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Keyboard Shortcuts

These keys work on a Mac and on an iPad with a keyboard attached, except where a line says otherwise.

New things

KeyDoes
⌘NNew Note
⇧⌘NNew Folder
⌘TNew Task
⌘LNew List

Getting around

KeyDoes
⌘DToday
⌥⌘→Next Day
⌥⌘←Previous Day
⌘1Calendar: Daily
⌘2Calendar: Weekly
⌘3Calendar: Monthly
⌘4Calendar: Yearly
⌘FSearch
⌘,Settings

The selected note or folder

KeyDoes
⌘O (Mac), ⇧⌘O (iPad)Open the note in its own window
⇧⌘DDuplicate
⇧⌘EExport
⌘⌫Delete

On a Mac, when a delete window comes up, Return confirms it and Esc cancels. On an iPad, Esc cancels and Return doesn't confirm: tap Delete.

In a note

KeyDoes
⌘BBold
⌘IItalic
⌘UUnderline
⇧⌘XStrikethrough
⌘KLink to another note (select text first)
⇧⌘LTick-box line
⌘+Bigger
⌘−Smaller
⌥⌘TInsert a table
⌘PPrint (Mac)

A note shown as a page

KeyDoes
⇧⌘.Zoom in
⇧⌘,Zoom out
⌘0Fit the page to the width

In a table

KeyDoes
TabNext cell
⇧TabThe cell before
ReturnThe cell below
⇧ReturnThe cell above
⌥ReturnA new line in the cell
⌥↑Add a row above
⌥↓Add a row below
⌥←Add a column to the left
⌥→Add a column to the right
SpaceTick or untick the selected box

In a cell, ⌘B and ⌘I work. Underline and strikethrough don't.

Undo

KeyDoes
⌘ZUndo
⇧⌘ZRedo

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