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⤢ IA WRITER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 43 1 Ctrl Heading … 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Ctrl Default … Q W Ctrl Close ac… E Shift Ctrl Export R Ctrl Show or … T Y U Alt Ctrl Striketh… I Ctrl Italic O Shift Ctrl Quick Se… P Ctrl Print A S Ctrl Save act… D Ctrl Shift Enable o… F Ctrl Find G Ctrl Find next H J Ctrl Code K Ctrl Link L Alt Ctrl Task list Z X Alt Ctrl Mark tas… C Ctrl Alt Copy sel… V B Ctrl Bold N Ctrl New file… M MORE SHORTCUTS Show or hide … Ctrl Alt S New file Alt Ctrl N Enter or exit… F11 Move selected… Alt Ctrl UP Move selected… Alt Ctrl DOWN Find and repl… Alt Ctrl F Duplicate act… Shift Ctrl S Open file in … Enter Settings Ctrl , Go to previou… Ctrl Alt LEFT Go to next do… Ctrl Alt RIGHT Dark or light… Ctrl Alt N Ordered list Shift Ctrl L Highlight Shift Ctrl U Image link Alt Ctrl K Wikilink Shift Ctrl K Code block Shift Ctrl J Enable or dis… Shift Ctrl D Copy selected… Shift Ctrl C Open file in … Shift Enter Footnote Ctrl Alt K Make text lar… Ctrl + Make text sma… Ctrl − shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · WINDOWS
IA WRITER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 43 1 Ctrl Heading … 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Ctrl Default … A Z E Shift Ctrl Export R Ctrl Show or … T Y U Alt Ctrl Striketh… I Ctrl Italic O Shift Ctrl Quick Se… P Ctrl Print Q S Ctrl Save act… D Ctrl Shift Enable o… F Ctrl Find G Ctrl Find next H J Ctrl Code K Ctrl Link L Alt Ctrl Task list M W Ctrl Close ac… X Alt Ctrl Mark tas… C Ctrl Alt Copy sel… V B Ctrl Bold N Ctrl New file… MORE SHORTCUTS Show or hide … Ctrl Alt S New file Alt Ctrl N Enter or exit… F11 Move selected… Alt Ctrl UP Move selected… Alt Ctrl DOWN Find and repl… Alt Ctrl F Duplicate act… Shift Ctrl S Open file in … Enter Settings Ctrl , Go to previou… Ctrl Alt LEFT Go to next do… Ctrl Alt RIGHT Dark or light… Ctrl Alt N Ordered list Shift Ctrl L Highlight Shift Ctrl U Image link Alt Ctrl K Wikilink Shift Ctrl K Code block Shift Ctrl J Enable or dis… Shift Ctrl D Copy selected… Shift Ctrl C Open file in … Shift Enter Footnote Ctrl Alt K Make text lar… Ctrl + Make text sma… Ctrl − shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · WINDOWS
⤢ FOCUS Enable or disable Focus M… Ctrl Shift D Enable or disable Syntax … Shift Ctrl D NAVIGATION Quick Search Shift Ctrl O Open file in current wind… Enter Settings Ctrl , Go to previous document Ctrl Alt LEFT Go to next document Ctrl Alt RIGHT Open file in new window Shift Enter EDITING Find Ctrl F Move selected line up Alt Ctrl UP Move selected line down Alt Ctrl DOWN Find and replace Alt Ctrl F Copy selected text as Mar… Ctrl Alt C Copy selected text as HTML Shift Ctrl C Find next Ctrl G MARKDOWN Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Link Ctrl K Heading 1 to 6 Ctrl 1 Strikethrough Alt Ctrl U Code Ctrl J Task list Alt Ctrl L Ordered list Shift Ctrl L Mark task as completed Alt Ctrl X Highlight Shift Ctrl U Image link Alt Ctrl K Wikilink Shift Ctrl K Code block Shift Ctrl J Footnote Ctrl Alt K FILES Save active file Ctrl S New file in Library Ctrl N New file Alt Ctrl N Export Shift Ctrl E Duplicate active file Shift Ctrl S Print Ctrl P INTERFACE Show or hide Preview Ctrl R Show or hide Library Ctrl Alt S Enter or exit full screen F11 Close active window Ctrl W Dark or light appearance Ctrl Alt N Make text larger Ctrl + Make text smaller