Keyboard shortcuts for iPad and Mac versions – Explain Everything Help Center

If you're using a keyboard with your iPad or are on a Mac, keyboard shortcuts can make your whiteboarding quicker. Here's a complete list for the App Store versions of Explain Everything for iOS, iPadOS, and Mac.

Tools

Add Media

A or § or `

Hand Tool

V or 1

Draw Tool

D or 2

Highlighter

H or 3

Eraser

E or 4

Bucket Fill

G or 5

Shapes

S or 6

Text

T or 7

Cutout Tool

C or 8

Laser Pointer

P or 9

Undo

⌘ + Z

Redo

⌘ + ⇧ + Z

Zoom

Z or hold Space

Drawing

Finish drawing

⌘ + ⏎

Fill drawing

⌘ + ⇧ + ⏎

Text formatting

Select all

⌘ + A

Bold

⌘ + B

Italic

⌘ + I

Underline

⌘ + U

Strikethrough

⌘ + ⇧ + X

Selection

Add to selection

⌘ + Select

Select all

⌘ + A

Select all with background

⌘ + ⌥ + A

Select none

Esc or ⌘ + .

Group selection

⌘ + G

Ungroup selection

⌘ + ⇧ + G

Lock

⌘ + L

Move selected

Move

⏶ ⏷ ⏴ ⏵

Move precisely

⇧ + ⏶ ⏷ ⏴ ⏵

Rotate

⌥ + ⏴ ⏵

Rotate precisely

⌥ + ⇧ + ⏴ ⏵

Rotate by 90° clockwise

Rotate by 90° counterclockwise

Resize

⌥ + ⏶ ⏷

Resize precisely

⌥ + ⇧ + ⏶ ⏷

Arrange selected

Bring to front

]

Send to back

[

Bring forward

⌘ + ]

Send backward

⌘ + [

Align left

⌥ + A

Align right

⌥ + D

Align top

⌥ + W

Align bottom

⌥ + S

Align horizontal centers

⌥ + H

Align vertical centers

⌥ + V

Straighten

⌥ + R

Selected: more options

Link

⌘ + K

Duplicate

⌘ + D

Copy

⌘ + C

Paste

⌘ + V

Delete

⌫

Zoom and Pan

Pan around

⏶ ⏷ ⏴ ⏵

Zoom in/out

+ / -

Zoom in/out precisely

⇧ + + / -

Show all contents

Reset to 100%

⌘ + 0

Slides

Add a new slide

⌘ + M

Next slide

⌘ + ⏵

Previous slide

⌘ + ⏴

Jump to the last slide

⌘ + ⇧ + ⏵

Jump to the first slide

⌘ + ⇧ + ⏴