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⤢ IA WRITER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 43 1 ⌘ Heading … 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ⌘ Default … Q W ⌘ Close ac… E ⇧ ⌘ Export R ⌘ Show or … T Y U ⌥ ⌘ Striketh… I ⌘ Italic O ⇧ ⌘ Quick Se… P ⌘ Print A S ⌘ Save act… D ⌘ Enable o… F ⌘ Find G ⌘ Find next H J ⌘ Code K ⌘ Link L ⌥ ⌘ Task list Z X ⌥ ⌘ Mark tas… C ⌃ ⌘ Copy sel… V B ⌘ Bold N ⌘ New file… M MORE SHORTCUTS Show or hide … ⌃ ⌘ S New file ⌥ ⌘ N Enter or exit… ⌃ ⌘ F Move selected… ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Move selected… ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Find and repl… ⌥ ⌘ F Duplicate act… ⇧ ⌘ S Open file in … ↵ Settings ⌘ , Go to previou… ⌃ ⌘ ← Go to next do… ⌃ ⌘ → Dark or light… ⌃ ⌘ N Ordered list ⇧ ⌘ L Highlight ⇧ ⌘ U Image link ⌥ ⌘ K Wikilink ⇧ ⌘ K Code block ⇧ ⌘ J Enable or dis… ⇧ ⌘ D Copy selected… ⇧ ⌘ C Open file in … ⇧ ↵ Footnote ⌃ ⌘ K Make text lar… ⌘ + Make text sma… ⌘ − shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · MAC
IA WRITER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 43 1 ⌘ Heading … 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ⌘ Default … A Z E ⇧ ⌘ Export R ⌘ Show or … T Y U ⌥ ⌘ Striketh… I ⌘ Italic O ⇧ ⌘ Quick Se… P ⌘ Print Q S ⌘ Save act… D ⌘ Enable o… F ⌘ Find G ⌘ Find next H J ⌘ Code K ⌘ Link L ⌥ ⌘ Task list M W ⌘ Close ac… X ⌥ ⌘ Mark tas… C ⌃ ⌘ Copy sel… V B ⌘ Bold N ⌘ New file… MORE SHORTCUTS Show or hide … ⌃ ⌘ S New file ⌥ ⌘ N Enter or exit… ⌃ ⌘ F Move selected… ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Move selected… ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Find and repl… ⌥ ⌘ F Duplicate act… ⇧ ⌘ S Open file in … ↵ Settings ⌘ , Go to previou… ⌃ ⌘ ← Go to next do… ⌃ ⌘ → Dark or light… ⌃ ⌘ N Ordered list ⇧ ⌘ L Highlight ⇧ ⌘ U Image link ⌥ ⌘ K Wikilink ⇧ ⌘ K Code block ⇧ ⌘ J Enable or dis… ⇧ ⌘ D Copy selected… ⇧ ⌘ C Open file in … ⇧ ↵ Footnote ⌃ ⌘ K Make text lar… ⌘ + Make text sma… ⌘ − shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · MAC
⤢ FOCUS Enable or disable Focus M… ⌘ D Enable or disable Syntax … ⇧ ⌘ D NAVIGATION Quick Search ⇧ ⌘ O Open file in current wind… ↵ Settings ⌘ , Go to previous document ⌃ ⌘ ← Go to next document ⌃ ⌘ → Open file in new window ⇧ ↵ EDITING Find ⌘ F Move selected line up ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Move selected line down ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Find and replace ⌥ ⌘ F Copy selected text as Mar… ⌃ ⌘ C Copy selected text as HTML ⇧ ⌘ C Find next ⌘ G MARKDOWN Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Heading 1 to 6 ⌘ 1 Strikethrough ⌥ ⌘ U Code ⌘ J Task list ⌥ ⌘ L Ordered list ⇧ ⌘ L Mark task as completed ⌥ ⌘ X Highlight ⇧ ⌘ U Image link ⌥ ⌘ K Wikilink ⇧ ⌘ K Code block ⇧ ⌘ J Footnote ⌃ ⌘ K FILES Save active file ⌘ S New file in Library ⌘ N New file ⌥ ⌘ N Export ⇧ ⌘ E Duplicate active file ⇧ ⌘ S Print ⌘ P INTERFACE Show or hide Preview ⌘ R Show or hide Library ⌃ ⌘ S Enter or exit full screen ⌃ ⌘ F Close active window ⌘ W Dark or light appearance ⌃ ⌘ N Make text larger ⌘ + Make text smaller ⌘ − Default text size ⌘ 0 iA Writer KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 43 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · MAC ⤢ FOCUS 02 Enable or disable Focus… ⌘ D Enable or disable Synta… ⇧ ⌘ D NAVIGATION 06 Quick Search ⇧ ⌘ O Open file in current wi… ↵ Settings ⌘ , Go to previous document ⌃ ⌘ ← Go to next document ⌃ ⌘ → Open file in new window ⇧ ↵ EDITING 07 Find ⌘ F Move selected line up ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Move selected line down ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Find and replace ⌥ ⌘ F Copy selected text as M… ⌃ ⌘ C Copy selected text as H… ⇧ ⌘ C Find next ⌘ G MARKDOWN 14 Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Heading 1 to 6 ⌘ 1 Strikethrough ⌥ ⌘ U Code ⌘ J Task list ⌥ ⌘ L Ordered list ⇧ ⌘ L Mark task as completed ⌥ ⌘ X Highlight ⇧ ⌘ U Image link ⌥ ⌘ K Wikilink ⇧ ⌘ K Code block ⇧ ⌘ J Footnote ⌃ ⌘ K FILES 06 Save active file ⌘ S New file in Library ⌘ N New file ⌥ ⌘ N Export ⇧ ⌘ E Duplicate active file ⇧ ⌘ S Print ⌘ P INTERFACE 08 Show or hide Preview ⌘ R Show or hide Library ⌃ ⌘ S Enter or exit full scre… ⌃ ⌘ F Close active window ⌘ W Dark or light appearance ⌃ ⌘ N Make text larger ⌘ + Make text smaller ⌘ − Default text size ⌘ 0 iA Writer KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 43 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · MAC
⤢ IA WRITER · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 6 SETS · No.01 IA WRITER TOTAL 43 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS FILES 06 MARKDOWN 14 FOCUS 02 NAVIGATION 06 INTERFACE 08 EDITING 07 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Save active file ⌘ S New file in Library ⌘ N New file ⌥ ⌘ N Export ⇧ ⌘ E Duplicate active file ⇧ ⌘ S Print ⌘ P Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Heading 1 to 6 ⌘ 1 Strikethrough ⌥ ⌘ U Code ⌘ J Task list ⌥ ⌘ L Ordered list ⇧ ⌘ L Mark task as completed ⌥ ⌘ X Highlight ⇧ ⌘ U Image link ⌥ ⌘ K Wikilink ⇧ ⌘ K Code block ⇧ ⌘ J Footnote ⌃ ⌘ K Enable or disable Focus Mode ⌘ D Enable or disable Syntax Highlight ⇧ ⌘ D Quick Search ⇧ ⌘ O Open file in current window ↵ Settings ⌘ , Go to previous document ⌃ ⌘ ← Go to next document ⌃ ⌘ → Open file in new window ⇧ ↵ Show or hide Preview ⌘ R Show or hide Library ⌃ ⌘ S Enter or exit full screen ⌃ ⌘ F Close active window ⌘ W Dark or light appearance ⌃ ⌘ N Make text larger ⌘ + Make text smaller ⌘ − Default text size ⌘ 0 Find ⌘ F Move selected line up ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Move selected line down ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Find and replace ⌥ ⌘ F Copy selected text as Markdown ⌃ ⌘ C Copy selected text as HTML ⇧ ⌘ C Find next ⌘ G
IA WRITER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 ⌘ Heading … 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W ⌘ Close ac… E R ⌘ Show or … T Y U I ⌘ Italic O ⇧ ⌘ Quick Se… P A S ⌘ Save act… D ⌘ Enable o… F ⌘ Find G H J K ⌘ Link L Z X C V B ⌘ Bold N ⌘ New file… M MORE SHORTCUTS Show or hide Libr… ⌃ ⌘ S New file ⌥ ⌘ N Enter or exit ful… ⌃ ⌘ F shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · MAC Keyboard map MARKDOWN Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Heading 