| Selecting tools | |
| V | Selection tool |
| A | Direct Selection tool |
| Y | Magic Wand tool |
| Q | Lasso tool |
| P | Pen tool |
| =+ (plus) | Add Anchor Point tool |
| =- (minus) | Delete Anchor Point tool |
| Shft + C | Convert Anchor Point tool |
| T | Type tool in Adobe Illustrator |
| \ (backslash) | Line Segment tool |
| M | Rectangle tool |
| L | Ellipse tool |
| B | Paintbrush tool |
| N | Pencil tool |
| R | Rotate tool |
| O | Reflect tool |
| S | Scale tool |
| Shft + R | Warp tool |
| E | Free Transform tool in Adobe Illustrator |
| Shft + S | Symbol Sprayer tool |
| J | Column Graph tool |
| U | Mesh tool |
| G | Gradient tool |
| I | Eyedropper tool |
| W | Blend tool |
| K | Live Paint Bucket tool |
| Shft + L | Live Paint Selection tool |
| Shft + O | Crop Area tool |
| Shft + K | Slice tool |
| Shft E | Eraser tool in Adobe Illustrator |
| C | Scissors tool |
| H | Hand tool |
| Z | Zoom tool |
| Viewing artwork | |
| F | Toggle between screen modes: Standard, Full,Full with menu bar, and Maximized |
| Double-click Hand tool | Fit imageable area in window |
| Double-click Zoom tool | Magnify 100% in Adobe Illustrator |
| Spacebar | Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) |
| Cmnd + Spacebar | Switch to Zoom tool in magnify mode |
| Cmnd + Optn + Spacebar | Switch to Zoom tool in reduce mode |
| Spacebar | Move Zoom marquee while dragging with theZoom tool |
| Cmnd + Optn + Shft + 3 | Hide unselected artwork |
| Optn-drag guide | Convert between horizontal and vertical guide |
| Cmnd Shft-double-click guide | Release guide in Adobe Illustrator |
| Drawing | |
| Shft-drag | Constrain a shape's proportions or orientation to: equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles,ellipses, and grids Increments of 45º for line and arc segments Original orientation for polygons, stars, and flares |
| spacebar-drag | Move a shape while drawing it |
| Optn-drag | Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares) |
| Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Increase or decrease polygon sides, star points,arc angle, spiral winds, or flare rays |
| Start dragging, then hold down Cmnd | Keep the inner radius of a star constant |
| Optn-drag | Keep the sides of a star straight |
| Start dragging, then hold down C | Switch between an open and closed arc in Adobe Illustrator |
| Start dragging, then hold down SF | Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant |
| Optn-drag | Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral |
| Cmnd-drag | Change the decay rate of a spiral |
| Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Add or remove horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid |
| Start dragging, then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow | Add or remove vertical lines from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid |
| Start dragging, then press F | Decrease the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% |
| Start dragging, then press V | Increase the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% in Adobe Illustrator |
| Start dragging, then press X | Decrease the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% |
| Start dragging, then press C | Increase the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% |
| Optn-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down Optn and select a tracing preset. | Create and expand a Live Trace object in one step in Adobe Illustrator |
| Selecting | |
| Cmnd | Switch to last-used selection tool (Selection tool,Direct Selection tool, or Group Selection tool) |
| Optn | Switch between Direct Selection tool and Group Selection tool in Adobe Illustrator |
| Shft-click | Add to a selection with Selection tool,Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, Live Paint Selection tool, or Magic Wand tool |
| Shft-click | Subtract a selection with Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, or Live Paint Selection tool in Adobe Illustrator |
| Optn-click | Subtract from selection with Magic Wand tool |
| Shft-drag | Add to selection with Lasso tool in Adobe Illustrator |
| Optn-drag | Subtract from selection with Lasso tool |
| Caps Lock | Change pointer to cross hair for selected tools |
| Moving selections | |
| Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow | Move selection in user-defined increments |
| Shft + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow | Move selection in 10x user-defined increments in Adobe Illustrator |
| Cmnd + Optn + Shft + 2 | Lock all deselected artwork |
| Hold down Shft | Constrain movement to 45º angle (except when using Reflect tool) |
| Editing shapes | |
| Optn | Switch Pen tool to Convert Anchor Point tool |
| Optn | Switch between Add Anchor Point tool and Delete Anchor Point tool when editing shapes in Adobe Illustrator |
| Optn | Switch Scissors tool to Add Anchor Point tool |
