Keyboard Shortcuts For Pages On IPad - Apple Support

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If you have an external keyboard connected to your iPhone or iPad, you can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly accomplish many tasks in Pages. To use a keyboard shortcut, press all the keys in the shortcut at the same time.

You can press and hold the Command key on the external keyboard to show a list of shortcuts for the item that’s selected in the document, like text or a table.

General

Action

Shortcut

Create a new document (open the template chooser)

Command-N

Open the document manager

Command-O

Copy

Command-C

Paste

Command-V

Paste and match the style of the destination text

Option-Shift-Command-V

Undo

Command-Z

Redo

Shift-Command-Z

Zoom in

Shift-Command-Right Angle Bracket ( > )

Zoom out

Shift-Command-Left Angle Bracket ( < )

Show the Find window

Command-F

Select the text in the Find field (while in the Find window)

Command-F

Find next (while in the Find window)

Command-G

Find previous (while in the Find window)

Shift-Command-G

Enter or exit Edit Page Template view

Shift-Command-E

Show or hide word count

Shift-Command-W

Show or hide the ruler

Command-R

Add a comment

Shift-Command-K

Save a comment

Command-Return

Insert a page break

Command-Return or Command-Enter

Add a bookmark

Option-Command-B

Scroll up one page without moving the insertion point

Page Up

Scroll down one page without moving the insertion point

Page Down

Jump to a selection in a document

Command-J

Format text

Action

Shortcut

Increase text size

Command-Plus Sign (+)

Decrease text size

Command-Minus Sign (-)

Apply boldface to selected text

Command-B

Apply italic to selected text

Command-I

Apply underline to selected text

Command-U

Make the text superscript

Control-Command-Plus Sign (+)

Make the text subscript

Control-Command-Minus Sign (-)

Turn text or an object into a link

Command-K

Decrease the indent level of a block of text or a list item

Command-Left Bracket ([)

Increase the indent level of a block of text or a list item

Command-Right Bracket (])

Copy the paragraph or object style

Option-Command-C

Paste the paragraph or object style

Option-Command-V

Move, group, and layer objects

Action

Shortcut

Group the selected objects

Option-Command-G

Ungroup the selected objects

Option-Shift-Command-G

Lock the selected object

Command-L

Unlock the selected object

Option-Command-L

Duplicate the selected object

Command-D or Option-drag

Press Option and an arrow key, then drag

Move the selected object one point

Press an arrow key

Move the selected object ten points

Press and hold Shift and press an arrow key

Move the selected object to the back

Shift-Command-B

Move the selected object to the front

Shift-Command-F

Move the selected object backward

Option-Shift-Command-B

Move the selected object forward

Option-Shift-Command-F

Work with charts and tables

Action

Shortcut

Insert a paragraph break when editing text in a cell

Return

Insert a tab in text or a formula

Option-Tab

Specify absolute and relative attributes of selected cell references

Press Command-K or Shift-Command-K to move forward or backward through options

Open the Chart Data Editor

Shift-Command-D

Insert an equation

Option-Command-E

Add or remove the top table border

Control-Option-Command-Up Arrow

Add or remove the bottom table border

Control-Option-Command-Down Arrow

Add or remove the right table border

Control-Option-Command-Right Arrow

Add or remove the left table border

Control-Option-Command-Left Arrow

In a table, add rows above the selected cells

Option-Up Arrow

In a table, add rows below the selected cells

Option-Down Arrow

In a table, add columns to the right of the selected cells

Option-Right Arrow

In a table, add columns to the left of the selected cells

Option-Left Arrow

In a table, select the first populated cell in the current row

Option-Command-Left Arrow

In a table, select the last populated cell in the current row

Option-Command-Right Arrow

In a table, select the first populated cell in the current column

Option-Command-Up Arrow

In a table, select the last populated cell in the current column

Option-Command-Down Arrow

Delete selected rows

Option-Command-Delete

Delete selected columns

Control-Command-Delete

Select the table name

Shift-Tab

Select the first cell in a selected table

Return

In a table, expand the current selection to include the first populated cell in the current row

Option-Shift-Command-Left Arrow

In a table, expand the current selection to include the last populated cell in the current row

Option-Shift-Command-Right Arrow

In a table, expand the current selection to include the first populated cell in the current column

Option-Shift-Command-Up Arrow

In a table, expand the current selection to include the last populated cell in the current column

Option-Shift-Command-Down Arrow

In a table, merge selected cells

Control-Command-M

In a table, unmerge selected cells

Option-Control-Command-M

Navigate in reading view

Action

Shortcut

Move slightly up or down the page

Up Arrow or Down Arrow key

Jump down the page

Space

Go to the next or previous page

Option-Down Arrow or Option-Up Arrow

Move to the beginning or end of the document

Command-Up or Command-Down

Move to the left or right of the canvas

Command-Left Arrow or Command-Right Arrow

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