Keyboard Shortcuts & Quick Reference

Microsoft Word

Use the shortcuts for your version of Word. Windows and Mac combinations can differ.

Windows

# Undo Ctrl+Z
# Redo Ctrl+Y
# Select All Ctrl+A
# Copy Ctrl+C
# Cut Ctrl+X
# Paste Ctrl+V
# Paste Without Formatting Ctrl+Shift+V
# Save Ctrl+S
# Find Ctrl+F
# Find and Replace Ctrl+H
# Bold Ctrl+B
# Italic Ctrl+I
# Underline Ctrl+U
# Insert Page Break Ctrl+Enter
# Jump to Start of Document Ctrl+Home
# Jump to End of Document Ctrl+End
# Word Count No default shortcut Word shows a live word count on the left end of the status bar at the bottom of the window at all times; click it to open the full Word Count dialog (characters, paragraphs, lines).
# Show/Hide Formatting Marks Ctrl+Shift+8

Mac

# Undo Cmd+Z F1 also works as an alternate.
# Redo Cmd+Y
# Select All Cmd+A
# Copy Cmd+C F3 also works as an alternate.
# Cut Cmd+X F2 also works as an alternate.
# Paste Cmd+V F4 also works as an alternate.
# Paste Without Formatting Cmd+Shift+V
# Save Cmd+S Cmd+Shift+S opens Save As.
# Find Cmd+F
# Find and Replace Ctrl+H This is the same combo as Windows, using the literal Control key on your Mac keyboard, not Cmd, unlike most other Word-for-Mac shortcuts.
# Bold Cmd+B
# Italic Cmd+I
# Underline Cmd+U
# Insert Page Break Cmd+Return
# Jump to Start of Document Cmd+Home On a MacBook without a Home key, press Fn+Left Arrow instead.
# Jump to End of Document Cmd+End On a MacBook without an End key, press Fn+Right Arrow instead.
# Word Count No default shortcut Same as Windows: Word shows a live word count in the status bar at the bottom of the window; click it for the full Word Count dialog.
# Show/Hide Formatting Marks Cmd+8

Google Docs

Google Docs shares most of Word's muscle memory (Ctrl/Cmd+B/I/U, Ctrl/Cmd+Z), but a few keys move on Mac, and Docs autosaves so there's no manual Save shortcut.

Windows

# Undo Ctrl+Z
# Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z Ctrl+Y also repeats your last action, which usually has the same effect.
# Select All Ctrl+A
# Copy Ctrl+C
# Cut Ctrl+X
# Paste Ctrl+V
# Paste Without Formatting Ctrl+Shift+V
# Save Automatic Google Docs saves every change automatically to Drive, there's no manual save shortcut to learn. Ctrl+S briefly shows a confirmation that everything is already saved.
# Find Ctrl+F
# Find and Replace Ctrl+H
# Bold Ctrl+B
# Italic Ctrl+I
# Underline Ctrl+U
# Insert Page Break Ctrl+Enter
# Jump to Start of Document Ctrl+Home Not officially documented by Google as a Docs-specific shortcut, but works reliably as standard browser text navigation.
# Jump to End of Document Ctrl+End Same as above: standard browser navigation rather than a Docs-specific binding, but works reliably.
# Word Count Ctrl+Shift+C

Mac

# Undo Cmd+Z
# Redo Cmd+Shift+Z
# Select All Cmd+A
# Copy Cmd+C
# Cut Cmd+X
# Paste Cmd+V
# Paste Without Formatting Cmd+Shift+V
# Save Automatic Same as Windows: every change saves automatically to Drive. Cmd+S just shows a confirmation.
# Find Cmd+F
# Find and Replace Cmd+Shift+H Different from Windows' Ctrl+H, Mac adds Shift.
# Bold Cmd+B
# Italic Cmd+I
# Underline Cmd+U
# Insert Page Break Cmd+Enter
# Jump to Start of Document Cmd+Up Arrow Not officially documented by Google as a Docs-specific shortcut, but works as standard macOS text navigation.
# Jump to End of Document Cmd+Down Arrow Same as above: standard macOS navigation rather than a Docs-specific binding.
# Word Count Cmd+Shift+C

Atticus

Atticus is a newer, web-based, chapter-driven editor. Its own official documentation only lists clipboard shortcuts, the rest below are the standard editor shortcuts confirmed to work in real use, but Atticus intentionally has no page-break, jump-to-start/end, or formatting-marks shortcuts, those aren't features of the app.

