Keynote keyboard shortcuts on Mac

Every shortcut in Keynote's menu bar, grouped the way Keynote groups them. Nobody typed this list. It was read from the app's own menus, the way Keysi reads them when you hold ⌘.

110 shortcuts · read from Keynote 14.5 on 2026-09-16.

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Keynote

Command	Keys
Settings…	⌘,
Hide Keynote	⌘H
Hide Others	⌥⌘H
Quit Keynote	⌘Q
Quit and Keep Windows	⌥⌘Q

File

Command	Keys
New…	⌘N
New…	⌥⌘N
Open…	⌘O
Close	⌘W
Close All	⌥⌘W
Save	⌘S
Duplicate	⇧⌘S
Print…	⌘P

Edit

Command	Keys
Undo	⌘Z
Redo	⇧⌘Z
Cut	⌘X
Copy	⌘C
Paste	⌘V
Paste and Match Style	⌥⇧⌘V
Paste and Preserve Style	⌃⇧⌘V
Duplicate Selection	⌘D
Select All	⌘A
Deselect All	⇧⌘A
Select Parent	⌘↩
Find ▸ Find…	⌘F
Find ▸ Find Next	⌘G
Find ▸ Find Previous	⇧⌘G
Find ▸ Use Selection for Find	⌘E
Find ▸ Jump to Selection	⌘J
Spelling and Grammar ▸ Show Spelling and Grammar	⌘:
Spelling and Grammar ▸ Check Document Now	⌘;
Speech ▸ Start Speaking	⌥⇧⌘S

Insert

Command	Keys
Line ▸ Draw With Pen	⌥⇧⌘P
Comment	⇧⌘K
Equation...	⌥⌘E
Choose...	⇧⌘V

Slide

Command	Keys
New Slide	⇧⌘N
Skip Slide	⇧⌘H
Go To ▸ Slide…	⌃⌘G

Format

Command	Keys
Font ▸ Show Fonts	⌘T
Font ▸ Bold	⌘B
Font ▸ Italic	⌘I
Font ▸ Underline	⌘U
Font ▸ Bigger	⌘+
Font ▸ Smaller	⌘-
Font ▸ Character Spacing ▸ Tighten	⌥⌘[
Font ▸ Character Spacing ▸ Loosen	⌥⌘]
Font ▸ Baseline ▸ Superscript	⌃⌘+
Font ▸ Baseline ▸ Subscript	⌃⌘-
Text ▸ Align Left	⌘{
Text ▸ Align Center	⌘\|
Text ▸ Align Right	⌘}
Text ▸ Justify	⌥⌘\|
Text ▸ Auto-Align Table Cell	⌥⌘U
Text ▸ Increase Indent Level	⌘]
Text ▸ Decrease Indent Level	⌘[
Table ▸ Delete Row	⌥⌘⌫
Table ▸ Delete Column	⌃⌘⌫
Table ▸ Select ▸ Row	⌥⌘↩
Table ▸ Select ▸ Column	⌃⌘↩
Table ▸ Select ▸ First Value in Row	⌥⌘←
Table ▸ Select ▸ Last Value in Row	⌥⌘→
Table ▸ Select ▸ First Value in Column	⌥⌘↑
Table ▸ Select ▸ Last Value in Column	⌥⌘↓
Table ▸ Select ▸ Extend to First Value in Row	⌥⇧⌘←
Table ▸ Select ▸ Extend to Last Value in Row	⌥⇧⌘→
Table ▸ Select ▸ Extend to First Value in Column	⌥⇧⌘↑
Table ▸ Select ▸ Extend to Last Value in Column	⌥⇧⌘↓
Table ▸ Autofill Cells ▸ Autofill…	⌘\
Table ▸ Autofill Cells ▸ Autofill from Row Above	⌥⌘\
Table ▸ Autofill Cells ▸ Autofill from Column Before	⌃⌘\
Table ▸ Merge Cells	⌃⌘M
Table ▸ Unmerge Cells	⌃⇧⌘M
Chart ▸ Show Chart Data Editor	⇧⌘D
Image ▸ Edit Mask	⇧⌘M
Copy Style	⌥⌘C
Paste Style	⌥⌘V
Add Link ▸ Slide	⌘K
Advanced ▸ Define as Text Placeholder	⌃⌥⌘T
Advanced ▸ Define as Media Placeholder	⌃⌥⌘I

Arrange

Command	Keys
Bring Forward	⌥⇧⌘F
Bring to Front	⇧⌘F
Send Backward	⌥⇧⌘B
Send to Back	⇧⌘B
Lock	⌘L
Unlock	⌥⌘L
Group	⌥⌘G
Ungroup	⌥⇧⌘G

View

Command	Keys
Inspector ▸ Show Next Inspector Tab	⌃`
Inspector ▸ Show Previous Inspector Tab	⌃⇧`
Inspector ▸ Hide Inspector	⌥⌘I
Edit Slide Layouts	⇧⌘E
Show Presenter Notes	⇧⌘P
Show Object List	⇧⌘L
Show Rulers	⌘R
Comments ▸ Show Next	⌥⌘K
Comments ▸ Show Previous	⌥⇧⌘K
Show Colors	⇧⌘C
Zoom ▸ Zoom In	⌘>
Zoom ▸ Zoom Out	⌘<
Zoom ▸ Actual Size	⌘0
Zoom ▸ Fit Slide	⌥⌘0
Zoom ▸ Zoom to Selection	⇧⌘0
Zoom ▸ Zoom to Fit Content	⌥⇧⌘0
Show Toolbar	⌥⌘T

Play

Command	Keys
Play Slideshow	⌥⌘P

Window

Command	Keys
Minimize	⌘M
Minimize All	⌥⌘M
Zoom	⌃⌘=
Zoom All	⌃⌥⌘=

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