You can also use an external keyboard to type. When you use an external keyboard, the onscreen keyboard doesn’t appear. Here is a partial list of keyboard shortcuts you can use with an external keyboard.
ActionShortcut
| Undo your last action | Command-Z |
| Select all the text in the field | Command-A |
| Copy the selected text | Command-C |
| Paste the selected text | Command-V |
| Cut the selected text | Command-X |
| Go to the top of the text field | Command-Up Arrow |
| Delete the previous word | Option-Delete |
| Delete the previous line | Command-Delete |
| Delete to the end of the current line | Control-K |
| Go to the beginning of the line | Control-A |
| Go to the end of the line | Control-E |
| Go to the word to the right or left of the insertion point | Option-Right Arrow or Option-Left Arrow |
| Select the character to the right or left of the insertion point | Shift-Right Arrow or Shift-Left Arrow |
| Select the word to the right or left of the insertion point | Shift-Option-Right Arrow or Shift-Option-Left Arrow |
| Select the text from the keyboard cursor to the beginning or to the end of the line | Shift-Command-Right Arrow or Shift-Command-Left Arrow |
| Select the text from the keyboard cursor to the end of the text area | Shift-Command-Down Arrow |
| Em-dash | Option-shift-hyphen |
| En-dash | Option-hyphen |
Jump one word to right or left of the insertion point Option-Right Arrow or Option-Left Arrow
Jump to beginning or end of line Command-Right / Left Arrow
Go to bottom of the text field Command-Down Arrow
There is also a list of iPad Keyboard Shortcuts at GIGAOM.
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