BASIC SHORTCUTS
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Description |
Windows |
Mac OS |
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Edit menu |
Alt + E |
Ctrl + F2 + F |
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File menu |
Alt + F |
Ctrl + F2 + E |
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View menu |
Alt + V |
Ctrl + F2 + V |
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Select all text |
Ctrl + A |
Cmd + A |
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Copy text |
Ctrl + C |
Cmd + C |
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Find text |
Ctrl + F |
Cmd + F |
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Find and replace text |
Ctrl + H |
Cmd + F |
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New Document |
Ctrl + N |
Cmd + N |
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Open a file |
Ctrl + O |
Cmd + O |
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Print options |
Ctrl + P |
Cmd + P |
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Save file |
Ctrl + S |
Cmd + S |
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Paste text |
Ctrl + V |
Cmd + V |
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Cut text |
Ctrl + X |
Cmd + X |
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Redo text |
Ctrl + Y |
Shift + Cmd + Z |
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Undo text |
Ctrl + Z |
Cmd + Z |
Text Editing
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Description |
Windows |
Mac OS |
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Cursor Movement |
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Go to the right or to the
beginning of next line break |
Right Arrow |
Right Arrow |
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Go to the left or to the
end of previous line break |
Left Arrow |
Left Arrow |
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Go up one row |
Up Arrow |
Up Arrow |
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Go down one row |
Down Arrow |
Down Arrow |
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Go to the beginning of
the current line |
Home |
Cmd + Left Arrow |
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Go to the end of the
current line |
End |
Cmd + Right Arrow |
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Go to the beginning of
the document |
Ctrl + Home |
Cmd + Up Arrow |
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Go to the end of the
document |
Ctrl + End |
Cmd + Down Arrow |
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Move up one frame |
Page Up |
Fn + Up Arrow |
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Move down one frame |
Page Down |
Fn + Down Arrow |
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Go to beginning of
previous word |
Ctrl + Left Arrow |
Option + Left Arrow |
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Go to beginning of next
word |
Ctrl + Right Arrow |
Option + Right Arrow |
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Go to beginning of line
break |
Ctrl + Up Arrow |
Cmd + Left Arrow |
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Go to end of line break |
Ctrl + Down Arrow |
Cmd + Right Arrow |
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Text Selection |
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Select characters to the
left |
Shift + Left Arrow |
Shift + Left Arrow |
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Select characters to the
right |
Shift + Right Arrow |
Shift + Right Arrow |
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Select lines upwards |
Shift + Up Arrow |
Shift + Up Arrow |
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Select lines downwards |
Shift + Down Arrow |
Shift + Down Arrow |
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Select words to the left |
Shift + Ctrl + Left |
Shift + Opt + Left |
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Select words to the right |
Shift + Ctrl + Right |
Shift + Opt + Right |
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Select paragraphs to the
left |
Shift + Ctrl + Up |
Shift + Opt + Up |
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Select paragraphs to the
right |
Shift + Ctrl + Down |
Shift + Opt + Down |
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Select text between the
cursor and the beginning of the current line |
Shift + Home |
Cmd + Shift + Left Arrow |
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Select text between the
cursor and the end of the current line |
Shift + End |
Cmd + Shift + Right Arrow |
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Select text between the
cursor and the beginning of the document |
Shift + Ctrl + Home |
Cmd + Shift + Up Arrow or
Cmd + Shift + Fn + Left Arrow |
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Select text between the
cursor and the end of the document |
Shift + Ctrl + End |
Cmd + Shift + Down Arrow
or Cmd + Shift + Fn + Right Arrow |
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Select one frame at a
time of text above the cursor |
Shift + Page Up |
Shift + Fn + Up Arrow |
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Select one frame at a
time of text below the cursor |
Shift + Page Down |
Shift + Fn + Down Arrow |
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Select all text |
Ctrl + A |
Cmd + A |
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Find text |
Ctrl + F |
Cmd + F |
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Text Formatting |
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Make selected text bold |
Ctrl + B |
Cmd + B |
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Make selected text italic |
Ctrl + I |
Cmd + I |
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Underline selected text |
Ctrl + U |
Cmd + U |
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Make selected text
superscript |
Ctrl + Shift + = |
Cmd + Shift + = |
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Make selected text
subscript |
Ctrl + = |
Cmd + = |
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Text Editing |
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Delete characters to the
left |
Backspace |
Backspace |
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Delete characters to the
right |
Delete |
Fn + Backspace |
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Delete words to the right |
Ctrl + Del |
Cmd + Backspace |
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Delete words to the left |
Ctrl + Backspace |
Cmd + Fn + Backspace |
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Indent |
Tab |
Tab |
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Outdent |
Shift + Tab |
