Mac Os X Shortcuts[1]

Often-Used Mac OS X Shortcuts for Laptops Table of Contents Topic

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Often used Mac OS X Command (

) +Alpha Shortcuts For Office

Mac OS X Laptop F-key Shortcuts (All Applications)

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Mac OS X Office Shortcuts With the Laptop Function (fn) Key

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Laptop Function (fn)+(Keystroke) for Converting to Numeric Keypad

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Other Common Mac OS X Shortcuts For Office Mac OS X Command (

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) +Alpha Shortcuts For Entourage

Other Common Mac OS X Shortcuts For Entourage Mac OS X Command (

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) +Alpha Shortcuts For Various Applications

Common Mac OS Command (

) +Button Shortcuts

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Mac OS X One, Two, or Three-Button Shortcuts/Keystrokes

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Mac OS X Shortcuts for the Dock

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Commonly Used Mac OS X Symbols 11 NOTE: Applications such as Dreamweaver, Flash, iTunes, Inspiration, SmartBaord, GarageBand, iMovie, iPhoto, iWeb, iLive, ComicLife, MailMerge, etc. and specific Office functions such as ‘columns’ and ’outline’ contain application-specific shortcuts which are not listed in this document.

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Often used Mac OS X Command (

)+Alpha

Shortcuts For Office +A

Select All

+O

Open doc/app

+B

Bold

+P

Print (skip print menu)

+C

Copy

+Q

Quit current app

+D

Change font

+R

Text align right

+E

Text align center

+S

Save

+F

Find

+T

Move left margin right

+G

Go to or Guides(ppt)

+U

Underline

+H

Hide

+V

Paste

+I

Get Information or

+ W Close window +X

Cut

Justify Text

+Y

Redo

+K

Insert hyperlink

+Z

Undo

+L

Text align left

+M

Minimize Window

Italic +J

+N

+(,) comma Opens ‘Preferences’ + (/) slash

New page, doc or email

Opens Help

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Mac OS X F-key Laptop Shortcuts (All Applications) F1

Decrease screen

F8

Select text by steps

brightness

F9

Exposé for all open

F2

Increase screen brightness

windows

F3

Mute

F4

Lower volume

F10 Exposé for all open

F5

Increase volume

windows

F6

Lock number keys

F7

External/Internal screen

(Panther and newer)

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F11 Exposé to reveal desktop

F12 Dashboard (Tiger only) BACK TO INDEX

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Mac OS X Office Laptop Shortcuts with the Function (fn) Key Fn+F1

Undo

windows

Fn+F2

cut

Fn+F4

paste

Fn+F5

go to

Fn+F7

spelling

Fn+F11

Exposé to reveal desktop

Fn+F8

select text by steps

Fn+F12

Dashboard (Tiger only)

Fn+F9

Exposé for all

(Panther and newer) Fn+F10

Exposé for all windows in selected application

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Function+(Keystroke) for Converting Laptop Keys to Numeric Keypad The function (fn) key can be used for temporary usage of the numeric keypad. For continuous use, press the num lock (F6) key. Fn+M

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Fn+8

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Fn+J

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Fn+9

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Fn+K

2

Fn+(/)

+ (add)

Fn+L

3

Fn+(;)

- (subtract)

Fn+U

4

Fn+(-)

= (equals)

Fn+I

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Fn+P

Fn+O

6

Fn+7

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Fn+(.)

* (multiply) . (decimal)

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Other Mac OS X Shortcuts For Office +shift+H

Find and Replace

+option+I

Show

Attributes +option+L

Spelling

+option+M

New Paragraph

+shift+P

View Project Gallery

+option+R

Thesaurus

+option+W

Close All windows

+shift+S

Save As

+option+esc Force quit

+option+G

Delete

Entire Word +right arrow

Move curser to end of current line

+left arrow

Move curser to start of current line

+1

Format Cells (Excel)

+6

Open New Workbook (Excel)

+8

Show Outline Symbols (Excel)

+ (;)semicolon Add Current Time to Cell (Excel) + (-)minus

Add Current Date to Cell (Excel)

ctrl+click (on misspelled word) option+(keyboard stroke)

Insert various symbols

option+shift+(keyboard stroke) option+left arrow

Suggested spellings Insert various symbols Move curser left one word

option+right arrow

Move curser right one word

option+up arrow

Move curser up one line

option+down arrow

Move curser down one line

option+drag

Select rectangular area (noncontiguous)

option+drag

Selection copy text

shift+any of the above

Extend selection by segmented amounts

highlight+click then drag

Select then move text

double-click then drag

Select text, wrapping to word ends

triple-click then drag

Select text, wrapping to paragraph ends

shift+select text with mouse Add to selection (contiguous) +select text with mouse Add to selection (noncontiguous) +option+drag

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Mac OS X Command+Alpha Shortcuts For Entourage +A

Select All

+M

Minimize Window

+B

Bold (+ E)

+N

New Mail Message

+C

Copy

+O

Open (Email)

+E

Add Attachments

+P

Print (skip print menu)

+F

Find

+Q

Quit current (open) app

+G

Go to

+R

Reply (to message)

+H

Hide

+S

Save (as Draft)

