Shortcut Keys
There are shortcut key combinations in the menus for many Bean-specific commands.
In addition, here are some standard OS X text-editing keyboard shortcuts. Some of them are not intuitively obvious, especially for people with a Windows PC background.
⌃⌘D ... popup dictionary (courtesy OS X)
[esc] ... word completion hints (courtesy OS X)
⌘↑ ... cursor to beginning of document
⌘↓ ... cursor to end of document / force completed layout
⌥← ... cursor to word left
⌥→ ... cursor to word right
⌃↑ ... view page up
⌃↓ ... view page down
fn↑ ... scroll view page up
fn↓ ... scroll view page down
fn⌥↑ ... cursor page up
fn⌥↓ ... cursor page down
⇧↑ ... select line up
⇧↓ ... select line down
fn⇧↑ ... select page up
fn⇧↓ ... select page down
⇧⌘↑ ... select to beginning of document
⇧⌘↓ ... select to end of document
⌥⌫ ... erase word left
fn⌥⌫ ... erase word right
⌥[ ... force straight double quote (when 'Smart Quotes' is on)
⌥] ... force straight single quote (when 'Smart Quotes' is on)
⌃[return] ... insert line break (Leopard only)
⌥[space bar] ... insert non-breaking space
[scroller knob]⌥ ... extra slow scroll (Leopard only)
[ctrl]t ... transpose the two characters nearest to the insertion point
For Lists:
⌥[tab] ... create new list
[tab] ... indent list item
⇧[tab] ... un-indent list item
⌃⌥[tab] ... insert tab into list item
⌥⌘→ ... indent list item (in Bean only)
⌥⌘← ... un-indent list item (in Bean only)
NOTE: [return] on an empty line un-indents a new list item
Find Panel:
⌥[tab] ... insert tab character into search field
⌥[return] ... insert return character into search field
[option] ... causes Replace All/Select All (in entire document) to become Replace All/Select All (in selection only)
Color Panel:
⇧[option] ... will set the highlight color (background color) of selected text instead of the font color (in Bean only)
Symbols Legend:
⌃ control key
⌘ command key
⌥ option (or alt)
fn function key
⇧ shift key
⌫ delete key