Keyboard shortcuts in Notes on Mac

Here are shortcuts you can use, in addition to those that appear in Notes menus.

General

Action	Shortcut
Create a new note	Command-N
Duplicate a note	Command-D
Create a new folder	Shift-Command-N
Show or hide folders	Option-Command-S
Show the main Notes window	Command-0 (zero) Note: This shortcut is useful if a note open in a separate window is blocking the main Notes window.
Show notes in a list	Command-1
Show notes in gallery view	Command-2
Show attachments	Command-3
Search all notes	Option-Command-F
Move between the sidebar, notes list, and search field	Tab Note: This shortcut doesn’t work if you are currently editing a note’s contents.
Begin typing in the note selected in the notes list or gallery view	Return Note: This shortcut places the insertion point at the end of the selected note’s contents. To go back to the notes list, press Command-Return.
Print a note	Command-P

Action	Shortcut
Attach a file	Shift-Command-A
Create a link	Command-K
Insert a table	Option-Command-T
Apply Title format	Shift-Command-T
Apply Heading format	Shift-Command-H
Apply Subheading format	Shift-Command-J
Apply Body format	Shift-Command-B
Apply Monospaced format	Shift-Command-M
Apply Bulleted List format	Shift-Command-7
Apply Dashed List format	Shift-Command-8
Apply Numbered List format	Shift-Command-9
Apply Checklist format	Shift-Command-L
Increase font size	Command-Plus sign
Decrease font size	Command-Minus sign
Increase list level	Command-] or Tab
Decrease list level	Command-[ or Shift-Tab
Add a line break (soft return) to a list item or checklist	Control-Return
Insert a tab character in a list item	Option-Tab
Mark or unmark a checklist item	Shift-Command-U
Move a list or checklist item up in the list	Control-Command-Up Arrow
Move a list or checklist item down in the list	Control-Command-Down Arrow
Zoom in on note’s contents	Shift-Command->
Zoom out on note’s contents	Shift-Command-<
Change size of note’s contents to default	Shift-Command-0 (zero)

Action	Shortcut
Move down one row or add a new row at the bottom of the table	Return
Move up one row, or above the table when you’re in the first row	Shift-Return
Add a new paragraph in a cell	Option-Return
Add a new row above the current row	Option-Command-Up Arrow
Add a new row below the current row	Option-Command-Down Arrow
Add a new column to the right of the current column	Option-Command-Right Arrow
Add a new column to the left of the current column	Option-Command-Left Arrow
Move to the next cell to the right	Tab
Move to the next cell to the left	Shift-Tab
Add a tab character in a cell	Option-Tab
Select a range of cells in a row	Shift-Left Arrow or Shift-Right Arrow
Select a range of cells in a column	Shift-Up Arrow or Shift-Down Arrow
Select the content of the current cell	Command-A Note: If your cursor isn’t in the table and you press Command-A, the contents of the entire note are selected.
Select the entire table	Command-A, Command-A Note: If your cursor isn’t in the table and you press Command-A, the contents of the entire note are selected.

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