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Keyboard Shortcuts Windows

iA Writer for Windows provides a range of keyboard shortcuts to help you keep your hands on the keyboard and stay focused.

The majority of the available shortcuts are visible in the main menu.

These shortcuts can be roughly divided into the following categories:

Caret Positioning

Key Combo Function
Previous character
Next character
Previous line
Next line
Alt+ Move line up
Alt+ Move line down
Ctrl+ Go to previous word
Ctrl+ Go to next word
Ctrl+ Go to previous paragraph
Ctrl+ Go to next paragraph

Text Manipulation

Key Combo Function
Ctrl+C Copy
Ctrl+Shift+C Copy HTML
Ctrl+X Cut
Ctrl+V Paste
Ctrl+A Select all
Ctrl+Z Undo
Ctrl+B Bold
Ctrl+I Italic
Ctrl+K Insert link
Ctrl+[1-6] H1 through H6
Tab Insert tab
Shift+Enter Add two spaces and a newline (<br>)
Ctrl+Backspace Delete word to the left of cursor

User Interface Control

Key Combo Function
Ctrl+N New file
Ctrl+O Open
Ctrl+S Save file (note that your document edits are automatically saved frequently)
F12 Save under
Ctrl+F Search
Ctrl+H Replace
Ctrl+P Print
Ctrl+Shift+D Focus Mode sentence
Alt+Shift+N Night mode
Ctrl+R Preview
Ctrl+E Library

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Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts Mac

iA Writer for Mac provides a wide range of keyboard shortcuts to help you keep your hands on the keyboard and stay focused. The majority of the available shortcuts are visible in the main menu. iA Writer for macOS follows the standard macOS system shortcuts and we may update shortcuts from time to time to

Keyboard Shortcuts iPhone

iA Writer includes a number of keyboard shortcuts. On iOS devices with connected keyboards, you can press and hold ⌘ button at any time to see all available keyboard shortcuts for current screen. Files ⌘N New ⇧⌘N New Window Quick Search ⇧⌘O Quick Search ⏎ Open file or activate action ⇧⏎ Open file in new

Keyboard Shortcuts iPad

iA Writer includes a number of keyboard shortcuts. On iPadOS devices with connected keyboards, you can press and hold ⌘ button at any time to see all available keyboard shortcuts for current screen. These shortcuts can be roughly divided into the following categories: Files ⌘N New ⇧⌘N New Window Quick Search ⇧⌘O Quick Search ⏎

Keyboard Shortcuts Android

iA Writer for Android is no longer for sale. Here is why. On iA Writer for Android, you can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly navigate and edit your document. These can be roughly divided into the following categories: Caret Positioning Key Combo Function ← Previous character → Next character ↑ Previous line ↓ Next line

Keyboard Shortcuts Windows

iA Writer for Windows provides a range of keyboard shortcuts to help you keep your hands on the keyboard and stay focused. The majority of the available shortcuts are visible in the main menu. These shortcuts can be roughly divided into the following categories: Caret Positioning Key Combo Function ← Previous character → Next character