With a keyboard attached to your iPad or Android tablet, the table works like
a spreadsheet.
| Keys |
What it does |
| Arrow keys |
Move to the next cell. If nothing is selected, the first press selects the top-left cell on screen. |
| Shift + arrows |
Grow the selection |
| Cmd + arrows |
Jump to the first or last row or column |
| Home / End |
First / last column of the row |
| Cmd + Home / End |
First / last cell |
| Page Up / Page Down |
One screen up / down |
| Tab / Shift + Tab |
Next / previous cell |
| Shift + Space |
Select the whole row |
| Ctrl + Space |
Select the whole column |
| Cmd + A |
Select everything |
When a range is selected, its starting cell has a green outline. That is the
cell typing would edit.
| Keys |
What it does |
| Type anything |
Replace the selected cell. Arrow keys then save and move on. |
| Return or F2 |
Edit the selected cell, keeping its text |
| Return (while editing) |
Save and edit the cell below. On the last row it adds a row. |
| Shift + Return |
Save and move up |
| Tab / Shift + Tab |
Save and move right / left |
| Esc (while editing) |
Cancel: the cell keeps its old value |
| Delete or Backspace |
Clear the selected cells |
| Space |
Tick a checkbox, or open an image’s preview |
| Keys |
What it does |
| Cmd + C / Cmd + X / Cmd + V |
Copy / cut / paste |
| Cmd + Z / Cmd + Shift + Z |
Undo / redo |
| Cmd + F |
Search. Press it again to jump back into the search box. Return finds the next match, Shift + Return the previous one. |
| Cmd + G |
Next match while the search bar is open. Shift + Cmd + G goes to the previous one. |
| Cmd + Return |
Open the link in the cell |
| Cmd + Shift + Return |
Open the row form |
| Cmd + + / Cmd + − / Cmd + 0 |
Zoom in / out / back to 1× |
| Esc |
Close the open menu, panel or search bar |
| Keys |
What it does |
| ↑ / ↓ |
Move through the suggestions under the word |
| Return or Tab |
Take the highlighted suggestion |
| Esc |
Close the suggestions |
Paste isn’t supported yet. Undo also works on the bar: see
Undo & saving.
