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 shortcut | Command | Description | Where to use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ctrl-X (also | Cut | Cuts 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 | Copy | Copies selected content; that is, places selected content on the clipboard | Any area containing text (formatted or not), an image, a number, or a date. |
| Ctrl-V (also | Paste | Pastes 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 | Bold | Does one of the following:
| Format Area (rich text field), if bold formatting is allowed. |
| Ctrl-I (also | Italic | Does one of the following:
| Format Area (rich text field), if italics are allowed. |
| Ctrl-U (also | Underline | Does one of the following:
| Format Area (rich text field), if underlined text is allowed. |
| Ctrl-A (also | Select all | Selects 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 | Undo | Undoes the last edit operation. | Any area containing text (formatted or not), an image, a number, or a date. |
| Ctrl-Y (also | Redo | Redoes the last undone edit operation. | Any area containing text (formatted or not), an image, a number, or a date. |