| Keys for tools | |
| V, Esc | Selection tool |
| A | Direct Selection tool |
| Shft+A | Position tool |
| Ctrl+Tab | Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool |
| P | Pen tool |
| = | Add Anchor Point tool |
| - | Delete Anchor Point tool |
| Shft+C | Convert Direction Point tool |
| T | Type tool |
| Shft+T | Type On A Path tool |
| N | Pencil tool (Note tool) |
| \ | Line tool |
| F | Rectangle Frame tool |
| M | Rectangle tool |
| L | Ellipse tool |
| R | Rotate tool |
| S | Scale tool |
| O | Shear tool |
| E | Free Transform tool |
| I | Eyedropper tool |
| K | Measure tool |
| G | Gradient tool |
| B | Button tool |
| C | Scissors tool |
| H | Hand tool |
| Spacebar (Layout mode), Alt (Text mode), or Alt+Spacebar (both) | Temporarily selects Hand tool |
| Z | Zoom tool |
| Ctrl+Spacebar | Temporarily selects Zoom In tool |
| X | Toggle Fill and Stroke |
| Shft+X | Swap Fill and Stroke |
| J | Toggle between Formatting Affects Containerand Formatting Affects Text |
| , [comma] | Apply Color |
| . [period] | Apply Gradient |
| / | Apply No Color |
| W | Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode |
| Shft+G | Gradient Feather tool |
| Keys for selecting and moving objects | |
| Any tool (except selection tools)+Ctrl | Temporarily select Selection or Direct Selectiontool (last used) |
| Direct Selection tool+Alt; or Pen, Add Anchor Point, or Delete Anchor Point tool+Alt+Ctrl | Temporarily select Group Selection tool |
| of multiple objects Selection, Direct Selection, or Group Selection tool+Shft-click (to desele | Add to or subtract from a selection of multipleobjects |
| Selection, Direct Selection, or Group Selection tool+Alt-drag | Duplicate selection |
| Alt+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow key | Duplicate and offset selection |
| Alt+Shft+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key | Duplicate and offset selection by 10 times (Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments) |
| Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key | Move selection (Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments) |
| Ctrl+Shft+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down arrow key | Move selection by 10th (Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments) |
| Shft+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key | Move selection by 10 times (Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments) |
| Selection or Direct Selection tool+Ctrl+Shft-click | Select master page item from document page |
| Selection tool+Ctrl-click, or Selection tool+Alt+Ctrl-click | Select next object behind or in front |
| Alt+Ctrl+Page Down/Page Up | Select next or previous frame in story |
| Shft+Alt+Ctrl+Page Down/Page Up | Select first or last frame in story |
| Keys for transforming objects | |
| Transformation tool+Alt-drag* | Duplicate and transform selection (After you select a transformation tool, hold down the mouse button, and then hold down Alt key and drag. Press Shift to constrain movement to 45º angles.) |
| Select object+double-click Scale tool, Rotate tool, or Shear tool in Toolbox | Display Transform tool dialog box |
| Ctrl+, | Decrease size/scale by 1% |
| Ctrl+Alt+, | Decrease size/scale by 5% |
| Ctrl+. | Increase size/scale by 1% |
| Ctrl+Alt+. | Increase size/scale by 5% |
| Selection tool+Ctrl-drag | Resize frame and content |
| Selection tool+Shft | Resize frame and content proportionately |
| Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, or Rectangle tool+Shft-drag | Constrain proportion |
| Shft+Esc | Switch image from High Quality Display to FastDisplay |
| Keys for editing paths and frames | |
| Direct Selection tool+Alt+Ctrl, or Pen tool+Alt | Temporarily select Convert Direction Point tool |
| Alt | Temporarily switch between Add Anchor Pointand Delete Anchor Point tool |
| Scissors tool+Alt | Temporarily select Add Anchor Point tool |
| Pen tool+Shft | Keep Pen tool selected when pointer is over pathor anchor point |
| Pen tool+spacebar | Move anchor point and handles while drawing |
| F10 | Display the Stroke panel |
| Keys for tables | |
| Begin dragging row or column border, and then hold down Alt as you drag | Insert or delete rows or columns while dragging |
| Shft-drag interior row or column border | Resize rows or columns without changing thesize of the table |
