Quip Basics

Quip has a number of simple keyboard shortcuts to help you work quickly, without having to use your mouse. You can access a comprehensive list of shortcuts from anywhere in Quip with the following commands. Great news: these are really the only shortcuts you need to remember!

On a Mac: cmd + /

On a PC: ctrl + /

You may also be interested in checking out our Markdown shortcuts, which can be found here: bit.ly/1yQSM0d

All devices

• Backtick (`) key (top left corner, under the ~): Toggle styles between different types of headings and lists
• Tab: Indent a list item
• Shift-Tab: De-indent (move inward) a list item
• Shift-Enter: Add a single space between lines
• Escape: Stop editing

Mac & iOS with bluetooth keyboard

Anywhere:

• Command-/ (slash): List all keyboard shortcuts
• Command-Option-Shift-N: Create a new ...
• Command-Option-N: Create a new document
• Command-Option-M: Create a new message
• Command-Shift-D: Go to the desktop
• Command-Option-O: Search for a document, folder, or conversation

Style shortcuts:

• Command-B: Bold the selected text
• Command-I: Italicize the selected text
• Command-U: Underline the selected text
• Command-Shift-X: Strikethrough the selected text
• Command-Shift-K: Monospace (code style) the selected text
• Command-Option-0: Paragraph (normal text style)
• Command-Option-1: Large heading style
• Command-Option-2: Medium heading style
• Command-Option-3: Small heading style
• Command-Shift-L: Bulleted list style
• Command-Option-K: Code block style

Editing shortcuts (while typing):

• Command-Option-Up: Move a list item up one line
• Command-Option-Down: Move a list item down one line
• Command-Enter: Check a list item
• Command-Z: Undo
• Command-Shift-Z: Redo
• Command-X: Cut
• Command-C: Copy
• Command-V: Paste
• Command-P: Print document
• Command-K: Insert link
• Control-N: Next line
• Control-P: Previous line
• Command-Option-C: Hide/show conversation
• Command-Shift-C: Add a comment
• Command-Option-S: Finish edit session

Spreadsheets:

• Command-Up/Down/Left/Right: Move to the edge of data or to the next non-empty cell
• Command-Shift-Up/Down/Left/Right: Expand selection to the edge of data or to the next non-empty cell
• Shift-Space: Select row
• Control-Space: Select column
• Control-Return: Fill selection with entered text
• Control-D: Fill down in selection
• Control-R: Fill right in selection
• Command-Backspace: Scroll focused cell into view
• Control-I: Insert above or in front of selected rows or columns
• Control-- (dash): Remove selected rows or columns
• Control-; (semi-colon): Insert current time
• Control-: (colon): Insert today's date
• Option-Return: Hard return within a cell

Windows

Anywhere:

• Ctrl-/ (slash): List all keyboard shortcuts
• Ctrl-Alt-Shift-N: Create a new...
• Ctrl-Alt-N: Create a new document
• Ctrl-Alt-M: Create a new message
• Ctrl-Shift-D: Go to the desktop
• Ctrl-Alt-O: Search for a document, folder, or conversation

Style shortcuts

• Ctrl-B: Bold the selected text
• Ctrl-I: Italicize the selected text
• Ctrl-U: Underline the selected text
• Ctrl-Shift-X: Strikethrough the selected text
• Ctrl-Shift-K: Monospace (code style) the selected text
• Ctrl-Alt-0: Paragraph (normal text style)
• Ctrl-Alt-1: Large heading style
• Ctrl-Alt-2: Medium heading style
• Ctrl-Alt-3: Small heading style
• Ctrl-Shift-L: Bulleted list style
• Ctrl-Alt-K: Code block style

Editing shortcuts (while typing):

• Ctrl-Alt-Up: Move a list item up one line
• Ctrl-Alt-Down: Move a list item down one line
• Ctrl-Enter: Check a list item
• Ctrl-Z: Undo
• Ctrl-Shift-Z: Redo
• Ctrl-X: Cut
• Ctrl-C: Copy
• Ctrl-V: Paste
• Ctrl-P: Print document
• Ctrl-K: Insert link
• Alt-N: Next line
• Alt-P: Previous line
• Ctrl-Alt-C: Hide/show conversation
• Ctrl-Shift-C: Add a comment
• Ctrl-Alt-S: Finish edit session

Spreadsheets:

• Ctrl-Up/Down/Left/Right: Move to the edge of data or to the next non-empty cell
• Ctrl-Shift-Up/Down/Left/Right: Expand selection to the edge of data or to the next non-empty cell
• Shift-Space: Select row
• Ctrl-Space: Select column
• Ctrl-Return: Fill selection with entered text
• Ctrl-D: Fill down in selection
• Ctrl-R: Fill right in selection
• Ctrl-Backspace: Scroll focused cell into view
• Ctrl-I: Insert above or in front of selected rows or columns
• Ctrl-- (dash): Remove selected rows or columns
• Ctrl-; (semi-colon): Insert current time
• Ctrl-: (colon): Insert today's date
• Alt-Return: Hard return within a cell