| Optn | Switch Pencil tool to Smooth tool in Adobe Illustrator |
| Spacebar-drag | Move current anchor point while drawing with Pen tool |
| Optn-drag | Cut a straight line with Knife tool |
| Shft Optn-drag | Cut at 45º or 90º with Knife tool in Adobe Illustrator |
| Optn Shape mode | Turn shape mode buttons in Pathfinder panel into Pathfinder commands |
| Painting objects | |
| X | Toggle between fill and stroke |
| D | Set fill and stroke to default in Adobe Illustrator |
| Shft + X | Swap fill and stroke |
| > | Select gradient fill mode |
| < | Select color fill mode |
| / (forward slash) | Select no stroke/fill mode |
| Shft Eyedropper tool | Sample color from an image or intermediate color from gradient |
| Optn Shft-click Eyedropper tool | Sample style and append appearance of currently selected item in Adobe Illustrator |
| Cmnd + / (forward slash) | Add new fill |
| Cmnd + Optn + / (forward slash) | Add new stroke |
| Cmnd-click gradient button in Tools panel or Gradient panel | Reset gradient to black and white |
| Working with Live Paint groups | |
| Optn-click Live Paint Bucket tool | Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke when working with Adobe Illustrator Live Paint groups |
| Optn Shft-click Live Paint Buckettool | Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient |
| Shft Live Paint Bucket tool | Select opposite Live Paint Bucket tool options(if Paint Fills and Paint Strokes are currently selected, switch to Paint Fills only) |
| Double-click + Live Paint Bucket tool | Fill across unstroked edges into adjacent faces |
| Triple-click Live Paint Bucket tool | Fill all faces that have same fill and stroke all edges that have same stroke |
| Optn-click Live Paint Selection tool | Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke when working with Adobe Illustrator Live Paint groups |
| Optn + Shft-click + Live Paint Bucket tool | Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient |
| Shft-click Live Paint Selection tool | Add to/subtract from a selection in Adobe Illustrator |
| Double-click + Live Paint Selection tool | Select all connected faces /edges with same fill/stroke |
| Triple-click + Live Paint Selection tool | Select all faces/edges with same fill/stroke |
| Transforming objects | |
| Optn-click | Set origin point and open dialog box when using Rotate tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool in Adobe Illustrator |
| Optn-drag | Duplicate and transform selection when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool |
| Tilde (~)-drag | Transform pattern (independent of object) when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool in Adobe Illustrator |
| Working with type | |
| Right Arrow or Left Arrow | Move one character right or left |
| Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Move up or down one line |
| Cmnd + Right Arrow or Left Arrow | Move one word right or left |
| Cmnd Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Move up or down one paragraph in Adobe Illustrator |
| Shft + Cmnd + Right Arrow or Left Arrow | Select one word right or left |
| Shft + Cmnd + Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Select one paragraph before or after |
| Shft-click | Extend existing selection |
| Cmnd + Shft + L, R, or C | Align paragraph left, right, or center |
| Cmnd + Shft + J | Justify paragraph |
| Shft + Return | Insertsoft return |
| Cmnd Optn K | Highlight kerning in Adobe Illustrator |
| Cmnd + Shft + X | Reset horizontal scale to 100% |
| Cmnd + Shft + > or < | Increase or decrease type size |
| Optn + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) | Increase or decrease leading |
| Double-click leading icon in the Character panel | Set leading to the type size |
| Cmnd + Optn + Q | Reset tracking/kerning to 0 |
| Optn + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text) | Add or remove space (kerning) between two characters |
| Cmnd + Optn + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text) | Add or remove space (kerning) between charactersby five times the increment value |
| Optn + Shft + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) | Increase or decrease baseline shift in Adobe Illustrator |
| Shft | Switch between Type and Vertical Type, AreaType and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and Vertical Path Typetools |
| Optn-click Type tool | Switch between Area Type and Type, Path Typeand Area Type, and Vertical Path Type and Vertical Area Type tools |
| Using panels | |
| Optn-click New button | Set options (except for Actions, Brushes, Swatches,and Symbols panels) |
| Optn-click Delete button | Delete without confirmation (except for Layerspanel) |
| Shft Return | Apply value and keep text box active in Adobe Illustrator panels |
| Shft-click | Select range of actions, brushes, layers, links,styles, or swatches |
