Keyboard shortcuts can provide a significant time savings over using your mouse. To speed up tasks you do regularly, try some of the keyboard shortcuts listed below.
Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)
General
In this, and other Verbum How-To articles, we abbreviate key names so that:
- Cmd — Command
- Opt — Option
These keyboard shortcuts are available throughout macOS.
- Cmd+C — Copy
- Cmd+H — Hide windows
- Cmd+M — Minimize
- Cmd+P — Print
- Cmd+Q — Quit Verbum
- Cmd+V — Paste
- Cmd+W — Close
- Cmd+X — Cut
- Cmd+Z — Undo
- Cmd+Tab — Unhide windows
- Shift+Cmd+G — Opens the “Go to Folder” window (use this to open hidden folders)
- Shift+Cmd+Z — Redo
Verbum-Specific
These keyboard shortcuts are specific to Verbum.
- Backspace — Clear Page in Drawing Mode
- Cmd+D — Add current location to Favorites
- Cmd+F — Find (in this panel)
- Cmd+K — Apply Highlighting
- Cmd+L — Show Library
- Cmd+O — Open/close Documents menu
- Cmd+P — Open Print/Export panel
- Cmd+R — Read Aloud
- Cmd+W — Close current panel
- Cmd+[ — Back in History
- Cmd+] — Forward in History
- Cmd+‘ — Go to next window (moves between floating windows and main window)
- Cmd+1...9 — Navigate to Bookmark (1-9)
- Cmd+F8 — Enter Drawing Mode (on some keyboards, Fn-Cmd-F8 may be necessary)
- Cmd+Down arrow — End (e.g., last article)
- Cmd+Up arrow — Home (e.g., title page)
- Cmd+T — Open new tab
- Cmd+Shift+T — Reopen last closed tab
- Ctrl+Tab — Go to next tab
- Ctrl+Shift+Tab — Go to previous tab
- Esc — Dismiss / Exit Drawing mode / Exit Find box
- F7 — Quick comparison of the active verse/selected text
- Left arrow — Navigate to previous parallel resource
- Right arrow — Navigate to next parallel resource
- Opt+Cmd+C — Copy location as [URL] [HTML] [L4] [Wiki] [RL]
- Opt+Cmd+F — Open panel in floating window
- Opt+Cmd+L — Focus Command bar
- Opt+Cmd+R — Show Reading View
- Opt+Cmd+W — Close all panels
- Opt+Shift+Cmd+F — Dock panel or tab
- Opt+Shift+Cmd+1...9 — Set Bookmark (1-9)
- Shift+Cmd+C — Show/Hide Table of Contents
- Shift+Cmd+E — Replace a reference typed into an app that uses Services with the passage
- Shift+Cmd+F — Show/Hide Inline Search
- Shift+Cmd+H — Show Home
- Shift+Cmd+I – Show Resource Information
- Shift+Cmd+K — Erase Highlighting
- Shift+Cmd+L — Show/Hide Locator Bar
- Shift+Cmd+M — Toggle Multiple Resources on/off
- Shift+Cmd+N — Copy this panel to a new tab
- Shift+Cmd+P — Columns (paged view)
- Shift+Cmd+S — Open Search
- Shift+Cmd+T – Reopen last closed tab
- Shift+Cmd+Opt+V — Paste without formatting
- Shift+Cmd+’ — Go to previous window (moves between floating windows and main window)
- Shift+Cmd+] — Go to next tab
- Shift+Cmd+[ — Go to previous tab
- Shift+Cmd+Down arrow — Go to next verse, chapter, article, etc.
- Shift+Cmd+Up arrow — Go to previous verse, chapter, article, etc.
- Shift+Cmd+Right arrow — Go to next equivalent resource
- Shift+Cmd+Left arrow — Go to previous equivalent resource
- Shift+Spacebar — Page Up in a resource
- Spacebar — Page Down in a resource
Rich Text (Notes) Editor
The following shortcuts apply to the Notes text editor.
- Cmd+A — Select All
- Cmd+B — Bold
- Cmd+C — Copy
- Cmd+E — Align Center
- Cmd+I — Italic
- Cmd+K — Insert Hyperlink
- Cmd+L — Align Left
- Cmd+] — Increase Indent (in lists only)
- Cmd+[ — Decrease Indent (in lists only)
- Cmd+R — Align Right
- Cmd+U — Underline
- Cmd+V — Paste
- Cmd+X — Cut
- Cmd+Z — Undo
- Cmd+. — Bulleted list
- Cmd+/ — Numbered list
- Cmd+= — Subscript
- Cmd+Shift++ — Superscript
- Cmd+Shift+F — Change Font Family
- Cmd+Shift+P — Change Font Size
- Cmd+Shift+K — Toggle Small Caps
- Cmd+Shift+U — Toggle Strikethrough (not currently supported)
- Cmd+Shift+Z — Redo
Copy Bible Verses
- Opt+Cmd+B — Global shortcut to open Copy Bible Verses tool in a floating window from any macOS application (if Verbum is running).
- Shift+Cmd+J — Global shortcut to open Copy Bible Verses tool in a floating window from any macOS application that use Services (if Verbum is running).
