Keyboard shortcuts

Every gesture and shortcut, Mac and Windows side by side. The trigger key shown is the default — yours may differ.

On this page

The trigger key

ActionMacWindows
Rewrite, rewrite selection, or draft a replyTap right ⌥Tap Right Ctrl
Open Edit modeHold right ⌥ ½ s, let goHold Right Ctrl ½ s, let go
Start dictatingDouble-tap right ⌥Double-tap Right Ctrl
Finish dictatingTap right ⌥Tap Right Ctrl
Stop writing, or throw away a recordingEsc, or click the indicatorEsc, or click the indicator

Other trigger keys: right Command, right Control or right Shift on a Mac; Right Shift or the Menu key on Windows. See The Veda key.

In the Edit bar

ActionMacWindows
Shorten · Friendly · Formal · Fix grammar · Clearer⌘1 – ⌘5Ctrl+1 – 5
Your first four presets⌘6 – ⌘9Ctrl+6 – 9
Run the instruction you typed⏎Enter
Use it — replace your text⏎ on an empty box, or ⌘⏎Enter on an empty box, or Ctrl+Enter
Copy an Explain / Summarise / Translate result⌘CCtrl+C
Back to the previous version⌘ZCtrl+Z (with the instruction box empty)
Close, leaving your text as it wasEsc, or click elsewhereEsc, or click elsewhere

In your text

ActionHow
Apply an instruction without the Edit barYour text, two blank lines, the instruction — then tap the key
Rewrite only part of a messageSelect it, then tap the key

In these docs

ActionMacWindows
Search⌘KCtrl+K
Move through results↑ ↓↑ ↓
Open a result⏎Enter