{"id":228468,"date":"2023-06-04T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=284770"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:01:15","slug":"ipad-keyboard-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ipad-keyboard-shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Time-Saving Tips: The Most Used Keyboard Shortcuts for iPad and How to Create Your Own"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the fastest and most efficient ways to interact with our devices is to use keyboard shortcuts. We may have to learn them at first instead of tapping or clicking on buttons, but <strong>as soon as we get used to them we will be much more agile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Apple Books\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/aabe7de8-9b2a-11e6-a543-00163ed833e7\/3668804529\/ibooks-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Apple Books<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/ibooks.en.softonic.com\/iphone?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/ibooks.en.softonic.com\/iphone?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Almost the same shortcuts as in Mac, but with some differences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether we use a Smart Folio Keyboard or a Magic Keyboard iPadOS offers a multitude of keyboard shortcuts with which to interact with the system and perform certain actions. <strong>The vast majority of them are the same as on our Mac<\/strong>, but there are some interesting changes and also shortcuts exclusive to the iPad. Here some of the most common shortcuts to move around the system:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Command + H<\/strong>: Go to the home screen.<\/li><li><strong>Command + Spacebar<\/strong>: Show or hide the search field.<\/li><li><strong>Command + Tab<\/strong>: Go to the most recently used application.<\/li><li><strong>Command + Shift<\/strong> <strong>+ 3<\/strong>: Take a screenshot.<\/li><li><strong>Command + Shift + 4<\/strong>: Take a screenshot and immediately open Markup to view or edit it.<\/li><li><strong>Command + Option + D<\/strong>: Show or hide the Dock.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed-Youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet the all-new iPad and iPad Pro | Apple\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yUKRkPKg5_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">System applications also have several keyboard shortcuts that we can use. We can see all the shortcuts for an app by <strong>simply holding down the Command key<\/strong> on our keyboard. Let&#8217;s look at some common key combinations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Notes app:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Command + B<\/strong>: Bold.<\/li><li><strong>Command + I<\/strong>: Italic.<\/li><li><strong>Command + U<\/strong>: Underline.<\/li><li><strong>Command + Shift + H<\/strong>: Title.<\/li><li><strong>Command + N<\/strong>: New note.<\/li><li><strong>Command + Enter<\/strong>: Finish editing.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Mail application:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Command + R<\/strong>: Reply.<\/li><li><strong>Command + Shift + R<\/strong>: Reply to all.<\/li><li><strong>Command + Shift + F<\/strong>: Forward.<\/li><li><strong>Command + Option + F<\/strong>: Search mailbox.<\/li><li><strong>Command + Up arrow<\/strong>: View previous mail.<\/li><li><strong>Command + Down Arrow<\/strong>: View the next email.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Calendar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Command + 1<\/strong>: Go to the day view.<\/li><li><strong>Command + 2<\/strong>: Go to week view.<\/li><li><strong>Command + 3<\/strong>: Go to month view.<\/li><li><strong>Command + 4<\/strong>: Go to year view.<\/li><li><strong>Command + T<\/strong>: Show today&#8217;s day.<\/li><li><strong>Command + R<\/strong>: Reload calendars.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Customization and &#8220;esc&#8221; key, a couple of tricks for our iPad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In iPadOS we can customize our own commands to go a little further than the combinations we have just seen. There is also a most interesting, and little known, resource to press &#8220;esc&#8221;. Since the keyboard does not have an <strong>&#8220;esc&#8221; we can achieve the same function with Command + . (period)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for customization with which we can <strong>define new keyboard shortcuts<\/strong> to perform various actions, access to its configuration is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We open the <em>Settings<\/em> app on our iPad.<\/li><li>Go to <em>Accessibility<\/em>.<\/li><li>Tap on <em>Keyboards<\/em>.<\/li><li>Click on <em>Full keyboard access<\/em>.<\/li><li>Activate <em>Full keyboard access<\/em>.<\/li><li>Tap on <em>Commands<\/em>.<\/li><li>We choose the action that we want to carry out, here we will find all the shortcuts of the app <em>shortcuts<\/em>.<\/li><li>Press the keys you want to use for the shortcut.<\/li><li>Press OK.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s that easy. It is clear that touching <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/record-screen-iphone?ex=DINS-635.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the screen (and recording it)<\/a> is tremendously intuitive when performing actions such as using <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/airdrop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AirDrop<\/a> and we do not need to memorize any key, but the truth is that, once accustomed, pressing a couple of them to perform something can be even more comfortable and, above all, much faster.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Apple Books\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/aabe7de8-9b2a-11e6-a543-00163ed833e7\/3668804529\/ibooks-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      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