January 15, 2017

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iA Writer Keyboard Commands

I didn't find a comprehensive list of keyboard commands for iA Writer. So, I made one.

Menu Item Keyboard Command
File Menu
New ⌘N
New in Library ⌥⌘N
New in Library in Window ⇧⌘N
Open ⌘O
Open Quickly ⇧⌘O
Close ⌘W
Save ⌘S
Save As… ⇧⌘S
Export… ⇧⌘E
Print ⌘P
Print Plain Text… ⌥⌘P
Page Setup… ⇧⌘P
Edit Menu
Undo Typing ⌘Z
Redo ⇧⌘Z
Cut ⌘X
Copy ⌘C
Copy Formatted ⌥⌘C
Copy HTML ⇧⌘C
Paste ⌘V
Delete
Select All ⌘A
Find… ⌘F
Find Again ⌘G
Find Previous ⇧⌘G
Find and Replace… ⌥⌘F
Search Library ⇧⌘F
Show Spelling and Grammar ⌘:
Check Document Now ⌘;
Start Dictation… ⌃⌥⇧⌘D
Emoji & Symbols ⌃⌘Space
Format Menu
Heading 1 ⌘1
Heading 2 ⌘2
Heading 3 ⌘3
Heading 4 ⌘4
Heading 5 ⌘5
Heading 6 ⌘6
Unordered List ⌘L
Unordered Task List ⌥⌘L
Ordered List ⇧⌘L
Ordered Task List ⌥⇧⌘L
Mark Task as Completed ⌘.
Structure>Shift Right
Structure>Shift Left ⇧⇤
Structure>Move Line Up ⌥⌘↑
Structure>Move Line Down ⌥⌘↓
Body Text ⌘0
Strong ⌘B
Emphasis ⌘I
Add Link ⌘K
Add Footnote ⌃⌘K
Clear Styles ⌥⌘⌫
View Menu
Focus Mode ⌘D
Typewriter Mode ⌘T
Syntax>Enable Last Used ⇧⌘D
Night Mode ⌃⌘N
Show Library ⌘E
Show Preview ⌘R
Increase Text Size ⌘+
Decrease Text Size ⌘-
Enter Full Screen ⌃⌘F
Window
Minimize ⌘M
Zoom ⌃⌥⌘F

Emacs keyboard commands which work in iA Writer

Command Behavior
⌃K Deletes from the cursor to the end of the current line
⌃O Inserts a new line after the cursor. The cursor stays in the current line
⌃B Moves the cursor one character to the left
⌃F Moves the cursor one character to the right
⌃N Moves the cursor down one line
⌃P Moves the cursor up one line
⌃E Moves the cursor to the end of the current line. If you use word wrap, the cursor moves to the physical, not the displayed, end of the current line
⌃A Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line. If you use word wrap, the cursor moves to the physical, not the displayed, beginning of the current line
⌃V Scrolls down within the document

Additions Made Through KeyboardMaestro

There were some menu items which I thought would be improved by adding keyboard commands to them. I used KeyboardMaestro to add them to iA Writer.

Table of ContentsTable of Contents

Additions Made Through KeyboardMaestro
Add Table of Contents ⌃C
Add Page Break ⌃P
Add Horizontal Rule ⌃R
Add Table ⌃T

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