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TextEdit keyboard shortcuts on Mac

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

59 shortcuts · read from TextEdit 1.21 on 2026-09-16.

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TextEdit

CommandKeys
Settings…⌘,
Hide TextEdit⌘H
Hide Others⌥⌘H
Quit TextEdit⌘Q
Quit and Keep Windows⌥⌘Q

File

CommandKeys
New⌘N
Open…⌘O
Close⌘W
Close All⌥⌘W
Save⌘S
Save As…⌥⇧⌘S
Duplicate⇧⌘S
Show Properties⌥⌘P
Page Setup…⇧⌘P
Print…⌘P

Edit

CommandKeys
Undo⌘Z
Redo⇧⌘Z
Cut⌘X
Copy⌘C
Paste⌘V
Paste and Match Style⌥⇧⌘V
Complete⌥⎋
Select All⌘A
Attach Files…⇧⌘A
Link…⌘K
Find ▸ Find…⌘F
Find ▸ Find and Replace…⌥⌘F
Find ▸ Find Next⌘G
Find ▸ Find Previous⇧⌘G
Find ▸ Use Selection for Find⌘E
Find ▸ Jump to Selection⌘J
Find ▸ Select Line...⌘L
Spelling and Grammar ▸ Show Spelling and Grammar⌘:
Spelling and Grammar ▸ Check Document Now⌘;

Format

CommandKeys
Font ▸ Show Fonts⌘T
Font ▸ Bold⌘B
Font ▸ Italic⌘I
Font ▸ Underline⌘U
Font ▸ Bigger⌘+
Font ▸ Smaller⌘-
Font ▸ Kern ▸ Tighten⌥⌘[
Font ▸ Kern ▸ Loosen⌥⌘]
Font ▸ Show Colors⇧⌘C
Font ▸ Copy Style⌥⌘C
Font ▸ Paste Style⌥⌘V
Text ▸ Align Left⌘{
Text ▸ Center⌘|
Text ▸ Align Right⌘}
Text ▸ Show Ruler⌘R
Text ▸ Copy Ruler⌃⌘C
Text ▸ Paste Ruler⌃⌘V
Make Rich Text⇧⌘T
Wrap to Page⇧⌘W

View

CommandKeys
Actual Size⌘0
Zoom In⇧⌘.
Zoom Out⇧⌘,

Window

CommandKeys
Minimize⌘M
Minimize All⌥⌘M

Help

CommandKeys
TextEdit Help⌘?

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