Skip to the main content

Pages

Paste the selection

CmdV

Mac Desktop app Pages for Mac

Practice this

Press Cmd + V to paste the selection in Pages. It is listed for the Mac.

Where it works: Anywhere

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts for Pages 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

Paste into the selected cells Airtable Cmd + V
Paste the clipboard Audacity Ctrl + V
Paste the copied text Bitwarden Cmd + V
Paste from the clipboard ChromeOS Ctrl + V
Paste clipboard Microsoft Excel Cmd + V
Paste clipboard Mozilla Firefox Ctrl + V
Paste the clipboard GarageBand Cmd + V
Paste from the clipboard GIMP Ctrl + V
Paste clipboard Google Docs Cmd + V
Paste clipboard Google Sheets Cmd + V
Paste clipboard Google Slides Ctrl + V
Paste Inkscape Cmd + V

More Pages shortcuts

Copy the paragraph style Option + Cmd + C
Paste the paragraph style Option + Cmd + V
Paste and match the destination style Option + Shift + Cmd + V
Insert a page break Cmd + Return
Insert a line break Shift + Return
Make the text superscript Ctrl + Cmd + +
Make the text subscript Ctrl + Cmd + -
Find text in the document Cmd + F

See every Pages shortcut

Report a correction