| Shft-drag right or bottom table border | Resize rows or columns proportionally |
| Tab/Shft+Tab | Move to next/previous cell |
| Alt+Page Up/Page Down | Move to first/last cell in column |
| Alt+Home/End | Move to first/last cell in row |
| Page Up/Page Down | Move to first/last row in frame |
| Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Move up/down one cell |
| Left Arrow/Right Arrow | Move left/right one cell |
| Shft+Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Select cell above/below the current cell |
| Shft+Right Arrow/Left Arrow | Select cell to the right/left of the currentcell |
| Enter (numeric keypad) | Start row on next column |
| Shft+Enter (numeric keypad) | Start row on next frame |
| Esc | Toggle between text selection and cell selection |
| Keys for finding and changing text | |
| Ctrl+F1 | Insert selected text into Find What box |
| Shft+F1 | Insert selected text into Find What box and findsnext |
| Shft+F2 or Alt+Ctrl+F | Find next occurrence of Find What text |
| Ctrl+F2 | Insert selected text into Change To box |
| Ctrl+F3 | Replace selection with Change To text |
| Keys for working with type | |
| Shft+Ctrl+B | Bold |
| Shft+Ctrl+I | Italic |
| Shft+Ctrl+Y | Normal |
| Shft+Ctrl+U | Underline |
| Shft+Ctrl+/ | Strikethrough |
| Shft+Ctrl+K | All caps (on/off) |
| Shft+Ctrl+H | Small caps (on/off) |
| Shft+Ctrl+(+) [plus sign] | Superscript |
| Shft+Alt+Ctrl+(+) [plus sign] | Subscript |
| Alt+', Ctrl+Alt+' | Straight quotes (single and double) without turningoff smart quotes |
| Shft+Ctrl+Xor Shft+Alt+Ctrl+X | Resethorizontal or vertical scale to 100% |
| Shft+Ctrl+L, R, or C | Align left, right, or center |
| Shft+Ctrl+F (all lines) or J (all but last line) | Justify all lines |
| Shft+Ctrl+> or < | Increase or decrease point size (Press Shift to increase or decrease kerning between words by five times). |
| Shft+Ctrl+Alt+> or < | Increase or decrease point size by five times (Press Shift to increase or decrease kerning between words by five times). |
| Alt+Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Increase or decrease leading (horizontal text) - (Press Shift to increase or decrease kerning between words by five times). |
| Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Increase or decrease leading by five times (horizontaltext) (Press Shift to increase or decrease kerning between words by five times). |
| Shft+Alt+Ctrl+" [quote] | Select or deselect preferences setting for typographer'smarks |
| Shft+Alt+Ctrl+A | Auto leading |
| Shft+Alt+Ctrl+G | Align to grid (on/off) |
| Shft+Alt+Ctrl+H | Auto-hyphenate (on/off) |
| Alt+Left Arrow/Right Arrow | Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (horizontaltext) |
| Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow/Right Arrow | Increase or decrease kerning and tracking byfive times (horizontal text) |
| Alt+Ctrl+\ | Increase kerning between words (Press Shift to increase or decrease kerning between words by five times). |
| Alt+Ctrl+Backspace | Decrease kerning between words (Press Shift to increase or decrease kerning between words by five times). |
| Alt+Ctrl+Q | Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to0 |
| Shft+Alt+Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Increase or decrease baseline shift (horizontaltext) - (Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments). |
| Shft+Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times(horizontal text) |
| Shft-click loaded text icon | Automatically flow story |
| Alt-click loaded text icon | Semi-automatically flow story |
| Alt+Ctrl+/ | Recompose all stories |
| Alt+Ctrl+N | Insert current page number |
| Keys for navigating through and selecting text | |
| Right Arrow/Left Arrow | Move to right or left one character |
| Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Move up or down one line |
| Ctrl+Right Arrow/Left Arrow | Move to right or left one word |
| Home/End | Move to start or end of line |
| Ctrl+Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Move to previous or next paragraph |
| Ctrl+Home/End | Move to start or end of story |
| Double-click word | Select one word |
| Shft+Right Arrow/Left Arrow | Select one character right or left |
| Shft+Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Select one line above or below |
