Basic Shortcuts
Description Windows Mac OS
Edit menu Alt + E Ctrl + F2 + F
File menu Alt + F Ctrl + F2 + E
View menu Alt + V Ctrl + F2 + V
Select all text Ctrl + A Cmd + A
Copy text Ctrl + C Cmd + C
Find text Ctrl + F Cmd + F
Find and replace text Ctrl + H Cmd + F
New Document Ctrl + N Cmd + N
Open a file Ctrl + O Cmd + O
Print options Ctrl + P Cmd + P
Save file Ctrl + S Cmd + S
Paste text Ctrl + V Cmd + V
Cut text Ctrl + X Cmd + X
Redo text Ctrl + Y Shift + Cmd + Z
Undo text Ctrl + Z Cmd + Z
Text Editing
Description Windows Mac OS
Cursor Movement
Go to the right or to the beginning of Right Arrow Right Arrow
next line break
Go to the left or to the end of Left Arrow Left Arrow
previous line break
Go up one row Up Arrow Up Arrow
Go down one row Down Arrow Down Arrow
Go to the beginning of the current Home Cmd + Left Arrow
line
Go to the end of the current line End Cmd + Right Arrow
Go to the beginning of the document Ctrl + Home Cmd + Up Arrow
Go to the end of the document Ctrl + End Cmd + Down Arrow
Move up one frame Page Up Fn + Up Arrow
Move down one frame Page Down Fn + Down Arrow
Go to beginning of previous word Ctrl + Left Option + Left Arrow
Arrow
Go to beginning of next word Ctrl + Right Option + Right Arrow
Arrow
Go to beginning of line break Ctrl + Up Arrow Cmd + Left Arrow
Go to end of line break Ctrl + Down Cmd + Right Arrow
Arrow
Text Selection
Select characters to the left Shift + Left Shift + Left Arrow
Arrow
Select characters to the right Shift + Right Shift + Right Arrow
Arrow
Select lines upwards Shift + Up Arrow Shift + Up Arrow
Select lines downwards Shift + Down Shift + Down Arrow
Arrow
Select words to the left Shift + Ctrl + Shift + Opt + Left
Left
Select words to the right Shift + Ctrl + Shift + Opt + Right
Right
Select paragraphs to the left Shift + Ctrl + Up Shift + Opt + Up
Select paragraphs to the right Shift + Ctrl + Shift + Opt + Down
Down
Select text between the cursor and Shift + Home Cmd + Shift + Left Arrow
the beginning of the current line
Select text between the cursor and Shift + End Cmd + Shift + Right Arrow
the end of the current line
Select text between the cursor and Shift + Ctrl + Cmd + Shift + Up Arrow or Cmd +
the beginning of the document Home Arrow
Select text between the cursor and Shift + Ctrl + Cmd + Shift + Down Arrow or Cmd
the end of the document End Arrow
Select one frame at a time of text Shift + Page Up Shift + Fn + Up Arrow
above the cursor
Select one frame at a time of text Shift + Page Shift + Fn + Down Arrow
below the cursor Down
Select all text Ctrl + A Cmd + A
Find text Ctrl + F Cmd + F
Text Formatting
Make selected text bold Ctrl + B Cmd + B
Make selected text italic Ctrl + I Cmd + I
Underline selected text Ctrl + U Cmd + U
Make selected text superscript Ctrl + Shift + = Cmd + Shift + =
Make selected text subscript Ctrl + = Cmd + =
Text Editing
Delete characters to the left Backspace Backspace
Delete characters to the right Delete Fn + Backspace
Delete words to the right Ctrl + Del Cmd + Backspace
Delete words to the left Ctrl + Cmd + Fn + Backspace
Backspace
Indent Tab Tab
Outdent Shift + Tab Shift + Tab
Copy text Ctrl + C Cmd + C
Find and replace text Ctrl + H Cmd + F
Paste text Ctrl + V Cmd + V
Cut text Ctrl + X Cmd + X
Redo text Ctrl + Y Shift + Cmd + Z
Undo text Ctrl + Z Cmd + Z
Web Browsers
Description Windows
Navigation
Scroll down a frame Space or Page
Down
Scroll up a frame Shift + Space or
Page Up
Go to bottom of the page End
Go to top of the page Home
Go back Alt + Left Arrow or
Backspace
Go forward Alt + Right Arrow
or Shift +
Backspace
Refresh a webpage F5
Refresh a webpage (no cache) Ctrl + F5
Stop Esc
Toggle full-screen F11
Zoom in Ctrl + +
Zoom out Ctrl + -
Zoom 100% (default) Ctrl + 0
Open homepage Alt + Home
Find text Ctrl + F
Tab / Window Management
Open a new tab Ctrl + T
Close current tab Ctrl + W
Close all tabs Ctrl + Shift + W
Close all tabs except the current tab Ctrl + Alt + F4
Go to next tab Ctrl + Tab
Go to previous tab Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Go to a specific tab number Ctrl + 1-8
Go to the last tab Ctrl + 9
Reopen the last closed tab Ctrl + Shift + T
Open a new window Ctrl + N
Close current window Alt + F4
Go to next window Alt + Tab
Go to previous window Alt + Shift + Tab
Reopen the last closed window Ctrl + Shift + N
Open links in a new tab in the background Ctrl + Click
Open links in a new tab in the foreground Ctrl + Shift + Click
Print current webpage Ctrl + P
Save current webpage Ctrl + S
Address Bar
Cycle between toolbar, search bar, and page elements Tab
Go to browser's address bar Ctrl + L or Alt + D
Focus and select the browser's search bar Ctrl + E
Open the address bar location in a new tab Alt + Enter
Display a list of previously typed addresses F4
Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed Ctrl + Enter
in the address bar (e.g., type "w3schools" and press Ctrl + Enter to
open "[Link]")
Bookmarks
Open the bookmarks menu Ctrl + B
Add bookmark for current page Ctrl + D
Open browsing history Ctrl + H
Open download history Ctrl + J