- Ios Mac Textedit Keyboard Shortcut For En Dash Vs Em Dash
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Type an en-dash or em-dash on an iOS or Android phone (or tablet) March 10. On Mac computers: the hyphen is already there (also known as the minus symbol). For the N DASH, type ALT (option) HYPHEN. This is brutal. I have always used an En dash to set apart text, a function you attribute to the Em dash. To quickly get an overview of the most common keyboard shortcuts inside the app, press and hold ⌘ Cmd.To quickly access this support page from Things, hit ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift +? “A hyphen is a hyphen, and a dash is a dash,” says Bill Walsh. He doesn’t do en dashes, sorry. But just in case you need to know, there is an easy keyboard shortcut for making an en dash.
Hi CaptinSprinklez,
The articles below explain the most common key combinations on our wireless keyboard. The shortcut commands for Mac OS X will work on this keyboard.
Ios Mac Textedit Keyboard Shortcut For En Dash Vs Em Dash
A modifier key is a part of many keyboard shortcuts. A modifier key alters the way other keystrokes or mouse/trackpad clicks are interpreted by OS X. Modifier keys include: Command, Shift, Option, Control, Caps Lock, and the fn key.
| ⌘ | Command key |
| ⌃ | Control key |
| ⌥ | Option key |
| ⇧ | Shift Key |
| ⇪ | Caps Lock |
| fn | Function Key |
Cut, copy and paste
You can use these shortcuts in most apps to cut, copy, or paste a selected item. This includes text, pictures, music, and more. You can even copy and paste files in the Finder to copy them to a new location.
| Key combination | What it does |
| Command-C | Copy the selected data to the Clipboard |
| Command-X | Remove the selected item and place a copy on the Clipboard |
| Command-V | Place a copy of (paste) the Clipboard contents into the current document or app |
Taking screenshots
Keyboard Shortcut For En Dash
Use these shortcuts to take a picture of what you see on your screen. You can also use Grab to take screenshots, an app located in the Utilities folder.
| Key combination | What it does |
| Command-Shift-3 | Capture the screen to a file |
| Command-Shift-Control-3 | Capture the screen to the Clipboard |
| Command-Shift-4 | Capture a selection of the screen to a file, or press the spacebar to capture just a window |
| Command-Shift-Control-4 | Capture a selection of the screen to the Clipboard, or press the spacebar to capture just a window |
App shortcuts
These keyboard shortcuts work in most apps.
| Key combination | What it does |
| Command-A | Select all items or text in the frontmost window |
| Command-Z | Undo the previous command (some apps allow you to undo multiple times) |
| Command-Shift-Z | Redo, puts back the last change made with undo (some apps allow you to redo multiple times) |
| Command-Space bar | Show or hide the Spotlight search field (if multiple languages are being used simultaneously, this shortcut may rotate through enabled script systems instead) |
| Command-Option-Space bar | Show the Spotlight search results window (if multiple languages are installed, may rotate through keyboard layouts and input methods within a script) |
| Command-Tab | Move forward to the next most recently used app in a list of open apps |
| Option-Media Eject (⏏) | Eject from secondary optical media drive (if one is installed) |
| Command-Brightness down (F1) | Toggle 'Mirror Displays' on multi-monitor configurations |
| Command-Brightness up (F2) | Toggle Target Display Mode |
| Command-Mission Control (F3) | Show Desktop |
| Command-F5 | Toggle VoiceOver On or Off |
| Option-Brightness (F2) | Opens 'Displays' System Preference |
| Option-Mission Control (F3) | Open Mission Control preferences |
| Option-Volume key (F12) | Open Sound preferences |
| Command-Minus (–) | Decrease the size of the selected item |
| Command-Colon (:) | Display the Spelling and Grammar window |
| Command-Semicolon (;) | Find misspelled words in the document |
| Command-Comma (,) | Open the front app's preferences window |
| Command-Question Mark (?) | Open the Help menu |
| Command-plus (+) or Command-Shift-Equals (=) | Increase the size of the selected item |
| Command-Option-D | Show or hide the Dock |
| Command-Control-D | Show or hide the definition of a selected word |
| Command-D | Selects the Desktop folder in Open and Save dialogs |
| Command-Delete | Selects Don't Save in dialogs that contain a Delete or Don't Save button |
| Command-E | Use the selection for a find |
| Command-F | Open a Find window or find text in a document |
| Command-Option-F | Move to the search field control |
| Command-G | Find the next occurrence of the selection |
| Command-Shift-G | Find the previous occurrence of the selection |
| Command-H | Hide the windows of the currently running app |
| Command-Option-H | Hide the windows of all other running apps |
| Command-Option-I | Display an inspector window |
