These features can be accessed by even the most inexperienced Word user, and doing so is incredibly efficient using the shortcuts within this section. Insert a comment. Toggle change tracker. These shortcuts should work in all versions of Mac OS X and with all Cocoa based apps, including Safari, Chrome, TextEdit, Pages and the iWork suite, and most other Mac apps and text editors. Update: These keyboard shortcuts will also work with iOS devices that have a keyboard attached via Bluetooth or through a dock.
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You can access a variety of commands in Visual Studio for Mac by using the appropriate keyboard shortcut. This document lists the default shortcuts for the Visual Studio for Mac key binding scheme. For more information about how to change the key binding scheme, see Customizing the IDE. You can also customize shortcuts for a command using the Visual Studio for Mac > Preferences menu item and choosing Environment > Key Bindings in the Preferences window.
Tip
The keyboard shortcuts displayed in this document, and the key binding preferences in Visual Studio for Mac, are presented using the symbols commonly used in macOS. If you are unsure of a symbol, review the macOS key symbols loopkup table.
Downloadable quick ref pdfs
We have compiled the most used, and most useful, keyboard shortcuts into a downloadable pdf file. We have two versions,one that shows shortcuts for Visual Studio for Mac, and a version that shows Visual Studio shorts side-by-side for usersthat have prior experience with Visual Studio when using Windows.
Code Navigation
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Find References | ⇧⌘R, F12 |
| Go to Declaration | ⌘D, F12 |
| Next Error | ⌥⇧⇟, ⇧⌘F12 |
| Next Issue in File | ⌥⇟ |
| Previous Error | ⌥⇧⇞ |
| Previous Issue in File | ⌥⇞ |
Debug
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Enable or Disable Breakpoint | ⌥⌘/, ⌘F9 |
| Pause | ⌥⌘P, ⌥⌘L5 |
| Remove All Breakpoints | ⇧⌘F9 |
| Run To Cursor | ⌘F10 |
| Set Next Statement | ⇧⌘F10 |
| Show Next Statement | ⌥* |
| Step Into | ⇧⌘I, ⌘F11 |
| Step Out | ⇧⌘U, ⇧⌘F11 |
| Step Over | ⇧⌘O, F10 |
| Toggle Breakpoint | ⌘, F9 |
| View Breakpoints | ⌥⌘B |
Designer
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Switch between related files | ⌃⌘↑ |
Edit
Mac Word Shortcut For Comments
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Constraint Editing Mode | ⌘E |
| Copy | ⌘C |
| Cut | ⌘X |
| Delete | ⌘⌫ |
| Format Document | ⌃I |
| Indent Selection | ⌘] |
| Paste | ⌘V |
| Preferences | ⌘, |
| Redo | ⇧⌘Z |
| Rename | ⌘R, F2 |
| Select All | ⌘A |
| Show Code Generation | ⌘I |
| Toggle All Folds | ⌥⇧⌘↑ |
| Toggle Definitions | ⌥⇧⌘↓ |
| Toggle Fold | ⌥⇧⌘← |
| Toggle Line Comment(s) | ⌘/ |
| Undo | ⌘Z |
| Unindent Selection | ⌘[ |
| Update Frame from Constraints | ⇧⌘R |
F# Integration
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Clear F# Interactive | ⌃⌥C |
| F# Interactive | ⌃⌥F |
| Restart F# Interactive | ⌃⌥R |
| Send line to F# Interactive | ⌃⌥L |
| Send references to F# Interactive | ⌃⌥P |
| Send selection to F# Interactive | ⌃⏎ |
File
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Close All | ⇧⌘W |
| Close File | ⌘W |
| Close Workspace | ⌥⌘W |
| New File | ⌘N |
| New Solution | ⇧⌘N |
| Open | ⌘O |
| Print | ⌘P |
| Quit | ⌘Q |
| Revert | ⌘U |
| Save | ⌘S |
| Save All | ⇧⌘S |
Help
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| API Documentation | ⌥⌘? |
| Unity API Reference | ⌘' |
Other
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Implement Unity Messages | ⇧⌘M |
| Inspect | ⌥⌘I |
Project
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Add Files | ⌥⌘A |
| Build | ⌘K, ⇧F6 |
| Build All | ⌘B, F6 |
| Clean | ⇧⌘K |
| Rebuild | ⌃⌘K |
| Rebuild All | ⌃⌘B |
| Start Debugging | ⌘⏎, F5 |
| Start Without Debugging | ⌥⌘⏎, ⌃F5 |
| Stop | ⇧⌘⏎, ⇧F5 |
Refactoring
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Import Symbol | ⌃⌥␣ |
| Quick Fix | ⌥⏎ |
Search
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Command | ⇧⌘P |
| Find in Files | ⇧⌘F |
| Find Next | ⌘G, F3 |
| Find Next Like Selection | ⌘E, ⌘F3 |
| Find Previous | ⇧⌘G, ⇧F3 |
| Find Previous Like Selection | ⇧⌘F3 |
| Find | ⌘F |
| Go to File | ⇧⌘D |
| Go to Line | ⌘L |
| Go to Type | ⇧⌘T |
| Navigate To | ⌘. |
| Replace in Files | ⌥⇧⌘F |
| Replace | ⌥⌘F |
Text Editor
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Complete Word | ⌃␣ |
| Delete left character | ⌃H |
| Delete next subword | ⌃⌦ |
| Delete next word | ⌥⌦ |
| Delete previous subword | ⌃⌫ |
