Keynote Keyboard Shortcuts

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Use the search box or press /, then type an action such as start presentation from beginning.

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Q: Which operating systems are included for Keynote?

This reference includes shortcuts for macOS. Availability depends on the action and app version.

Cheat sheet guide

Keynote shortcuts worth learning first

This page collects 210 searchable Keynote keyboard shortcuts across 4 categories. Start with the shortcuts for Presentation, Slides, Objects & Editing, Text Formatting, then print the cheat sheet once the important ones are worth keeping nearby.

Start presentation from beginning⌘⇧Return
New slide⌘⇧N
Undo⌘Z
Bold⌘B
Start from current slide⌥⌘Return
Next slideRightDownSpaceReturn

Presentation

33 shortcuts

Start presentation from beginning

⌘⇧Return

Cmd+Shift+Return

Start from current slide

⌥⌘Return

Opt+Cmd+Return

Next slide

RightDownSpaceReturn

Right · Down · Space · Return

Previous slide

LeftUp

Left · Up

Go to slide N

typeNthenReturn

End presentation

EscQ

Esc

Blank screen (black)

B

Presenting: next build without animation

⇧→

Shift+→

Presenting: next slide without builds

⇧↓

Shift+↓

Presenting: toggle notes

⇧⌘P

Shift+Cmd+P

Presenting: previous build

⇧←⇧↑

Shift+← · Shift+↑

Presenting: previously viewed slides

Z

Pause presentation

F

Presenting: white screen

W

Presenting: toggle pointer

C

Presenting: show slide number

S

Slide switcher: next slide

+

Slide switcher: previous slide

-

Presenting: switch displays

X

Presenting: reset timer

R

Presenting: scroll notes up

U

Presenting: scroll notes down

D

Presenting: increase note font size

⌘+

Cmd++

Presenting: decrease note font size

⌘-

Cmd+-

Presenting: switch to last app

H

Presenting: show keyboard help

?/

Rehearsal: switch displays

⌥X

Opt+X

Presenting video: play

Space

Space

Presenting video: pause or resume

K

Presenting video: rewind

J

Presenting video: fast forward

L

Presenting video: jump to start

I

Presenting video: jump to end

O

Slides

20 shortcuts

New slide

⌘⇧N

Cmd+Shift+N

Duplicate slide

⌘D

Cmd+D

Delete slide

⌫

Skip slide

⇧⌘H

Shift+Cmd+H

Move slide up

⌘⌥Up

Cmd+Opt+Up

Move slide down

⌘⌥Down

Cmd+Opt+Down

Group slides

⌘⌥G

Cmd+Opt+G

Edit slide layouts

⇧⌘E

Shift+Cmd+E

Go to slide while editing

⌃⌘G

Ctrl+Cmd+G

Clean up slide

⌃⇧F

Ctrl+Shift+F

Slide navigator: indent slides

Tab

Tab

Slide navigator: decrease slide indent

⇧Tab

Shift+Tab

Slide navigator: expand slide group

→

Slide navigator: collapse slide group

←

Light Table: select next slide

⇧→

Shift+→

Light Table: select previous slide

⇧←

Shift+←

Light Table: select to first slide

⇧⌘↑

Shift+Cmd+↑

Light Table: select to last slide

⇧⌘↓

Shift+Cmd+↓

Light Table: first slide

⌘↑

Cmd+↑

Light Table: last slide

⌘↓

Cmd+↓

Objects & Editing

112 shortcuts

Undo

⌘Z

Cmd+Z

Redo

⌘⇧Z

Cmd+Shift+Z

Cut

⌘X

Cmd+X

Copy

⌘C

Cmd+C

Paste

⌘V

Cmd+V

Paste and match style

⌘⌥⇧V

Cmd+Opt+Shift+V

Duplicate object

⌘D

Cmd+D

Select all

⌘A

Cmd+A

Group objects

⌘⌥G

Cmd+Opt+G

Ungroup objects

⌘⌥⇧G

Cmd+Opt+Shift+G

Bring forward

⌘]

Cmd+]