Windows

# Undo Ctrl+Z
# Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z
# Select All Ctrl+A Selects all the text in the current chapter, not the whole book, Atticus's editor works on one chapter at a time rather than as one continuous document.
# Copy Ctrl+C Officially documented by Atticus.
# Cut Ctrl+X
# Paste Ctrl+V Officially documented by Atticus.
# Paste Without Formatting Ctrl+Shift+V Officially documented by Atticus.
# Save Automatic Atticus is cloud-based and autosaves continuously, watch for the autosave indicator near the word count at the bottom of the Writing tab. There's no manual save shortcut.
# Find Ctrl+F Opens Atticus's Find & Replace panel (the same magnifying-glass tool in the right sidebar covers both find and replace, there's no separate find-only mode).
# Find and Replace Ctrl+F Same panel as Find above, Atticus combines find and replace into one tool rather than two separate dialogs.
# Bold Ctrl+B
# Italic Ctrl+I
# Underline Ctrl+U
# Word Count No shortcut Shown live in the status bar at the bottom of the Writing tab. It defaults to the current chapter's count, hover over it to see options for the whole book.

Mac

# Undo Cmd+Z
# Redo Cmd+Shift+Z
# Select All Cmd+A Selects all the text in the current chapter, not the whole book, same chapter-scoped behavior as Windows.
# Copy Cmd+C Officially documented by Atticus.
# Cut Cmd+X
# Paste Cmd+V Officially documented by Atticus.
# Paste Without Formatting Cmd+Shift+V Officially documented by Atticus.
# Save Automatic Same as Windows: Atticus autosaves continuously to the cloud, watch the autosave indicator near the word count. No manual save shortcut.
# Find Cmd+F Opens the same combined Find & Replace panel as Find and Replace below.
# Find and Replace Cmd+F Same panel as Find above, Atticus doesn't have a separate find-only mode.
# Bold Cmd+B
# Italic Cmd+I
# Underline Cmd+U
# Word Count No shortcut Same as Windows: shown live in the status bar at the bottom of the Writing tab, defaulting to the current chapter.

Adobe InDesign

InDesign is a professional page-layout program, so it has real shortcuts for tasks the word processors above don't do at all: placing images, opening the Paragraph Styles panel, packaging a file for a printer, and exporting print-ready PDFs. Windows and Mac differ only by the usual Ctrl↔Cmd and Alt↔Option swap. Where InDesign has no keystroke for something (generating a Table of Contents, drawing a new text frame), the real menu path is listed instead of an invented shortcut.

Windows

# Save Ctrl+S
# Find and Replace Ctrl+F Opens the Find/Change dialog (Edit > Find/Change), which handles both find and replace in one panel.
# Place an Image Ctrl+D File > Place. Works for images, and for placing text or other InDesign files into a frame.
# Open Paragraph Styles Panel F11 Opens the Paragraph Styles panel (Window > Styles > Paragraph Styles). Shift+F11 opens Character Styles the same way.
# Insert a Chapter/Page Break T, then click-drag Press T to select the Type tool, then click and drag on the page to draw a new text frame. There is no keystroke that creates a frame without drawing it.
# Insert Page Break Ctrl+Return Inserts a forced page break at the cursor (Type > Insert Break Character > Page Break also does this from the menu).
# Package for Print Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P File > Package... bundles your document with all linked images and fonts into one folder for handoff to a printer. Confirmed against Adobe's own default shortcut set.
# Export to PDF Ctrl+E File > Export opens the Export dialog; choose "Adobe PDF (Print)" as the format for a print-ready PDF (choose "Adobe PDF (Interactive)" instead for an on-screen/ebook-style PDF).
# Generate Table of Contents Layout > Table of Contents... There is no keyboard shortcut for generating a Table of Contents, it's a dialog-driven feature: Layout > Table of Contents lets you pick which paragraph styles (e.g. Chapter Title) to pull entries from, then builds and places the TOC as text you can format like any other frame.

