> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-12 · **Change:** trivial (Track Changes: Accept All after a tracked delete from a paragraph end keeps the next paragraph; Reject All after typing into an empty paragraph keeps it (#864); previously minor: Correct TWo INitial CApitals, cAPS LOCK and table-cell capitals, #544; previously trivial: complex-script caret and Backspace, #604; Move Paragraph Up/Down, Promote/Demote, Go Back and Alt+X keys, #343) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
| `* item` Enter Enter `text` | the second Enter ends the list; `text` is a **Normal** paragraph (no list indent left behind) | `enter_twice_after_a_list_item_ends_the_list`, `the_paragraph_after_a_list_is_normal_text` |
| … Enter ×3, ×4 | each further Enter adds a blank Normal paragraph (never swallowed) | `more_enters_after_a_list_make_blank_paragraphs` |
| Enter on an empty **nested** item | moves it up one level; only a top-level empty item leaves the list | `enter_on_an_empty_nested_item_moves_it_up_a_level_first` |
| `* ` Enter (nothing typed) | list cancelled, Normal paragraph | `enter_right_after_starting_a_list_cancels_it` |
| Tab / Shift+Tab at the start of an item | demote / promote | `shift_tab_and_tab_change_list_levels` |
| Backspace at the start of an item | 1st: number removed, indent kept; 2nd: Normal paragraph — **not** joined to the one above | `backspace_at_the_start_of_an_item_removes_the_number_then_the_indent` |
| Enter mid-item / at item start | splits the item / inserts an empty item above | `enter_in_the_middle_or_at_the_start_of_an_item` |
| Shift+Enter in an item | line break inside the same item | `shift_enter_stays_inside_the_list_item` |
| Paste: Keep Text Only `A`, empty line, `B` into an empty item | three paragraphs `A`, empty, `B`: pasted paragraph breaks are text, not Enter (they never end the list) | `plain_text_paste_keeps_an_empty_paragraph_in_a_list` |
| `> ``-> ``=> ` + text | bulleted list with an arrow bullet (➢ ➔ ⇨; Word takes them from a symbol font, we use the Unicode arrows) ¹ | `arrow_bullets` |
| type, select some of it, type over it | two undo steps: the first ⌘Z brings the selected text back (still selected), the second removes the typing. Uninterrupted typing stays one step | `typing_then_selecting_then_typing_are_two_undo_steps` |
| ⌘B with nothing selected, ⌘Z, type | the text isn't bold (Undo takes the waiting caret formatting back too); ⌘Y brings it back | `undoing_bold_at_the_caret_turns_bold_typing_off_again` |
| Enter (tracking on) | the new paragraph mark is a tracked insertion; Reject All joins the paragraphs again, Accept All keeps them | `tracked_enter_and_backspace_track_the_paragraph_mark`, `tests::reject_all_removes_a_tracked_paragraph_break` |
| Paste of several paragraphs (tracking on) | every paragraph mark the paste adds is a tracked insertion; Reject All restores the one paragraph, Accept All keeps the pasted ones | `reject_all_takes_out_the_paragraph_breaks_a_tracked_paste_inserted` |
| Backspace at a paragraph start / Delete at a paragraph end (tracking on) | the paragraph mark is marked deleted (still shown); the caret moves before it (Backspace) or past it (Delete). Accept joins the paragraphs, Reject keeps them. A mark you inserted yourself is just removed | `tracked_enter_and_backspace_track_the_paragraph_mark`, `tests::tracked_backspace_and_delete_mark_a_paragraph_break_deleted` |
| Delete a range from the end of one paragraph into a later one (tracking on) | the paragraph marks and text in the range are tracked deletions. Accept All removes exactly those, so the paragraph after the range stays a paragraph of its own; Reject All restores everything. Typing into an empty paragraph and rejecting leaves that paragraph | `tests::accept_all_after_a_tracked_delete_from_a_paragraph_end_keeps_the_next_paragraph`, `tests::reject_all_after_typing_into_an_empty_paragraph_keeps_the_paragraph` |
| Alt+Shift+Up / Down (⌃⇧↑ / ⌃⇧↓) | the paragraphs the selection touches swap with the paragraph above / below, keeping style and list membership; the selection moves with them; one undo step. A selection ending at the start of a paragraph doesn't take it along. Refused at the top or bottom of the story or cell, next to a table and across a section break | `alt_shift_down_then_up_moves_a_paragraph_and_back_and_undoes` |
| Alt+Shift+Left / Right (⌃⇧← / ⌃⇧→) | Promote / Demote: a heading goes up or down one level (Heading 1 and Heading 9 are the ends); promoted body text becomes a heading at the level of the heading before it; a list item changes level like Shift+Tab / Tab | `alt_shift_left_and_right_promote_and_demote_headings_and_list_items` |
| Outline view: Alt+Shift+Up / Down, Left / Right | as above, but a collapsed heading takes what is hidden under it along: moving passes whole shown paragraphs with their hidden content; promote/demote shifts the hidden subheadings too | `outline_collapse_hides_descendants_and_expand_restores` |
| Outline view: Alt+Shift+Plus / Minus, Alt+Shift+1–9, Alt+Shift+A | Expand / Collapse the heading (one level at a time); Show Level 1–9; show all levels. The caret never stays in hidden text: it moves on to the next shown paragraph | `outline_show_level_filters_paragraphs` |
| Shift+F5 | Go Back: the caret cycles through the last four places edited, most recent first | `shift_f5_goes_back_through_the_last_edits` |
| Alt+X (no macOS default) | the hex code before the caret (up to six digits, `U+` optional) or the selected code becomes its character; otherwise the character before the caret becomes its code (`é` ↔ `00E9`); one undo step | `alt_x_toggles_between_a_character_and_its_code` |
| Typing over a selection | replaces it (Word's default); with "Typing replaces selected text" off, the text goes in front of the selection, which stays | `typing_over_a_selection_follows_the_replace_selection_option` |
| Overtype on, typing | each character replaces the one after the caret, never the paragraph mark or an object; Insert switches overtype only with the Insert-key option on (off by default, as in Word) | `overtype_replaces_the_characters_after_the_caret` |
| 2026-10-12 | trivial | Track Changes: Accept All after a tracked delete from a paragraph end keeps the next paragraph; Reject All after typing into an empty paragraph keeps it (#864) |
| 2026-10-11 | minor | Text direction: right-to-left letters typed into an empty paragraph make it right-to-left; existing paragraphs keep theirs (#713) |
