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Keyboard shortcuts

Mac, and iPad with a keyboardFree

Most of these are also in the menus, beside the command they run. ⌘ is Command, ⇧ Shift, ⌥ Option, ⌃ Control and ⌫ Delete.

Notes and navigation

ActionMaciPad
New Note⌘N⌘N
New Folder…⇧⌘NNot available
Open Library…⌘ONot available
Tags…⌃⌘TNot available
Search Notes⇧⌘F⇧⌘F
Find in the note⌘FNot available
Find and Replace⌥⌘FNot available
Find Next / Find Previous⌘G / ⇧⌘GNot available
Back / Forward⌘[ / ⌘]Not available
Delete the selected note (in the note list)⌘⌫Not available
Print⌘PNot available
Sync Now⌘R⌘R
Show or hide the sidebarNot available⌃⌘S

Formatting

ActionMaciPad
Bold⌘B⌘B
Italic⌘I⌘I
Strikethrough⇧⌘X⇧⌘X
Code⌘E⌘E
Heading 1 to Heading 6⌘1 to ⌘6⌘1 to ⌘6
Body Text⇧⌘B⌘0
Bullet List⇧⌘L⇧⌘L
Numbered List⌥⇧⌘N⌥⇧⌘N
Task List⇧⌘T⇧⌘T
Quote⇧⌘'⇧⌘'
Code Block⌃⌘C⌃⌘C
Link…⌘K⌘K

Inserting

ActionMaciPad
Image… (Photo… on iPad)⇧⌘I⇧⌘I
File…⌥⌘I⌥⌘I
Table⌥⌘T⌥⌘T
Rule⇧⌘-⇧⌘-
Date⇧⌘D⇧⌘D
Record Audio⌥⌘RNot available
Footnote⌥⌘NNot available

Lists and tables

These work while you’re in a list item or a table cell.

ActionMaciPad
Increase a list item’s indentTabNot available
Decrease a list item’s indent⇧Tab⌫ at the start of the item’s text
Next cell / previous cellTab / ⇧TabTab / ⇧Tab
Cell below, or a new row from the last rowReturnReturn
Leave the tableEscEsc
Add Row Above / Below⌥⇧⌘↑ / ⌥⇧⌘↓Not available
Add Column Left / Right⌥⇧⌘← / ⌥⇧⌘→Not available
Delete Row⌥⌘⌫Not available
Delete Column⌥⇧⌘⌫Not available
Align Left / Center / Right⌘{ / ⌘| / ⌘}Not available

View

ActionMaciPad
Next Markdown setting⌘/⌘/
Collapse or expand a section⌘'⌘'
Make Text Bigger⌘+Not available
Make Text Smaller⌘-Not available
Actual Size⌘0Not available

On iPad, text size follows the size set in the iPad’s Settings.

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