Keyboard shortcuts, 61 keyboard shortcuts – Apple MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) User Manual

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Chapter 4

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Keyboard shortcuts

You can press key combinations to do things on your MacBook Pro that you’d normally do with a
trackpad, mouse, or other device. Here’s a list of commonly used keyboard shortcuts.

Shortcut

Description

Command-X

Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard.

Command-C

Copy the selected item to the Clipboard.

Command-V

Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app.

Command-Z

Undo the previous command. Press Command-Z again to redo.

Command-A

Select all items.

Command-F

Open a Find window, or find items in a document.

Command-G

Find again, or find the next occurrence of the item you’re searching for.
Press Command-Shift-G to find the previous occurrence.

Command-H

Hide the windows of the front app. Press Command-Option-H to view the
front app but hide all other apps.

Command-M

Minimize the front window to the Dock. Press Command-Option-M to
minimize all windows of the front app.

Command-N

Open a new document or window.

Command-O

Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open.

Command-P

Print the current document.

Command-S

Save the current document.

Command-W

Close the front window. Press Command-Option-W to close all windows
of the app.

Command-Q

Quit the app.

Command-Option-Esc

Choose an app to Force Quit.

Command-Tab

Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps.

Command-Shift-3

Take a screenshot of the entire screen. Press Command-Shift-4 to take a
screenshot of a selected area of the screen.

If you switched to the Mac from a PC, or if you like to use the keyboard instead of the trackpad,
check out

www.apple.com/support/macbasics/pctomac

for a list of Mac keyboard shortcuts and

the differences between Mac and Windows keyboards. For a more complete list of keyboard
shortcuts, see the Apple Support article

support.apple.com/HT201236

.

If your MacBook Pro has the Touch Bar, see the Apple Support article

support.apple.com/HT207358

for more information about the Esc button.

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