Apple Pages keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Apple · 79 shortcuts

79 Apple Pages shortcuts grouped by task. Click any row for the full answer page.

Essentials

Action	Mac
Undo	Cmd+Z
Redo	Shift+Cmd+Z
Cut	Cmd+X
Copy	Cmd+C
Paste	Cmd+V
Paste and match style	Option+Shift+Cmd+V
Select all	Cmd+A
Save	Cmd+S
New document	Cmd+N
Open document	Cmd+O
Print	Cmd+P
Find	Cmd+F
Bold	Cmd+B
Italic	Cmd+I
Underline	Cmd+U
Create link	Cmd+K
Close window	Cmd+W

Text formatting

Action	Mac
Increase font size	Cmd++
Decrease font size	Cmd+-
Show Fonts window	Cmd+T
Show Colors window	Shift+Cmd+C
Align text left	Cmd+{
Center text	Cmd+\|
Align text right	Cmd+}
Justify text	Option+Cmd+\|
Increase indent	Cmd+]
Decrease indent	Cmd+[
Superscript	Ctrl+Cmd++
Subscript	Ctrl+Cmd+-
Tighten character spacing	Option+Cmd+[
Loosen character spacing	Option+Cmd+]
Copy paragraph style	Option+Cmd+C
Paste paragraph style	Option+Cmd+V
Insert nonbreaking space	Option+Space
Insert line break	Shift+Enter
Insert page break	Cmd+Enter
Highlight text	Shift+Cmd+H

Navigate and select

Action	Mac
Move to document beginning	Fn+Left
Move to document end	Fn+Right
Move to line start	Cmd+Left
Move to line end	Cmd+Right
Move to previous word	Option+Left
Move to next word	Option+Right
Move to paragraph start	Option+Up
Move to paragraph end	Option+Down
Go to page	Ctrl+Cmd+G
Select to line start	Shift+Cmd+Left
Select to line end	Shift+Cmd+Right
Select previous word	Option+Shift+Left
Select next word	Option+Shift+Right

Find and review

Action	Mac
Find next	Cmd+G
Find previous	Shift+Cmd+G
Use selection for find	Cmd+E
Check spelling and grammar	Cmd+;
Show Spelling and Grammar window	Shift+Cmd+:
Add comment	Shift+Cmd+K
Show word count	Shift+Cmd+W
Accept change	Option+Cmd+A
Reject change	Option+Cmd+R

Objects

Action	Mac
Group objects	Option+Cmd+G
Ungroup objects	Option+Shift+Cmd+G
Bring to front	Shift+Cmd+F
Send to back	Shift+Cmd+B
Lock objects	Cmd+L
Unlock objects	Option+Cmd+L
Mask or unmask image	Shift+Cmd+M

Tables

Action	Mac
Add row above	Option+Up
Add row below	Option+Down
Add column right	Option+Right
Merge cells	Ctrl+Cmd+M

View and window

Action	Mac
Show or hide ruler	Cmd+R
Show formatting characters	Shift+Cmd+I
Show or hide layout boundaries	Shift+Cmd+L
Zoom in	Shift+Cmd+>
Zoom out	Shift+Cmd+<
Return to actual size	Cmd+0
Toggle full screen	Ctrl+Cmd+F
Show or hide sidebar	Option+Cmd+I
Show or hide toolbar	Option+Cmd+T

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Make me a one-page Apple Pages cheat sheet from the 79 shortcuts at https://keyflowhub.com/shortcuts/pages, ordered by what I'm most likely to use, and point out any that clash with my current keybindings.

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Questions

Mac: Cmd + Z.

Mac: Shift + Cmd + Z.

Mac: Cmd + S.

Mac: Cmd + F.

Sources: support.apple.com