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Keyboard shortcuts in the article editor

Keep your hands on the keyboard while you write. These shortcuts work in the article editor on a Mac and on Windows.

Who can do this: Owners, Admins and Editors · Plans: All plans

Format text

Select the text first.

Action

Mac

Windows

Bold

⌘B

Ctrl+B

Italic

⌘I

Ctrl+I

Underline

⌘U

Ctrl+U

Strikethrough

⌘⇧S

Ctrl+Shift+S

Inline code

⌘E

Ctrl+E

Clear all formatting

⌘\

Ctrl+\

Headings, lists and quotes

Put the cursor in the paragraph you want to change. Press the same shortcut again to turn it back into normal text.

Action

Mac

Windows

Heading 2

⌘⌥2

Ctrl+Alt+2

Heading 3

⌘⌥3

Ctrl+Alt+3

Heading 4

⌘⌥4

Ctrl+Alt+4

Normal text

⌘⌥0

Ctrl+Alt+0

Bulleted list

⌘⇧8

Ctrl+Shift+8

Numbered list

⌘⇧7

Ctrl+Shift+7

Task list

⌘⇧9

Ctrl+Shift+9

Blockquote

⌘⇧B

Ctrl+Shift+B

Indent or outdent a list item

Tab / Shift+Tab

Tab / Shift+Tab

New line in the same paragraph

Shift+Enter

Shift+Enter

Insert blocks

Action

Key

Open the insert menu

/ on an empty line

Move through the menu

↑ and ↓

Insert the highlighted block

Enter

Close the menu and keep the / as text

Esc

Tables and code blocks

Action

Mac

Windows

Next table cell (in the last cell, adds a row)

Tab

Tab

Previous table cell

Shift+Tab

Shift+Tab

Indent inside a code block (four spaces)

Tab

Tab

Leave a code block

⌘Enter

Ctrl+Enter

Save, search and undo

Action

Mac

Windows

Save draft

⌘S

Ctrl+S

Search your articles

⌘K

Ctrl+K

Undo

⌘Z

Ctrl+Z

Redo

⌘⇧Z

Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y

Post a team comment (in the comment box)

⌘Enter

Ctrl+Enter

On a published article, ⌘S (Ctrl+S) never publishes anything. A message reminds you to click Update when you're ready, or to unpublish the article while you work.

Markdown shortcuts

Type these at the start of a line, followed by a space:

Type

To get

##, ### or ####

Heading 2, Heading 3 or Heading 4

- or *

Bulleted list

1.

Numbered list

[ ]

Task list

>

Blockquote

```

Code block

--- (no space needed)

Divider

Inside a line, wrap words in ** for bold, * for italic, ~~ for strikethrough or backticks for inline code. A web address followed by a space turns into a link.

There's no keyboard shortcut for links, and ⌘K opens article search instead. Select the words and click Link in the toolbar, or paste a web address over the selected words.

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