Useful text editing shortcuts (Mac OS X)
I came across few useful text editing shortcuts for Mac OS X @ www.ss64.com – a site dedicated to all kinds of applications/os syntax…
Editing Text (email, TextEdit, Pages, etc)
⌥ ← Move one word left ⌥ → Move one word right ⌘ ← Beginning of line ⌘ → End of line
Scroll one page up (cursor retains position)
Scroll one page down (cursor retains position) ⌥
Move one page up (reposition cursor) ⌥
Move one page down ⌘ ↑ or
Scroll to beginning of document ⌘ ↓ or
Scroll to end of document Add shift key ⇧ , to the above to also SELECT the text. ⌥ ⌫ Delete word ⌥ Del Delete next word ⌥ Scrollbar Jump to exact scrollbar location ⌥ Scrollbar arrows Scroll page at a time (page up/down) ⌥ Volume up/down Open Sound preferences ⌥ Brightness up/down Open Display preferences