1 to 6 ⌘ 1 NAVIGATION Quick Search ⇧ ⌘ O EDITING Find ⌘ F FILES Save active file ⌘ S New file in Library ⌘ N New file ⌥ ⌘ N FOCUS Enable or disable Focus Mode ⌘ D INTERFACE Show or hide Preview ⌘ R Show or hide Library ⌃ ⌘ S Enter or exit full screen ⌃ ⌘ F Close active window ⌘ W iA Writer KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · MAC Isometric MARKDOWN 04 Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Heading 1 to 6 ⌘ 1 NAVIGATION 01 Quick Search ⇧ ⌘ O EDITING 01 Find ⌘ F FILES 03 Save active file ⌘ S New file in Library ⌘ N New file ⌥ ⌘ N FOCUS 01 Enable or disable Focus Mode ⌘ D INTERFACE 04 Show or hide Preview ⌘ R Show or hide Library ⌃ ⌘ S Enter or exit full screen ⌃ ⌘ F Close active window ⌘ W iA Writer KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH IA WRITER · MAC Typewriter IA WRITER · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 6 SETS · No.01 IA WRITER TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS FILES 03 MARKDOWN 04 FOCUS 01 NAVIGATION 01 INTERFACE 04 EDITING 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Save active file ⌘ S New file in Library ⌘ N New file ⌥ ⌘ N Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Heading 1 to 6 ⌘ 1 Enable or disable Focus Mode ⌘ D Quick Search ⇧ ⌘ O Show or hide Preview ⌘ R Show or hide Library ⌃ ⌘ S Enter or exit full screen ⌃ ⌘ F Close active window ⌘ W Find ⌘ F Editorial iA Writer is a minimalist writing app built to keep you focused on text with distraction-free Markdown editing. Its shortcuts help you format, navigate, and toggle focus modes without ever leaving the keyboard.
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All iA Writer keyboard shortcuts (Mac)
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14 Action Shortcut Bold ⌘ B Italic ⌘ I Link ⌘ K Heading 1 to 6 ⌘ 1 Strikethrough ⌥ ⌘ U Code ⌘ J Task list ⌥ ⌘ L Ordered list ⇧ ⌘ L Mark task as completed ⌥ ⌘ X Highlight ⇧ ⌘ U Image link ⌥ ⌘ K Wikilink ⇧ ⌘ K Code block ⇧ ⌘ J Footnote ⌃ ⌘ K
8 Action Shortcut Show or hide Preview ⌘ R Show or hide Library ⌃ ⌘ S Enter or exit full screen ⌃ ⌘ F Close active window ⌘ W Dark or light appearance ⌃ ⌘ N Make text larger ⌘ + Make text smaller ⌘ − Default text size ⌘ 0
7 Action Shortcut Find ⌘ F Move selected line up ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Move selected line down ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Find and replace ⌥ ⌘ F Copy selected text as Markdown ⌃ ⌘ C Copy selected text as HTML ⇧ ⌘ C Find next ⌘ G
6 Action Shortcut Save active file ⌘ S New file in Library ⌘ N New file ⌥ ⌘ N Export ⇧ ⌘ E Duplicate active file ⇧ ⌘ S Print ⌘ P
6 Action Shortcut Quick Search ⇧ ⌘ O Open file in current window ↵ Settings ⌘ , Go to previous document ⌃ ⌘ ← Go to next document ⌃ ⌘ → Open file in new window ⇧ ↵
2 Action Shortcut Enable or disable Focus Mode ⌘ D Enable or disable Syntax Highlight ⇧ ⌘ D
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Does the poster include every iA Writer shortcut? iA Writer has 43 keyboard shortcuts in total — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
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