Editor Shortcuts

Discover essential shortcuts to enhance your editing skills

Written by Denis Omerovic

Updated at September 29th, 2025, by Amanda Helpjuice

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Table of Contents

Common Actions Basic Formatting Font Size Image / Video Table

Common Actions

Shortcut	What It Does
`Ctrl + C or ⌘ Cmd + C`	Copy selection to the clipboard
`Ctrl + X or ⌘ Cmd + X`	Cuts the selection from the editor to the clipboard
`Ctrl + Y or ⌘ Cmd + Shift + Z`	Redo
`Ctrl + V or ⌘ Cmd + V`	Pastes to the clipboard
`Ctrl + Z or ⌘ Cmd + Z`	Undo
`Ctrl + P or ⌘ Cmd + P`	Opens the insert image popup to insert an image in the editor

Basic Formatting

Shortcut	What It Does
`Ctrl + A or ⌘ Cmd + A`	Selects all the text in the editor
`Ctrl + I or ⌘ Cmd + I`	Same effect as clicking on the `Itallic` button in the editor
`Ctrl + S or ⌘ Cmd + S`	Same effect as clicking on the `Strikethrough` button in the editor
`Ctrl + ] or ⌘ Cmd + ]`	Indents the current paragraph
`Ctrl + 1 or ⌘ Cmd + 1`	Same effect as clicking on the `Heading1` button in the editor
`Ctrl + 3 or ⌘ Cmd + 3`	Same effect as clicking on the `Heading3` button in the editor
`Ctrl + 5 or ⌘ Cmd + 5`	Same effect as clicking on the `Ordered List` button in the editor
`Ctrl + B or ⌘ Cmd + B`	Same effect as clicking on the `Bold` button in the editor
`Ctrl + U or ⌘ Cmd + U`	Same effect as clicking on the `Underline` button in the editor
`Ctrl + K or Cmd + K`	Opens the insert link popup to insert a link in the editable area
`Ctrl + [ or ⌘ Cmd + [`	Outdents the current paragraph
`Ctrl + 2 or ⌘ Cmd + 2`	Same effect as clicking on the `Heading2` button in the editor
`Ctrl + 4 or ⌘ Cmd + 4`	Same effect as clicking on the `Heading4` button in the editor
`Ctrl + 6 or ⌘ Cmd + 6`	Same effect as clicking on the `Unordered List` button in the editor

Font Size

Shortcut	What It Does
`Ctrl + 0 or ⌘ Cmd + 0`	Increase the font size
`Ctrl + 9 or ⌘ Cmd + 9`	Decrease the font size

Image / Video

Shortcut	What It Does
`Ctrl + + or ⌘ Cmd + +`	Resizes larger the current selected image or video
`Ctrl + - or ⌘ Cmd + -`	Resizes smaller the current selected image or video

Table

Shortcut	What It Does
`Alt + Space`	Selects table cell in which the cursor pointer is
`⇧ Shift + Up / Down arrow`	Extend table cell selection with one cell up or down
`⇧ Shift + Left / Right arrow`	Extend table cell selection with one cell to the left or to the right

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