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Keyboard shortcuts

Press ? anywhere in the dashboard or the editor to see the shortcuts for that screen. The essentials: ⌘ K to search, U to upload, T for text, S to sign, ⌘ Z to undo and Tab to move between form fields.

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  1. Dashboard
  2. Editor tools
  3. Editing and moving around

Shortcuts are written for Mac. On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl instead of ⌘. Single-letter shortcuts don't fire while you're typing in a field.

Dashboard

Search documents, tools and pages
⌘K
Filter the documents list
/
Upload files
U
New blank document
N
Go to the dashboard
GD
Go to my documents
GM
Go to received requests
GR
Go to sent signature requests
GS
Go to contacts
GC
Go to trash
GT
Show these shortcuts
?
Close a dialog or clear the selection
Esc

For the go-to keys, press G, let go, then press the second key within about a second.

Editor tools

Select
V
Move: drag anything without editing it
M
Add text
T
Switch between Fill out and Edit PDF
E
Highlight
H
Draw
D
Sign
S
Sticky note
N
Back to Select, or deselect
Esc

Editing and moving around

Undo
⌘Z
Redo (also Ctrl Y)
⇧⌘Z
Duplicate
⌘D
Copy objects (⌘V pastes; images paste too)
⌘C
Delete the selection (Backspace works too)
Delete
Nudge 1 pt (with Shift: 10 pt)
Arrows
Select the previous or next item on the page
[]
Place the active tool mid-page, or edit the selected text
Enter
Highlight the selected text (F7 turns on keyboard text selection)
ShiftH
Search the document
⌘F
Zoom in or out
+−
Fit width
⌘0
Previous or next page
Page UpPage Down
Next field while filling (Shift Tab: previous)
Tab
Show the editor's shortcut list
?

You can also open the lists from the menus: Help → Keyboard shortcuts in the dashboard, and More (⋯) → Keyboard shortcuts in the editor. The desktop apps add their own menu shortcuts; see desktop app shortcuts.

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