Keyboard shortcuts for formatting knowledge base articles

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<p id="docs-hc-snippet" style="display: none;">In addition to using thehelp center article editor toolbarto format articles, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts to format your knowledge base articles.</p>
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<p class="p">In addition to using the <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408839186586" target="_blank">help center article editor toolbar</a> to format articles, you can use
the following keyboard shortcuts to format your knowledge base articles. </p>
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<th class="entry cellrowborder" id="d48e48">Shortcut</th>
<th class="entry cellrowborder" id="d48e51">PC</th>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e48">Bold</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e51">Ctrl+B</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e54">Command+B</td>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e48">Italic</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e51">Ctrl+I</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e54">Command+I</td>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e48">Underline</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e51">Ctrl+U</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e54">Command+U</td>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e48">Select All</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e51">Ctrl+A</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e54">Command+A</td>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e48">Redo</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e51">Ctrl+Shift+Z<p class="p">Ctrl+Shift+Z</p>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e54">Command+Shift+Z<p class="p">Command+Shift+Z</p>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e48">Undo</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e51">Ctrl+Z</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e54">Command+Z</td>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e48">Focus to menubar</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e51">Alt+F9</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e54">Alt+F9</td>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e48">Focus to toolbar</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e51">Alt+F10</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e54">Alt+F10</td>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e48">Find</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e51">Ctrl+F+Query</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e54">Command+F+Query</td>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e48">Copy selected content</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e51">Ctrl+C</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e54">Command+C</td>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e48">Paste content</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e51">Ctrl+V</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e54">Command+V</td>
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<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e48">Paste content as plain text</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e51">Ctrl+Shift+V</td>
<td class="entry cellrowborder" headers="d48e54">Command+Shift+V</td>
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