Shortcut keys

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

Navigator

Command	Windows	macOS
Open a shortcut menu for a piece of output	Menu or Ctrl+Shift+F10 or Alt+Shift+F10	Not available
Open the shortcut menu for the Navigator	Shift+Tab moves focus to the shortcut menu for the Navigator. Then, press the space bar to open the menu.	Shift+Ctrl+Left/Right arrow keys moves focus to the shortcut menu for the Navigator. Then, press the space bar to open the menu.
Rename a command	F2	F2
Delete a command	Delete	Delete
Open selected output	Enter	Return
Expand worksheet groups	Right arrow key	Right arrow key
Collapse worksheet groups	Left arrow key	Left arrow key
Select contiguous output items	Ctrl+I to focus in Navigator. To select contiguous items, press Shift and use the Up or Down arrow keys. You can also use Shift and Page Up/Page Down or Home/ End. (desktop only)	Not available
Select noncontiguous output items	Ctrl+I to focus in Navigator. To select noncontiguous items, press Ctrl and use the Up or Down arrow keys. You can also use Shift and Page Up/Page Down or Home/ End. Press the space bar to add or remove a selection. (desktop only)	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 shortcuts are for models from the Stat menu and do not work for optimization with the Predictive Analytics Module. 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