Evernote Keyboard Shortcuts Cheatsheet

Evernote has recently gone through some changes to streamline the service and make it easier to use. All of the versions – PC, Mac, and Mobile – have seen these changes. It’s still the same great app/service, with all of your notes being saved and synced between devices.

With these changes, you will see a completely new interface that offers a quick glance at everything.

Because of all of these great changes, the keyboard shortcuts that are used for the desktop versions of Evernote have been deleted, added to, and changed. Follow the Evernote Cheat Sheet below to find your way around Evernote on the PC and Mac.

Evernote’s keyboard shortcuts for Windows

Evernote Shortcuts (Windows)	Function
Ctrl + N	Create a new note.
Ctrl + P	Print
Ctrl + F	Open a “Find” box on the open note.
Ctrl + G	Find Next
Ctrl + Shift + G	Find Previous.
Ctrl + H	Replace within note.
Ctrl + Space	Simplify the formatting in a note
Ctrl + Shift + X	Open the encryption menu for highlighted text
Ctrl + Q	Quit Evernote
Ctrl + Alt + 2	Jump to Notebook list
Ctrl + Alt + 3	Jump to Tag list
F10 F11	Show or hide (toggle on or off): – Navigation Menu – Full-screen
Formatting
Ctrl + L	Paragraph align left
Ctrl + J	Paragraph align right
Ctrl + E	Paragraph align center
Ctrl + Q	Justify paragraph
Ctrl + M	Increase indentation
Ctrl + Shift + M	Decrease indentation
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + Y	Redo
Ctrl + X	Cut
Ctrl + C	Copy
Ctrl + V	Paste
Ctrl + Shift + V	Paste as text
Backspace	Delete
Ctrl + A	Select all
Ctrl + Shift + . (dot)	Increase font size
Ctrl + Shift + , (comma)	Decrease font size
Ctrl + Shift + B	Bulleted list
Ctrl + Shift + O	Numbered list
Ctrl + B	Bold
Ctrl + I	Italic
Ctrl + U	Underline
Ctrl + T	Strikethrough
Ctrl + Shift + H	Highlight
Ctrl + Shift + –	Insert horizontal rule
Ctrl + K	Add hyperlink
Ctrl + K	Edit hyperlink
Ctrl + Shift + K	Remove hyperlink

Evernote’s keyboard shortcuts for Mac

Evernote Shortcuts (Mac)	Function
Cmd + N	Create a new note.
Cmd + Shift + N	Create a new synchronized notebook.
Cmd + Shift + M	Merge highlighted notes
Cmd + W	Close Evernote
Cmd + Alt + F	Search all notes
Fn (tap twice)	Start dictation
Cmd + P	Print
Cmd + F	Open a “Find” box on the open note.
Cmd + G	Find Next
Cmd + Shift + G	Find Previous.
Cmd + Shift + F	Simplify the formatting in a note
Cmd + Shift + X	Open the encryption menu for highlighted text
Cmd + Q	Quit Evernote
Cmd + [	Back
Cmd + ]	Forward
Cmd + Ctrl + Alt + C	Copy note link
Cmd + ‘	Edit note’s tag
Cmd + T Cmd + Shift + I	Show or hide (toggle on or off): – New Tab – Note Info
Cmd + Ctrl + M	Move to another notebook
Cmd + Shift + M	Merge notes
Cmd + Alt + {	Paragraph align left
Cmd + Alt + }	Paragraph align right
Cmd + Alt + +	Paragraph align center
Cmd + Shift + ]	Increase indentation
Cmd + Shift + [	Decrease indentation
Cmd + Alt + 1 Cmd + Alt + 2 Cmd + Alt + 3	View – Notes – Notebooks – Tags
Formatting
Cmd + Z	Undo
Cmd + Shift + Z	Redo
Cmd + X	Cut
Cmd + C	Copy
Cmd + V	Paste
Cmd + Shift + V	Paste as text
Cmd + A	Select all
Cmd + +	Zoom in
Cmd + –	Zoom out
Cmd + Shift + U	Bulleted list
Cmd + Shift + O	Numbered list
Tab	Increase list level
Shift + Tab	Decrease list level
Cmd + B	Bold
Cmd + I	Italic
Cmd + U	Underline
Cmd + Ctrl + K	Strikethrough
Cmd + Ctrl + H	Highlight
Cmd + Ctrl + +	Superscript
Cmd + Ctrl + –	Subscript
Cmd + Shift + D	Insert Date
Cmd + Shift + Alt + D	Insert Time
Cmd + Shift + H	Insert horizontal rule
Cmd + K	Add hyperlink
Cmd + Shift + K	Remove hyperlink

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