By Xah Lee. Date: 2007-12-30. Last updated: 2021-04-30. MacOS has a system-wide way to let you define or modify shortcut keys for text editing operations. You can create keys to: Insert math symbols, emoji, or any template text. Move cursor by word, page up/down. Copy, cut, paste, undo, redo. select word, line, paragraph, select all. upcase word, lowercase word. new, open, save, etc. and more. Mac