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What's this mysterious symbol used for the insert page break shortcut in Apple's Pages?

Writer Matthew Barrera

I'm familiar with the Cmd key symbol, but the second symbol one leaves me stumped.

Cmd +Something

I tried Cmd + Return -- no luck.

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4 Answers

According to the article Apple Mac OS X Keyboard Symbols, the symbol refers to the ENTER key.

And according to Apple, the shortcut keys to insert a Page Break is indeed:

Command + ENTER

or

Command + Return + Fn

As explained by Denis de Bernardy, Apple differentiates between the Enter key and the Return key, even if they are on the same physical location.

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Press 'command' and the 'fn' keys, then hit return. (I have no idea what the key is in the drop down menu, either!)

This symbol is "Enter" in Number Pad. If you are using a MacBook without Number Pad, press Fn + Cmd + Return to get this shortcut.

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(Command + (fn + return))

I'm pretty sure the (fn + return) part is meant to be a "new page" function, seeing as (fn + up arrow) or (fn + down arrow) are for page up and page down functions, respectively. This answer is a bit late but just in case anyone stumbles across this in the future, I hope I was able to help. :)

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