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Senior Tech Center: Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac
Increase your productivity and prevent repetitive stress by using keyboard shortcuts!
For many computer users, typing is less painful than using the mouse. Get in the
habit of using shortcuts, and your comfort and speed at the computer will increase.
Use these keyboard shortcuts in place of using the mouse to navigate. They will
work with most Mac programs.
The Command key  is located immediately on either side of the space bar. On most keyboards it
has a small Apple symbol on the left bottom corner. The ( + ) characters are not
meant to be used. They indicate that more than one key must be pressed at the
same time.
File Menu Shortcuts |
| Command+O | Open | | Command+N | New document | | Command+S | Save | | Shift+Command+S | Save as | | Command+P | Print | | Command+W | Close | | Option+Command+W | Close all windows | | Command+Delete | Move to trash |
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Edit Menu Shortcuts |
| Command+F | Find | | Command+A | Select all | | Command+C | Copy | | Command+X | Cut | | Command+V | Paste | | Command+Z | Undo | | Command+B | Bold | | Command+U | Underline | | Command+I | Italic |
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| Format Menu Shortcuts |
| Command+B | Bold | | Command+U | Underline | | Command+I | Italic |
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| View Menu Shortcuts |
| Command+1 | View as icons | | Command+2 | View as list | | Command+3 | View as columns | | Command+J | Show view options |
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| Go Menu Shortcuts |
| Command+[ | Back | | Command+] | Forward | | Shift+Command+C | Computer | | Shift+Command+A | Applications |
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| Window Menu Shortcuts |
| Command+M | Minimize window | | Option+Command+M | Minimize all windows |
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Other Shortcuts |
| Command+? | Help | | Command+Shift+3 | Capture screen image |
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Mouse Keys
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Move the pointer and click items on the screen without using your mouse! Activating Mouse Keys will allow you to navigate using the numeric keypad. To enable Mouse Keys in OS X, choose Apple Menu > System Preferences and click Universal Access, then select Mouse. Change the pointer speeds by dragging the sliders for Initial Delay and Maximum Speed.
| numeric keypad key |
| | Command+Option+8 | Turn zoom on or off | | Command+Option+ = | Zoom in | | Command+Option+ - | Zoom out | |
Command+Option+
Control+8 | Switch to white-on-black or black-on-white | | 8 | Move up | | 2 | Move down | | 4 | Move left | | 6 | Move right | | 1, 3, 7, and 9 | Move diagonally | | 5 | Press mouse button | | 0 | Hold mouse button | | . (period on keypad) | Release mouse button (after pressing 0) | | Press option key 5 times | Turn mouse keys off (this shortcut must first be enabled in the Universal Access
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