Mac

# Save Cmd+S
# Find and Replace Cmd+F Opens the Find/Change dialog (Edit > Find/Change), which handles both find and replace in one panel.
# Place an Image Cmd+D File > Place. Works for images, and for placing text or other InDesign files into a frame.
# Open Paragraph Styles Panel Cmd+F11 Opens the Paragraph Styles panel (Window > Styles > Paragraph Styles). Cmd+Shift+F11 opens Character Styles the same way. On some MacBook keyboards you may need to hold Fn as well since F11/F12 are mapped to system brightness by default.
# Insert a Chapter/Page Break T, then click-drag Press T to select the Type tool, then click and drag on the page to draw a new text frame. There is no keystroke that creates a frame without drawing it.
# Insert Page Break Cmd+Return Inserts a forced page break at the cursor (Type > Insert Break Character > Page Break also does this from the menu).
# Package for Print Cmd+Option+Shift+P File > Package... bundles your document with all linked images and fonts into one folder for handoff to a printer. Confirmed against Adobe's own default shortcut set.
# Export to PDF Cmd+E File > Export opens the Export dialog; choose "Adobe PDF (Print)" as the format for a print-ready PDF (choose "Adobe PDF (Interactive)" instead for an on-screen/ebook-style PDF).
# Generate Table of Contents Layout > Table of Contents... There is no keyboard shortcut for generating a Table of Contents, it's a dialog-driven feature: Layout > Table of Contents lets you pick which paragraph styles (e.g. Chapter Title) to pull entries from, then builds and places the TOC as text you can format like any other frame.

Scrivener

Scrivener shares most standard editing shortcuts with Word, but it's a drafting/organizing tool, not a page-layout program, so it has no real "page break," document-wide formatting-marks toggle, or single jump-to-start/end the way a paginated document does; those are intentionally left out below rather than invented. Word Count instead opens Project Targets. Getting a finished, print-ready interior out of Scrivener means using Compile to export to Word, Vellum, or Atticus for final formatting, that's a normal step in the workflow, not something Scrivener is missing.

Windows

# Undo Ctrl+Z
# Redo Ctrl+Y
# Select All Ctrl+A Selects all text in the current document (Binder item), not the whole project.
# Copy Ctrl+C
# Cut Ctrl+X
# Paste Ctrl+V
# Paste Without Formatting Ctrl+Shift+V Pastes and matches the current document's formatting.
# Save Ctrl+S Scrivener autosaves continuously as you type; Ctrl+S forces an immediate save/backup snapshot.
# Find Ctrl+F Finds within the current document only; use Edit > Find > Project Search for a project-wide search.
# Find and Replace Ctrl+H
# Bold Ctrl+B
# Italic Ctrl+I
# Underline Ctrl+U
# Word Count Ctrl+, Opens Project Targets, which shows live word/character counts for the current document and the whole project (goal-tracking is optional). A running count for the current document also usually shows in the footer bar.
# Corkboard / Outliner View Ctrl+2 (Corkboard) / Ctrl+3 (Outliner) Ctrl+1 switches back to the regular Document/Scrivenings editor. Officially documented by Literature & Latte.
# Split the Editor View > Editor Layout > Split Horizontally/Vertically No single default keystroke on Windows for either split direction; use the View menu, or drag the small split icons in the top-right corner of the editor.
# Full-Screen Composition Mode F11 Enters Scrivener's full-screen, distraction-free Composition Mode. Press Esc to exit.
# Compile Ctrl+Shift+E Opens the Compile dialog, where you export your manuscript out to Word, PDF, EPUB, or other formats. Compile is how a Scrivener project actually becomes a finished, laid-out file, Scrivener itself is a drafting/organizing tool, not a print-layout program, so most authors compile out to Word, Vellum, or Atticus to do final interior formatting for KDP or IngramSpark. That's a normal, expected step in the workflow, not a limitation to work around.

