Apply Heading 1 keyboard shortcut in 6 apps
Apply Heading 1 has a documented keyboard shortcut in 6 apps here, among them Confluence, GitLab, Google Docs, LibreOffice Writer. The most common keys are Ctrl + Alt + 1 on Windows and Cmd + Option + 1 on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 14, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confluence | Windows Ctrl + Alt + 1 | Mac Cmd + Option + 1 | Apply heading level one |
| GitLab | Windows Ctrl + Alt + 1 | Mac Cmd + Option + 1 | Apply heading level one |
| Google Docs | Windows Ctrl + Alt + 1 | Mac Cmd + Option + 1 | Make the paragraph Heading 1 |
| LibreOffice Writer | Windows Ctrl + 1 | Mac Not documented | Apply heading 1 |
| Microsoft Word | Windows Ctrl + Alt + 1 | Mac Not documented | Make the paragraph Heading 1 |
| Notion | Windows Ctrl + Shift + 1 | Mac Cmd + Option + 1 | Create a Heading 1 block |
What most apps settled on for Apply Heading 1
On Windows, Ctrl + Alt + 1 is the combination in 4 of the 6 apps here that document one. On a Mac, it is Cmd + Option + 1 in 4 of 4. 2 apps go their own way on Windows, and the table above is where to find them.
Where the table is deliberately empty
2 apps here publish no Mac key for Apply Heading 1, so those cells are left blank. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Apply Heading 1, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Apply Heading 1 do nothing
The 6 apps listed here each decide this for themselves, so the first thing to check is that you are reading the row for the app you are actually in, and the column for your system. After that, check the app version, since apply Heading 1 is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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