Tools
Ctrl+Tab
Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool
-
Delete Anchor Point tool
Shft+C
Convert Direction Point tool
Shft+T
Type On A Path tool
N
Pencil tool (Note tool)
Spacebar (Layout mode). Alt (Text mode). or Alt+Sp
Temporarily selects Hand tool
Ctrl+Spacebar
Temporarily selects Zoom In tool
Shft+X
Swap Fill and Stroke
J
Toggle between Formatting Affects Containerand Formatting Affects Text
. [period]
Apply Gradient
W
Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode
Shft+G
Gradient Feather tool
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 45? angles.)
Select object+double-click Scale tool. Rotate tool
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
Constrain proportion
Shft+Esc
Switch image from High Quality Display to FastDisplay
Editing Paths & 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
Tables
Begin dragging row or column border. and then hold
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
Finding & 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
Working With Type
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
Navigating & 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. dependi
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
Viewing Documents & Document Workspaces
Spacebar (with no text insertion point). Alt-drag
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%
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
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
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)
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 s
Stash a panel group
Alt+Ctrl-click in list. and then use keyboard to s
Select item by name
Alt+Ctrl+M
Open the Drop Shadow panel
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 bu
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
Open the Grids Preferences
Alt-click Drop Cap Number Of Lines. or Drop Cap On
Open the Drop Caps & Nested Styles dialog box
Alt-click Leading icon
Open the Justification dialog box
Character & 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
Character & 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
Tabs panel
Shft+Ctrl+T
Activate Tabs panel
Alt-click tab
Switch between alignment options
Layers panel
Alt-click layer
Select all objects on layer
Alt-drag small square to new layer
Copy selection to new layer
Pages panel
Alt-click master
Apply master to selected page
Alt-click the master you want to base the selected
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
Links panel
Alt-double-click link file name
Go to the linked item
Ctrl-double-click link file name
Select all file names
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)
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
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
Transform panel
Alt+Enter
Apply value and copy object
Ctrl+Enter
Apply width. height. or scale value proportionally