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⤢ SCRIVENER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 49 ESSENTIAL 1 ⌘ Document… 2 ⌘ Corkboar… 3 ⌘ Outline … 4 5 ⌘ Take Sna… 6 7 8 ⌘ ⇧ Comment 9 0 Q W ⌘ ⇧ Close Pr… E ⌥ ⌘ Compile R ⌥ ⌘ Reveal i… T ⌘ ⇧ Show Pro… Y U ⌘ Underline I ⌥ ⌘ Show/Hid… O ⌘ Open Pro… P ⌘ Print Cu… A ⌘ Select A… S ⌘ Save D ⌘ Duplicat… F ⌘ Find G ⌘ Find Next H ⌘ ⇧ Highligh… J K ⌥ ⌘ Split at… L Z X C V ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ Paste an… B ⌥ ⌘ Show/Hid… N ⌘ New Text M ⌘ ⇧ Merge Do… MORE SHORTCUTS Enter/Exit Co… ⌥ ⌘ F New Project ⌘ ⇧ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Search in Pro… ⌘ ⇧ F Previous Docu… ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Next Document ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Save As ⌘ ⇧ S Move to Trash ⌘ ⌫ Ungroup ⌥ ⌘ U Left Align Pa… ⌘ [ Right Align P… ⌘ ] Split Horizon… ⌥ ⌘ = Split Vertica… ⌘ ' Backward in D… ⌘ [ Forward in Do… ⌘ ] Inline Annota… ⌘ ⇧ A Footnote ⌃ ⌘ 8 Duplicate wit… ⌘ ⇧ D Split with Se… ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ K Find Previous ⌘ ⇧ G No Split ⌘ ' Show/Hide Rul… ⌘ R Zoom In ⌘ . Zoom Out ⌘ , Take Titled S… ⌃ ⌘ 5 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · MAC
SCRIVENER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 49 ESSENTIAL 1 ⌘ Document… 2 ⌘ Corkboar… 3 ⌘ Outline … 4 5 ⌘ Take Sna… 6 7 8 ⌘ ⇧ Comment 9 0 A ⌘ Select A… Z E ⌥ ⌘ Compile R ⌥ ⌘ Reveal i… T ⌘ ⇧ Show Pro… Y U ⌘ Underline I ⌥ ⌘ Show/Hid… O ⌘ Open Pro… P ⌘ Print Cu… Q S ⌘ Save D ⌘ Duplicat… F ⌘ Find G ⌘ Find Next H ⌘ ⇧ Highligh… J K ⌥ ⌘ Split at… L M ⌘ ⇧ Merge Do… W ⌘ ⇧ Close Pr… X C V ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ Paste an… B ⌥ ⌘ Show/Hid… N ⌘ New Text MORE SHORTCUTS Enter/Exit Co… ⌥ ⌘ F New Project ⌘ ⇧ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Search in Pro… ⌘ ⇧ F Previous Docu… ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Next Document ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Save As ⌘ ⇧ S Move to Trash ⌘ ⌫ Ungroup ⌥ ⌘ U Left Align Pa… ⌘ [ Right Align P… ⌘ ] Split Horizon… ⌥ ⌘ = Split Vertica… ⌘ ' Backward in D… ⌘ [ Forward in Do… ⌘ ] Inline Annota… ⌘ ⇧ A Footnote ⌃ ⌘ 8 Duplicate wit… ⌘ ⇧ D Split with Se… ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ K Find Previous ⌘ ⇧ G No Split ⌘ ' Show/Hide Rul… ⌘ R Zoom In ⌘ . Zoom Out ⌘ , Take Titled S… ⌃ ⌘ 5 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · MAC
⤢ EDITING Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Split at Selection ⌥ ⌘ K Paste and Match Style ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ V Search in Project ⌘ ⇧ F Merge Documents ⌘ ⇧ M Find Next ⌘ G Split with Selection as Ti… ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ K Find Previous ⌘ ⇧ G FORMATTING Underline ⌘ U Left Align Paragraph ⌘ [ Right Align Paragraph ⌘ ] Highlight Text ⌘ ⇧ H INSERT Comment ⌘ ⇧ 8 Inline Annotation ⌘ ⇧ A Footnote ⌃ ⌘ 8 PROJECT Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O Show Project Targets ⌘ ⇧ T Close Project ⌘ ⇧ W Save As ⌘ ⇧ S Print Current Document ⌘ P Project Statistics ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ S NAVIGATION Previous Document ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Next Document ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Backward in Document Histo… ⌘ [ Forward in Document History ⌘ ] DOCUMENTS Take Snapshot ⌘ 5 Take Titled Snapshot ⌃ ⌘ 5 BINDER New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Reveal in Binder ⌥ ⌘ R Duplicate Document ⌘ D Move to Trash ⌘ ⌫ Ungroup ⌥ ⌘ U Duplicate without Subdocum… ⌘ ⇧ D VIEW Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings View ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I Split Horizontally ⌥ ⌘ = Split Vertically ⌘ ' No Split ⌘ ' Show/Hide Ruler ⌘ R Zoom In ⌘ . Zoom Out ⌘ , Scrivener KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 50 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · MAC ⤢ EDITING 09 Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Split at Selection ⌥ ⌘ K Paste and Match Style ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ V Search in Project ⌘ ⇧ F Merge Documents ⌘ ⇧ M Find Next ⌘ G Split with Selection as T… ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ K Find Previous ⌘ ⇧ G FORMATTING 04 Underline ⌘ U Left Align Paragraph ⌘ [ Right Align Paragraph ⌘ ] Highlight Text ⌘ ⇧ H INSERT 03 Comment ⌘ ⇧ 8 Inline Annotation ⌘ ⇧ A Footnote ⌃ ⌘ 8 PROJECT 09 Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O Show Project Targets ⌘ ⇧ T Close Project ⌘ ⇧ W Save As ⌘ ⇧ S Print Current Document ⌘ P Project Statistics ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ S NAVIGATION 04 Previous Document ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Next Document ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Backward in Document Hist… ⌘ [ Forward in Document Histo… ⌘ ] DOCUMENTS 02 Take Snapshot ⌘ 5 Take Titled Snapshot ⌃ ⌘ 5 BINDER 07 New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Reveal in Binder ⌥ ⌘ R Duplicate Document ⌘ D Move to Trash ⌘ ⌫ Ungroup ⌥ ⌘ U Duplicate without Subdocu… ⌘ ⇧ D VIEW 12 Enter/Exit Composition Mo… ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings Vi… ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I Split Horizontally ⌥ ⌘ = Split Vertically ⌘ ' No Split ⌘ ' Show/Hide Ruler ⌘ R Zoom In ⌘ . Zoom Out ⌘ , Scrivener KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 50 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · MAC
