Evernote for Mac shortcuts
Evernote for Mac keyboard shortcut cheat sheet
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After migrating from Windows to Mac, one hassle has been getting to grips with a totally different Evernote local client. There doesn’t seem to be a published list of keyboard shortcuts, so I’m in the process of tracking down all the shortcuts I can find with a view to publishing them on my website as a printable pdf Cheat Sheet.
My Evernote for Windows Cheat Sheet is right here.
If you know of any extra shortcuts which are not on the list, and any corrections or suggestions please tell the world in a Comment below. If you prefer, email me: alan@mywitsend.co.nz
Where there’s a question mark in the Notes column it means that I haven’t confirmed that it works and/or that I don’t yet know enough about OS X to understand it. 
| Keys | Effect | Notes |
| Search & Find | ||
| Cmd F | Find within note | |
| Opt Cmd F | Search | Retains tag selection |
| Ctrl Cmd F | Move focus to cleared search box | Works from outside Evernote |
| Cmd G | Find next | |
| Shift Cmd G | Find previous | |
| Opt Cmd S | Save search | |
| Cmd R | Reset search | Doesn’t move focus to search box |
| Cmd J | Jump to selection | |
| Appearance | ||
| Cmd 1 | List view | Also applies in Finder |
| Cmd 2 | Mixed view | Also applies in Finder |
| Cmd 3 | Thumbnail view | Also applies in Finder |
| Editing | ||
| Cmd A | Select All | Global |
| Cmd C | Copy | Global |
| Cmd X | Cut | Global |
| Cmd V | Paste | Global |
| Shift Cmd V | Paste special | Global |
| Cmd Z | Undo | Global |
| Shift Cmd Z | Redo | Global |
| Ctrl Del or Del > | Delete ahead | Global |
| Cmd Del (Bkspc) | Delete back | Global |
| Cmd ; | Spell check | Tab to go to next, right click for menu |
| Cmd : | Spell check dialogue box | |
| Cmd K | Add link directly or to selected text | |
| Shift Cmd K | Remove link | |
| Shift Cmd H | Insert Horizontal line | |
| Formatting | ||
| Cmd - | Decrease font size | |
| Cmd + | Increase font size | |
| Cmd T | Show fonts dialogue box | |
| Shift Cmd C | Show Color dialogue box | |
| Cmd B | Bold text | Global Toggle |
| Cmd I | Italic text | Global Toggle |
| Cmd U | Underlined text | Global Toggle |
| Shift Tab | Decrease list indent level | |
| Tab | Increase list indent level | |
| Shift Cmd U | Bulleted list (Unordered) | Toggle |
| Shift Cmd O | Numbered list (Ordered) | Toggle |
| Cmd { | Text align left | |
| Cmd } | Text align right | |
| Cmd | | Centre text | |
| Notes and Windows | ||
| Cmd N | New Note within Evernote | New Notebook when All Notebooks selected |
| Ctrl Cmd N | Create new note window | Works without Evernote focus |
| Opt Cmd N | New Evernote collection | |
| Cmd H | Hide Evernote | |
| Cmd 0 (zero) | Open Activity window | |
| Cmd , | Preferences window | Global |
| Ctrl Cmd V | Paste the clipboard as a new note | |
| Cmd L | Go to selected note | ? Not sure what this means |
| Opt Cmd H | Hide other programs | |
| Cmd Click | Select multiple notes | For merging or moving |
| Cmd M | Minimize | Global |
| Shift Cmd I | Note Info | Toggle |
| Shift Cmd M | Merge notes | |
| Shift Cmd N | Create new notebook | Cmd N when All Notebooks selected |
| Cmd Y | Quick look at attachments | |
| Safari | ||
| Shift Click EN | Send pdf of current web page to Evernote | |
| Images | ||
| Ctrl Cmd C | Clip screenshot | |
| General | ||
| Cmd * | Get result of Applescript | ? |
| Manage Evernote | ||
| Ctrl Cmd S | Synchonize Evernote | |
| Opt Cmd T | Hide toolbar | |
| Cmd Q | Exit application | Global |
| Cmd S | Save | Global |
| Cmd W | Close current window | Global |
| Tables | ||
| Tab | Move to the next cell | In last cell creates new row |
| Shift tab | Move to the previous cell | |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Cmd F8 | Value highlighting | ? |
| Cmd P | Global | |
| Shift Cmd I | Show note info | Toggle |
| Shift Cmd P | Page setup | |
| Shift Cmd X | Encrypt selected text | ? |
| Shift Cmd B | Send file to Bluetooth device | ? |
| Shift Cmd F | Footlight | |
| Shift Cmd Y | Make new sticky note | ? |
| Shift F11 | Save template | ? |
| Cmd 0 (zero) | Activity | ? |
| , (comma) | Separate subsequent tags | Use in note header when entering tags |
Alan:
Added Tables shortcuts and tag separation using commas.
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