Send backward

⌘[

Cmd+[

Save as

⌥⇧⌘S

Opt+Shift+Cmd+S

Close window

⌘W

Cmd+W

Close all windows

⌥⌘W

Opt+Cmd+W

Enter full screen

⌃⌘F

Ctrl+Cmd+F

Zoom in

⇧⌘>

Shift+Cmd+>

Zoom out

⇧⌘<

Shift+Cmd+<

Open settings

⌘,

Cmd+,

Zoom to selection

⇧⌘0

Shift+Cmd+0

Actual size

⌘0

Cmd+0

Show colors

⇧⌘C

Shift+Cmd+C

Hide other applications

⌥⌘H

Opt+Cmd+H

Previous word in text

⌥←⌃⌥B

Opt+← · Ctrl+Opt+B

Next word in text

⌥→⌃⌥F

Opt+→ · Ctrl+Opt+F

Start of text area

⌘↑

Cmd+↑

End of text area

⌘↓

Cmd+↓

Start of text line

⌘←

Cmd+←

End of text line

⌘→

Cmd+→

Start of paragraph

⌥↑

Opt+↑

End of paragraph

⌥↓

Opt+↓

Find next in Find window

⌘G

Cmd+G

Find previous in Find window

⇧⌘G

Shift+Cmd+G

Use selection as search text

⌘E

Cmd+E

Look up word at cursor

⌃⌘D

Ctrl+Cmd+D

Show word completions

⌥Esc

Opt+Esc

Check spelling and grammar

⌘;

Cmd+;

Add comment to selection

⇧⌘K

Shift+Cmd+K

Save comment

⌘Return

Cmd+Return

Next comment

⌥⌘K

Opt+Cmd+K

Previous comment

⌥⇧⌘K

Opt+Shift+Cmd+K

Send object to back

⇧⌘B

Shift+Cmd+B

Send object backward

⌥⇧⌘B

Opt+Shift+Cmd+B

Bring object to front

⇧⌘F

Shift+Cmd+F

Bring object forward

⌥⇧⌘F

Opt+Shift+Cmd+F

Lock objects

⌘L

Cmd+L

Unlock objects

⌥⌘L

Opt+Cmd+L

Toggle object mask

⇧⌘M

Shift+Cmd+M

Make media placeholder

⌃⌥⌘I

Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+I

Table: Insert equation

⌥⌘E

Opt+Cmd+E

Table: Select columns intersecting selection

⌃⌘Return

Ctrl+Cmd+Return

Table: Auto-align cell content

⌥⌘U

Opt+Cmd+U

Table: Insert tab in cell or formula

⌥Tab

Opt+Tab

Table: First populated cell in row

⌥⌘←

Opt+Cmd+←

Table: Last populated cell in row

⌥⌘→

Opt+Cmd+→

Table: Merge cells

⌃⌘M

Ctrl+Cmd+M

Table: Unmerge cells

⌃⇧⌘M

Ctrl+Shift+Cmd+M

Table: Toggle top cell border

⌃⌥⌘↑

Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+↑

Table: Toggle bottom cell border

⌃⌥⌘↓

Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+↓

Table: Toggle right cell border

⌃⌥⌘→

Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+→

Table: Toggle left cell border

⌃⌥⌘←

Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+←

Table: Enable autofill mode

⌘\

Cmd+\

Table: Autofill from previous column

⌃⌘\

Ctrl+Cmd+\

Table: Autofill from row above

⌥⌘\

Opt+Cmd+\

New presentation

⌘N

Cmd+N

Choose theme language

⌥⌘N

Opt+Cmd+N

Close theme chooser

Esc

Esc

Open presentation

⌘O

Cmd+O

Save presentation

⌘S

Cmd+S

Duplicate presentation

⇧⌘S

Shift+Cmd+S

Print presentation

⌘P

Cmd+P

Open Keynote User Guide

⇧⌘?

Shift+Cmd+?

