MathType 7 keyboard shortcuts ‒ DefKey

-1	Ctrl + Tab	Insert tab
1	⤶ Enter	New line
0	Ctrl + ← ↑ → ← ↓ →	Nudge to pressed direction
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + A	Rotate fence alignment

Commands, templates and symbols that have no default shortcuts are shown in italics.
File menu
0	Ctrl + Z	Undo
0	Ctrl + Y	Redo
0	Ctrl + X	Cut
0	Ctrl + C	Copy
0	Ctrl + V	Paste
0	Ctrl + A	Select all
View menu
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + Y	Show all
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + N	Show nesting
0	Ctrl + Alt + K	Symbol palettes
-1	Ctrl + Alt + T	Template palettes
0	Ctrl + Alt + F	Small bar
0	Ctrl + Alt + L	Large tabbed bar
0	Ctrl + Alt + S	Small tabbed bar
0	Ctrl + Alt + B	Toolbar
0	Ctrl + Alt + R	Ruler
View menu > Zoom
0	Ctrl + 1	Zoom 100%
0	Ctrl + 2	Zoom 200%
-1	Ctrl + 4	Zoom 400%
0	Ctrl + 8	Zoom 800%
Format menu
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + L	Align left
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + J	Align center
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + R	Align right
Format > Matrix
1	Ctrl + M then A	Add row above
0	Ctrl + M then B	Add row below
0	Ctrl + M then L	Add column left
0	Ctrl + M then R	Add column right
0	Ctrl + M then D	Delete row
-1	Ctrl + M then ↑ Shift + D	Delete column
0	Ctrl + M then C	Change matrix
Style menu
0	Ctrl + +	Math
1	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + E	Text
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + F	Function
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + V	Variable
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + G	Greek-Symbol
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + B	Vector-Matrix
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + U	User 1
0	Ctrl + Alt + ↑ Shift + U	User 2
Navigation and selection
0	Home	Beginning of slot
0	Backspace	Delete left
0	Del	Delete right
0	End	End of slot
0	↓	Move down
0	↑ Shift + ↓	Move down, extend selection
0	←	Move left
0	↑ Shift + ←	Move left, extend selection
0	→	Move right
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0	↑ Shift + →	Move right, extend selection
0	↑	Move up
0	↑ Shift + ↑	Move up, extend selection
0	Tab	Next slot
0	↑ Shift + Tab	Previous slot
0	Page Down	Scroll down
0	Page Up	Scroll up
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + S	Select slot
0	or
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + ←	Skip left
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + →	Skip right
Keyboard modifiers (one-shots)
Shortcuts for specifying the style of the next character typed into the current equation:
0	Ctrl + G	Greek-symbol one-shot
0	Ctrl + B	Vector-matrix one-shot
0	Ctrl + U	User 1 one-shot
0	Ctrl + Alt + U	User 2 one-shot
Shortcuts for modifying the method used to insert the next template entered with a keyboard shortcut:
0	Ctrl + Q	Replace selected template one-shot
-1	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + O	Use alternate template form one-shot
Symbols: Relational
0	Ctrl + K then ,	Less-than or equal to from Symbol style
0	Ctrk + K then .	Greater-than or equal to from Symbol style
0	Ctrl + K then Alt + ~	Tilde operator from Extra Math style
0	Ctrl + K then ~	Almost equal to from Symbol style
0	Ctrl + K then +	Not equal to from Symbol style
0	Ctrl + K then =	Identical to from Symbol style
0	Ctrl + K then P	Proportional to from Symbol style
Symbols: Spaces and ellipses
0	Ctrl + ;	Alignment mark
0	↑ Shift + Space	Zero-width space
0	Ctrl + Alt + Space	1-point space
0	or Ctrl + K then 1
0	Ctrl + Space	Thin space (1/6 em)
0	or Ctrl + K then 2
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + Space	Thick space (1/3 em)
0	or Ctrl + K then 3
0	Ctrl + K then 4	Em space
0	Ctrl + . then _	Horizontal ellipsis from Extra Math style
0	Ctrl + . then -	Math-axis ellipsis from Extra Math style
0	Ctrl + . then \|	Vertical ellipsis from Extra Math style
0	Ctrl + . then /	Up right diagonal ellipsis from Extra Math style
0	Ctrl + . then \	Down right diagonal ellipsis from Extra Math style
Symbols: Embellishments
1	Ctrl + Alt + '	Prime
0	Ctrl + "	Double prime
0	Ctrl + 6 then Alt + '	Triple prime
0	Ctrl + 6 then `	Back prime
0	Ctrl + 6 then N	Not
0	Ctrl + 6 then Alt + -	Strike-through
1	Ctrl + 6 then X	Cross-out
0	Ctrl + 6 then /	Slash (up)
0	Ctrl + 6 then \	Slash (down)
0	Ctrl + Alt + .	Single dot
2	Ctrl + 6 then 2	Double dot
0	Ctrl + 6 then 3	Triple dot
0	Ctrl + 6 then 4	Quad dot
0	Ctrl + 6 then !	Under single dot
0	Ctrl + 6 then @	Under double dot
0	Ctrl + 6 then #	Under triple dot
0	Ctrl + 6 then $	Under quad dot
0	Ctrl + _	Over bar
0	Ctrl + 6 then ~	Tilde
0	Ctrl + 6 then 9	Arc (frown)
0	Ctrl + 6 then 0	Arc (smile)
0	Ctrl + 6 then 6	Hat
0	Ctr + 6 then _	Under bar
0	Ctrl + 6 then (	Under arc (frown)
0	Ctrl + 6 then )	Under arc (smile)
0	Ctrl + Alt + -	Right arrow
0	Ctrl + 6 then ←	Left arrow
0	Ctrl + 6 then ↑	Double-headed arrow
0	Ctrl + 6 then Alt + →	Right harpoon
0	Ctrl + 6 then Alt + ←	Left harpoon
0	Ctrl + 6 then ↑ Shift + →	Under right arrow
0	Ctrl + 6 then ↑ Shift + ←	Under left arrow
0	Ctrl + 6 then ↑ Shift + ↑	Under double-headed arrow
0	Ctrl + 6 then Alt + ↑ Shift + →	Under right harpoon
0	Ctrl + 6 then Alt + ↑ Shift + ←	Under left harpoon
For more symbol shortcuts, refer the official keyboard shortcut page.

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