Ctrl − Default text size Ctrl 0 iA Writer KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 43 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · WINDOWS ⤢ FOCUS 02 Enable or disable Focus… Ctrl Shift D Enable or disable Synta… Shift Ctrl D NAVIGATION 06 Quick Search Shift Ctrl O Open file in current wi… Enter Settings Ctrl , Go to previous document Ctrl Alt LEFT Go to next document Ctrl Alt RIGHT Open file in new window Shift Enter EDITING 07 Find Ctrl F Move selected line up Alt Ctrl UP Move selected line down Alt Ctrl DOWN Find and replace Alt Ctrl F Copy selected text as M… Ctrl Alt C Copy selected text as H… Shift Ctrl C Find next Ctrl G MARKDOWN 14 Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Link Ctrl K Heading 1 to 6 Ctrl 1 Strikethrough Alt Ctrl U Code Ctrl J Task list Alt Ctrl L Ordered list Shift Ctrl L Mark task as completed Alt Ctrl X Highlight Shift Ctrl U Image link Alt Ctrl K Wikilink Shift Ctrl K Code block Shift Ctrl J Footnote Ctrl Alt K FILES 06 Save active file Ctrl S New file in Library Ctrl N New file Alt Ctrl N Export Shift Ctrl E Duplicate active file Shift Ctrl S Print Ctrl P INTERFACE 08 Show or hide Preview Ctrl R Show or hide Library Ctrl Alt S Enter or exit full scre… F11 Close active window Ctrl W Dark or light appearance Ctrl Alt N Make text larger Ctrl + Make text smaller Ctrl − Default text size Ctrl 0 iA Writer KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 43 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · WINDOWS
⤢ IA WRITER · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 6 SETS · No.01 IA WRITER TOTAL 43 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS FILES 06 MARKDOWN 14 FOCUS 02 NAVIGATION 06 INTERFACE 08 EDITING 07 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Save active file Ctrl S New file in Library Ctrl N New file Alt Ctrl N Export Shift Ctrl E Duplicate active file Shift Ctrl S Print Ctrl P Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Link Ctrl K Heading 1 to 6 Ctrl 1 Strikethrough Alt Ctrl U Code Ctrl J Task list Alt Ctrl L Ordered list Shift Ctrl L Mark task as completed Alt Ctrl X Highlight Shift Ctrl U Image link Alt Ctrl K Wikilink Shift Ctrl K Code block Shift Ctrl J Footnote Ctrl Alt K Enable or disable Focus Mode Ctrl Shift D Enable or disable Syntax Highlight Shift Ctrl D Quick Search Shift Ctrl O Open file in current window Enter Settings Ctrl , Go to previous document Ctrl Alt LEFT Go to next document Ctrl Alt RIGHT Open file in new window Shift Enter Show or hide Preview Ctrl R Show or hide Library Ctrl Alt S Enter or exit full screen F11 Close active window Ctrl W Dark or light appearance Ctrl Alt N Make text larger Ctrl + Make text smaller Ctrl − Default text size Ctrl 0 Find Ctrl F Move selected line up Alt Ctrl UP Move selected line down Alt Ctrl DOWN Find and replace Alt Ctrl F Copy selected text as Markdown Ctrl Alt C Copy selected text as HTML Shift Ctrl C Find next Ctrl G
