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Which keyboard shortcuts can I use in the WordPress editor? [screencast]

WordPress has a whole bunch of keyboard shortcuts you can use. The following screencast shows you some of the more useful ones in action:

Rather than reaching for your mouse to click on the toolbar, use these access keys. Windows and Linux use Ctrl + letter. Macintosh uses Command + letter.

Letter Action Letter Action
c Copy v Paste
a Select all x Cut
z Undo y Redo
b Bold i Italic
u Underline 1 Header 1
2 Header 2 3 Header 3
4 Header 4 5 Header 5
6 Header 6 9 Address

The following shortcuts use different access keys: Alt + Shift + letter.

Letter Action Letter Action
n Check Spelling l Align Left
j Justify Text c Align Center
d Strikethrough r Align Right
u List a Insert link
o 1. List s Remove link
q Quote m Insert Image
g Full Screen t Insert More Tag
p Insert Page Break tag h Help
e Switch to HTML mode

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