Mac

# Undo Cmd+Z
# Redo Cmd+Shift+Z
# Select All Cmd+A Selects all text in the current document (Binder item), not the whole project.
# Copy Cmd+C
# Cut Cmd+X
# Paste Cmd+V
# Paste Without Formatting Cmd+Shift+V Pastes and matches the current document's formatting.
# Save Cmd+S Scrivener autosaves continuously as you type; Cmd+S forces an immediate save/backup snapshot.
# Find Cmd+F Finds within the current document only; use Edit > Find > Project Search for a project-wide search.
# Find and Replace Cmd+Option+F Opens the Find & Replace panel; the exact combo differs slightly by version, check Edit > Find if this doesn't match.
# Bold Cmd+B
# Italic Cmd+I
# Underline Cmd+U
# Word Count Cmd+, Opens Project Targets, which shows live word/character counts for the current document and the whole project. A running count for the current document also usually shows in the footer bar.
# Corkboard / Outliner View Cmd+2 (Corkboard) / Cmd+3 (Outliner) Cmd+1 switches back to the regular Document/Scrivenings editor. Officially documented by Literature & Latte.
# Split the Editor Cmd+' (No Split) / Option+Cmd+= (Split Horizontally) / Cmd+" (Split Vertically) From View > Editor Layout. Officially documented by Literature & Latte's macOS keyboard shortcuts reference.
# Full-Screen Composition Mode Option+Cmd+F Enters Scrivener's full-screen, distraction-free Composition Mode (View > Enter Composition Mode). Press Esc to exit.
# Compile Option+Cmd+E Opens the Compile dialog (File > Compile...), where you export your manuscript out to Word, PDF, EPUB, or other formats. Scrivener is a drafting/organizing tool, not a print-layout program, so most authors compile out to Word, Vellum, or Atticus to do final interior formatting for KDP or IngramSpark. That's a normal, expected step in the workflow, not a limitation to work around.

Apple Pages

Apple Pages only runs on Mac and iPad, there is no Windows version, so don't go looking for one. It's a general word processor with real but more limited desktop-publishing controls than Word: a Page Setup dialog, a Format panel for styles, and PDF export, all reachable by shortcut or menu as noted below.

Mac

# Save Cmd+S Apple Pages only runs on Mac and iPad, there is no Windows version.
# Find Cmd+F Opens the Find & Replace panel, which covers both find and replace.
# Page Setup Shift+Cmd+P Opens the Page Setup window (paper size, orientation). Officially documented by Apple. This is not the same as inserting a page break within a document, see below.
# Insert Page Break Insert > Page Break Pages has no dedicated keyboard shortcut for inserting a page break, use the Insert menu, or place your cursor and choose Insert > Page Break. (On some keyboards Fn+Cmd+Return is reported to work but this is not part of Apple's official shortcut list, so it's not guaranteed on every Mac.)
# Format / Style Panel View > Show Format Panel Pages calls this the Format panel (or Format sidebar), it holds paragraph styles, fonts, and layout controls for whatever's selected. No default keyboard shortcut toggles it, use the View menu or the paintbrush-style icon in the toolbar.
# Export to PDF File > Export To > PDF... No keyboard shortcut, Apple's own shortcuts reference doesn't list one. File > Export To offers PDF, Word, ePub, and other formats from the same menu.

Reedsy Studio

Reedsy Studio (editor.reedsy.com) is a free, browser-based book typesetting tool that auto-formats as you write instead of relying on keyboard shortcuts, it has very few of its own. Chapters are organized in a sidebar rather than inserted with a break key, front matter and the table of contents build themselves automatically, and export to EPUB or a print-ready PDF is one click from the Format tab. The quick actions below are genuinely menu/UI-driven, not shortcuts we're just not listing.

Windows

# Save Automatic Reedsy Studio autosaves continuously in the browser as you type, there is no manual save shortcut to learn.
# Insert a Chapter/Page Break Automatic chapter organization Reedsy Studio organizes your manuscript into Parts and Chapters in the left-hand navigation sidebar, add a new chapter there rather than typing a manual page-break character. Front matter (title page, copyright, dedication) and the table of contents are generated for you automatically when you export.
# Distraction-Free Writing Mode Focus mode toggle in the editor toolbar Reedsy Studio has a built-in distraction-free writing view you toggle from the editor's own toolbar, no keyboard shortcut is documented for it.
# Export to PDF Format tab > Export (EPUB or print-ready PDF) From the Format section of your project, choose a book theme, then export straight to a reflowable EPUB 3 or a print-ready PDF, both are one-click exports once you're in the Format tab, no separate desktop software required.

Mac

# Save Automatic Same as on Windows, Reedsy Studio runs in the browser and autosaves continuously regardless of OS.
# Insert a Chapter/Page Break Automatic chapter organization Same as on Windows, chapters are organized in the sidebar, not inserted with a manual break shortcut. Front matter and the table of contents are generated automatically at export.
# Distraction-Free Writing Mode Focus mode toggle in the editor toolbar Same as on Windows, toggled from the editor's own toolbar, no keyboard shortcut documented.
# Export to PDF Format tab > Export (EPUB or print-ready PDF) Same as on Windows, one-click export to EPUB or a print-ready PDF from the Format tab.

