I know this was posted awhile ago, but does anyone know the shortcut for strikethrough in OS X--OR How to make one e.g. S?
I would love to use this to quickly cross things out on my stickies, but currently have to go through the font menu... I've searched the internet, but to no avail...
try using shift-opt-k
Thanks for the quick reply!
using shift-opt-k brings about the "" icon.
I'm looking for a shortcut that will cross out the text, I believe it's called "strikethrough." There are shortcuts for bold (Cmd-B) and italics (Cmd-I) but no strikethrough...
Any ideas?
OMGWTFBBQ said:I can't figure out if I can do it via system settings/keyboard shortcuts...
Well, I do know that it's possible to get a strikethrough font on TextEdit. And to get it on a sticky, I'm sure you just have to copy and paste. But before you can do that, you have to make your font crossed out. I have some pics that might explain it better.
After typing what you want to type in TextEdit:
>Highlight the text
>Go up to "Format"
>Click "Font"
>Click "Show Fonts"
After choosing a font:
>Click the "T" with 2 lines over it (right above "Collections" next to the "T" without 2 lines)
Once you click the arrow, it will have options for the strikethrough such as:
None, Single, Double, or Color.
Here are some pictures:
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm230/TehSpaceCat/strikethroughpic.png
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm230/TehSpaceCat/seehere.png
Sorry for the small pictures. They didn't come out too good.
As of the shortcut, I'm not sure. Sorry.
That is all the info I have.
Hope I helped.
Try Shift + Command + Underline
1. Open a new TextEdit document
2. Command-R to bring up rulers (if they ain't there already)
3. Select the 'Styles' drop down menu in the top left corner. It has 'Struck through' in it (I'm using TextEdit version 1.5, if you use another version this may be 'Strikethough' instead, if so, in the following instructions replace 'Struck through' with 'Strikethrough')
4. Open System Preferences, Select 'Keyboard & Mouse', then the 'Keyboard shortcuts' tab
5. Click the '+' button at the bottom
6. In the window which appears, select TextEdit from the Application drop down menu, in the 'Menu Title' area type in 'Struck through' exactly as it appears within the TextEdit 'Styles' menu. NOTE* This is the specific name of the action you wish to shortcut so get it right!
7. In 'Keyboard Shortcut' type your desired shortcut (I went for command-alt-s)
8. Quit System Prefs and TextEdit
9. Relaunch text edit and make rulers visible. Now if you select the 'Styles' drop down menu 'Struck through' will have your shortcut next to it
10. As pointed out in an earlier post, the shortcut works ONLY when rulers are visible
One more point, if you are creating a shortcut for a menu item such as TextEdit's 'Format/Fonts/Styles...' the 3 dots at the end of the word 'Styles...' need to be included in your shortcut name (point 6 in instructions above). These ARE NOT 3 full stops so instead of typing 'dot,dot,dot' place your cursor at the end of the shortcut name and (in System Prefs) go to 'Edit/Special Characters...' and either select or drag 'Horizontal Ellipsis' to the end of the shortcut name.
1. Open a new TextEdit document
2. Command-R to bring up rulers (if they ain't there already)
3. Select the 'Styles' drop down menu in the top left corner. It has 'Struck through' in it (I'm using TextEdit version 1.5, if you use another version this may be 'Strikethough' instead, if so, in the following instructions replace 'Struck through' with 'Strikethrough')
4. Open System Preferences, Select 'Keyboard & Mouse', then the 'Keyboard shortcuts' tab
5. Click the '+' button at the bottom
6. In the window which appears, select TextEdit from the Application drop down menu, in the 'Menu Title' area type in 'Struck through' exactly as it appears within the TextEdit 'Styles' menu. NOTE* This is the specific name of the action you wish to shortcut so get it right!
7. In 'Keyboard Shortcut' type your desired shortcut (I went for command-alt-s)
8. Quit System Prefs and TextEdit
9. Relaunch text edit and make rulers visible. Now if you select the 'Styles' drop down menu 'Struck through' will have your shortcut next to it
10. As pointed out in an earlier post, the shortcut works ONLY when rulers are visible
One more point, if you are creating a shortcut for a menu item such as TextEdit's 'Format/Fonts/Styles...' the 3 dots at the end of the word 'Styles...' need to be included in your shortcut name (point 6 in instructions above). These ARE NOT 3 full stops so instead of typing 'dot,dot,dot' place your cursor at the end of the shortcut name and (in System Prefs) go to 'Edit/Special Characters...' and either select or drag 'Horizontal Ellipsis' to the end of the shortcut name.
Try Shift + Command + Underline