Use these keys or keys in combination |
To do this |
Command + A |
Select all items in a document or window. |
Command + C |
Copy the selected item to the clipboard. |
Command + Control + D |
Look up selected word in the dictionary or thesaurus. |
Command + F |
Find items in a document or open a Find window. |
Command + G |
Find the next occurrence of the item previously found. |
Command + Shift + G |
Find the previous occurrence of the item just found. |
Command + H |
Hide the windows of the front app. |
Command + Option + H |
To view the front application but hide all other apps. |
Command + M |
Minimize the front window to the Dock. |
Command + Option + M |
Minimize all windows of the front app. |
Command + N |
Open a New document or window. |
Command + O |
Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open. |
Command + P |
Print the current document. |
Command + Q |
Quit the app. |
Command + S |
Save the current document. |
Command + T |
Opens a new tab on your web browser. |
Command + V |
Paste the Clipboard contents into the current document or app. |
Command + W |
Close the front window. |
Command + Option + W |
Close all windows of the app. |
Command + X |
Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard. |
Command + Z |
Undo the previous command. |
Command + Shift + Z |
Redo the previous command. |
Command + Shift + 3 |
Take a screenshot of the entire screen. |
Command + Shift + 4 |
Take a screenshot of just part of the screen. |
Command + Comma(,) |
Open preferences for the front app. |
Command + Option + Esc |
Choose an app to force quit. |
Command + Shift + Option + Esc |
Hold for 3 seconds to force just the front app to quit. |
Command + Spacebar |
Show or hide the Spotlight search field. |
Command + Option + Spacebar |
Show or hide the Spotlight search field from a Finder window. |
Command + Tab |
Switch to the next most recently used app among the open apps. |
Command + Shift + Tilde(~) |
Switch to the next most recently used window of the front app. |
Option + Spacebar |
Types a non-breaking space between words such that both words always display on the same line.
In MS Word (and some other apps) it displays as '°' when paragraph marks are showing.
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Shift + Enter |
Inserts a line break within a paragraph.
In MS Word (and some other apps) it displays as '' when paragraph marks are showing.
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