Focused Keyboard Shortcuts
Formatting shortcuts
- Command-B Bold the selected text or remove bold formatting from currently bold text
- Command-I Italicise the selected text or remove italics from currently italicised text
- Command-A postrophe (') Make the selected segment of text a blockquote
- Command-0 Remove heading from the selected text
- Command-1 Make the selected text a h1 heading
- Command-2 Make the selected text a h2 heading
- Command-3 Make the selected text a h3 heading
- Command-4 Make the selected text a h4 heading
- Command-5 Make the selected text a h5 heading
- Command-6 Make the selected text a h6 heading
View shortcuts
- Command-T Show options to customise Typed's writing view
- Command-Option-P Preview the document
- Command-Control-F Enter/Exit Full Screen
Links and Image shortcuts
- Command-K Add a link
- Command-Option-I Add an image reference
Copy as HTML
- Command-Option-C Copy selected text to the Clipboard as HTML
- Command-Option-C Copy document to the Clipboard as HTML (if no text is selected)
Export to HTML / RTF
- Command-Shift-E Export to HTML
- Command-Option-E Export to RTF
Zen Mode shortcuts
- Command-Y Enter/Exit Zen Mode
- Command-Shift-Period (.) Play/Pause soundtrack
- Command-Shift-] Play next soundtrack
- Command-Shift-[ Play previous soundtrack
Document shortcuts
- Command-N Create a new document
- Command-O Display a dialog for choosing a document to open
- Command-W Close the current document
- Command-S Save the current document
- Command-Shift-S Duplicate the current document
- Command-P Print the current document
General shortcuts
- Command-X Cut the selected text and copy it to the Clipboard
- Command-C Copy the selected text to the Clipboard
- Command-V Paste the Clipboard contents into the current document
- Command-A Select the entire contents of the current document
- Command-Comma (,) Open Preferences
- Command-Colon (:) Display the Spelling and Grammar window
- Command-Semicolon (;) Find misspelled words in the current document
- Command-Control-D Show the definition of the selected word
To learn more about using keyboard shortcuts on your Mac, see this helpful article on macOS Keyboard shortcuts.