| Command-M | Minimize the active window to the Dock |
| Command-Option-M | Minimize all windows of the active app to the Dock |
| Command-N | Create a new document in the frontmost app |
| Command-O | Display a dialog for choosing a document to open in the frontmost app |
| Command-P | Print the current document |
| Command-Shift-P | Display a window for specifying document parameters (Page Setup) |
| Command-Q | Quit the frontmost app |
| Command-S | Save the active document |
| Command-Shift-S | Display the Save As dialog or duplicate the current document |
| Command-Option-T | Show or hide a toolbar |
| Command-W | Close the frontmost window |
| Command-Option-W | Close all windows in the current app |
| Command-Z | Undo previous command (some apps allow for multiple Undos) |
| Command-Shift-Z | Redo, puts back last change made using undo (some apps allow for multiple Redos) |
| Command-Option-esc | choose an app to Force Quit |
| Command-Shift-Option-Esc (hold for three seconds) | Force Quit the front-most app |
Working with Text
Use these key combinations when editing text in a field or document.
| Key combination | What it does |
| Command-B | Bold the selected text or toggle bold text on or off |
| Command-I | Italicize the selected text or toggle italic text on or off |
| Command-U | Underline the selected text or toggle underline on or off |
| Command-T | Show or hide the Fonts window |
| fn-Delete | Forward Delete (on a portable Mac's built-in keyboard) |
| fn-Up Arrow | Scroll up one page (same as Page Up key) |
| fn-Down Arrow | Scroll down one page (same as Page Down key) |
| fn-Left Arrow | Scroll to the beginning of a document (same as Home key) |
| fn-Right Arrow | Scroll to the end of a document (same as End key) |
| Command-Right Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the end of the current line |
| Command-Left Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the current line |
| Command-Down Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the end of the document |
| Command-Up Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the document |
| Option-Right Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the end of the next word |
| Option-Left Arrow | Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the previous word |
| Option-Delete | Delete the word that is left of the cursor, as well as any spaces or punctuation after the word |
Command-Shift-Right Arrow | Select text between the insertion point and the end of the current line (*) |
| Command-Shift-Left Arrow | Select text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line (*) |
| Command-Shift-Up Arrow | Select text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document (*) |
| Command-Shift-Down Arrow | Select text between the insertion point and the end of the document (*) |
| Shift-Left Arrow | Extend text selection one character to the left (*) |
| Shift-Right Arrow | Extend text selection one character to the right (*) |
| Shift-Up Arrow | Extend text selection to the line above, to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal location (*) |
| Shift-Down Arrow | Extend text selection to the line below, to the nearest character boundary at the same horizontal location (*) |
| Shift-Option-Right Arrow | Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again (*) |
| Shift-Option-Left Arrow | Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again (*) |
| Shift-Option-Down Arrow | Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again (*) |
| Shift-Option-Up Arrow | Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again (*) |
| Control-A | Move to beginning of line or paragraph |
| Control-B | Move one character backward |
| Control-D | Delete the character in front of the cursor |
| Control-E | Move to the beginning of a line or paragraph |
| Control-F | Move one character forward |
| Control-H | Delete the character behind the cursor |
| Control-K | Delete from the character in front of the cursor to the end of the line or paragraph |
| Control-L | Center the cursor or selection in the visible area |
| Control-N | Move down one line |
| Control-O | Insert a new line after the cursor |
| Control-P | Move up one line |
| Control-T | Transpose the character behind the cursor and the character in front of the cursor |
| Control-V | Move down |
| Command-{ | Left-align a selection |
| Command-} | Right-align a selection |
| Command-| | Center-align a selection |
| Command-Option-C | Copy the formatting settings of the selected item and store on the Clipboard |
| Command-Option-V | Apply the style of one object to the selected object (Paste Style) |
| Command-Shift-Option-V | Apply the style of the surrounding text to the inserted object (Paste and Match Style) |
| Command-Control-V | Apply formatting settings to the selected object (Paste Ruler) |
I hope this information helps ....
- Judy
Ios Mac Textedit Keyboard Shortcut For En Dash Pc
Jan 18, 2015 11:34 AM