Writing & Editing

Keyboard shortcuts

Every keyboard shortcut in Writing Desk, grouped by what you're doing.

Press ⌘/ in Writing Desk to open this list inside the app, with a search box to find a shortcut quickly. You’ll also find it under Help → Keyboard Shortcuts in the menu bar.

File

Action	Shortcut
New document	⌘N
Open	⌘O
Save	⌘S
Save as	⇧⌘S
Close document	⌘W
Quit Writing Desk	⌘Q

Editing

Action	Shortcut
Undo	⌘Z
Redo	⇧⌘Z or ⌘Y
Find and replace	⌘F
Paste and match style	⇧⌘V
Line break within a paragraph	⇧↩

Formatting

Action	Shortcut
Bold	⌘B
Italic	⌘I
Underline	⌘U
Strikethrough	⇧⌘X
Add or edit a link	⌘K
Clear formatting	⌘\
Body text	⌥⌘0
Heading 1	⌥⌘1
Heading 2 (chapter)	⌥⌘2
Heading 3 (scene)	⌥⌘3
Bulleted list	⇧⌘8
Numbered list	⇧⌘7
Quote	⇧⌘B
Align left	⇧⌘L
Centre	⇧⌘E
Align right	⇧⌘R
Justify	⇧⌘J

Comments

Action	Shortcut
New comment on the selection	⌥⌘M
Save the comment	⌘↩
Cancel the comment	Esc

Tabs and view

Action	Shortcut
Go to tab 1 to 8	⌘1 to ⌘8
Go to the last tab	⌘9
Next tab	⇧⌘]
Previous tab	⇧⌘[
Show or hide the tab bar	⇧⌘T
Show or hide the sidebar	⌃⌘S
Enter or leave Focus Mode	⇧⌘F
Leave Focus Mode	Esc
Full screen	⌃⌘F

Panels

Action	Shortcut
Research Assistant	⇧⌘K
Send a chat message	⌘↩
Keyboard shortcuts	⌘/

Story Plotter

Action	Shortcut
Body text	⌥⌘0
Chapter	⌥⌘2
Scene	⌥⌘3
Heading 4	⌥⌘4

Reading the symbols

⌘ is Command, ⇧ is Shift, ⌥ is Option, ⌃ is Control and ↩ is Return.