Keyboard shortcuts

On a Mac, press ⌘ where this page says Ctrl, and ⌥ for Alt; Ctrl ` is Ctrl on a Mac too. The command palette, Ctrl K, finds every block and action by name, with the shortcut beside many of them.

The document

`CtrlK`	Command palette
`CtrlZ`	Undo
`CtrlShiftZ`or`CtrlY`	Redo
`CtrlE`	Download PDF, also while you type in a block
`CtrlJ`	Ask AI about the selected block, also while you type in it
`Ctrl``	Switch between the Visual and Code views (Ctrl on a Mac too)
`CtrlP`	Preview the document’s HTML in a new tab, in place of the browser’s Print

Blocks

`Enter`	Edit the selected text block, or select the first block inside a container
`Esc`	Close the palette or an open menu; leave the text you are typing in, then the selected table row or column, then select the block around it; at the top, select nothing
`↑`or`↓`	Select the block before or after, through every block in reading order, those inside others included
`Alt↑`or`Alt↓`	Move the selected block up or down among its neighbours
`CtrlC`or`CtrlX`or`CtrlV`	Copy, cut and paste blocks; a picture on the clipboard is pasted as a picture
`CtrlD`	Duplicate
`CtrlG`	Group the selected blocks
`Delete`or`Backspace`	Delete the block, or the table row or column selected by its handle; a single cell is never deleted
`CtrlEnter`	Page break after the block; pressed again, take it away
`CtrlShiftEnter`	Page break before the block

While you type

`CtrlB`or`CtrlI`or`CtrlU`	Bold, italic, underline
`Enter`	A new paragraph of the same style
`ShiftEnter`	A line break inside the paragraph
`Tab`or`ShiftTab`	In a table, the next or previous cell; past the last cell, Tab adds a row. In a list, put the item under the one before it, or take it back out
`CtrlAltF`	Add a footnote at the cursor

The view

`Ctrl+`or`Ctrl−`	Zoom in or out
`Ctrl0`	Actual size, 100%
`Ctrl`and the wheel	Zoom towards the pointer
`Shift`and the wheel	Scroll sideways
`Space`and drag	Move the page around
`AltO`	Outline every block
`CtrlShiftO`	Spacing and columns

In the Outline

`↑`or`↓`	The block above or below
`→`or`←`	Open or close the block’s children
`Alt↑`or`Alt↓`	Move the block up or down
`Alt→`or`Alt←`	Put the block inside the one above it, or take it out of its parent

Shortcuts that act on blocks wait while you type in one: press Esc to leave the text first.

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