Keynote

Keyboard shortcuts for Keynote on iPad

If you have an external keyboard connected to your iOS or iPadOS device, you can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly accomplish many tasks in Keynote. 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 keyboard to show a list of shortcuts for the item that’s selected on the slide, like text or a table.

General

Action	Shortcut
Create a new presentation (open the theme chooser)	Command-N
Open the presentation manager	Command-O
Play a presentation	Option-Command-P
Show or hide presenter notes	Shift-Command-P
Enter or exit Edit Master Slides view	Shift-Command-E
Add a new master slide (from Edit Master Slides view)	Shift-Command-N
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
Add a comment	Shift-Command-K
Save a comment	Command-Return
Show or hide the Find window	Command-F
Find next (while in the Find window)	Command-G
Find previous (while in the Find window)	Shift-Command-G

Use the slide navigator

To use the slide navigator shortcuts below, you must first select a slide in the slide navigator on the left.

Action	Shortcut
Add a new slide	Shift-Command-N
Duplicate the selected slide	Command-D
Indent the selected slide to the right	Tab
Move the indented slide to the left	Shift-Tab
Skip the slide so it doesn’t show in a presentation, or show a slide that’s skipped	Shift-Command-H
Insert an equation	Option-Command-E

Play a presentation

Action	Shortcut
Play a presentation	Option-Command-P
Advance to the next slide or build	Right Arrow or Down Arrow
Go to previous slide	Left Arrow or Up Arrow
Advance to the next build or slide without animation	Shift-Right Arrow
Advance to the next slide without builds and animations	Shift-Down Arrow or Shift-Page Down
Show or hide presenter notes	Shift-Command-P
Go back to previous build	Shift-Left Arrow or Shift-Page Up
Go back through previously viewed slides	Z
Pause the presentation	F
Pause the presentation and show a black screen	B
Pause the presentation and show a white screen	W
Quit presentation mode	Esc or Q

Edit text, shapes, tables, and charts

Action	Shortcut
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-Shift-Command-Plus Sign (+)
Make the text subscript	Control-Command-Minus Sign (-)
Turn text into a link	Command-K
Copy the paragraph or object style	Option-Command-C
Paste the paragraph or object style	Option-Command-V
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

Use Light Table view

Action	Shortcut
Move to the next slide	Right arrow
Move to the previous slide	Left Arrow
Extend the selection to the next slide	Shift-Right Arrow
Extend the selection to the previous slide	Shift-Left Arrow
Extend the selection to the first slide	Shift-Command-Up Arrow
Extend the selection to the last slide	Shift-Command-Down Arrow
Select the first slide	Command-Up Arrow
Select the last slide	Command-Down Arrow

Manipulate text, shapes, tables, and charts

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	Hold down 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
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

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Keynote User Guide for iPad