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Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

Atlas provides a full keyboard shortcut system on Mac and iPad with an external keyboard. Shortcuts are organized by context — markup shortcuts work in the text editor, canvas shortcuts work on the canvas, and file and navigation shortcuts work everywhere.

Info

On iPad, these shortcuts require an external keyboard. The same actions are available through the system menu bar and on-screen controls.

Markup

These shortcuts are available when editing a text document, canvas label, or template.

Action Shortcut
Bold Cmd+B
Italic Cmd+I
Strikethrough Cmd+U
Highlight Cmd+Shift+H
Inline Code Markup menu (no shortcut)
Blockquote Cmd+D
Heading 1–6 Cmd+Shift+1 through Cmd+Shift+6
Indent List Cmd+]
De-Indent List Cmd+[
Insert Link Cmd+K
Insert Image Cmd+Shift+K
Insert Annotation Cmd+Shift+J
Insert Footnote Markup menu (no shortcut)
Horizontal Line Markup menu (no shortcut)

Editing

Action Shortcut
Find in Document Cmd+F
Find Next Cmd+G
Find Previous Cmd+Shift+G

File and Editor

Action Shortcut
New Text Document Cmd+N
New Folder Cmd+Shift+N
New Project Ctrl+Cmd+N
Import Files Cmd+Shift+I
Export Cmd+Shift+E
Save Version Cmd+S
Move to Trash Cmd+Shift+Backspace
Open in New Window Cmd+Shift+O

Canvas

These shortcuts are available when working on a canvas.

Action Shortcut
Add Document Reference Cmd+Shift+A
Add Text Block Cmd+Shift+B
Add Pin Cmd+Shift+P
Action Shortcut
Toggle Sidebar Ctrl+Cmd+S
Show/Hide Inspector Option+Cmd+I
Toggle Formatting Bar (Mac) Option+Cmd+K
Zoom In Cmd++
Zoom Out Cmd+-
Actual Size Cmd+0

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