# Keyboard Shortcuts in Evernote

Evernote offers a number of keyboard shortcuts to make your work more effective. Below you will find the list of keyboard shortcuts broken down by their scope and context.

1. Global
2. Application-wide
3. Tape
4. Side panel
5. Text note editor
6. Ink note editor
7. Screen capture mode
8. Selection submode
9. Drawing submode

## Global

You can use those system-wide shortcuts while working in any application (provided Evernote is running).

Shortcut | Alternatives | Description
--- | --- | ---
Ctrl + Alt + V |  | Paste contents of the clipboard as a new note (you can enable this shortcut in Application > Options > Tape tab)
Ctrl + Alt + N |  | Switch to Evernote and jump to the new note (you can enable this shortcut in Application > Options > Tape tab)
Print Screen |  | Start screen capture mode (you can redefine this shortcut in Application > Options > Clipper tab)
Caps Lock, Caps Lock (press twice quickly) |  | Clip currently selected window contents as a new note (you can redefine this shortcut in Application > Options > Clipper tab)

## Application-wide

You can use those shortcuts when Evernote application is active (you see the Evernote main application window which has focus, and have no modal dialogs open).

Shortcut | Alternatives | Description
--- | --- | ---
F1 |  | Open online help web page in default browser
F3 |  | If search box is empty, move focus to it, otherwise start search and move to first highlighted keyword; each subsequent press will move you to the next highlighted keyword
Shift + F3 |  | Same as F3, but you will move backwards in the sequence of highlighted keywords
Alt + F4 |  | Hide main window (minimize to tray)
Ctrl + F4 |  | Exit application
F6 | Ctrl + F | Move focus to search box
F7 |  | Start spell-checking
F8 |  | Toggle display of note headers
F9 |  | Start synchronization with the Service
F10 |  | Toggle display of note list
F11 |  | Toggle display of side panel
Ctrl + F11 |  | Enter tag finder mode (Esc to exit)
F12 |  | Toggle display of time band
Ctrl + F12 |  | Open the 'Select Date' dialog to quickly scroll tape go to the specified date (Esc to exit)
Tab |  | Move focus to next pane (search box > side panel > note list > tape > time band > ...)
Shift + Tab |  | Move focus to previous pane (time band > tape > note list > side panel > search box > ...)
Ctrl + N |  | Move focus to a new note at the bottom of the tape
Ctrl + Shift + A |  | Show all notes in currently selected notebook, i.e. reset the search

## Tape

Tape navigation shortcuts will work only when tape control has focus. Shortcuts for note operations (e.g. email, tag, print) will work even if the tape has no focus.

Shortcut | Alternatives | Description
--- | --- | ---
Up |  | Go to to previous note
Down |  | Go to next note
Page Up |  | Scroll tape up one page
Page Down |  | Scroll tape down one page
Home |  | Go to the first note in tape
End |  | Go to the last note in tape
Ctrl + Down |  | Expand selected note
Ctrl + A |  | Select all notes
Insert |  | Move focus to a new note at the bottom of the tape
Esc |  | Unselect all notes
Ctrl + Shift + E |  | Send selected notes by email
Ctrl + Shift + X |  | Export selected notes to file
Ctrl + Shift + T |  | Open tag assignment dialog for selected notes
Ctrl + Shift + D |  | Open date assignment dialog for selected notes
Ctrl + P |  | Open Print dialog for selected notes
Ctrl + F2 |  | Open print preview window for selected notes
Enter |  | Start editing the selected note, i.e. put the caret into a note (Esc to exit)
Alt + Enter |  | Open the selected note (or a new note if nothing selected) in a separate window (Esc to close window)
Alt + Shift + Enter | Ctrl + Q | Same as Alt + Enter, but open the note in a full-screen mode (Esc to exit)
Ctrl + Up |  | Collapse selected note
Delete |  | Move selected notes to trash
Ctrl + Delete |  | Permanently delete selected notes

## Side panel

These shortcuts will work when side panel (tree) has focus.

Shortcut | Alternatives | Description
--- | --- | ---
Up |  | Move focus to the previous item in the tree
Down |  | Move focus to the next item in the tree
Right |  | Expand the item that have sub-items
Left |  | Collapse the item that have sub-items if it is not collapsed yet, or navigate to a parent item otherwise
Space | Enter | Select the focused item (tags and attributes allow toggling selection on and off while notebooks, saved searches and trash can be only selected)
Ctrl + Space |  | When focus in on a tag [or attribute], select this tag [attribute] exclusively, unselecting all other tags [attributes]
Delete |  | Delete selected (or focused, if there is no selection) notebook, tag or saved search
F2 |  | Rename focused notebook, tag or saved search

## Text note editor

These shortcuts will work when you are editing a text note either in tape, or in a separate window.

