Keyboard Shortcuts

software

Press Control–Command–Space to open the Character Viewer, the dedicated emoji shortcut keyboard on Mac that shows icons, symbols, and accents in a searchable palette. Use th...

text-formatting

A line break in a word processor ends a line of text without starting a new paragraph. Use it when you need tighter line spacing than a full paragraph break provides, such as in...

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The Ctrl+C shortcut copies selected text, files, or other data to the clipboard so you can paste it elsewhere. On Windows and Linux, you press the Control key and the C key toge...

hardware-keyboards

On a Macbook, the standard Control Z keyboard shortcut usually does nothing because macOS uses Command Z as the primary undo shortcut. This guide explains how to undo and redo o...

how-to

To watch YouTube frame by frame, use keyboard shortcuts in the YouTube player while a video is focused: press the period (.) key to step forward one frame and the comma (,) key...

software

Copying a screenshot on a Mac is straightforward once you know the capture method and the paste target. These steps work across recent macOS versions and require no third‑part...

software-organization

Hotkey settings are combinations of keys you press to trigger specific commands quickly. They map one or more keys—such as Ctrl, Alt, Shift, or the Command key on macOS—to a...

software

Toggling between open windows is a fundamental computing task that spans desktop and mobile environments. On desktop operating systems, combinations of keyboard keys such as Alt...

software

To word search on a MacBook, press Command-F to open the find bar in most apps, type the word or phrase, and review matches. Use Command-G to jump forward and Command-Shift-G to...

Technical How-To

Alt codes for G help users type the letter G and the gram unit symbol (g) using numeric keypad shortcuts on Windows. On a US QWERTY layout, press and hold Alt, then type 71 for...