Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcuts for the whole workspace. On a Mac use ⌘ (Command); on Windows and Linux use Ctrl. Toolbar tooltips show the Mac key on every platform.
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Everywhere in the app
App-wide shortcuts.| Action | Mac | Windows and Linux |
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| Open or close Quick find (search papers, your library and pages) | ⌘K | Ctrl+K |
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| Move through Quick find results, and open one | ↑ ↓, Return | ↑ ↓, Enter |
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| Close a dialog, a menu or the mobile sidebar | Esc | Esc |
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| Move between menu items | ↑ ↓, Home, End | ↑ ↓, Home, End |
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App-wide shortcuts.Paper editor
In a paper, ⌘K or Ctrl+K opens Cite instead of Quick find.
Paper editor shortcuts.| Action | Mac | Windows and Linux |
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| Open or close Cite | ⌘K | Ctrl+K |
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| Save now | ⌘S | Ctrl+S |
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| Open Export | ⌘⇧E | Ctrl+Shift+E |
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| Check the selected text against cited sources (with focus outside the text) | ⌘⇧V | Ctrl+Shift+V |
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| Bold, italic, underline | ⌘B, ⌘I, ⌘U | Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I, Ctrl+U |
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| Strikethrough | ⌘⇧S | Ctrl+Shift+S |
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| Highlight | ⌘⇧H | Ctrl+Shift+H |
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| Heading 1 to 6 | ⌘⌥1 to ⌘⌥6 | Ctrl+Alt+1 to Ctrl+Alt+6 |
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| Normal paragraph | ⌘⌥0 | Ctrl+Alt+0 |
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| Bulleted list, numbered list | ⌘⇧8, ⌘⇧7 | Ctrl+Shift+8, Ctrl+Shift+7 |
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| Quote | ⌘⇧B | Ctrl+Shift+B |
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| Line break | ⇧Return | Shift+Enter |
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| Undo, redo | ⌘Z, ⌘⇧Z | Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y |
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| Indent or outdent a list item; next or previous table cell | Tab, ⇧Tab | Tab, Shift+Tab |
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| Apply a previewed change | ⌘Return | Ctrl+Enter |
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Paper editor shortcuts.Autocomplete suggestions
Pause while writing to get a suggestion, shown as grey ghost text. These keys work only while a suggestion is showing.
Autocomplete shortcuts.| Action | Mac | Windows and Linux |
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| Accept the suggestion | Tab or → | Tab or → |
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| Dismiss it | Esc | Esc |
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Autocomplete shortcuts.PDF reader and Library
Reader and Library shortcuts.| Action | Mac | Windows and Linux |
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| Search in the PDF | ⌘F | Ctrl+F |
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| Run the search, or go to the typed page number | Return | Enter |
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| Close search, or cancel a field | Esc | Esc |
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| Add a DOI or arXiv ID, or save tags | Return | Enter |
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Reader and Library shortcuts.Ask Rivul and Research
Ask Rivul and Research shortcuts.| Action | Mac | Windows and Linux |
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| Send the question | Return | Enter |
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| New line in the question | ⇧Return | Shift+Enter |
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| Stop a running answer (Ask Rivul) | Esc | Esc |
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Ask Rivul and Research shortcuts.Convert
Document OCR and Listen shortcuts.| Action | Mac | Windows and Linux |
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| Paste files into Document OCR (outside a text field) | ⌘V | Ctrl+V |
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| Play from a sentence in Listen | Return or Space | Enter or Space |
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Document OCR and Listen shortcuts.These docs
Documentation shortcuts.| Action | Mac | Windows and Linux |
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| Open search | ⌘K or / | Ctrl+K or / |
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| Move through results, and open one | ↑ ↓, Return | ↑ ↓, Enter |
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| Close search | Esc | Esc |
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