The following tables show the default keyboard shortcuts provided by Minitab Statistical Software. To assign shortcut keys in the desktop application, use View > Customize > Keyboard. Separate columns give keyboard shortcuts for different operating systems. On macOS, only the web application is available.

Help

Note

These help shortcuts are only available in the desktop app. The desktop app is available only for Microsoft Windows.

Command Windows
Open Help F1
Open Help for selected output Shift+F1
Open Help menu Alt+H

Minitab interface

Command Windows macOS
Access user account (desktop only) Alt+U Not available
Switch focus between menu bar, output pane, data pane, options pane, worksheet switcher, and home button (web only) Shift+Ctrl+Left/Right arrow keys (web) Shift+Ctrl+Left/Right arrow keys
Bring focus to the menus Alt+underlined letter of a menu (desktop); Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right arrow keys (web) Shift+Ctrl+Left/Right arrow keys
Bring focus to the toolbar Not available Not available
Show or bring focus to the Navigator Ctrl+I Ctrl+I
Show or bring focus to the worksheet Ctrl+D (desktop); Ctrl+B (web) Ctrl+B
Show or bring focus to the output Ctrl+M Ctrl+M
Show or bring focus to the Command Line/History pane (desktop only) Ctrl+K Not available
Create a new project Ctrl+Shift+N (desktop) Option+N
Create a new worksheet Ctrl+N (desktop); Alt+Shift+N (web) Option+Shift+N
Open a project (only available in the desktop app) Ctrl+O Not available
Open a worksheet (only available in the desktop app) Ctrl+O Not available
Save a project (only available in the desktop app) Ctrl+S Not available
Print the active worksheet, output tab, output selection, or history Ctrl+P Not available
Close Minitab Alt+F4 Not available

Data pane

Command Windows macOS
Edit the contents of a cell starting with the contents selected F2 F2
Edit the contents of a cell with the cursor after the contents Alt+Enter Option+Return
Go to the top of the next column or the front of the next row Ctrl+Enter (desktop only) Not available
Move to the first row of a column Home Home
Move to the last non-empty row of a column End End
Scroll one page up Page Up Page Up
Scroll one page down Page Down Page Down
Go to next brushed row F4 (desktop only) Not available
Go to previous brushed row Shift+F4 (desktop only) Not available
Go to ... Ctrl+G Ctrl+G
Move active cell one page up Ctrl+Up arrow key (desktop only) Not available
Move active cell one page down Ctrl+Down arrow key (desktop only) Not available
Select from the current cell to the top of the column or the beginning of the row, depending on the direction of the data entry arrow Shift+Home (desktop only) Not available
Go to the end of the worksheet Ctrl+End Ctrl+End
Format the current numeric column Ctrl+B (desktop only) Not available
Format column Ctrl+1 (desktop only) Not available
Select the row of the active cell Not available Shift+Space bar
Select the column of the active cell Not available Ctrl+Space bar
Select all Ctrl+A Command+A
Delete worksheet Ctrl+W (desktop only) Not available
Add a new worksheet Ctrl+N (desktop); Alt+Shift+N (web) Option+Shift+N
Switch to the previous worksheet When focus is in the Data pane: Ctrl+Page Up (desktop); Shift+Alt+Left arrow key (web) When focus is in the Data pane: Shift+Option+Left arrow key (web)
Switch to the next worksheet When focus is in the Data pane: Ctrl+Page Down (desktop); Shift+Alt+Right arrow key (web) When focus is in the Data pane: Option+Right arrow key (desktop); Shift+Option+Right arrow key (web)

Output pane

Command Windows macOS
Close output tab Ctrl+W (desktop only) Not available
Move focus between output tabs in split view Ctrl+Left arrow key or Right arrow key (desktop); Option+Left arrow key or Right arrow key (web) Not available
Select the next graph or table when the selection is a graph or table. Tab Tab
Select the previous graph, table, or column Shift+Tab  Shift+Tab 
Deselect output Escape Escape
Open the shortcut menu for the piece of output Space bar or Shift+F10  Space bar or Shift+F10 
Copy a graph or table  Ctrl+C  Command+C 
Cut a graph or table Ctrl+X (desktop only) Not available
Delete a graph or table  Delete  (desktop only) Not available
Add a note Press space bar to open the output menu and then choose Add Note (desktop only). Press Esc to clear the selection if the menu is for a piece of output instead of for the output tab. Not available
Print  Ctrl+P  Not available

Command Line/History pane

Note

These command line/history shortcuts are only available in the desktop app. The desktop app is available only for Microsoft Windows.