| Shft+Home/End | Select start or end of line |
| Triple-click or quadruple-click paragraph, depending on Text Preferences setting | Select one paragraph |
| Shft+Ctrl+Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Select one paragraph before or after |
| Shft+Ctrl+\ | Select current line |
| Shft-click | Select characters from insertion point |
| Shft+Ctrl+Home/End | Select start or end of story |
| Ctrl+A | Select all in story |
| Shft+Alt+Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down | Select first/last frame |
| Alt+Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down | Select previous/next frame |
| Ctrl+Backspaceor Delete | Deleteword in front of insertion point (Story Editor) |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+/ | Update missing font list |
| Keys for viewing documents and document workspaces | |
| Spacebar (with no text insertion point), Alt-drag (with text insertion point), or Alt+spacebar (in b | Temporarily select Hand tool |
| Ctrl+spacebar | Temporarily select Zoom In tool |
| Alt+Ctrl+spacebar or Alt+Zoom In tool | Temporarily select Zoom Out tool |
| Ctrl+5, 2, or 4 | Zoom to 50%, 200%, or 400% |
| Shft+F5 | Redraw screen |
| Ctrl+Alt+N | Open new default document |
| Alt+Ctrl+2 | Switch between current and previous zoom levels |
| Ctrl+~ [tilde]/Shft+Ctrl+F6 or Ctrl+Shft+~ [tilde] | Switch to next/previous document window |
| Page Up/Page Down | Scroll up/down one screen |
| Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down | Go back/forward to last-viewed page |
| Alt+Page Up/Page Down | Go to previous/next spread |
| Double-click Hand tool | Fit spread in window |
| Ctrl+J | Activate the Go To command |
| Ctrl+Alt+(+)[plus sign] | Fitselection in window |
| Ctrl+J, type prefix of master, press Enter | Go to master page while \ panel is closed |
| Alt+Ctrl+5 (main keyboard) | Select magnification box in document window |
| Shft+Alt+Ctrl+U | Cycle through units of measurement |
| Shft-drag guide | Snap guide to ruler increments |
| Ctrl-drag guide | Switch between page and spread guides (creationonly) |
| Ctrl-drag from zero point | Create vertical and horizontal ruler guides forthe spread |
| Alt+Ctrl+G | Select all guides |
| Right-click zero point and choose an optn | Lock or unlock zero point |
| Alt-drag guide | Use current magnification for view thresholdof new guide |
| Press first letter of button name, if underlined | Select buttons in alert dialog boxes |
| Ctrl+Help > About Design | Show information on installed plug-ins and InDesigncomponents |
| Keys for working with XML | |
| Right Arrow/Left Arrow | Expand/Collapse element |
| Alt+Right Arrow/Left Arrow | Expand/Collapse element and child elements |
| Shft+Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Extend XML selection up/down |
| Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Move XML selection up/down |
| Page Up/Page Down | Scroll structure pane up/down one screen |
| Home/End | Select first/last XML node |
| Shft+Home/End | Extend selection to first/last XML node |
| Ctrl+Left Arrow/Right Arrow | Go to previous/next validation error |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+F7 | Automatically tag text frames and tables |
| Keys for indexing | |
| Shft+Ctrl+Alt+[ | Create index entry without dialog box |
| Ctrl+U | Open index entry dialog box |
| Shft+Ctrl+Alt+] | Create proper name index entry (last name, firstname) |
| Keys for panels | |
| Alt-click Delete icon | Delete without confirmation |
| Alt-click New button | Create item and set options |
| Shft+Enter | Apply value and keep focus on option |
| Ctrl+Alt+~ [tilde] | Activate last-used option in last-used panel |
| Shft-click | Select range of styles, layers, links, swatches, orlibrary objects in a panel |
| Ctrl-click | Select nonadjacent styles, layers, links, swatches,or library objects in a panel |
| Tab | Apply value and select next value |
| Esc | Move focus to selected object, text, orwindow |
| Tab | Show/Hide all panels, Toolbox, and Control panel(with no insertion point) |
| Shft+Tab | Show/Hide all panels except the Toolbox andControl panel (docked or not) |
| Ctrl+Alt+Tab | Open or close all stashed panels |
| Alt+drag any panel tab (in the group) to edge of screen | Stash a panel group |
| Alt+Ctrl-click in list, and then use keyboard to select item by name | Select item by name |
