
Scrivener shortcuts for Mac
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Mac keyboard shortcuts for Scrivener
File
- New Project⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + N Add →
- Open⌘ (command) + O Add →
- Close Project⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + W Add →
- Close Window⌘ (command) + W Add →
- Save⌘ (command) + S Add →
- Save and Rebuild Search Indexes⌘ (command) + ⌥ (option) + S Add →
- Save As⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + S Add →
- Import Files⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + I Add →
- Export Files⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + E Add →
- Page Setup⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + P Add →
- Print Current Document⌘ (command) + P Add →
- Compile⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + E Add →
Edit
- Paste and Match Style⇧ (shift) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + V Add →
- Select All⌘ (command) + A Add →
- Select with Subdocuments⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + A Add →
- Select Current Text⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + A Add →
- Complete⌥ (option) + ⎋ Add →
- Complete Document Title⌃ (control) + ⎋ Add →
- Move Up⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + ↑ Add →
- Move Down⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + ↓ Add →
- Move Left⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + ← Add →
- Move Right⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + → Add →
- Add/Edit Link⌘ (command) + K Add →
- New Link⌘ (command) + L Add →
- Quick Search⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + G Add →
- Search in Project⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + F Add →
- Find⌘ (command) + F Add →
- Find Next⌘ (command) + G Add →
- Find Previous⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + G Add →
- Filter⌘ (command) + F Add →
- Use Selection for Find⌘ (command) + E Add →
- Jump to Selection⌘ (command) + J Add →
- Find by Formatting⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + F Add →
- Find Next Formatting⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + G Add →
- Find Previous Formatting⌃ (control) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + G Add →
- Show Spelling and Grammar⌘ (command) + : Add →
- Check Document Now⌘ (command) + ; Add →
- Check Spelling While Typing⌘ (command) + \ Add →
- Linguistic Focus⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + L Add →
Insert
- Insert comment⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + * Add →
- Insert Inline Annotation⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + A Add →
- Insert Footnote⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + 8 Add →
- Insert Inline Footnote⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + F Add →
- Insert Bibliography/Citations⌘ (command) + Y Add →
- Insert Line Break⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ↩ Add →
- Insert Non-Breaking Space⌥ (option) + Space Add →
- Insert Current Date & Time⇧ (shift) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + D Add →
View
- Document/Scrivenings⌘ (command) + 1 Add →
- Corkboard⌘ (command) + 2 Add →
- Outline⌘ (command) + 3 Add →
- Show/Hide Binder⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + B Add →
- Show/Hide Inspector⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + I Add →
- No Split⌘ (command) + ' Add →
- Split Horizontally⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + = Add →
- Split Vertically⌘ (command) + " Add →
- Show/Hide Format Bar⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + R Add →
- Show/Hide Ruler⌘ (command) + R Add →
- Show/Hide Page View⇧ (shift) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + P Add →
- Typewriter Scrolling⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + T Add →
- Show Hide Label Colors Along Edges⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + P Add →
- Show Hide Status Stamps⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + S Add →
- Show Hide Keyword Colors⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + K Add →
- Zoom In⌘ (command) + > Add →
- Zoom Out⌘ (command) + < Add →
- Expand All⌘ (command) + 9 Add →
- Collapse All⌘ (command) + 0 Add →
- Collapse All to Current Level⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + 0 Add →
- Enter/Exit Composition Mode⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + F Add →
Project
- New Text⌘ (command) + N Add →
- New Folder⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + N Add →
- New From Template⇧ (shift) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + N Add →
- Project Settings⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + , Add →
- Show Project Targets⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + T Add →
- Statistics⇧ (shift) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + S Add →
- Show Project Keywords⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + K Add →
- Show Project Bookmarks⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + B Add →
Documents
- Take Snapshot⌘ (command) + 5 Add →
- Take Titled Snapshot⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + 5 Add →
- Snapshots: show Next Change⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + ] Add →
- Snapshots: show Previous Change⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + [ Add →
- Duplicate with Subdocuments and Unique Title⌘ (command) + D Add →
- Duplicate without Subdocuments⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + D Add →
- Split at Selection⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + K Add →
- Split with Selection as Title⇧ (shift) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + K Add →
- Merge⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + M Add →
- New Folder From Selection⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + G Add →
- Ungroup⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + U Add →
- Move To "X" Again⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + T Add →
- Set Selected Text as Title⇧ (shift) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + T Add →
- Set Synopsis from Main Text/Selection⇧ (shift) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + I Add →
- Move to Trash⌘ (command) + ⌫ Add →
Format
- Show Fonts⌘ (command) + T Add →
- Underline Single⌘ (command) + U Add →
- Strikethrough⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + _ Add →
- Bigger Font⌘ (command) + + Add →
- Smaller Font⌘ (command) + - Add →
- Copy Font⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + C Add →
- Paste Font⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + V Add →
- Paragraph: Align Left⌘ (command) + { Add →
- Paragraph: Center⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + \ Add →
- Paragraph: Justify⇧ (shift) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + \ Add →
- Paragraph: Align Right⌘ (command) + } Add →
- Increase Indents⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + → Add →
- Decrease Indents⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + ← Add →
- Increase First Line Indent⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + → Add →
- Decrease First Line Indent⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ← Add →
- Copy Paragraph Attributes⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + C Add →
- Paste Paragraph Attributes⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + V Add →
- Show/Hide Styles Panel⌃ (control) + S Add →
- Show Styles Menu⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + Y Add →
- No Style⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + 0 Add →
- Script Mode (Format)⌘ (command) + 8 Add →
- Show Script Elements Menu⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + Y Add →
- Highlight Text⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + H Add →
- Copy Formatting⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + C Add →
- Paste Formatting⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + V Add →
Window
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