Shift + Tab |
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Copy text |
Ctrl + C |
Cmd + C |
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Find and replace text |
Ctrl + H |
Cmd + F |
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Paste text |
Ctrl + V |
Cmd + V |
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Cut text |
Ctrl + X |
Cmd + X |
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Redo text |
Ctrl + Y |
Shift + Cmd + Z |
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Undo text |
Ctrl + Z |
Cmd + Z |
Web Browsers
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Description |
Windows |
Mac OS |
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Navigation |
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Scroll down a frame |
Space or Page Down |
Space or Fn + Down Arrow |
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Scroll up a frame |
Shift + Space or Page Up |
Shift + Space or Fn + Up
Arrow |
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Go to bottom of the page |
End |
Cmd + Down Arrow |
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Go to top of the page |
Home |
Cmd + Up Arrow |
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Go back |
Alt + Left Arrow or
Backspace |
Cmd + Left Arrow |
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Go forward |
Alt + Right Arrow or
Shift + Backspace |
Cmd + Right Arrow |
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Refresh a webpage |
F5 |
Cmd + R |
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Refresh a webpage (no
cache) |
Ctrl + F5 |
Cmd + Shift + R |
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Stop |
Esc |
Esc |
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Toggle full-screen |
F11 |
Cmd + Shift + F |
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Zoom in |
Ctrl + + |
Cmd + + |
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Zoom out |
Ctrl + - |
Cmd + - |
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Zoom 100% (default) |
Ctrl + 0 |
Cmd + 0 |
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Open homepage |
Alt + Home |
Option + Home or Option +
Fn + Left Arrow |
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Find text |
Ctrl + F |
Cmd + F |
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Tab / Window Management |
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Open a new tab |
Ctrl + T |
Cmd + T |
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Close current tab |
Ctrl + W |
Cmd + W |
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Close all tabs |
Ctrl + Shift + W |
Cmd + Q |
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Close all tabs except the
current tab |
Ctrl + Alt + F4 |
Cmd + Opt + W |
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Go to next tab |
Ctrl + Tab |
Control + Tab or Cmd +
Shift + Right Arrow |
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Go to previous tab |
Ctrl + Shift + Tab |
Shift + Control + Tab or
Cmd + Shift + Left Arrow |
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Go to a specific tab
number |
Ctrl + 1-8 |
Cmd + 1-8 |
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Go to the last tab |
Ctrl + 9 |
Cmd + 9 |
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Reopen the last closed
tab |
Ctrl + Shift + T |
Cmd + Shift + T |
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Open a new window |
Ctrl + N |
Cmd + N |
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Close current window |
Alt + F4 |
Cmd + W |
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Go to next window |
Alt + Tab |
Cmd + Tab |
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Go to previous window |
Alt + Shift + Tab |
Cmd + Shift + Tab |
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Reopen the last closed
window |
Ctrl + Shift + N |
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Open links in a new tab
in the background |
Ctrl + Click |
Cmd + Click |
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Open links in a new tab
in the foreground |
Ctrl + Shift + Click |
Cmd + Shift + Click |
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Print current webpage |
Ctrl + P |
Cmd + P |
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Save current webpage |
Ctrl + S |
Cmd + S |
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Address Bar |
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Cycle between toolbar,
search bar, and page elements |
Tab |
Tab |
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Go to browser's address
bar |
Ctrl + L or Alt + D |
Cmd + L |
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Focus and select the
browser's search bar |
Ctrl + E |
Cmd + E / Cmd + K |
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Open the address bar
location in a new tab |
Alt + Enter |
Opt + Enter |
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Display a list of
previously typed addresses |
F4 |
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Add "www." to
the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in the
address bar (e.g., type "w3schools" and press Ctrl + Enter to open
"www.w3schools.com") |
Ctrl + Enter |
Cmd + Enter or Control +
Enter |
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Bookmarks |
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Open the bookmarks menu |
Ctrl + B |
Cmd + B |
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Add bookmark for current
page |
Ctrl + D |
Cmd + Opt + B or Cmd +
Shift + B |
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Open browsing history |
Ctrl + H |
Cmd + Shift + H or Cmd +
Y |
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Open download history |
Ctrl + J |
Cmd + J or Cmd + Shift +
J |
Screenshots
|
Description |
Windows |
Mac OS |
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Save screenshot of the
whole screen as file |
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Cmd + Shift + 3 |
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Copy screenshot of the
whole screen to the clipboard |
PrtScr (Print Screen) or
Ctrl + PrtScr |
Cmd + Ctrl + Shift + 3 |
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Save screenshot of window
as file |
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Cmd + Shift + 4, then
Space |
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Copy screenshot of window
to the clipboard |
Alt + PrtScr |
Cmd + Ctrl + Shift + 4,
then Space |
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Copy screenshot of wanted
area to the clipboard |
Cmd + Ctrl + Shift + 4 |
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Save screenshot of wanted
area as file |
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Cmd + Shift + 4 |