| Alt+Ctrl+M | Open the Drop Shadow panel |
| Keys for the Control panel | |
| Ctrl+6 | Toggle focus to/from Control panel |
| Ctrl+Alt+7 | Toggle Character/Paragraph text attributes mode |
| Any key on the numeric keypad or keyboard numbers | Change reference point when proxy has focus |
| Alt+Down Arrow | Display the pop-up menu that has focus |
| Alt-click Kerning icon | Open Units & Increments Preferences |
| Alt-click Number Of Columns icon | Open the Text Frame Options dialog box |
| Alt-click X or Y icon | Open the Move dialog box |
| Alt-click Angle icon | Open the Rotate dialog box |
| Alt-click X or Y Scale icon | Open the Scale dialog box |
| Alt-click Shear icon | Open the Shear dialog box |
| Alt-click Superscript, Subscript, or Small Caps button | Open Text Preferences |
| Alt-click Underline button | Open the Underline Options dialog box |
| Alt-click Strikethrough button | Open the Strikethrough Options dialog box |
| Alt-click Align To Baseline Grid, or Do Not Align To Baseline Grid button | Open the Grids Preferences |
| Alt-click Drop Cap Number Of Lines, or Drop Cap One Or More Characters icon | Open the Drop Caps & Nested Styles dialog box |
| Alt-click Leading icon | Open the Justification dialog box |
| Keys for the Character and Paragraph panels | |
| Alt+Ctrl+Shft+J | Open Justification dialog box |
| Alt+Ctrl+J | Open Paragraph Rules dialog box |
| Alt+Ctrl+K | Open Keep Options dialog box |
| Ctrl+T | Activate Character panel |
| Ctrl+Alt+T | Activate Paragraph panel |
| Keys for the character and paragraph styles | |
| Select text and press Shft+Alt+Ctrl+C | Make character style definition match text |
| Select text and press Shft+Alt+Ctrl+R | Make paragraph style definition match text |
| Shft+Alt+Ctrl-double-click style | Change options without applying style |
| Alt-click paragraph style name | Remove style and local formatting |
| Alt+Shft-click paragraph style name | Clear overrides from paragraph style |
| F11, Shft+F11 | Show/hide Paragraph and Character Styles panels,respectively |
| Keys for the Tabs panel | |
| Shft+Ctrl+T | Activate Tabs panel |
| Alt-click tab | Switch between alignment options |
| Keys for the Layers panel | |
| Alt-click layer | Select all objects on layer |
| Alt-drag small square to new layer | Copy selection to new layer |
| Keys for the Pages panel | |
| Alt-click master | Apply master to selected page |
| Alt-click the master you want to base the selected master on | Base another master page on selected master |
| Ctrl-click Create New Page button | Create master page |
| Alt-click New Page button | Display Insert Pages dialog box |
| Shft+Ctrl+P | Add new page after last page |
| Keys for the Links panel | |
| Alt-double-click link file name | Go to the linked item |
| Ctrl-double-click link file name | Select all file names |
| Keys for the Color panel | |
| Shft-drag slider | Move color sliders in tandem |
| Alt-click color bar | Select a color for the nonactive fill orstroke |
| Shft-click color bar | Switch between color modes (CMYK, RGB, LAB) |
| Keys for using the Separations Preview panel | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Y | Turn on Overprint preview |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+~ [tilde] | Show all plates |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+1 | Show Cyan plate |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+2 | Show Magenta plate |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+3 | Show Yellow plate |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+4 | Show Black plate |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+5 | Show 1st Spot plate |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+6 | Show 2nd Spot plate |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shft+7 | Show 3rd Spot plate |
| Keys for the Swatches panel | |
| Alt-click New Swatch button | Create new swatch based on the current swatch |
| Alt+Ctrl-click New Swatch button | Create spot color swatch based on the currentswatch |
| Shft+Alt+Ctrl-double-click swatch | Change options without applying swatch |
| Keys for the Transform panel | |
| Alt+Enter | Apply value and copy object |
| Ctrl+Enter | Apply width, height, or scale value proportionally |
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Keyboard Shortcut Database
