Selecting and editing text | |
Click in front of the first character and drag acr | Select one or more characters |
Double-click the word | Select a word |
Triple-click in the paragraph | Select a paragraph |
Select the first text, then select additional text | Select multiple words or blocks of text that aren't next to one another |
Click the text, then Shft-click in another locati | Extend the text selection |
Shft-Right Arrow | Extend selection one character to the right |
Shft-Left Arrow | Extend selection one character to the left |
Shft-Optn-Right Arrow | Extend selection to the end of the current word |
Shft-Optn-Left Arrow | Extend selection to the beginning of the current word |
Shft-Cmnd-Right Arrow | Extend selection to the end of the current line |
Shft-Cmnd-Left Arrow | Extend selection to the beginning of the current line |
Shft-Up Arrow | Extend selection to the line above |
Shft-Down Arrow | Extend selection to the line below |
Shft-Optn-Up Arrow | Extend selection to the beginning of the current paragraph |
Shft-Optn-Down Arrow | Extend selection to the end of the current paragraph |
Shft-Cmnd-Up Arrow or Shft-Home | Extend selection to the beginning of the text (in the current text box) |
Shft-Cmnd-Down Arrow or Shft-End | Extend selection to the end of the text (in the current text box) |
Right Arrow | Move one character to the right |
Left Arrow | Move one character to the left |
Up Arrow | Move to the line above |
Down Arrow | Move to the line below |
Optn-Left Arrow | Move to the beginning of the current or previous word |
Optn-Right Arrow | Move to the end of the current or next word |
Cmnd-Left Arrow | Move to the beginning of the current line |
Cmnd-Right Arrow | Move to the end of the current line |
Optn-Up Arrow | Move to the beginning of the current paragraph |
Optn-Down Arrow | Move to the end of the current paragraph |
Cmnd-Up Arrow | Move to the beginning of the current text box |
Cmnd-Down Arrow | Move the end of the current text box |
Home | Scroll to the top of the page |
End | Scroll to the end of the page |
Formatting text | |
Cmnd-T | Show Fonts window |
Cmnd-B | Make selected text bold |
Cmnd-I | Make selected text italic |
Cmnd-U | Underline selected text |
Delete | Delete the previous character or selection |
Del (not available on all keyboards) | Delete the next character of selection |
Cmnd-+ (plus sign) or Cmnd-= (equal sign) | Make selected text bigger |
Cmnd-- (minus sign) | Make selected text smaller |
Ctrl-Cmnd-+ (plus sign) | Make selected text superscript |
Ctrl-Cmnd-- (minus sign) | Make selected text subscript |
Shft-Cmnd-{ (left curly brace) | Align text flush left |
Shft-Cmnd-| (pipe) | Center text |
Shft-Cmnd-} (right curly brace) | Align text flush right |
Shft-Cmnd-Optn-| (pipe) | Align text flush right and flush left |
Optn-Cmnd-C | Copy paragraph style |
Shft-Optn-Cmnd-C | Copy character style |
Optn-Cmnd-V | Paste character or paragraph style |
Shft-Optn-Cmnd-V | Paste and match style of destination text |
Optn-Space bar | Insert non-breaking space |
Shft-Return | Insert line break (soft return) |
Arrow keys into text | Edit hypertext without disabling hyperlinks |
Manipulating objects | |
Optn-click Shapes toolbar button, choose a shape | Draw a shape |
Arrow key | Move selected object one point |
Shft-Arrow key | Move selected object 10 points |
Shft-Cmnd-B | Send selected object to the back |
Shft-Optn-Cmnd-B | Send selected object back (down) one layer |
Shft-Cmnd-F | Bring selected object to the front |
Shft-Optn-Cmnd-F | Bring selected object forward one layer |
Shft-drag | Constrain movement of object to 45º |
Optn-drag handle | Resize object from center |
Shft-drag handle | Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object |
Shft-Optn-drag handle | Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object from center |
Cmnd-drag handle | Rotate object |
Shft-Cmnd-drag handle | Rotate object 45º |
Optn-Cmnd-drag handle | Rotate object around opposite handle (instead of center) |
Cmnd-drag | Turn off alignment guides while dragging object |
Shft-Cmnd-M | Mask or unmask object |
Return, Cmnd-Return, Enter, double-click | Exit mask mode |
Double-click the masked image | Reenter mask mode |
Ctrl-click | Open shortcut menu for selected object |
Cmnd-Return | Exit text edit mode and select text box or shape |
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