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)
General
These keyboard shortcuts are available throughout the Windows OS.
- Alt+left arrow — Go back
- Alt+right arrow — Go forward
- Alt+F4 — Close program
- Alt+space — Activate window menu
- Ctrl+= — Zoom in
- Ctrl+- — Zoom out
- Ctrl+A — Select all
- Ctrl+C — Copy
- Ctrl+P — Opens the Print/Export dialog
- Ctrl+Tab — Go to next tab
- Ctrl+T — Open new tab
- Ctrl+V — Paste
- Ctrl+X — Cut
- Ctrl+Y — Redo
- Ctrl+Z — Undo
- Del — Delete
- F5 — Refresh
Verbum-Specific
These keyboard shortcuts are specific to Verbum.
- Alt+- — Activate panel menu
- Alt+Bksp — Undo
- Alt+A — Open/close Layouts
- Alt+D — Go to Command Box
- Alt+down — Next
- Alt+Enter — Clear and focus Passage List Reference box
- Alt+G — Open/close Guides menu
- Alt+H — Open/close Home Page
- Alt+Home — Go to Home Page (from a floating window)
- Alt+L — Open/close Library
- Alt+O — Open/close Documents menu
- Alt+P — Open/close Help menu
- Alt+S — Open Search panel
- Alt+T — Open/close Tools menu
- Alt+up — Previous
- Ctrl+right arrow — Navigate to next parallel resource (use this if current resource has a horizontal scrollbar)
- Ctrl+left arrow — Navigate to previous parallel resource (use this if current resource has a horizontal scrollbar)
- Ctrl+Page Up — Switch to previous tab
- Ctrl+Page Down — Switch to next tab
- Ctrl+Alt+C — Copy location as [URL] [HTML] [L4] [WIKI] [RL]
- Ctrl+Enter — Search for [word, “phrase”] in Top Bibles (after typing search term in Command Box
- Ctrl+Shift+Enter — Search for [word, “phrase”] in Entire Library (after typing search term in Command Box
- Ctrl+D — Add current location to Favorites
- Ctrl+E — Expand all timeline groups
- Ctrl+F — Find / Filter (in this panel)
- Ctrl+F4 — Close current panel
- Ctrl+F6 — Switch keyboard focus to next panel
- Ctrl+Shift+F6 — Switch keyboard focus to previous panel
- Ctrl+F11 — Float a panel
- Ctrl+Shift+F11 — Dock a panel
- Ctrl+G — Go to reference box of current resource/guide
- Ctrl+H — Open History
- Ctrl+Shift+I — Open Resource Information Panel
- Ctrl+K — Apply highlighting
- Ctrl+Shift+K — Erase highlighting
- Ctrl+L — Open Library in a floating window
- Ctrl+Shift+M - Toggles Multiple Resources on/off
- Ctrl+Shift+1...9 — Set Bookmark (1-9)
- Ctrl+Shift+left — Previous equivalent resource
- Ctrl+Shift+right — Next equivalent resource
- Ctrl+Shift+N — Copy current panel to a new tab
- Ctrl+Shift+S — Open Search (from a floating window)
- Ctrl+Shift+Tab — Go to previous tab
- Ctrl+Shift+T — Reopen last closed tab
- Ctrl+W — Close panel
- Ctrl+Shift+W — Close all panels
- Esc — Dismiss (or exit drawing mode)
- F1 — Help
- F2 — Rename the current item
- F3 — Navigate to next Find hit
- Shift+F3 — Navigate to previous Find hit
- F7 — Quick comparison of the active verse/selected text
- F8 — Enter drawing mode or clear drawing
- F9 — Explain current screen
- F10 — Go to menu bar (then press Enter key to open or activate)
- F11 — Toggle Show reading view (available in all panels)
- Right arrow — Navigate to next parallel resource
- Left arrow — Navigate to previous parallel resource
- Shift+Spacebar — Page Up in a resource
- Spacebar — Page Down in a resource
Rich Text (Notes) Editor
The following shortcuts apply to the Notes text editor.
- Ctrl+A — Select All
- Ctrl+B — Bold
- Ctrl+C — Copy
- Ctrl+E — Align Center
- Ctrl+I — Italic
- Ctrl+K — Insert Hyperlink
- Ctrl+L — Align Left
- Ctrl+M — Increase Indent
- Ctrl+R — Align Right
- Ctrl+U — Underline
- Ctrl+V — Paste
- Ctrl+X — Cut
- Ctrl+Y — Redo
- Ctrl+Z — Undo
- Ctrl+. — Bulleted List
- Ctrl+/ — Numbered List
- Ctrl+= — Subscript
- Ctrl+Shift++ — Superscript
- Ctrl+Shift+F — Change Font Family
- Ctrl+Shift+P — Change Font Size
- Ctrl+Shift+K — Toggle Small Caps
- Ctrl+Shift+U — Toggle Strikethrough
- Ctrl+Shift+M — Decrease Indent
Copy Bible Verses
Ctrl+Alt+B — Global shortcut to open Copy Bible Verses tool in a floating window from any Windows application (if Verbum is running).
Additional Resources
Logos Wiki: Keyboard Shortcuts for macOS
Logos Wiki: Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows