iA Writer Keyboard Commands

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2 min readJan 16, 2017

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

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: ⌥⌘↑ also ⌃⌘↑
Structure>Move Line Down: ⌥⌘↓ also ⌃⌘↓
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 Menu

Minimize: ⌘M
Zoom: ⌃⌥⌘F

Emacs keyboard commands which work in iA Writer

⌃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.

Add Table of Contents

Add Table of Contents: ⌃C
Add Page Break: ⌃P
Add Horizontal Rule: ⌃R
Add Table: ⌃T

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