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Apple Pages

Apple's word processor with stunning templates, collaboration features, and Apple Pencil support

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General

ActionShortcut
New document⌘+N
Open document⌘+O
Save⌘+S
Save as⌥+⇧+⌘+S
Duplicate document⇧+⌘+S
Print⌘+P
Close window⌘+W
Minimize window⌘+M
Full-screen view⌃+⌘+F
Undo⌘+Z
Redo⇧+⌘+Z
Zoom in⇧+⌘+>
Show rulers⌘+R
Show Colors window⇧+⌘+C
Hide/show toolbar⌥+⌘+T
Hide/show inspector sidebars⌥+⌘+I
Settings⌘or
Quit Pages⌘+Q

Navigation

ActionShortcut
Move left←
Move right→
Move up↑
Move down↓
Previous word⌥+←
Next word⌥+→
Beginning of line⌘+←
End of line⌘+→
Beginning of document⌘+↑
End of document⌘+↓
Beginning of paragraph⌥+↑
End of paragraph⌥+↓
Page upFn+↑
Page downFn+↓
Go to specific page⌃+⌘+G
Jump to selection⌘+J

Selection

ActionShortcut
Select wordDoubleclick
Select paragraphTripleclick
Select all⌘+A
Deselect all⇧+⌘+A
Extend selection right⇧+→
Extend selection left⇧+←
Extend to end of word⌥+⇧+→
Extend to beginning of word⌥+⇧+←
Extend to end of line⇧+⌘+→
Extend to beginning of line⇧+⌘+←
Extend selection up⇧+↑
Extend selection down⇧+↓
Extend to beginning of document⇧+⌘+↑
Extend to end of document⇧+⌘+↓

Text Formatting

ActionShortcut
Show Fonts window⌘+T
Bold⌘+B
Italic⌘+I
Underline⌘+U
Strikethrough⇧+⌘+X
Increase font size⌘++
Decrease font size⌘+-
Superscript⌃+⌘++
Subscript⌃+⌘+-
Align left⌘+{
Center text⌘+|
Align right⌘+}
Justify⌥+⌘+|
Decrease indent⌘+[
Increase indent⌘+]
Copy paragraph style⌥+⌘+C
Paste paragraph style⌥+⌘+V

Paragraph Styles

ActionShortcut
Apply Title style⌃+⌘+T
Apply Subtitle style⌃+⌘+S
Apply Heading style⌃+⌘+H
Apply Body style⌃+⌘+B
Apply Caption style⌃+⌘+C

Editing

ActionShortcut
Cut⌘+X
Copy⌘+C
Paste⌘+V
Paste and match style⌥+⇧+⌘+V
Delete previous characterDelete
Delete next characterFn+Delete
Delete previous word⌥+Delete
Delete next word⌥+Fn+Delete
Create link⌘+K
Insert bookmark⌥+⌘+B
Highlight text⇧+⌘+H
Special characters⌃+⌘+Space
Nonbreaking space⌥+Space
Line break⇧+↩
Paragraph break↩
Page break⌘+↩
Column break⌥+⌘+↩

Find & Replace

ActionShortcut
Find⌘+F
Find next⌘+G
Find previous⇧+⌘+G
Find and replace⌥+⌘+F
Place selection in Find field⌘+E
Scroll to selection⌘+J
Check spelling⌘+;
Spelling window⇧+⌘+:
Look up word⌃+⌘+D
Word completion⌥+Esc

Comments

ActionShortcut
Add comment⇧+⌘+K
Next comment⌥+⌘+K
Previous comment⌥+⇧+⌘+K
Save comment⌘+↩

Objects

ActionShortcut
Select all objects⌘+A
Deselect all objects⇧+⌘+A
Select next objectTab
Select previous object⇧+Tab
Move object one pointArrowkey
Move object ten points⇧Arrowkey
Rotate 45 degrees⇧whilerotating
Copy graphic style⌥+⌘+C
Paste graphic style⌥+⌘+V
Send to back⇧+⌘+B
Send one layer back⌥+⇧+⌘+B
Bring to front⇧+⌘+F
Bring one layer forward⌥+⇧+⌘+F
Group objects⌥+⌘+G
Ungroup objects⌥+⇧+⌘+G
Lock objects⌘+L
Unlock objects⌥+⌘+L
Duplicate object⌘+D
Mask/unmask object⇧+⌘+M
Insert equation⌥+⌘+E

Tables

ActionShortcut
Add row above⌥+↑
Add row below⌥+↓
Add column right⌥+→
Add column left⌥+←
Delete rows⌥+⌘+Delete
Delete columns⌃+⌘+Delete
Next cellTab
Previous cell⇧+Tab
Merge cells⌃+⌘+M
Unmerge cells⌃+⇧+⌘+M
Edit cell⌥+↩
Stop editing, select cell⌘+↩
Copy cell style⌥+⌘+C
Paste cell style⌥+⌘+V

Document

ActionShortcut
Show word count⇧+⌘+W
Show/hide invisibles⇧+⌘+I
Show/hide layout⇧+⌘+L
Insert table of contents⌥+⌘+T
Update table of contents⌥+⌘+U