Minimize window

⌘M

Cmd+M

Minimize all windows

⌥⌘M

Opt+Cmd+M

Fit all slide content in window

⌥⇧⌘0

Opt+Shift+Cmd+0

Fit slide in window

⌥⌘0

Opt+Cmd+0

Toggle rulers

⌘R

Cmd+R

Insert file

⇧⌘V

Shift+Cmd+V

Toggle inspector sidebars

⌥⌘I

Opt+Cmd+I

Toggle object list

⇧⌘L

Shift+Cmd+L

Next inspector tab

⌃`

Ctrl+`

Previous inspector tab

⌃⇧`

Ctrl+Shift+`

Hide Keynote

⌘H

Cmd+H

Quit Keynote

⌘Q

Cmd+Q

Quit and keep windows

⌥⌘Q

Opt+Cmd+Q

Reveal selected text or object

⌘J

Cmd+J

Make text placeholder

⌃⌥⌘T

Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+T

Draw shape with Pen tool

⌥⇧⌘P

Opt+Shift+Cmd+P

Table: add row above

⌥↑

Opt+↑

Table: add row below

⌥↓

Opt+↓

Table: add column right

⌥→

Opt+→

Table: add column left

⌥←

Opt+←

Table: select additional rows

⇧↑⇧↓

Shift+↑ · Shift+↓

Table: select additional columns

⇧→⇧←

Shift+→ · Shift+←

Table: delete selection or cell contents

Backspace

Backspace

Table: next cell or add row

Tab

Tab

Table: previous cell

⇧Tab

Shift+Tab

Table: select cell below

Return

Return

Table: select cell above

⇧Return

Shift+Return

Table: open formula editor

=

Table: first populated cell in column

⌥⌘↑

Opt+Cmd+↑

Table: last populated cell in column

⌥⌘↓

Opt+Cmd+↓

Table: delete rows

⌥⌘Backspace

Opt+Cmd+Backspace

Table: delete columns

⌃⌘Backspace

Ctrl+Cmd+Backspace

Table: paste formula result

⇧⌘V

Shift+Cmd+V

Table: select to first populated cell in row

⌥⇧⌘←

Opt+Shift+Cmd+←

Table: select to last populated cell in row

⌥⇧⌘→

Opt+Shift+Cmd+→

Table: select to first populated cell in column

⌥⇧⌘↑

Opt+Shift+Cmd+↑

Table: select to last populated cell in column

⌥⇧⌘↓

Opt+Shift+Cmd+↓

Open chart data editor

⇧⌘D

Shift+Cmd+D

Text Formatting

45 shortcuts

Bold

⌘B

Cmd+B

Italic

⌘I

Cmd+I

Underline

⌘U

Cmd+U

Align left

⌘{

Cmd+{

Align right

⌘}

Cmd+}

Center align

⌘|

Cmd+|

Deselect objects and text

⇧⌘A

Shift+Cmd+A

Extend text selection right

⇧→

Shift+→

Extend text selection left

⇧←

Shift+←

Extend selection to next word

⌥⇧→

Opt+Shift+→

Extend selection to word start

⌥⇧←

Opt+Shift+←

Select to text line end

⇧⌘→

Shift+Cmd+→

Select to text line start

⇧⌘←

Shift+Cmd+←

Extend text selection up

⇧↑

Shift+↑

Extend text selection down

⇧↓

Shift+↓

Select to paragraph start

⌥⇧↑

Opt+Shift+↑

Select to paragraph end

⌥⇧↓

Opt+Shift+↓

Select to text start

⇧⌘↑⇧Home

Shift+Cmd+↑ · Shift+Home

Select to text end

⇧⌘↓⇧End

Shift+Cmd+↓ · Shift+End

Show fonts

⌘T

Cmd+T

Delete to paragraph break

⌃K

Ctrl+K

Increase font size

⌘+

Cmd++

Decrease font size

⌘-

Cmd+-

Decrease character spacing

⌥⌘[

Opt+Cmd+[

Increase character spacing

⌥⌘]

Opt+Cmd+]

Superscript

⌃⌘+

Ctrl+Cmd++

Subscript

⌃⌘-

Ctrl+Cmd+-

Add link to selection

⌘K

Cmd+K

Copy paragraph style

⌥⌘C

Opt+Cmd+C

Paste paragraph style

⌥⌘V

Opt+Cmd+V

Insert nonbreaking space

⌥Space

Opt+Space

Insert soft line break in text

⇧Return

Shift+Return

Insert line after cursor

⌃O

Ctrl+O

Open special characters

⌃⌘Space

Ctrl+Cmd+Space

Transpose adjacent characters

⌃T

Ctrl+T

Previous character in text

⌃B

Ctrl+B

Next character in text

⌃F

Ctrl+F

Center text cursor

⌃L

Ctrl+L

Delete next character

Delete(forward)

Delete

Delete previous word

⌥Backspace

Opt+Backspace

Delete next word

⌥Delete(forward)

Opt+Delete

Justify text

⌥⌘|(USkeyboard)

Opt+Cmd+|

Decrease list indent

⇧Tab

Shift+Tab

Increase list indent

Tab

Tab

Open spelling and grammar window

⇧⌘:(USkeyboard)

Shift+Cmd+:

Documentation check for this addition

178 additional actions were checked against the official documentation on 2026-11-05. Existing actions were retained. These are documentary checks, not tests in installed applications. A dash means this batch does not provide a verified binding for that system. Context such as PDF viewer, text field or address bar is part of the action.

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