Keyboard shortcuts to change text and paragraph properties in a document (Macintosh)

You can use different Macintosh keyboard shortcuts when you are creating or editing a mail message or a document.

You must be in edit mode to use the following shortcuts. Press Command+E to put your document in edit mode.

Table 1. Text and paragraph shortcuts

Shortcut

Description

Command+B

Bold selected text

Command+E

Put document in read mode

Command+F

Find text and replace

Command+G

Find next word when Find text and replace starts

Command+I

Italicize selected text

Command+J

Format paragraphs (alignment, spacing, etc.)

Command+K

Format text (font, size, color, etc.)

Command+R

Show or hide ruler

Command+T

Change text style to default (color changes only if the text style is from a Paragraph Style)

Command+U

Underline selected text

F1

Undo last action

F7

Indent first line in paragraph

F8

Indent entire paragraph

F9

Refresh current document (in edit mode), view, or workspace

F11

Cycle through paragraph styles (defined in the Paragraph Styles tab in Text Properties)

Shift+Command+L

Insert page break

Shift+F7

Outdent first line in paragraph

Shift+F8

Outdent entire paragraph