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title: Keyboard Shortcuts
description: Here are some handy shortcuts you can use to format text while working in Cadmus.
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# Keyboard Shortcuts

## Here are some handy shortcuts you can use to format text while working in Cadmus.

### Auto Insert

| Title | # + space |
| --- | --- |
| Subtitle | ## + space |
| Heading | ### + space |
| Subheading | #### + space |
| Quote | > + space |
| Paragraph | / + space |
| Numbered List | 1. + space |
| Bulleted List | - + space |
| Check List | \[\] + space |
|  Code Block |  \`\`\` + space |
|  Inline Code |  \`enclose text in backticks\` |

### Formatting and more

|   | **Mac** | **Windows** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Undo | ⌘ + Z | Ctrl + Z |
| Redo | ⌘ + Shift + Z | Ctrl + Y |
| **Bold** | ⌘ + B | Ctrl + B |
| *Italics* | ⌘ + I | Ctrl + I |
| Underline | ⌘ + U | Ctrl + U |
| Strikethrough | ⌘ + Opt + S | Ctrl + Alt + S |
| Superscript | ⌘ + ; | Ctrl + ; |
| Subscript | ⌘ + ' | Ctrl + ' |
|  Hyperlink | ⌘ + K | Ctrl + K |
| Title | ⌘ + Opt + 1 | Ctrl + Alt + 1 |
| Subtitle | ⌘ + Opt + 2 | Ctrl + Alt + 2 |
| Heading | ⌘ + Opt + 3 | Ctrl + Alt + 3 |
| Subheading | ⌘ + Opt + 4 | Ctrl + Alt + 4 |
| Quote | ⌘ + Opt + 5 | Ctrl + Alt + 5 |
| Paragraph | ⌘ + Opt + / | Ctrl + / |
| Align Left | ⌘ + Shift + l | Ctrl + Shift + l |
| Align Centre | ⌘ + Shift + e | Ctrl + Shift + e |
| Align Right | ⌘ + Shift + r | Ctrl + Shift + r |
| Justify | ⌘ + Shift + j | Ctrl + Shift + j |
| Highlight | ⌘ + Shift + h | Ctrl + Shift + h |
|  Toggle Hanging Indent |  Ctrl + Shift + h |  Ctrl + Shift + h |
|  Toggle First Line Indent |  - Tab / Shift + Tab |  - Tab / Shift + Tab |
|  Increase Indent |  Highlight paragraph, Tab |  Highlight paragraph, Tab |
|  Decrease Indent |  Highlight paragraph, Shift + Tab |  Highlight paragraph, Shift + Tab |

 

 

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