Command Windows
Run the commands in the Command Line field. Ctrl+Enter
Copy Ctrl+C
Cut Ctrl+X
Paste Ctrl+V
While the focus is in the history, print the history. Ctrl+P 
Select all Ctrl+A

Dialog boxes

Command Windows macOS
Edit the previous dialog box Ctrl+E Command+E
Reset the defaults F3 (desktop only) Not available
Move forward one item Tab Tab
Move backward one item Shift+Tab Shift+Tab
Move to a tab on the dialog Tab or Shift+Tab to put focus on a tab, then use the Left arrow key and the Right arrow key to select among the tabs (desktop); Tab or Shift+Tab to put focus on a tab, then use the Space bar to select among the tabs (web) Tab or Shift+Tab to put focus on a tab, then use the Space bar to select among the tabs
Open a drop-down list F4 or Alt+down arrow Down arrow key
Choose OK Enter Return
Choose Cancel Escape Escape
Open help for the dialog F1 Tab or Shift+Tab to put focus on Help, then use the Space bar to select

Editing - general

Command Windows macOS
Undo Ctrl+Z Command+Z
Redo Ctrl+Y Command+Shift+Z
Copy Ctrl+C Command+C (Not available in the Data pane in the Safari browser)
Cut Ctrl+X Command+X
Paste/Insert Ctrl+V Command+V
Select an area (only available in the desktop app) Shift+arrow key Not available
Select all Ctrl+A Command+A

Editing - cells or text

Note

These cell/text editing shortcuts are only available in the desktop app. The desktop app is available only for Microsoft Windows.

Command Windows
Find Ctrl+F
Replace Ctrl+H

Editing - graphs

Note

These editing shortcuts only work in the Edit Graph dialog box in the desktop app. The desktop app is available only for Microsoft Windows.

Command Windows
Close editing mode for a graph Alt+F4
Edit the selected graph object Ctrl+T
Move the selected objects by 1 pixel arrow key
Move the selected objects by 5 pixels Shift+arrow key
Move the selected objects by 10 pixels Ctrl+arrow key
Move the selected objects by 50 pixels Ctrl+Shift+arrow key
Copy text F7

Canceling operations

Note

This shortcut is only available in the desktop app. The desktop app is available only for Microsoft Windows.

Command Windows
Cancel a macro, Exec, graph, or analysis Ctrl+Break

Response optimizer

Note

These response optimizer shortcuts are only available in the desktop app. The desktop app is available only for Microsoft Windows.

Command Windows
Save current setting to the list Ctrl+Shift+S
Delete current setting from the list Ctrl+Shift+D
Display current setting Ctrl+Shift+L
Reset the plot to the initial setting Ctrl+Shift+I
Reset the plot to the optimal setting Ctrl+Shift+O
Go to the beginning of the list of settings Ctrl+Shift+B
Go to the previous setting in the list of settings Ctrl+Shift+ Left arrow key
Go to the next setting in the list of settings Ctrl+Shift+ Right arrow key
Go to the end of the list of settings Ctrl+Shift+E

Trees from predictive analytics

The shortcut keys for the Output pane also apply to the tree.
Command Windows macOS
Zoom to fit entire tree in the output pane Shift+Z Shift+Z
Zooms to 100% Ctrl+0 Command+0
Zooms out Ctrl+– (Minus key on keypad) Command+– (Minus key on keypad)
Zooms in Ctrl++ (Plus key on keypad) Command++ (Plus key on keypad)
Pan the tree view Up, down, left, and right arrow keys Up, down, left, and right arrow keys
Scrolls view up one size Page Up Page Up or fn + Up arrow key
Scrolls view down one size Page Down Page Down or fn + Down arrow key
Scrolls view to the horizontal beginning of tree Home Home or fn + Left arrow key
Scrolls view to the horizontal end of tree End End or fn + Right arrow key
Select left child node Alt+ Left/down arrow key Option + Left/down arrow key
Select right child node Alt+ Right arrow key Option + Right arrow key
Select parent node Alt+ Up arrow key Option + Up arrow key
Move focus among zoom controls Ctrl+Tab (desktop); tab focus to the tree, then Ctrl+Shift+ (web) Not available