⤢ SCRIVENER · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 8 SETS · No.01 SCRIVENER TOTAL 50 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS PROJECT 09 BINDER 07 EDITING 09 VIEW 12 FORMATTING 04 NAVIGATION 04 DOCUMENTS 02 INSERT 03 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O Show Project Targets ⌘ ⇧ T Close Project ⌘ ⇧ W Save As ⌘ ⇧ S Print Current Document ⌘ P Project Statistics ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ S New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Reveal in Binder ⌥ ⌘ R Duplicate Document ⌘ D Move to Trash ⌘ ⌫ Ungroup ⌥ ⌘ U Duplicate without Subdocuments ⌘ ⇧ D Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Split at Selection ⌥ ⌘ K Paste and Match Style ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ V Search in Project ⌘ ⇧ F Merge Documents ⌘ ⇧ M Find Next ⌘ G Split with Selection as Title ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ K Find Previous ⌘ ⇧ G Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings View ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I Split Horizontally ⌥ ⌘ = Split Vertically ⌘ ' No Split ⌘ ' Show/Hide Ruler ⌘ R Zoom In ⌘ . Zoom Out ⌘ , Underline ⌘ U Left Align Paragraph ⌘ [ Right Align Paragraph ⌘ ] Highlight Text ⌘ ⇧ H Previous Document ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Next Document ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Backward in Document History ⌘ [ Forward in Document History ⌘ ] Take Snapshot ⌘ 5 Take Titled Snapshot ⌃ ⌘ 5 Comment ⌘ ⇧ 8 Inline Annotation ⌘ ⇧ A Footnote ⌃ ⌘ 8
SCRIVENER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 ⌘ Document… 2 ⌘ Corkboar… 3 ⌘ Outline … 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E ⌥ ⌘ Compile R T Y U I ⌥ ⌘ Show/Hid… O ⌘ Open Pro… P A ⌘ Select A… S ⌘ Save D F ⌘ Find G H J K L Z X C V B ⌥ ⌘ Show/Hid… N ⌘ New Text M MORE SHORTCUTS Enter/Exit Compos… ⌥ ⌘ F New Project ⌘ ⇧ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · MAC Keyboard map PROJECT Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O VIEW Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings View ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I BINDER New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N EDITING Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Scrivener KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 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 SCRIVENER · MAC Isometric PROJECT 04 Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O VIEW 06 Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings View ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I BINDER 02 New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N EDITING 02 Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Scrivener KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 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 SCRIVENER · MAC Typewriter SCRIVENER · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 4 SETS · No.01 SCRIVENER TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS PROJECT 04 BINDER 02 EDITING 02 VIEW 06 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings View ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I Editorial Scrivener is a long-form writing application built for authors, screenwriters, and researchers, organizing drafts, notes, and references in one project. Its shortcuts make navigating the binder, restructuring text, and drafting faster so you can stay in the writing.
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All Scrivener keyboard shortcuts (Mac)
+ 4 more controls in the table below
+ 4 more controls in the table below
15 Action Shortcut Copy
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Paste
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Undo
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Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Cut
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Split at Selection ⌥ ⌘ K Redo
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Paste and Match Style ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ V Replace
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Search in Project ⌘ ⇧ F Merge Documents ⌘ ⇧ M Find Next ⌘ G Split with Selection as Title ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ K Find Previous ⌘ ⇧ G
12 Action Shortcut Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings View ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I Split Horizontally ⌥ ⌘ = Split Vertically ⌘ ' No Split ⌘ ' Show/Hide Ruler ⌘ R Zoom In ⌘ . Zoom Out ⌘ ,
10 Action Shortcut Bold
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Italic
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Underline ⌘ U Center Paragraph
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Left Align Paragraph ⌘ [ Right Align Paragraph ⌘ ] Highlight Text ⌘ ⇧ H Justify Paragraph
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Copy Style
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Paste Style
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9 Action Shortcut Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O Show Project Targets ⌘ ⇧ T Close Project ⌘ ⇧ W Save As ⌘ ⇧ S Print Current Document ⌘ P Project Statistics ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ S
8 Action Shortcut New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Reveal in Binder ⌥ ⌘ R Group Selection
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Duplicate Document ⌘ D Move to Trash ⌘ ⌫ Ungroup ⌥ ⌘ U Duplicate without Subdocuments ⌘ ⇧ D
4 Action Shortcut Previous Document ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Next Document ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Backward in Document History ⌘ [ Forward in Document History ⌘ ]
3 Action Shortcut Comment ⌘ ⇧ 8 Inline Annotation ⌘ ⇧ A Footnote ⌃ ⌘ 8
2 Action Shortcut Take Snapshot ⌘ 5 Take Titled Snapshot ⌃ ⌘ 5
1 Action Shortcut Show Manual
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