Keyboard Shortcuts for DBT on the Macintosh

A keyboard shortcut, also known as an accelerator, allows you to trigger an action without stepping through the menus with the normal menu keys. Listed below are DBT's shortcut keys:

For those who are familiar with DBT for Windows, we have included both Windows and Mac shortcuts.

Mostly Function Key Shortcuts
Windows Macintosh Description
F1   Open the Help viewer.
F2 F2 View menu, Six-Key Entry
F3 ⇧ + ⌘ + S File menu, Save As
F4 F4 Layout menu, Left Margin, 3
F5 F5 Layout menu, Code List
F6 ⌘ + R Edit menu, Replace
F8 F8 Layout menu, Styles
F9 F9 Insert Code
F10   Activate Menu Bar (Windows only)
F11 F11 Edit menu, Find Misspelling
Alt + F2 ⌥ + F2 Layout menu, Character Codes, Hard Space
Alt + F3 ⌥ + F3 View menu, Codes
Alt + F4 ⌘ + Q File menu, Exit
Alt + F7 ⌥ + F7 Layout menu, Line Codes, Flush Right w/Leader
Ctrl + F4 ⌘ + W File menu, Close
Ctrl + F5 ⌘ + F5 View menu, Print Font (Braille File)
Ctrl + F6 ⌘ + F6 View menu, Braille Font (Braille File)
Ctrl + F7 ⌘ + F7 View menu, SimBraille Font (Braille File)
Ctrl + F8 ⌘ + F8 View menu, Translated Line (Braille or Print File)
Ctrl + F9 F8 Insert Style
Ctrl + F11 ⌘ + F11 Document menu, Embosser Setup
Ctrl + F12 ⌘ + F12 Document menu, Printer Setup
Shift + F1   Layout menu, Line Codes, Single Spacing
Shift + F2 ⇧ + F2 Layout menu, Line Codes, Double Spacing
Shift + F3 ⇧ + F3 Change Case
Shift + F4 ⇧ + F4 Layout menu, Right Margin, 6
Shift + F6 ⇧ + F6 Layout menu, Line Codes, Centering
Shift + F7 ⇧ + F7 Layout menu, Line Codes, Flush Right
Shift + F8 ⇧ + F8 Apply Last Style
Shift + F11 ⇧ + F11 Edit menu, Spell Check (Print File)
( Checks from cursor downwards)
Alt, Command, & Control Key Shortcuts
Windows Macintosh Description
Alt + 0 ⌥ + 0 Layout, Translation Codes, Grade 0
Alt + 1 ⌥ + 1 Layout, Translation Codes, Grade 1
Alt + 2 ⌥ + 2 Layout, Translation Codes, Grade 2
Alt + 3 ⌥ + 3 Layout, Translation Codes, CBC
Alt + 4 ⌥ + 4 Layout, Translation Codes, Spanish Text
Alt + 5   ⌥ + 5 Layout, Translation Codes, LIFG Text
Alt + D   Document menu
Alt + E     Edit menu
Alt + F   File menu
Alt + G   Global menu
Alt + H   Help menu
Alt + K ⌥ + K Suppress Skipped Line
Alt + L   Layout menu
Alt + V   View menu
Ctrl + A ⌘ + A Edit, Select All
Ctrl + B ⌘ + B Layout, Character Codes, Group
Ctrl + C ⌘ + C Edit, Copy
Ctrl + E ⌘ + E File, Emboss
Ctrl + F ⌘ + F Edit, Find
Ctrl + G ⌘ + G Edit, Goto (Not applicable in Coded View)
Ctrl + H None Edit, Highlight
Ctrl + I ⌘ + I Edit, Find Again
Ctrl + K ⌘ + K Layout, Line Codes, Skip Line
Ctrl + L ⌘ + L Layout, Line Codes, New Line
Ctrl + M ⌘ + M Layout, Line Codes, New Paragraph
Ctrl + N ⌘ + N File, New
Ctrl + O ⌘ + O File, Open
Ctrl + P ⌘ + P File, Print
Ctrl + R ⌘ + R Layout, Runover Offset, 2
Ctrl + S ⌘ + S File, Save
Ctrl + T ⌘ + T File, Translate
Ctrl + V ⌘ + V Edit, Paste
Ctrl + F4 ⌘ + W File, Close
Ctrl + X ⌘ + X Edit, Cut
Ctrl + Y ⌘ + Y Redo
Ctrl + Z ⌘ + Z Undo
Ctrl + [ Ctrl + [ Enter Code dialog (same as Insert Code)
Ctrl + ] Ctrl + ] Enter DUSCI Code number (to enter a character not found on your keyboard)
Mostly Shortcuts with Arrows
Windows Macintosh Description
Alt + Right Arrow ⌥ + ⌘ + Right Layout, Style Level +
Alt + Left Arrow ⌥ + ⌘ + Left Layout, Style Level -
Alt + Enter ⌥ + ↩ Layout, New Reference Page
Ctrl + Enter ⌘ + ↩ Layout, Page Codes, New Page
Shift + Arrow keys ⇧ + Arrow Keys Highlight text
Ctrl + Home ⌘ + Up Move to top of document
Ctrl + Down ⌘ + Down Move to end of document
Ctrl +Down Arrow   Move to beginning of the next paragraph
Ctrl + Up Arrow   Move to the beginning of the previous paragraph
Ctrl + Home ⌘ + Left Move to beginning of line
Ctrl + N ⌘ + Right Move to end of line
Ctrl + Left Arrow ⌥ + Left Move to word left
Ctrl + Right Arrow ⌥ + Right Move to word right
Ctrl +Shift + Down Arrow   Select from cursor to end of paragraph
Ctrl +Shift + Up Arrow   Select from cursor to beginning of paragraph