Vellum

Vellum is Mac-only desktop software, no Windows version exists. It's a live-preview book design app, not a shortcut-heavy editor: its signature feature is the Preview pane, which updates in real time as you write and lets you check Kindle, Apple Books, print, and other formats from the same manuscript. Scene breaks are just a blank line between paragraphs; chapter/page breaks come from the Chapter menu. Neither has a dedicated keyboard shortcut, that's accurate to how Vellum works, not an omission.

Mac

# Save Cmd+S Vellum is Mac-only, there is no Windows version.
# Insert a Scene Break Leave a blank line between paragraphs Confirmed on Vellum's own help pages: to add a Scene Break, insert an empty line between two paragraphs, Vellum styles it automatically as whitespace (or three small bullets if it falls at the top/bottom of a printed page).
# Insert a Chapter/Page Break Chapter > Insert Page Break Confirmed on Vellum's own help pages. The same command is also in the Text Editor's right-click (Control-click) context menu. There is no dedicated keyboard shortcut for it.
# Multi-Format Preview Device popup in the Preview pane Vellum's signature feature: the right-hand Preview pane updates live as you write, use its Device popup to switch between Kindle, Apple Books, print, and other formats to see exactly how each one will look, all from the same manuscript, with no separate export step needed just to check formatting.

LibreOffice Writer

LibreOffice Writer closely mirrors Word's shortcuts on Windows, on Mac it switches most combos to Cmd but keeps a literal Control key for a couple of actions (Find and Replace, formatting marks) where Cmd is reserved by macOS itself.

Windows

# Undo Ctrl+Z
# Redo Ctrl+Y
# Select All Ctrl+A
# Copy Ctrl+C
# Cut Ctrl+X
# Paste Ctrl+V
# Paste Without Formatting Ctrl+Shift+V Opens the Paste Special dialog; choose "Unformatted text" from the list.
# Save Ctrl+S
# Find Ctrl+F
# Find and Replace Ctrl+H
# Bold Ctrl+B
# Italic Ctrl+I
# Underline Ctrl+U
# Insert Page Break Ctrl+Enter
# Jump to Start of Document Ctrl+Home
# Jump to End of Document Ctrl+End
# Word Count No default shortcut LibreOffice Writer shows a live word count on the status bar at the bottom of the window at all times; click it (or Tools > Word Count) to open the full dialog.
# Show/Hide Formatting Marks Ctrl+F10
# Format / Style Panel Insert > Header and Footer No keyboard shortcut; use the Insert menu, then choose Header and Footer, then pick which page style to add it to (LibreOffice can have a different header/footer per Page Style, which is how you get different running heads on different sections).
# Export to PDF File > Export As > Export as PDF... Also available as the "Export Directly as PDF" icon on the toolbar (the icon with a small red PDF badge), which skips the export-options dialog and uses your last-used PDF settings.

Mac

# Undo Cmd+Z
# Redo Cmd+Y
# Select All Cmd+A
# Copy Cmd+C
# Cut Cmd+X
# Paste Cmd+V
# Paste Without Formatting Cmd+Shift+V Opens the Paste Special dialog; choose "Unformatted text" from the list.
# Save Cmd+S
# Find Cmd+F
# Find and Replace Ctrl+H LibreOffice on Mac keeps the literal Control key for this one (Cmd+H is reserved by macOS to hide the app), the same kind of exception Word for Mac has on this action.
# Bold Cmd+B
# Italic Cmd+I
# Underline Cmd+U
# Insert Page Break Cmd+Return
# Jump to Start of Document Cmd+Home On a MacBook without a Home key, press Fn+Left Arrow instead.
# Jump to End of Document Cmd+End On a MacBook without an End key, press Fn+Right Arrow instead.
# Word Count No default shortcut LibreOffice Writer shows a live word count on the status bar at the bottom of the window at all times; click it (or Tools > Word Count) to open the full dialog.
# Show/Hide Formatting Marks Ctrl+F10 Kept as the literal Control+F10 combo on Mac too, this one is not remapped to Cmd in current LibreOffice builds.
# Format / Style Panel Insert > Header and Footer Same menu path as Windows, no keyboard shortcut. Pick which Page Style to add the header/footer to.
# Export to PDF File > Export As > Export as PDF... Same as Windows: also available as the "Export Directly as PDF" toolbar icon for a one-click export using your last settings.