Scrivener keyboard shortcuts

Scrivener's current manuals include an exhaustive menu appendix with file, edit, document, format, navigate, project, and window commands. This reference records the stable desktop defaults that writers use for projects, documents, text editing, search, and compilation.

Windows, macOS · 47 shortcuts

Projects and files

Create, open, save, print, compile, and close Scrivener projects with the current Windows and macOS menu defaults.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Create a new projectCtrlShiftNShiftCmdN
Open a projectCtrlOCmdO
Close the current projectAltF4ShiftCmdW
Close the current windowCtrlF4CmdW
SaveCtrlSCmdS
Save asCtrlShiftSShiftCmdS
Open page setupCtrlShiftPShiftCmdP
Print the current documentCtrlPCmdP
Compile the draftCtrlShiftEOptionCmdE
Open application optionsCtrl,Cmd,
Exit ScrivenerCtrlAltF4CmdQ

Text editing

Edit text, search the active document, and move through matching results with Scrivener's standard editor commands.

ActionWindowsmacOS
UndoCtrlZCmdZ
RedoCtrlYShiftCmdZ
CutCtrlXCmdX
CopyCtrlCCmdC
PasteCtrlVCmdV
Paste and match styleCtrlShiftVOptionShiftCmdV
Select all textCtrlACmdA
Open FindCtrlFCmdF
Find the next matchF3CmdG
Find the previous matchShiftF3ShiftCmdG
Replace and find nextCtrlHOptionCmdF

Text formatting

Apply common text formatting and paragraph alignment while the Scrivener editor has focus.

ActionWindowsmacOS
BoldCtrlBCmdB
ItalicCtrlICmdI
UnderlineCtrlUCmdU
Align leftCtrlLCmdL
Align centerCtrlECmdE
Align rightCtrlRCmdR
Justify textCtrlJCmdJ
Increase font sizeCtrl>Cmd>
Decrease font sizeCtrl<Cmd<
Insert an annotationCtrlShiftAShiftCmdA
Insert a footnoteCtrlShiftFShiftCmdF

Documents and binder

Reorder, split, group, merge, duplicate, and snapshot selected Scrivener documents from the binder or editor.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Move the selected item upCtrlUp ArrowCmdUp Arrow
Move the selected item downCtrlDown ArrowCmdDown Arrow
Move the selected item leftCtrlLeft ArrowCmdLeft Arrow
Move the selected item rightCtrlRight ArrowCmdRight Arrow
Split at the selectionCtrlKCmdK
Duplicate the selected itemCtrlDCmdD
Take a snapshotCtrl5Cmd5
Group the selectionCtrlGCmdG
Ungroup the selectionCtrlShiftUShiftCmdU
Merge documentsCtrlMCmdM

Move around the project, reveal the current document, and change the editor's scale with documented navigation commands.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Reveal the current document in the binderCtrlShiftRCmdShiftR
Zoom inCtrl=Cmd=
Zoom outCtrl-Cmd-
Open the Scrivener manualF1F1

Make a printable Scrivener sheet