Keynote (MAC) Keyboard Shortcuts

SHORTCUT	ACTION
Manipulating objects
Tab	Select the next object on the canvas
Shft-Tab	Select the previous object on the canvas
Arrow keys	Move selected object by one pixel
Shft-arrow key	Move selected object by ten pixels
Shft-click, Cmnd-click	Add (or remove) selected object to previously selected objects
Shft-drag, Cmnd-drag	Add (or remove) selected range to previously selected range
Shft-drag	Constrain movement of object to 45º angles
Drag handle	Resize object
Optn-drag handle	Resize object from center
Shft-drag handle	Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object
Optn-Shft-drag handle	Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object from center
Cmnd-drag handle	Rotate object
Cmnd-Shft-drag handle	Rotate object 45º
Cmnd-drag	Turn off alignment guides
Ctrl-click	Open shortcut menu for selected object
Cmnd-Return	Exit text edit mode and select object
Shft-Cmnd-M	Mask or unmask object
Return, Enter, Cmnd-Return, double-click	Exit mask mode
Double-click masked image	Reenter mask mode
Optn-click Table, Chart, or Shapes toolbar butto	Drag to create an object of desired size
Cmnd-D, Optn-drag	Duplicate selected object
Editing text
Right Arrow	Move one character to the right
Left Arrow	Move one character to the left
Shft-Right Arrow	Extend selection one character to the right
Shft-Left Arrow	Extend selection one character to the left
Optn-Right Arrow	Move to end of current word
Optn-Left Arrow	Move to beginning of current word
Shft-Optn-Right Arrow	Extend selection to end of current word
Shft-Optn-Left Arrow	Extend selection to beginning of current word
Cmnd-Right Arrow	Move to end of current line
Cmnd-Left Arrow	Move to beginning of current line
Shft-Cmnd-Right Arrow	Extend selection to end of current line
Shft-Cmnd-Left Arrow	Extend selection to beginning of current line
Up Arrow	Move to the line above
Down Arrow	Move to the line below
Shft-Up Arrow	Extend selection to the line above
Shft-Down Arrow	Extend selection to the line below
Optn-Up Arrow	Move to beginning of current paragraph
Optn-Down Arrow	Move to end of current paragraph
Shft-Optn-Up Arrow	Extend selection to beginning of current paragraph
Shft-Optn-Down Arrow	Extend selection to end of current paragraph
Cmnd-Up Arrow	Move to beginning of text
Cmnd-Down Arrow	Move to end of text
Shft-Cmnd-Up Arrow	Extend selection to beginning of text
Shft-Cmnd-Down Arrow	Extend selection to end of text
Delete	Delete previous character or selection
Forward Delete (Del button; not available on all k	Delete next character or selection
Optn-Delete	Delete the part of the word to the left of the insertion point
Optn-Forward Delete	Delete the part of the word to the right of the insertion point
Tab	Indent bullet
Shft-Tab	Move indented bullet to the left
Optn-Tab	Insert tab (in body placeholders)
Optn-Return	Insert soft return (in body text)
Home	Scroll to top of canvas (in text edit mode)
Cmnd-Return	Stop editing text and select the text box or shape
Click bullet	Select text bullet and text
Drag bullet	Select bullet and text, all sub-bullets and text, and move
Playing a slideshow
Click the Play button in the toolbar, Optn-Comma	Play slideshow
Optn-click the Play button in the toolbar	Play slideshow from the beginning
Click, N, Space bar, Return, Page Down, Right Arro	Advance to next build
Shft-Left Arrow*, Shft-Page Up*, [ (left bracket	Go back to previous build
Shft-Page Down*, Shft-Down Arrow*, ] (right brac	Advance to next slide
P, Delete, Page Up, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, Shft-Up	Go back to previous slide
Home	Go to first slide
End	Go to last slide
Z	Retreat through previously viewed slides
F (to resume, press any key)	Pause presentation and show current slide
B (to resume, press any key)	Pause presentation and show black screen
C	Show or hide the pointer
?, Help, / (slash)	Show or hide the Presenter Keyboard Shortcuts window
H	Hide presentation and show last application used
Slide number	Go to a particular slide in the slide switcher
+ (plus sign), = (equal sign)	Go to the next slide in the slide switcher
- (hyphen)	Go to the previous slide in the slide switcher
Return, Enter	Go to the current slide and close the slide switcher
Escape	Close the slide switcher
R	Reset the timer in the presenter display
U	Scroll notes up in the presenter display
D	Scroll notes down in the presenter display
Escape, Q, Cmnd-. (period), . (period)	Quit presentation
Using the slide organizer
Return, Enter	Create new slide at same level as last selected slide
Tab	Indent slides to the right
Shft-Tab	Move indented slides to the left
Shft-click	Extend selection to the selected slide
Shft-drag	Add the selected range to previously selected slides
Cmnd-click, Shft-click	Add (or remove) selected slide to previously selected slides
Cmnd-drag	Add (or remove) selected range to previously selected slides
Cmnd-D	Duplicate slide
Down Arrow	Select next slide
Shft-Down Arrow	Extend selection to the next slide
Cmnd-Down Arrow	Select last slide
Shft-Cmnd-Down Arrow	Extend selection to the last slide
Up Arrow	Select previous slide
Shft-Up Arrow	Extend selection to previous slide
Cmnd-Up Arrow	Select first slide
Shft-Cmnd-Up Arrow	Extend selection to first slide
Delete	Delete selected slides
Down Arrow	Move to next slide
Up Arrow	Move to previous slide
Editing chart data
Return	Complete a cell entry and move the selection down
Shft-Return	Complete a cell entry and move the selection up
Tab	Complete a cell centry and move the selection to the right
Shft-Tab	Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the left
Delete	Delete the character to the left of the insertion point, or delete the selection
Arrow keys (in text edit mode)	Move one character left, right, to the beginning of text (up), or to the end of text (down)
Enter	Complete a cell entry and select the cell
Arrow keys (in cell selection mode)	Move one cell in a given direction
Home	Move to the beginning of the row
End	Move to the last non-blank cell to the right in the current row
Shft-arrow keys	Extend the selection by one cell
Shft-Home	Extend the selection to the beginning of the row
Shft-End	Extend the selection to the end of the row
Working with tables
Shft-drag table	Constrain the movement of the table and snap to guides
Optn-drag table	Duplicate table on move
Drag selected cell to another cell	Switch contents of selected cell with contents of destination cell
Optn-drag selected cell to another cell	Copy contents of selected cell into destination cell
Shft-click	Extend selection from selected cell to destination cell
Cmnd-click selected or unselected cell	Add cell to (or remove cell from) selection
Cmnd-Return or Cmnd-click cell (in text edit	Stop editing text and select cell
Click border of selected table or double-click bor	Select entire row or column border
Shft-click border	Add border to (or remove border from) selection
If table is selected - Optn-double-click border	Select border segment
Optn-click border segment	If table is unselected
Shft-Optn-click border, Cmnd-Optn-click bo	Add border segment to (or remove segment from) selection
Drag selected border or border segment	Move border or border segment to new position
Arrow keys	Move selected table, border, or border segment one pixel
Shft-arrow keys	Move selected table, border, or border segment ten pixels
Arrow keys (in cell selection mode)	Select the next table cell to the left, right, up, or down
Shft-arrow keys (in cell selection mode)	Extend cell selection by one cell
Tab	Select text in next cell (or, if in last cell, add new row)
Shft-Tab	Select text in previous cell
Optn-Tab (in text edit mode)	Insert a Tab at insertion point in the selected cell