+I

Folder Properties

+T

Mark as Read

+J

Forward (message)

+U

Underline

Send & Receive All

+V

Paste

+K

+ W Close

or Insert hyperlink +L

Refresh Message List

+X

Cut

+Y

Redo

+Z

Undo

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Other Common Mac OS X Shortcuts For Entourage +shift+R Reply to all

+option+R Reply to Sender

+shift+T

+option+T Mark All as Unread

+shift+J

Mark as Unread Mark as Junk

+ (‘)(apostrophe)

+delete

Move to Trash

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+ (=) (equal)

Add to Address Book BACK TO INDEX

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Mac OS X Command ( )+Alpha Shortcuts For Various Applications +A

Select All

+N

New Finder Window

+B

Browser Bookmarks

+O

Open

+C

Copy

+P

Print

+D

Duplicate

+Q

Quit current (open) app

+E

Eject

+R

Show Original

+F

Find

+S

Save

+G

(none)

+T

Add to Sidebar

+H

Scroll open apps

+U

(none)

+ I

Get Information

+V

Paste

+J

Show View Options

+K

Connect to Server

+X

Cut

+L

Make Alias

+Y

Redo

+M

Minimize

+Z

Undo

+ W Close Window

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Common Mac OS X Command+Button Shortcuts +(?)

Help

+delete

Eject or Delete file

+shift+3

Take picture of entire screen save to desktop

+shift+4

Take picture of part of screen save to desktop

+shift+ctrl+3

Take picture of entire screen store on

clipboard +shift ctrl+4

Take picture of part of screen store on

clipboard +shift+Q +shift+option+Q +ctrl+eject +option+ctrl+eject

c

Log out Log out without confirmation Restart Shut down

+tab

Cycle through open applications

+shift+tab

Cycle backwards through open applications

+(`)(apostrophe)

Cycle between open windows in the open application

+shift+(`)(apostrophe)

Cycle between open windows in the selected application in reverse direction

+space

Activate Spotlight (Tiger) or switch between keyboard layouts (pre-Tiger systems)

com +option+ctrl ,(comma) Decrease the screen contrast com +option+ctrl .(period)

Increase the screen contrast

com +option+8

Turn screen zooming on or off

com +option+(=)equal com +option+(+)plus c

Zoom in (if screen zooming is on) Zoom out

+option+D

Hide/unhide dock

+option+eject

Sleep now

+shift+N

New Folder

+option+N

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+option+ctrl+8 com +1

Invert the screen colors View options as Icons

+2

View options as Lists

+3

View options as Columns

+shift+(?)

(add to Del.icio.us bookmarks – when installed) BACK TO INDEX

Mac OS X One, Two, or Three-Button Shortcuts/Keystrokes +(spacebar)

Show or hide Spotlight search field

+option+(spacebar) Show or hide Spotlight search window spacebar (when dragging file onto folder) Open folder ctrl+F4 ctrl+shift+F4

Cycle between open windows in all applications Cycle between open windows in all applications in reverse direction

ctrl+F8

Open Internet Connect

Ctrl+esc

Hide and show Front Row BACK TO INDEX

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Mac OS X Shortcuts for the DOCK The terms "click" and "press" are used to express nuance in using your mouse--a click is quick and a press is a longer hold. To”press” the mouse button means that you hold the button down until the desired action happens. "Drag" means to move your mouse while pressing (holding). click Brings the item forward, or opens it if not already open. Brings minimized windows out of the Dock. press Reveals contextual menu for item. Menu choices vary per application or file. +option+D Hide or Show the Dock ctrl+click Reveals contextual menu for item. Menu choices vary per application or file. When used on Dock separator, it reveals Dock preferences. +click Reveals the original item location in its Finder. +option+click Hides other open items, in addition to click action. option+press Force Quit replaces Quit in menu, in addition to press action. press+drag (a Dock item from the Dock) Removes item from the Dock. +drag (a Dock item from the Dock) Copy the item without removing it from the Dock. +drag (an item to the Dock) Create a Dock item without moving (sliding) existing Dock items while dragging. You might use this feature when dragging to a folder icon on the Dock, for example. +option+drag (a file to an application's Dock icon) Attempt to open the file with the application regardless of file type or what application the file is 11

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associated with (if any). The application may or may not be able to open the file. option+drag When used on Dock separator, resizes Dock to common icon sizes (128 by 128, 64 by 64, 32 by 32, 16 by 16). shift+click This applies to minimized windows only. The item is deminimized in slow motion. You can see the item minimized in slow motion by pressing Shift while minimizing it. shift+drag When used on Dock separator, changes Dock position on screen (left, bottom, right). A pop-up menu in the Dock offers you a hierarchical submenu structure. To create a pop-up menu in the Dock, simply drag a disk or folder icon into the Dock, between the dividing line and the Trash. Disks and folders in the Dock must be placed to the right of or below the divider. (Folder)+drag into Dock Dragging a folder or disk to the Dock provides a hierarchical pop-up menu. THEN: Click

Item opens in a Finder window

Ctrl+click A pop-up menu with hierarchical submenus appears. Use submenus to navigate through folders to a file BACK TO INDEX

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Commonly Used Mac OS X Symbols

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