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Wireless Keyboard Shortcuts with iPad

I have the latest wireless bluetooth keyboard and I synced it to my iPad. On the pages app, the keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste work, but the keyboard shortcuts for bold, italics, underline, superscript, subscript do not work. Has anyone figured out how to use these shortcuts with the wireless keyboard? I believe it's command b, I, u for bold, italics, and underline, and command-control plus sign, minus sign for superscript and subscript, but I can't get it to work?

Message was edited by: Klumsytone

Dell Inspiron 8100, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Apr 7, 2010 4:40 PM

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Apr 23, 2010 4:09 AM in response to cpedraza

Not as far as I know (and played with). I think if there were, apple wouldn't put an extra key for that in the docked version, so it seems that we are out of luck 🙂 (I know that we have the eject key, which does the same thing as the keyboard key, however maybe it was our luck and it is the only key that corresponds to another newly added keys in the docked version.

If you find one, please do tell.

May 3, 2010 10:36 AM in response to Klumsytone

I would love a way to navigate with the wireless keyboard, a home key and arrows to get to an app would be great. Ive tried several combinations and I have not found anything. I have not purchased keynote for the iPad yet does anyone know if the arrow keys work in it for navigation, it's not going to be common that I will be at the iPad while giving presentations. In fact if there were an app for the iPhone that would let me set the doc and vga up near the projector input and navigate keynote with the iPhone that would be spectacular(hint hint apple)

May 3, 2010 11:13 AM in response to BMcWhirt

Hi BMcWhirt,

I can confirm that the arrow keys (and other keys) does not work for navigation in keynote (ipad version) both during the presentation and the general view. I have both apple wireless keyboard and keynote app, and just tested now.

I think apple should (and will) address these issues with keyboard, applications, navigation etc., in time. This product is quite new (about one month) and the applications are too. Though they had the bigger applications (iwork) for mac os x already, since ipad uses a subsidized version of that os, I am quite sure that they have do many things from the start and maybe even do some extra tuning and optimizations.

I can use iWork on my iPad easily and do most of my work (especially pages can be used very good with the wireless keyboard), but of course as every other person I am begging for some improvements so that I can (almost) get rid of my notebook 🙂 I can wait a little longer and I hope apple addresses these issues. I am very excited to see OS4.

Jun 20, 2010 5:08 AM in response to spthomas

I bought a wireless keyboard today, and I am pretty disappointed with it.
In the App store, when I type in my password, the key just keep repeating as if the keys are stuck down.
In Safari, the number key doesnt work, but it works in other programs. example: I will type each number key, not the number is missing. 123467890
I feel like throwing it across the room.

Jun 11, 2012 12:23 AM in response to Mccamat1

CMD – c (Copy selected text)

CMD – x (Cut selected text)

CMD – v (Paste)

CMD – z (Undo)

CMD – e (End of Line)

CMD – a (Beginning of Line)

CMD – k (Delete To End of Line)

CMD – f (Cursor Forward)

CMD – b (Cursor Back)

CMD – n (Next Line)

CMD – p (Previous Line)

CMD – shift – z (Redo)

CMD – Up Arrow (Jump to top of document)

CMD – Down Arrow (Jump to bottom of document)

CMD – Left Arrow (Jump to beginning of line)

CMD – Right Arrow (Jump to end of line)

CMD – Delete (Delete everything on the current line to the left of the cursor)

Option – Delete (Delete the word to the left of the cursor, and its preceding space)

F1 (Dim Screen)

F2 (Brighten Screen)

F7 (Back one song)

F8 (Play/Pause Music)

F9 (Skip one song ahead)

F10 (Mute) F11 (Volume Down)

F12 (Volume Up)

Eject key (Show/hide on-screen keyboard)

Option – Shift (Any letter or number, alternative character)

Shift – ↑(Select the Text Above)

Shift – ↓(Select the Text Below)

Shift – ←Select the Text on the Left)

Shift – →(Select the Text on the Right)

Shift – CMD – ↑(Select All Text to Beginning of Doc)

Shift – CMD – ↓(Select All Text to End of Doc)

Shift – CMD – ←(Select All Text to Beginning of Line)

Shift – CMD – →(Select All Text to End of Line

Shift – Option – ↑(Select the Text Above, Line by Line)

Shift – Option – ↓(Select the Text below, Line by Line)

Shift – Option – ←(Select the Text on the Left, Word by Word)

Shift – Option – →(Select the Text on the Right, Word by Word)

Wireless Keyboard Shortcuts with iPad

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