IA WRITER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl Heading … 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W Ctrl Close ac… E R Ctrl Show or … T Y U I Ctrl Italic O Shift Ctrl Quick Se… P A S Ctrl Save act… D Ctrl Shift Enable o… F Ctrl Find G H J K Ctrl Link L Z X C V B Ctrl Bold N Ctrl New file… M MORE SHORTCUTS Show or hide Libr… Ctrl Alt S New file Alt Ctrl N Enter or exit ful… F11 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · WINDOWS Keyboard map MARKDOWN Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Link Ctrl K Heading 1 to 6 Ctrl 1 NAVIGATION Quick Search Shift Ctrl O EDITING Find Ctrl F FILES Save active file Ctrl S New file in Library Ctrl N New file Alt Ctrl N FOCUS Enable or disable Focus Mode Ctrl Shift D INTERFACE Show or hide Preview Ctrl R Show or hide Library Ctrl Alt S Enter or exit full screen F11 Close active window Ctrl W iA Writer KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · WINDOWS Isometric MARKDOWN 04 Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Link Ctrl K Heading 1 to 6 Ctrl 1 NAVIGATION 01 Quick Search Shift Ctrl O EDITING 01 Find Ctrl F FILES 03 Save active file Ctrl S New file in Library Ctrl N New file Alt Ctrl N FOCUS 01 Enable or disable Focus Mode Ctrl Shift D INTERFACE 04 Show or hide Preview Ctrl R Show or hide Library Ctrl Alt S Enter or exit full screen F11 Close active window Ctrl W iA Writer KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · WINDOWS Typewriter IA WRITER · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 6 SETS · No.01 IA WRITER TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS FILES 03 MARKDOWN 04 FOCUS 01 NAVIGATION 01 INTERFACE 04 EDITING 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Save active file Ctrl S New file in Library Ctrl N New file Alt Ctrl N Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Link Ctrl K Heading 1 to 6 Ctrl 1 Enable or disable Focus Mode Ctrl Shift D Quick Search Shift Ctrl O Show or hide Preview Ctrl R Show or hide Library Ctrl Alt S Enter or exit full screen F11 Close active window Ctrl W Find Ctrl F Editorial iA Writer is a minimalist writing app built to keep you focused on text with distraction-free Markdown editing. Its shortcuts help you format, navigate, and toggle focus modes without ever leaving the keyboard.
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All iA Writer keyboard shortcuts (Windows)
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14 Action Shortcut Bold Ctrl B Italic Ctrl I Link Ctrl K Heading 1 to 6 Ctrl 1 Strikethrough Alt Ctrl U Code Ctrl J Task list Alt Ctrl L Ordered list Shift Ctrl L Mark task as completed Alt Ctrl X Highlight Shift Ctrl U Image link Alt Ctrl K Wikilink Shift Ctrl K Code block Shift Ctrl J Footnote Ctrl Alt K
8 Action Shortcut Show or hide Preview Ctrl R Show or hide Library Ctrl Alt S Enter or exit full screen F11 Close active window Ctrl W Dark or light appearance Ctrl Alt N Make text larger Ctrl + Make text smaller Ctrl − Default text size Ctrl 0
7 Action Shortcut Find Ctrl F Move selected line up Alt Ctrl UP Move selected line down Alt Ctrl DOWN Find and replace Alt Ctrl F Copy selected text as Markdown Ctrl Alt C Copy selected text as HTML Shift Ctrl C Find next Ctrl G
6 Action Shortcut Save active file Ctrl S New file in Library Ctrl N New file Alt Ctrl N Export Shift Ctrl E Duplicate active file Shift Ctrl S Print Ctrl P
6 Action Shortcut Quick Search Shift Ctrl O Open file in current window Enter Settings Ctrl , Go to previous document Ctrl Alt LEFT Go to next document Ctrl Alt RIGHT Open file in new window Shift Enter
2 Action Shortcut Enable or disable Focus Mode Ctrl Shift D Enable or disable Syntax Highlight Shift Ctrl D
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Does the poster include every iA Writer shortcut? iA Writer has 43 keyboard shortcuts in total — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
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