50 Mountain Lion Messages Keyboard Shortcuts
The latest operating system to grace Apple devices is the Mountain Lion and one of the most exciting features in Mac OS X Mountain Lion is Messages. Messages brings your chatting experience to a whole new level by allowing you to have cross-device conversations with anyone on a Mac (with Mountain Lion), iPod touch, iPhone or iPad (carrying iOS 5 and above).

With Messages, you can sync documents, photos, videos, and contacts among all your devices. You can even have a group conference and use Facetime (video calls) across any and all devices. Communicating with your fellow Mac peers has never been easier.
Read Also: How To Setup Messages + Facebook Chat
We noticed that the fastest way to navigate around Messages is via shortcut keys. Therefore in today’s post, we’re putting together these shortcuts in a list to speed up your Mac OS X Mountain Lion Messages experience. If we had missed any, just add your shortcut to the comments section.
| Shortcuts | Description |
| Command + , | Preferences… |
| Control + Command + O | My Status – Offline |
| Control + Command + A | My Status – Available |
| Control + Command + W | My Status – Away |
| Command + H | Hide Messages |
| Option + Command + H | Hide Others |
| Command + Q | Quit Messages |
| Option + Command + Q | Quit and Keep Windows |
| Command + N | New Message |
| Command + O | Open… |
| Shift + Command + W | Close Window |
| Option + Shift + Command + W | Close All |
| Command + W | Close Conversation |
| Option + Command + W | Close All Conversation |
| Command + P | Print… |
| Command + R | Go to Chat Room |
| Command + V | Paste |
| Option + ⎋ | Complete |
| Command + A | Select All |
| Option + Command + C | Copy Style |
| Option + Command + V | Paste Style |
| Command + F | Find… |
| Command + G | Find Next |
| Shift + Command + G | Find Previous |
| Command + E | Use Selection for Find |
| Command + J | Jump to Selection |
| Command + : | Show Spelling and Grammar |
| Command + ; | Check Document Now |
| Shift + Command + K | Mark Transcript |
| Option + Command + K | Clear Transcript |
| Option + Command + T | Special Characters… |
| Command + + | Increase Text Size |
| Command + - | Decrease Text Size |
| Control + Command + F | Enter Full Screen |
| Shift + Command + I | Show Info |
| Option + Command + B | Show Contact Card |
| Option + Command + E | Send Email… |
| Option + Command + F | Send File… |
| Command + T | Show Fonts |
| Command + B | Bold |
| Command + I | Italic |
| Command + U | Underline |
| Shift + Command + C | Show Colors |
| Command + M | Minimize |
| Option + Command + M | Minimize All |
| Command + 0 | Messages |
| Option + Command + L | File Transfers |
| Shift + Command + E | Show Video Effects |
| Shift + Command + R | Reset Video Effects |
| Shift + Command + S | Take Snapshot |
For more shortcuts on OS X Lion, try 10 More New Features + Shortcuts You Should Know and for shortcuts in general, click here.
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