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MagicPlot keyboard shortcuts are almost the same in different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, UNIX-like). The main difference is in modifier keys used: Ctrl on PC (Windows, UNIX-like) and Command on Mac. Some shortcuts were altered to avoid coincidences with system ones.
Windows and UNIX-like Key | Mac OS Key | Action |
---|---|---|
Ctrl+O | ⌘ O | Open project |
Ctrl+S | ⌘ S | Save project |
Ctrl+Shift+S | ⌘ ⇧ S | Save project as |
Ctrl+N | ⌘ N | New project |
Ctrl+I | ⌘ I | Import table from text file |
Ctrl+P | ⌘ P | Preview image |
Ctrl+E | ⌘ E | Export image |
Ctrl+U | ⌘ U | MagicPlot preferences |
Ctrl+Q | ⌘ Q | Quit |
Undo/Redo | ||
Ctrl+Z | ⌘ Z | Undo |
Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y | ⌘ ⇧ Z or ⌘ Y | Redo |
Ctrl+H | ⌘ H | Show command history window |
Clipboard | ||
Ctrl+X | ⌘ X | Cut |
Ctrl+C | ⌘ C | Copy |
Ctrl+V | ⌘ V | Paste |
Ctrl+A | ⌘ A | Select all |
Windows and UNIX-like Key | Mac OS Key | Action |
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F2 or Double click | Double click | Edit cell |
Ctrl+F2 | ⌘ F2 | Set or edit column formula |
F4 | F4 | Rename column (edit header) |
Ctrl+Enter | ⌘ Return | Recalculate column |
Alt+Drag header | ⌥ Drag header | Rearrange table columns |
Windows and UNIX-like Key | Mac OS Key | Action | |
---|---|---|---|
Alt+Enter | ⌥ Return | Open Figure or Fit Plot properties window | |
Arrows keys | Arrows keys | Move selected object(s) by 10 pixels | |
Shift+Arrows keys | ⇧ Arrows keys | Move selected object(s) by 1 pixel | |
Escape | Escape | Clear selection | |
Delete or Backspace | Delete or Backspace | Delete selected objects | |
F2 or Double click | F2 or Double click | Edit selected text label | |
Moving and Resizing Drawings | |||
Ctrl+Drag object | ⌘ Drag object | Disable rulers and sticking to other objects | |
Shift+Drag corners | ⇧ Drag corners | For rectangle and ellipse: Preserve aspect ratio For line and arrow: Disable sticking to 0°, 45°, 90°… | |
Alt+Drag corners | ⌥ Drag corners | For rectangle and ellipse: Stretch relative to center | |
Text Labels Editing 1) | |||
Ctrl+Enter or Shift+Enter | ⌘ Return or ⇧ Return | Apply changes | |
Escape | Escape | Apply changes | |
Enter | Return | New line | |
Ctrl+B | ⌘ B | Bold | |
Ctrl+I | ⌘ I | Italic | |
Ctrl+O | ⌘ O | Oblique | |
Ctrl+U | ⌘ U | Underlined | |
Ctrl+L | ⌘ L | Align left | |
Ctrl+E | ⌘ E | Center | |
Ctrl+R | ⌘ R | Align right | |
Ctrl+J | ⌘ J | Justify | |
Ctrl+– | ⌘ – | Subscript | |
Ctrl++ | ⌘ + | Superscript | |
Scale Range Scrolling and Zoom | |||
Scrolling 2) | Scrolling | Vertical (Y) scale scrolling | |
Shift+Scrolling | ⇧ Scrolling or Horizontal scrolling | Horizontal (X) scale scrolling | |
Ctrl+Scrolling | ⌘ Scrolling | Vertical (Y) scale zooming | |
Ctrl+Shift+Scrolling | ⌘ ⇧ Scrolling or ⌘ Horizontal scrolling | Horizontal (X) scale zooming | |
Left mouse button+Scrolling | ⌃ Scrolling | Proportional (X and Y) scale zooming | |
Canvas Zoom | |||
Ctrl++ | ⌘ + | Zoom in | |
Ctrl+– or Alt+Click | ⌘ – or ⌥ Click | Zoom out | |
Ctrl+* or Ctrl+0 | ⌘ * or ⌘ 0 | Full view |