Shortcut | Alternatives | Description
--- | --- | ---
Ctrl + A |  | Select All content in the current note
Ctrl + X | Shift + Del | Cut selection to clipboard
Ctrl + C | Ctrl + Ins | Copy selection to clipboard
Ctrl + V | Shift + Ins | Paste text from clipboard (overwriting the selection, if any)
Ctrl + Z | Alt + Backspace | Undo last edit
Ctrl + Y |  | Redo last undone edit
Ctrl + B |  | Make selection bold
Ctrl + I |  | Make selection italic
Ctrl + U |  | Make selection underlined
Ctrl + T |  | Make selection striked through
Ctrl + D |  | Open font dialog to change font face, size and color for selected text
Ctrl + Shift + B |  | Format selection a bulleted list
Ctrl + Shift + O |  | Format selection an ordered list
Ctrl + M |  | Increase indent for current paragraph (or for selection)
Ctrl + Shift + M |  | Decrease indent for current paragraph (or for selection)
Ctrl + L |  | Align current paragraph (or selection) left
Ctrl + R |  | Align current paragraph (or selection) right
Ctrl + E |  | Center current paragraph (or selection)
Ctrl + J |  | Justify current paragraph (or selection)
Ctrl + H |  | Open "Edit Picture" dialog (if a picture is focused)
Ctrl + K |  | Open "Edit Hyperlink" dialog to either edit the existing hyperlink under the caret, or to create a new hyperlink from the selected text
Ctrl + Shift + C | Alt + click | Insert a "To Do" checkbox
Ctrl + Shift + P |  | Open "Encrypt selection" dialog on a selected text
Ctrl + S |  | Save current note explicitly (notes are also saved automatically)
Ctrl + ] | Ctrl + Shift + > | Increase font size for selected text (German keyboard: Ctrl + Shift + .)
Ctrl + [ | Ctrl + Shift + < | Decrease font size for selected text (German keyboard: Ctrl + Shift + ,)
Ctrl + ; | Alt + Shift + D | Insert current date and time
Enter | Ctrl + click on a hyperlink | Open hyperlink under caret
Shift + Enter |  | Inserts a "non-paragraph" line break (allowed on a hyperlink, too)
Ctrl + Spacebar |  | Reset font type/size/color to default for selected text
Ctrl + Backspace |  | Delete a word to the left
Ctrl + Del |  | Delete a word to the right
Esc |  | Quit note editing mode and move focus to tape

## Ink note editor

These shortcuts will work when you are editing an ink note either in tape, or in a separate window.

Shortcut | Alternatives | Description
--- | --- | ---
R |  | Recognize text of the selected text (or of the entire note if nothing selected)
S |  | Toggle shape recognition mode (or shape up the selected strokes, if any)
A |  | Switch to Pencil tool (or switch style of the selected strokes, if any, to Pencil)
B |  | Switch to Pen tool (or switch style of the selected strokes, if any, to Pen)
C |  | Show/hide the color palette drop-down
E |  | Switch to Whiter tool
T |  | Switch to Selector tool
X |  | Switch to Cutter tool
[ |  | Decrease pen thickness for subsequent strokes (or of the selected strokes, if any)
] |  | Increase pen thickness for subsequent strokes (or of the selected strokes, if any)

## Screen capture mode

These shortcuts will work when you are in screen capture mode.

Shortcut | Alternatives | Description
--- | --- | ---
Enter | Global shortcut defined here | Clip selection to Evernote
Esc |  | Cancel screen capture
Ctrl+C |  | Copy the selection into clipboard and quit screen capture mode
Ctrl+S |  | Save the selection as PNG file (with "Save As" prompt) and quit screen capture mode
D | Global shortcut defined here | Toggle between selection submode (default) and drawing submode

## Selection submode

These shortcuts will work when you are in screen capture mode, and have the drawing mode turned off (you will see the selection frame with square handles around it). In this submode you can select a screen area using mouse, move/resize the rubber-band selection frame using handles.

Shortcut | Alternatives | Description
--- | --- | ---
Ctrl + A |  | Select entire monitor area (a monitor is chosen depending on the top left corner of the current selection)
Ctrl + Shift + A |  | Copy entire desktop area (across multiple monitors)
Ctrl + W |  | Select window area (a window is chosen depending on the top left corner of the current selection, or by the position of the right mouse click)
Ctrl + E |  | Open a Resize Selection dialog to enter exact pixel width and height of selected area
Arrow keys |  | Move selected area by 1 pixel in any direction
Shift + Arrow keys |  | Move selected area by 10 pixels in any direction
Ctrl + Arrow-keys |  | Expand or shrink selected area by 1 pixel, relative to top-left corner
Ctrl + Shift + Arrow-keys |  | Expand or shrink selected area by 10 pixels, relative to top-left corner
Alt (hold) |  | Temporarily hide square handles around the frame (you can hold Alt while moving or resizing selection)

## Drawing submode

These shortcuts will work when you are in screen capture mode, and have the drawing mode turned on (you will see no selection frame with square handles around it). In this submode you can draw free-hand strokes and shapes on top of the screen in different pen widths and colors.

Shortcut | Alternatives | Description
--- | --- | ---
S |  | Toggle shape recognition on or off
1 |  | Select thin pen
2 |  | Select medium-thin pen
3 |  | Select medium pen
4 |  | Select medium-thick pen
5 |  | Select thick pen
6 |  | Select purple pen color
7 |  | Select acid green pen color
8 |  | Select blue pen color
9 |  | Select white pen color
0 |  | Select black pen color