Editing text

Task

Keyboard shortcut

Cut

esc e x

shift+del

ctrl+x

Copy

esc e c

ctrl+c

Paste

esc e p

ctrl+y

ctrl+v

Undo/Redo

esc e u

ctrl+shift+z

ctrl+z

Quick-copy text

Click where you want to put the copied text and then press alt and drag through the text

Transpose characters

Click between characters and then press ctrl+F9

Make selected text lowercase

alt+ctrl+l

Make selected text uppercase

alt+ctrl+u

Make selected text initial caps

alt+ctrl+c

Select a word

Double-click it

Select a word, then next words

Double-click it and drag, double-click it and shift-click

Select current sentence, then next

Press esc h s

Press ctrl+shift+end

Select current sentence, then previous

Press esc shift+h shift+s

Press ctrl+ shift+home

Select a paragraph

Triple-click it

Select a paragraph, then next paragraphs

Triple-click it and drag, triple-click it and shift-click

Delete previous character

backspace

Delete backward to start of the previous word

esc k b

Delete backward to end of the previous sentence

esc k a

Delete next character

del

Delete forward to end of a word

esc k f

ctrl+del

Delete forward to end of a line

ctrl+shift+del

Delete forward to start of the next sentence

esc k s