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Keyboard Shortcuts

All shortcuts work in both Visual and Advanced editing modes. Cmd is the macOS modifier; on Linux and Windows, substitute Ctrl.

Document

Shortcut Action
Cmd/Ctrl + S Save (autosave debounces ~2 s after typing stops)
Cmd/Ctrl + Z Undo
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo
Cmd/Ctrl + Y Redo (alternate)
Cmd/Ctrl + A Select all (cell-scoped when the cursor is inside a table)
Escape Close the top-most overlay

Formatting

Shortcut Action
Cmd/Ctrl + B Bold
Cmd/Ctrl + I Italic
Cmd/Ctrl + U Underline

Tables

Shortcut Action
Tab Move to next cell (or indent list item outside tables)
Shift + Tab Move to previous cell (or outdent list item outside tables)
Enter Move to cell below (or add row at end of table)

Markdown shortcuts (Visual Mode)

These trigger as you type — no menu, no key combo, just the syntax.

Type You get
**text** Bold
*text* Italic
~~text~~ ~~Strikethrough~~
`code` Inline code
- at start of line Bulleted list
1. at start of line Numbered list
# at start of line H1 heading
## at start of line H2 heading
> at start of line Block quote

Underline uses the HTML tag <u>…</u> — there is no markdown shortcut, because no canonical markdown syntax for underline exists. Use Cmd/Ctrl + U or type the tag.