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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 →

Navigate Menu

  • Reveal in Binder⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + R Add →
  • Previous Document⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ↑ Add →
  • Next Document⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ↓ Add →
  • Enclosing Group⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + R Add →
  • Selection⌘ (command) + 4 Add →
  • In Current Editor⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + O Add →
  • In Other Editor⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + O Add →
  • In External Editor⌃ (control) + ⌘ (command) + O Add →
  • With All Subdocuments as Flat List on Editor Corkboard⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + O Add →
  • Lock in Place⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + L Add →
  • Forward in Document History⌘ (command) + ] Add →
  • Backward in Document History⌘ (command) + [ Add →
  • Other Editor Forward in History⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ] Add →
  • Other Editor Backward in History⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + [ Add →
  • Other Editor Scroll Up^  + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ↑ Add →
  • Other Editor Scroll Down^  + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ↓ Add →
  • Other Editor Go to Previous Page^  + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ↑ Add →
  • Other Editor Go to Next Page^  + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + ↓ Add →
  • Play Media File⌘ (command) + ↩ Add →
  • Fast Forward⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + ] Add →
  • Rewind⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + [ Add →
  • Rotate through main views⌃ (control) + ⇥ Add →
  • Binder⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + B Add →
  • Editor⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + E Add →
  • Other Editor⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + R Add →
  • Header Bar Title⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + T Add →
  • Copyholder⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + D Add →
  • Notes⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + H Add →
  • Bookmarks⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + N Add →
  • Metadata⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + J Add →
  • Snapshots⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + M Add →
  • Comments and Footnotes⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + K Add →
  • Synopsis⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + I Add →
  • Keywords⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + L Add →
  • Previous Group⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ↑ Add →
  • Next Group⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ↓ 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

  • Manage Layouts⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + ) Add →
  • Float Quick Reference Panels⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + ⌘ (command) + Q Add →
  • Show/Hide Scratchpad⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + ↩ Add →

Misc

  • Preferences⌘ (command) + , Add →
  • Keep Main Editors Light⌥ (option) + ⇧ (shift) + ⌘ (command) + L Add →

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