| Delete previous word | ⌥⌫ |
| Delete right character | ⌃D |
| Delete to end of line | ⌃K |
| Dynamic abbrev | ⌃/ |
| Expand selection | ⌥⇧↓ |
| Expand selection | ⌥⇧↑ |
| Expand selection to document end | ⇧⌘↓, ⇧⌘↘ |
| Expand selection to document start | ⇧⌘↑, ⇧⌘↖ |
| Expand selection to line end | ⇧↘, ⇧⌘→ |
| Expand selection to line start | ⇧↖, ⇧⌘← |
| Expand selection to next line | ⇧↓ |
| Expand selection to next word | ⌥⇧→ |
| Expand selection to page down | ⇧⇟ |
| Expand selection to page up | ⇧⇞ |
| Expand selection to previous line | ⇧↑ |
| Expand selection to previous word | ⌥⇧← |
| Expand selection to the left | ⇧← |
| Expand selection to the right | ⇧→ |
| Find caret | ⌘| |
| Go left one character | ⌃B |
| Go right one character | ⌃F |
| Go to beginning of document | ⌘↑ |
| Go to beginning of line | ⌘←, ⌃A |
| Go to end of document | ⌘↓ |
| Go to end of line | ⌘→, ⌃E |
| Go to Matching Brace | ⇧⌘ |
| Go to next line | ⌃N |
| Go to next word | ⌥→ |
| Go to previous line | ⌃P |
| Go to previous word | ⌥← |
| Insert line break after the caret | ⌃O |
| Move caret to EOL and insert new line | ⇧⏎ |
| Move the line or highlighted selection down | ⌥↓ |
| Move the line or highlighted selection up | ⌥↑ |
| Move to next usage | ⌃⌥⌘↓ |
| Move to prev usage | ⌃⌥⌘↑ |
| Show Parameter List | ⌃⇧␣ |
| Show quick info | ⌘F1 |
| Show Scopes | ⌥⇧⌘P |
| Transpose characters | ⌃T |
| Wrap with <div> | ⌥⇧W |
View
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Center and Focus Document | ⌃L |
| Focus Document | F7 |
| Full Screen | ⌃⌘F |
| Move to Next Notebook | ⌥⌘→ |
| Move to Previous Notebook | ⌥⌘← |
| Navigate Back | ⌃⌘← |
| Navigate Forward | ⌃⌘→ |
| Normal Size | ⌘0 |
| One Editor Column | ⌥⌘1 |
| Show Next | ⌥⌘↓, F8 |
| Show Previous | ⌥⌘↑, ⇧F8 |
| Two Editor Columns | ⌥⌘2 |
| Zoom In | ⌘+, ⌘= |
| Zoom Out | ⌘-, ⌘_ |
Window
Mac Word Shortcut For Comment Tag
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|
| Activate 1 | ⌘1 |
| Activate 2 | ⌘2 |
| Activate 3 | ⌘3 |
| Activate 4 | ⌘4 |
| Activate 5 | ⌘5 |
| Activate 6 | ⌘6 |
| Activate 7 | ⌘7 |
| Activate 8 | ⌘8 |
| Activate 9 | ⌘9 |
| Hide Others | ⌥⌘H |
| Hide Visual Studio | ⌘H |
| Minimize | ⌘M |
| Next Document | ⌘}, ⌘F6 |
| Previous Document | ⌘{, ⇧⌘F6 |
| Switch to next document | ⌃⇥ |
| Switch to next tool window | ⌃⌥⇥ |
| Switch to previous document | ⌃⇧⇥ |
| Switch to previous tool window | ⌃⌥⇧⇥ |
macOS key symbols lookup
| Symbol | Key |
|---|
| ⌘ | Command (cmd) |
| ⌥ | Option (alt) |
| ⇧ | Shift |
| ⌃ | Control (ctrl) |
| ⇞ | Page Up (Pg Up) |
| ⇟ | Page Down (Pg Dn) |
| ⌫ | Delete (Backspace) |
| ⌦ | Forward Delete |
| ⏎ | Return |
| ←→↑↓ | Arrow Keys |
| ↖ | Home |
| ↘ | End |
| ␣ | Space Bar |
| ⇥ | Tab |
See also
This article describes the function keys, some common shortcut keys and frequently used keyboard shortcuts for word for mac.
Mac Word Shortcut For Comment On Screen
Keyboard shortcuts in Word for Mac
Frequently used shortcuts
This table provides the frequently used shortcuts in Word 2016 for Mac.
| To do this | Press |
| Undo the last action | + Z or Control + Z |
| Cut selected text or graphics | + X or Control + X |
| Copy selected text or graphics to the Clipboard | + C or Control + C |
| Paste the Clipboard contents | + V or Control + V |
| Choose the Go To command (Edit menu) | Option + + G |
| Open the Spelling and Grammar dialog box | Option + + L |
| Extend a selection | F8 |
| Go to the next window | + Grave accent ( ` ) |
| Choose the Save As command (File menu). | + Shift + S |
| Copy selected text | Shift + F2 |
| Change letters to uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case | Shift + F3 |
| Find or Find and Replace | Control+F for Find; places the focus in the Search box Control+H for Find and Replace |
| Print a document | + P or Control + P |
| Move to the previous insertion point | Shift + F5 |
| Go to the previous window | + Shift + ` |
| Open the Thesaurus pane | Shift+ F7 |
| Shrink a selection | Shift+ F8 |
| Switch between a field code and its result | Shift + F9 |
| Cut the selection to the Spike | + F3 |
| Close the window | + F4 |
| Expand or minimize the ribbon | Option + + R |
| Edit a bookmark | + Shift + F5 |
| Find the next misspelling or grammatical error. The Check spelling as you type check box must be selected (Word menu, Preferences command, Spelling and Grammar). | Option + F7 |
| Look up selected text on the Internet | + Shift + L |
Mac Word Shortcut For Comment
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