Keyboard shortcuts
The manuscript editor is markdown, and every formatting command
writes the markdown for you rather than hiding it.
Getting around
| Shortcut | Does |
|---|
| ⇧⌘O | Open Quickly — jump to any chapter, scene or record by name |
| ⌘P | Print the open record, or the manuscript |
| ⌃⌘D | Look Up the selected word |
Emphasis and inline
| Shortcut | Does |
|---|
| ⌘B | Strong |
| ⌘I | Emphasis |
| ⌃⇧` | Strikethrough |
| ⇧⌘` | Inline code |
| ⌘K | Link the selection |
| ⌘\ | Clear formatting |
Headings
| Shortcut | Does |
|---|
| ⌘1 – ⌘6 | Heading levels 1 to 6 |
| ⌘0 | Back to a plain paragraph |
| ⌘= / ⌘- | Raise or lower the heading level |
Inside an open chapter or scene, these shortcuts are purely typographic —
they style a line, nothing more. Heading level only becomes structural once,
at import: a
# becomes a part label or a standalone chapter, a
## becomes a chapter, and a
### becomes a scene.
See
The binder for how that shape is kept — and
edited — afterward.
Blocks
| Shortcut | Does |
|---|
| ⌥⌘Q | Quote |
| ⌥⌘U | Bulleted list |
| ⌥⌘O | Numbered list |
| ⌥⌘C | Code fence |
| ⌥⌘T | Table |
Structure
| Shortcut | Does |
|---|
| ⌃⇧⌘S | Split into a new scene at the cursor |
| ⌃⇧⌘C | Split into a new chapter at the cursor |
Notes, citations and pictures
| Shortcut | Does |
|---|
| ⌃⌘7 | Insert a highlight from Apple Books |
| ⌃⌘8 | Insert a footnote |
| ⌃⇧⌘8 | Check footnotes |
| ⌃⌘9 | Insert a citation |
| ⌃⌘0 | Insert a picture |
Finding
| Shortcut | Does |
|---|
| ⌘F | Find… — in the field or section you're focused in |
| ⌃⌘F | Find & Replace in Document… |
| ⌥⌘F | Find & Replace in Project… |
Find & Replace in Project… goes across everything at
once — the whole manuscript, the whole Story Bible, or both. Each chapter or
scene it touches gets one automatic snapshot first, and the whole pass is a
single undo — see Find and Find &
Replace for the full set of options.
Focus Mode
Focus Mode in the View menu clears the panes away and leaves
the prose.