USE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS with iPad

If you’re used to using a Mac keyboard, most of the same keyboard shortcuts you’re already familiar with work the same way on your iPad with any physical keyboard (iPad Keyboard Dock or a Bluetooth keyboard). Here are some of the most useful ones:

• Undo the last action: Command-Z.

• Redo an action after undoing it: Command-Shift-Z.

• Cut selected item, putting it on the Clipboard: Command-X.

• Copy selected item, putting it on the Clipboard without removing it: Command-C.

• Paste the contents of the Clipboard: Command-V.

• Select everything on the page or screen: Command-A.

• Move the insertion point: Press any arrow key.

• Move the insertion point by word: Hold down Option while pressing an arrow key.

• Move the insertion point to the beginning or end of the current line: Hold down Command while pressing the Left or Right arrow key.

• Move the insertion point to the top or bottom of the currently displayed text: Hold down Command while pressing the Up or Down arrow key.

• Select characters to the left or right of the insertion point: Hold down Shift and press the Left or Right arrow key.

• Select by word: Hold down Option and Shift and press the Left or Right arrow key to select the previous or next word.

• Select by line: Hold down Shift and press the Up or Down arrow key to select everything from the insertion point to the corresponding location in the line above or below.

Keep it going: When selecting text with the keyboard, the selection expands or contracts as you continue pressing the keys (or hold them down).

Source of Information : TidBITS-Take Control of Working with Your iPad 2011

USE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS with iPad