| Cmnd-click | Select noncontiguous actions, brushes, layers(same level only), links, styles, or swatches |
| Tab | Show/Hide all panels in Adobe Illustrator |
| Shft + Tab | Show/Hide all panels except the Tools panel andControl panel |
| Actions panel | |
| Optn-click expansion triangle | Expand/Collapse entire hierarchy for action set |
| Double-click folder icon | Set options for action set |
| Optn-click Play button | Play a single command in Adobe Illustrator |
| Optn-click New Action button | Begin recording actions without confirmation |
| Brushes panel | |
| Double-click brush | Open Brush Options dialog box |
| Drag brush to New Brush button | Duplicate brush in Adobe Illustrator brushes panel |
| Character and Paragraph panels | |
| Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Increase/decrease the selected value by a small increment |
| Shft Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Increase/decreases the selected value by a large increment |
| Cmnd Optn Shft F | Highlight the font name field in the Character panel in Adobe Illustrator character and paragraph panels |
| Color panel | |
| Cmnd-click color bar | Select the complement for the current color fill/stroke |
| Optn-click color bar | Change the nonactive fill/stroke in Adobe Illustrator color panel |
| Cmnd + Optn-click color bar | Select the complement for the nonactive fill/stroke |
| Cmnd + Shft-click color bar | Select the inverse for the current fill/stroke |
| Cmnd Shft Optn-click color bar | Select the inverse for the nonactive fill/stroke in Adobe Illustrator color panel |
| Shft-click color bar | Change the color mode |
| Shft-drag color slider | Move color sliders in tandem |
| Double-click to right of a numerical field | Switch between percentage and 0-255 valuesfor RGB |
| Gradient panel | |
| Optn-drag | Duplicate color stops in Adobe Illustrator gradient panel |
| Optn-drag color stop onto another color stop | Swap color stops |
| Optn-click swatch in the Swatches panel | Apply swatch color to active (or selected) colorstop in Adobe Illustrator gradient panel |
| Layers panel | |
| Optn-click layer name | Select all objects on the layer |
| Optn-click eye icon | Show/hide all layers but the selected one |
| Cmnd-click eye icon | Select Outline/Preview view for the selected layer |
| Cmnd + Optn-click eye icon | Selects Outline/Preview view for all other layers |
| Optn-click lock icon | Lock/unlock all other layers in Adobe Illustrator layers panel |
| Optn-click expansion triangle | Expand all sublayers to display entire hierarchy |
| Optn-click New Layer button | Set options as you create new layer |
| Optn-click New Sublayer button | Set options as you create new sublayer |
| Cmnd + Optn-click New Sublayer button | Place new sublayer at bottom of layer list |
| Cmnd-click New Layer button | Place layer at top of layer list in Adobe Illustrator layers panel |
| Cmnd + Optn-click New Layer button | Place layer below selected layer |
| Optn-drag selection | Copy the selection to a new layer, sublayer, orgroup |
| Swatches panel | |
| Cmnd-click New Swatch button | Create new spot color |
| Cmnd Shft-click New Swatch button | Create new global process color in Adobe Illustrator swatches panel |
| Optn-drag a swatch over another | Replace swatch with another |
| Cmnd + Optn-click in the swatch colorlist | Select swatch by name (using keyboard) |
| Transform panel | |
| Shft + Return | Apply a value and keep focus in edit field |
| Optn Return | Apply a value and copy object in Adobe Illustrator transform panel |
| Cmnd + Return | Apply a value and scale option proportionatelyfor width or height |
| Transparency panel | |
| Optn-click on mask thumbnail | Change mask to grayscale image for editing |
| Shft-click on mask thumbnail | Disable opacity mask |
| Shft-click on disabled mask thumbnail | Re-enable opacity mask in Adobe Illustrator transparency panel |
| Click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Increase/decrease opacity in 1% increments |
| Shft-click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Increase/decrease opacity in 10% increments |
| Function keys | |
| F1 | Invoke Help |
| F2 | Cut |
| F3 | Copy |
| F4 | Paste |
| F5 | Show/hide Brushes panel in Adobe Illustrator |
| F6 | Show/hide Color panel |
| F7 | Show/hide Layers panel |
| F8 | Create new symbol |
| Cmnd F8 | Show/hide Info panel in Adobe Illustrator |
| Cmnd + F9 | Show/hide Gradient panel |
| Cmnd + F10 | Show/hide Stroke panel |
| Cmnd + F11 | Show/hide Attributes panel |
| F12 | Revert |
| Shft + F5 | Show/hide Graphic Styles panel |
| Shft + F6 | Show/hide Appearance panel |
| Shft + F7 | Show/hide Align panel |
| Shft F8 | Show/hide Transform panel in Adobe Illustrator |
| Shft + Cmnd + F9 | Show/hide Pathfinder panel |
| Shft + Cmnd + F10 | Show/hide Transparency panel |
| Shft + Cmnd + F11 | Show/hide Symbols panel |
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