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Keyboard shortcuts for Experience Manager

Experience Manager has a number of keyboard shortcuts to improve your working speed.

When you edit content, you can use your keyboard to perform a number of common operations. Not all keyboard shortcuts work everywhere. For example, in a field containing a date, you cannot make text bold, so the Ctrl-B keyboard shortcut does nothing.

The following table shows you which keyboard shortcuts exist, what they do and where you can use them.

Keyboard shortcutCommandDescriptionWhere to use
Ctrl-X

(also -X on Mac)

CutCuts selected content; that is, removes selected content and places it on the clipboard.Any area containing text (formatted or not), an image, a number, or a date.
Ctrl-C

(also -C on Mac)

CopyCopies selected content; that is, places selected content on the clipboardAny area containing text (formatted or not), an image, a number, or a date.
Ctrl-V

(also -V on Mac)

PastePastes selected content; that is, inserts the content of the clipboard at the current cursor position. Paste operations will not always succeed: for example, you cannot paste an image into a date field. Also, pasting formatted text in a plain-text field will remove all formatting.Any area containing text (formatted or not), an image, a number, or a date.
Ctrl-B

(also -B on Mac)

BoldDoes one of the following:
  • If any non-bold text is selected, the selected text becomes bold.
  • If any bold text is selected, the selected text becomes normal (non-bold).
  • If no text is selected, the current element (typically the current paragraph) becomes bold.
Format Area (rich text field), if bold formatting is allowed.
Ctrl-I

(also -I on Mac)

ItalicDoes one of the following:
  • If any non-italic text is selected, the selected text becomes italic.
  • If any italic text is selected, the selected text becomes normal (non-italic).
  • If no text is selected, the current element (typically the current paragraph) becomes italic.
Format Area (rich text field), if italics are allowed.
Ctrl-U

(also -U on Mac)

UnderlineDoes one of the following:
  • If any non-underlined text is selected, the selected text becomes underlined.
  • If any underlined text is selected, the selected text becomes normal (non-underlined).
  • If no text is selected, the current element (typically the current paragraph) becomes underlined.
Format Area (rich text field), if underlined text is allowed.
Ctrl-A

(also -A on Mac)

Select allSelects all content in the field currently being edited.Any area containing text (formatted or not), an image, a number, or a date.
Ctrl-Z

(also -Z on Mac)

UndoUndoes the last edit operation.Any area containing text (formatted or not), an image, a number, or a date.
Ctrl-Y

(also -Shift-Z on Mac)

RedoRedoes the last undone edit operation.Any area containing text (formatted or not), an image, a number, or a date.