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Keynote

Navigation

Move one character to the left
Move one character to the right
B
Move character backward
F
Move one character forward
Move to the line above
Move to the line below
or
B
Move to the beginning of the current or previous word
or
F
Move to the end of the current or next word
Move to the beginning of the current text area
Move to the bottom of the current text area
Move to the beginning of the current line
Move to the end of the current line
Move to the beginning of the current paragraph
Move to the end of the current paragraph
E
Find the selected item in the presentation
J
Jump to a selection in a presentation
or
Fn
Scroll to the beginning of the slide
or
Fn
Scroll to the end of the slide
L
Center the insertion point in the app window
Fn
or
Move to the next slide
Fn
or
Move to the previous slide
Fn
or
Move to the first slide
Fn
or
Move to the last slide

Text Selection

click drag Select one or more characters
double-click Select a word
triple-click Select a paragraph
A
Select all objects and text
A
Deselect all objects and text
click
click
Extend the text selection
Extend the selection one character to the right
Extend the selection one character to the left
Extend the selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of subsequent words
Extend the selection to the beginning of the current word
Extend the selection to the end of the current line
Extend the selection to the beginning of the current line
Extend the selection to the line above
Extend the selection to the line below
Extend the selection to the beginning of the current paragraph
Extend the selection to the end of the current paragraph
or
Extend the selection to the beginning of the text
or
Extend the selection to the end of the text
click bullet Select a bullet and its text
click bullet drag Move a bullet and its text, with its sub-bullets and text

Format

T
Show the Fonts window
C
Show the Colors window
B
Bold
I
Italicize
U
Underline
Delete previous character or selection
Fn
Delete the next character or selection
Delete the word before the insertion point
K
Delete the text between the insertion point and the next paragraph break
+
Make the font size bigger
-
Make the font size smaller
[
Decrease the space between selected characters
]
Increase the space between selected characters
+
Make the text superscript
-
Make the text subscript
{
Align the text flush left
|
Center the text
}
Align the text flush right
|
Justify the text
[
Decrease the indent level of a block of text or a list item
]
Increase the indent level of a block of text or a list item
Decrease the indent level of a list item or headline
Increase the indent level of a list item or headline
K
Add a hyperlink to text
X
Cut
C
Copy
C
Copy the paragraph style
V
Paste
V
Paste the paragraph style
V
Paste and match the style of the destination text
drag or
drag
Add a range to (or remove it from) the selection
Insert a nonbreaking space
Insert a line break (soft return)
Insert a paragraph break
O
Insert a new line after the insertion point
Enter special characters
T
Transpose the characters on either side of the insertion point

Editing

F
Find
G
Find next
G
Find previous
E
Place the selected text in the Find & Replace text field
Replace text
J
Scroll the window to show the selected text or object
Hide the Find window
D
Look up the word at the insertion point
Display a list of words to complete the selected word
;
Check spelling and grammar
:
Show the Spelling & Grammar window
K
Open a new comment for the selected text, object, or table cell
Save a new comment
K
Show the next comment
K
Show the previous comment

Objects

L
Show or hide the object list
select
A
Select all objects
select
A
Deselect all objects
Select the next object on the slide
Select the previous object on the slide
click or
click
Select or deselect additional objects
Move the selected object one point/screen pixel
and
Move the selected object ten points/screen pixels
C
Copy the graphic style of text
V
Paste the graphic style of text
B
Send the selected object to the back
B
Send the selected object one layer back
F
Bring the selected object to the front
F
Bring the selected object one layer forward
G
Group selected objects
G
Ungroup selected objects
double-click Select an object in a group
L
Lock selected objects
L
Unlock selected objects
D
Duplicate the object
drag
Constrain the movement of the object to 45-degrees
drag
Disable alignment guides while resizing
drag selection handle
Resize the object from the center
drag selection handle
Constrain the aspect ratio when resizing the object
drag selection handle
Constrain the aspect ratio when resizing the object from the center
drag selection handle
Rotate the object
drag selection handle
Rotate the object around the opposite hande (instead of the center)
drag selection handle
Rotate the object 45-degrees around the opposite handle
drag
Turn off alignment guides while moving an object
M
Mask or unmask the object
Hide mask controls
double-click mask Show mask controls
click
Open the shortcut menu for the selected item
Exit text editing and select the object
I
Define the object as a media placeholder
T
Define the selected text as a text placeholder

Shapes

double-click edge Make a custom shape editable
P
Draw a custom shape with the Pen tool
drag point Move a point of an editable shape
drag midpoint
Add a sharp point to an editable shape
drag midpoint Add a smooth point to an editable shape
drag midpoint
Add a Bezier point to an editable shape

