Keyboard shortcuts for formatting knowledge base articles






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In addition to the help center article editor toolbar, you can use
keyboard shortcuts to help format your knowledge base articles.
This article describes the keyboard shortcuts available with both the new article editor and the legacy editor. For more information about
transitioning from the legacy editor to the new article editor, see Transitioning to the new article editor: Phase overview.
This article includes the following sections:
Keyboard shortcuts for the new article editor
Keyboard shortcuts for the legacy article editor




Keyboard shortcuts for the new article editor

The following table lists the PC and Mac keyboard shortcuts available for the new article
editor.









Shortcut
PC
Mac




Bold
Ctrl+B
Command+B


Italic
Ctrl+I
Command+I


Underline
Ctrl+U
Command+U


Select All
Ctrl+A
Command+A


Redo
Ctrl+Shift+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z

Command+Shift+Z Command+Shift+Z



Undo
Ctrl+Z
Command+Z


Focus to menubar
Alt+F9
Alt+F9


Focus to toolbar
Alt+F10
Alt+F10


Find
Ctrl+F+Query
Command+F+Query


Copy selected content
Ctrl+C
Command+C


Paste content
Ctrl+V
Command+V


Paste content as plain text
Ctrl+Shift+V
Command+Shift+V








Keyboard shortcuts for the legacy article editor

The following table lists the PC and Mac keyboard shortcuts available for the legacy
article editor.









Shortcut
PC
Mac




Bold
Ctrl+B
Command+B


Italic
Ctrl+I
Command+I


Underline
Ctrl+U
Command+U


Select All
Ctrl+A
Command+A


Redo
Ctrl+Shift+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z

Command+Shift+Z Command+Shift+Z



Undo
Ctrl+Z
Command+Z


Header 1
Alt+Shift+1
Ctrl+Alt+1


Header 2
Alt+Shift+2
Ctrl+Alt+2


Header 3
Alt+Shift+3
Ctrl+Alt+3


Header 4
Alt+Shift+4
Ctrl+Alt+4


Header 5
Alt+Shift+5
Ctrl+Alt+5


Header 6
Alt+Shift+6
Ctrl+Alt+6


Paragraph
Alt+Shift+7
Ctrl+Alt+7


Div
Alt+Shift+8
Ctrl+Alt+8


Address
Alt+Shift+9
Ctrl+Alt+9


Focus to menubar
Alt+F9
Alt+F9


Focus to toolbar
Alt+F10
Alt+F10


Focus to element path
Alt+F11
Alt+F11


Focus to contextual toolbar
Ctrl+Shift+E Ctrl+Shift+P

Ctrl+Shift+E Ctrl+Shift+P



Insert link
Ctrl+K
Command+K


Toggle Fullscreen
Ctrl+Shift+F
Ctrl+Shift+F


Save
Ctrl+S
Command+S


Find
Ctrl+F+Query
Command+F+Query







