Below are lists of popular keyboard shortcuts.
Mac key convention: Ctrl is used for€˜Control’, Apple is used for€˜Command’ and Alt is used for the€˜Option’ key.
Mac OS 8 and 9
- â Apple + letter Activates menu items where the letter and Apple key is shown next to the item in a menu for example in Word a new document would be€˜Apple’ +€˜N’.
- â Apple + Z Undo the last action.
- â Apple + Tab Quickly switch between current running programs.
- â Tab’ Select the next icon or file alphabetically on the desktop or in a folder .
- â Apple + O Open a highlighted folder, document or application icon
- â Apple + W Closes current window .
- â Apple + C Copies selected textgraphics to the clipboard.
- â Apple + V Pastes textgraphics from the clipboard.
- â Apple + X -Cuts selected textgraphics to the clipboard.
- â Ctrl + Mouse click Right button mouse click.
Mac OS X
- â Apple + letter Activates menu items where the letter and Apple key is shown next to the item in a menu for example in Word a new document would be€˜Apple’ +€˜N’.
- â Apple + Z Undo the last action.
- â Apple + Tab Quickly switch between current running programs.
- â Tab’ Select the next icon or file alphabetically on the desktop or in a folder .
- â Apple + O Open a highlighted folder, document or application icon
- â Apple + W Closes current window .
- â Apple + C Copies selected textgraphics to the clipboard.
- â Apple + V Pastes textgraphics from the clipboard.
- â Apple + X -Cuts selected textgraphics to the clipboard.
- â Ctrl + Mouse click Right button mouse click.
- â Ctrl + F1 Turn on full keyboard access
You can also find help with your keyboard on these other operating systems:
For Windows, For Linux.
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