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Here are our go-to Canva Mac keyboard shortcuts! Whether you’re a Canva newbie or a design guru, these shortcuts are about to become your secret weapon for designing faster. 🚀

We’re talking about adding shapes to dropping in text boxes, these shortcuts are like magic spells for your design workflow. Start by mastering a few basic shortcuts—think of them as your new design besties. Once you’ve got those down, we'll get into the more advanced ones and watch your design speed go from 0 to 100 real quick. 💨

Trust us, with a bit of practice, you’ll be whipping up social media graphics so effortlessly that you’ll wonder how you ever survived without these shortcuts.

Our go-to keyboard shortcuts

Undo: Command + Z

Redo: Command + Y

Save: Command + S

Select all: Command + A

Add text: T

Add rectangle: R

Add line: L

Add circle: C

Add link: Command + K (You must select what you wish to add a link to)

Add emoji: Command + Control & Spacebar

Add new page: Command + Return

Element shortcuts

For these shortcuts, you must have the item(s) selected that you wish to make the change to.

Delete elements: Delete

Group elements: Command + G

Ungroup elements: Command + Shift + G

Lock element: Option + Shift + L

Send element to front: Command + ]

Send element to back: Command + [

Video shortcuts

Play/pause video: Space

Mute/unmute video: M

Loop video: Option + Command + L

Zooming shortcuts

Zoom in: Command +

Zoom out: Command –

Zoom to actual size: Command + 0

Zoom to fit: Option + Command + 0

Zoom to fill: Shift + Command + 0

Edit text shortcuts

Open font menu: Shift + Command + F (Text must be selected)

Find and replace: Command + F

Bold text: Command + B

Italicise text: Command + I

Underline: Command + U

Change text to all uppercase: Shift + Command + K

Left align: Shift + Command + L

Centre align: Shift + Command + C

Right align: Shift + Command + R

Justify text: Shift + Command + J

Decrease font size by one: Shift + Command + , (comma)

Increase font size by one: Shift + Command + . (full stop)

Decrease line spacing: Option + Command + Down

Increase line spacing: Option + Command + Up

Decrease letter spacing: Option + Command + ,

Increase letter spacing: Option + Command + .

Anchor text to top: Command + Shift + H

Anchor text to middle: Command + Shift + M

Anchor text to bottom: Command + Shift + B

Numbered list: Command + Shift + 7

Bulleted list: Command + Shift + 8

Copy text style: Option + Command + C

Paste text style: Option + Command + V

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Well, there you have it! With these shortcuts, you’ll be designing like a pro in no time. Got any other shortcuts you swear by? Feel free to share them with us 🙂

Here’s to more productive and fun design sessions! 🖌️✨

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