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A visual cheat-sheet for the 34 keyboard shortcuts found in the WordPress visual editor

Keyboard Shortcuts {.cols-2}

Editor I

ShortcutAction
Ctrl CCopy
Ctrl VPaste
Ctrl ASelect all
Ctrl XCut
Ctrl ZUndo
Ctrl YRedo
Ctrl BBold
Ctrl IItalic
Ctrl UUnderline
Ctrl KInsert or edit a link
Alt Shift NCheck spelling, this requires a plugin
Alt Shift LAlign text left
Alt Shift JJustify text
Alt Shift CAlign text center
Alt Shift DStrikethrough
Alt Shift RAlign text right
Alt Shift UUnordered list

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Editor II

ShortcutAction
Alt Shift AInsert a link
Alt Shift OOrdered list
Alt Shift SRemove a link
Alt Shift QQuote
Alt Shift MInsert an image
Alt Shift WDistraction free writing mode
Alt Shift TInsert a more tag
Alt Shift PInsert a page break tag
Alt Shift HHelp
Alt Shift XAdd or remove a code tag
Alt Shift 1Heading one
Alt Shift 2Heading two
Alt Shift 3Heading three
Alt Shift 4Heading four
Alt Shift 5Heading five
Alt Shift 6Heading six
Alt Shift 9Insert an address

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