Keyboard Shortcuts, Quip

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 with the following commands. 

Note: There is no feature to disable the Quip shortcuts below in case they overlap with any of the existing OS/browser shortcuts. 

On a Mac: cmd + /

On a PC: ctrl + /

Note: Some of the shortcut options below can be used to reverse the action e.g. Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethough can be enabled and disabled using the same shortcut. Select the text and press Ctrl+B to make the text bold or reverse it by pressing the same shortcut.

You may also be interested in checking out our Markdown shortcuts, which can be found here.

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-F Find text
• 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
• Command-Option-left/right arrow: Move between tabs in the desktop app

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
• Command-Shift-A: create an anchor link

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
• Command-Return: Fill selection with entered text
• Command-D: Fill down in selection
• Commandl-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
• Command-; (semi-colon): Insert current time
• Command-: (colon): Insert today's date
• Option-Return: Hard return within a cell

Windows

Anywhere:

• Ctrl-/ (slash): List all keyboard shortcuts
• Ctrl-F Find text
• 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-(Shift)-: (colon): Insert today's date
• Alt-Return: Hard return within a cell
• Win + click: multi-select non-adjacent rows or cells

Note: Keyboard layout is difference depending on the language/locale setting of the OS. For example, a colon and semicolon are assigned the same key (next to L) on an English/locale setting, but can be laid out on physically different keys on another language keyboard. In case of English OS, you need to press Ctrl+Shift+: to insert today's date. 
Also, some of the keyboard shortcuts above may be used by the browser, which has precedence over Quip shortcuts and may not work. Check your keyboard locale/layout setting and the existing browser's shortcuts if it doesn't work.