraph		Option-Up Arrow
Move to the end of the current paragraph		Option-Down Arrow
Scroll to the beginning of the document		Home
Move to the beginning of the document		Command-Up Arrow
Scroll to the end of the document		End
Move to the end of the document		Command-Down Arrow
Selecting text
Select one or more characters		Click in front of the first character and drag across the characters you want to select
Select a word		Double-click the word
Select a paragraph		Triple-click in the paragraph
Select all inline text and objects		Command-A
Deselect all inline text and objects		Shift-Command-A
Extend text selection		Click in the text, then Shift-click in another location in the text
Extend selection one character to the right		Shift-Right Arrow
Extend selection one character to the left		Shift-Left Arrow
Extend selection to end of current word		Shift-Option-Right Arrow
Extend selection to beginning of current word		Shift-Option-Left Arrow
Extend selection to end of current line		Shift-Command-Right Arrow
Extend selection to beginning of current line		Shift-Command-Left Arrow
Extend selection to the line above		Shift-Up Arrow
Extend selection to the line below		Shift-Down Arrow
Extend selection to beginning of the current paragraph		Shift-Option-Up Arrow
Extend selection to end of the current paragraph		Shift-Option-Down Arrow
Extend selection to beginning of text		Shift-Command-Up Arrow or Shift-Home
Extend selection to end of text		Shift-Command-Down Arrow or Shift-End
Select multiple words or blocks of text that are not next to each other		Select the first text you want, and then select additional text while holding down the Command key
Formatting text
Show fonts window		Command-T
Show styles drawer		Shift-Command-T
Bold		Command-B
Italic		Command-I
Underline		Command-U
Delete previous character or selection		Delete
Delete the next character or selection		Del (not available on all keyboards)
Make font size bigger		Command-plus sign (+), command-equal sign (=)
Make font size smaller		Command-minus sign (-)
Make text superscript		Control-Command-plus sign (+)
Make text subscript		Control-Command-minus sign (-)
Align text flush left		Command-
Align text flush left and flush right (justify)		Option-Command-|
Decrease list indent level		Command-[
Increase list indent level		Command-]
Edit hyperlink text without disabling hyperlinks		Arrow keys into hyperlink text
Cut		Command-X
Copy		Command-C
Copy paragraph style		Option-Command-C
Copy character style		Option-Shift-Command-C
Paste		Command-V
Paste character or paragraph style		Option-Command-V
Paste and match style of destination text		Option-Shift-Command-V
Insert non-breaking space		Option-Space bar
Insert line break (soft return)		Shift-Return
Insert page break		Command-Enter
Insert paragraph break		Return
Manipulating fixed objects
"Draw" a fixed shape, table, or chart		Option-click the Objects toolbar button; choose Shapes, Table, or Chart; then drag to size
Select all fixed objects		Select one fixed object and press Command-A
Deselect all fixed objects		Select one fixed object and press Command-Shift-A
Select or deselect additional objects		Command-click, Shift-click
Add range to (or remove it from) selection		Shift-drag, Command-drag
Move selected object one point		Arrow key
Move selected object ten points		Shift-Arrow key
Send object to the back		Shift-Command-B
Send object one layer back		Option-Shift-Command-B
Bring object to the front		Shift-Command-F
Bring object one layer forward		Option-Shift-Command-F
Group objects		Option-Command-G
Ungroup objects		Option-Shift-Command-G
Lock objects		Command-L
Unlock objects		Option-Command-L
Duplicate object		Command-D, Option-drag
Constrain movement of object to 45º		Shift-drag
Resize object		Drag handle
Resize object from center		Option-drag handle
Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object		Shift-drag handle
Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object from center		Option-Shift-drag handle
Rotate object		Command-drag handle
Rotate object 45º		Shift-Command-drag handle
Rotate object around opposite handle (instead of center)		Command-Option-drag handle
Rotate object 45º around opposite handle (instead of center)		Shift-Command-Option-drag handle
Turn off alignment guides		Command-drag
Mask or unmask object		Shift-Command-M
Exit mask mode		Return, Command-Return, Enter, double-click
Reenter mask mode		Double-click the masked image
Open shortcut menu for selected item		Control-click
Exit text edit mode and select object		Command-Return
Working with tables
Select all table borders or cell content, depending on initial selection		Command-A
Delete selected table, border or border segment, or contents of selected cells		Delete
Constrain the movement of the table and snap to guides		Shift-drag table
Switch contents of selected cell with contents of destination cell		Drag selected cell to another cell
Copy contents of selected cell into destination cell		Option-drag selected cell to another cell
Extend selection from selected cell to destination cell		Shift-click in destination cell
Select cell		Click cell of selected table or double-click cell of unselected table
Add cell to (or remove it from) selection		Command-click selected or unselected cell
Enter text edit mode		Return or enter (in cell selection mode)
Stop editing text and select cell		Command-Return or Command-click the cell (in text edit mode)
Select border		Click border of selected table or double-click border of unselected table
Add border to (or remove it from) selection		Command-click or Shift-click border
Select border segment		Option-click, Option-double-click if table isn't selected
Add border segment to (or remove it from) selection		Shift-Option-click border segment, Command-Option-click border segment
Move border or border segment to new position		Drag border or border segment
Move selected table, border, or border segment one point		Arrow keys
Move selected table, border, or border segment ten points		Shift-Arrow keys
Select next cell to the left, right, up, or down		Arrow keys (in cell selection mode)
Extend cell selection by one cell		Shift-Arrow keys (in cell selection mode)
Select text in next cell or if last cell is selected add a new row		Tab
Select text in previous cell		Shift-Tab
Stop editing cell and select the table		Command-Return (in cell selection mode)
Insert a tab		Option-Tab (in text edit mode)
Open table formatting menu for selected table or cells		Control-click table
Create a table by dragging