Tables

Add a row above the selected cells
Add a row below the selected cells
Add a column to the right of the selected cells
Add a column to the left of the selected cells
Insert a row at the bottom of the table
Insert a column on the right of the table
or
Select additional rows
or
Select additional columns
click
Select additional cells
A
Select all content in a table
Delete the selected table, or the contents of selected cells
C
Copy cell style
V
Paste cell style
V
Paste and preserve the style of the destination cell
Open a pop-up menu in a selected cell
U
Auto align cell content
Stop editing the cell and select the cell
twice
Stop editing the cell and select the table
Move the selected table one point
Move the selected table ten points
Select the next cell
Select the previous cell
Select the cell below
Select the cell above
Select the parent of the current selection
Insert a tab when editing text or a formula
Insert a line break (soft return) when editing text in a cell
Insert a paragraph break (hard return) when editing text in a cell
=
Open the Formula Editor for the selected nonformula cell
Open the Formula Editor for the cell containing a formula or formatted number
V
Paste formula results
or
In the Formula Editor, save changes
In the Formula Editor, discard changes

Chart

D
Show or hide the Chart Data Editor
Complete a cell entry and move the selection down
Complete a cell entry and move the selection up
Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the right
Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the left
or
Move one character to the left or right
or
Move to the beginning of text or to the end of text

Cell References

Navigate to and select a single cell
Extend or shrink a selected cell reference
Navigate to the first or last nonheader cell in a row or column
Insert a line break
Insert a tab
K
or
K
Specify absolute and relative attributes of selected cell references
K
or
K
Specify absolute and relative attributes of the first and last cells of selected cell references

General

Fn
Fn
Start dictation
N
Open the theme chooser
N
Open the theme chooser and show the Language pop-up menu
Close the theme chooser
O
Open an existing presentation
S
Save a presentation
S
Save as
S
Duplicate a presentation
P
Print a presentation
?
Open Keynote help
W
Close a window
W
Close all windows
M
Minimize a window
M
Minimize all windows
F
Enter full-screen view
>
Zoom in
<
Zoom out
,
Preferences
0
Zoom to selection
0
Zoom to fit content
0
Fit slide in the window
0
Return to actual size
T
Toggle tab bar
R
Show presentation rulers
V
Choose a file to insert
C
Show the Colors window
T
Toggle toolbar
I
Toggle sidebars
I
Toggle object list
A
Select all object types in the object list filter menu
A
Deselect all object types in the object list filter menu
`
Open the next tab in the sidebar
`
Open the previous tab in the sidebar
E
Enter or exit Edit Master Slides view
H
Hide Keynote
H
Hide other windows

Navigator

or
N
Create a new slide at same level as last selected slide
Indent selected slides to the right
Move indented slides to the left
drag
Select multiple slides
click
Extend or decrease the slide selection
click
Add/remove a single discontiguous slide from the selection
click add slide
Use the default master to create a new slide after the selected slide
D
Duplicate a slide
Delete selected slides
Move to the next slide
Move to the previous slide
Expand a slide group
Collapse a slide group
H
Skip a slide so it doesn't show in a presentation, or show a slide that's being skipped

Light Table

Move to the next slide
Move to the previous slide
Extend the selection to the next slide
Extend the selection to the previous slide
Extend the selection to the first slide
Extend the selection to the last slide
Select the first slide
Select the last slide

Presenter Mode

P
Play a presentation
click play button
Play a presentation with the first slide
or
Advance to the next slide or build
or
Go to previous slide
Advance to the next build or slide without animation
or
Advance to the next slide without builds and animations
P
Show or hide presenter notes
or
Go back to previous build
Z
Go back through previously viewed slides
F
Pause the presentation
B
Pause the presentation and show a black screen
W
Pause the presentation and show a white screen
C
Toggle the pointer
S
Display the slide number
slide num Open the slide switcher
+
Go to the next slide in the slide switcher
-
Go to the previous slide in the slide switcher
Go to the current slide and close the slide switcher
Close the slide switcher
X
Switch the primary and presenter displays
R
Reset timer
U
Scroll the presenter notes up
D
Scroll the presenter notes down
+
Increase note font size
-
Decrease note font size
or
Q
H
Hide the presentation and switch to the last app used
?
or
/
Toggle keyboard shortcuts
Go to first slide
or
Fn
Go to last slide

Movie

K
Pause or play the movie
J
Rewind the move (by frame, if it's paused)
L
Fast forward the movie (by frame, if it's paused)
L
Jump to the beginning of the movie
O
Jump to the end of the movie