Shortcuts Common to Most Applications
enter choose blue button in dialogue box (usually “enter” or “accept”)
spacebar simulate a mouse click on focused object (i.e., the button or control that has a blue halo around it)
command-shift-? Search application help. As of 10.5, this also FAYT searches available menu items. It also activates the menu bar as keyboard navigable if the search string is empty.
- command-d don’t save
- command-+ increase font size
- command– decrease font size
- command-, preferences
- command-? help
- command-: spelling
- command-; check spelling
- command-A select all
- command-C copy
- command-shift-C show colors
- command-F find
- command-G find next
- command-H hide
- command-option-H hide others
- command-M minimize
- command-N new
- command-O open
- command-P print
- command-Q quit
- command-S save
- command-T show fonts
- command-V paste
- command-W close
- command-X cut
- command-Z undo