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Keynote

Bold the selected text

CmdB

Mac Desktop app Keynote for Mac

Practice this

To bold the selected text in Keynote, press Cmd + B. It is listed for the Mac.

Where it works: Editing text

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts for Keynote on Mac - Apple Support

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Bold Canva Cmd + B
Bold the selected text Confluence Ctrl + B
Bold the text Evernote Cmd + B
Bold Microsoft Excel Ctrl + B
Bold the selected text GitHub Cmd + B
Bold the selected text GitLab Cmd + B
Bold Gmail Ctrl + B
Bold Google Docs Ctrl + B
Bold Google Sheets Ctrl + B
Bold Google Slides Ctrl + B
Bold Adobe InDesign Shift + Cmd + B
Bold the selected text Linear Cmd + B

More Keynote shortcuts

Italicize the selected text Cmd + I
Underline the selected text Cmd + U
Make the font bigger Cmd + +
Make the font smaller Cmd + -
Make the text superscript Ctrl + Cmd + +
Make the text subscript Ctrl + Cmd + -
Align the text to the left Cmd + {
Center the text Cmd + |

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