Default Keyboard shortcuts of InDesign CS5

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1 Default Keyboard shortcuts of InDesign CS5 This list is copied from Contents Keys for tools Keys for selecting and moving objects Keys for transforming objects Keys for editing paths and frames Keys for finding and changing text Keys for working with type Keys for navigating through and selecting text Keys for viewing documents and document workspaces Keys for working with XML Keys for indexing Keys for panels Keys for the Control panel

2 Keys for type panels and dialog boxes Keys for the character and paragraph styles Keys for the Tabs panel Keys for the Layers panel Keys for the Pages panel Keys for the Color panel Keys for using the Separations Preview panel Keys for the Swatches panel Keys for the Transform panel Keys for tools You can generate a list of the current keyboard set by choosing Show Set in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box. This option is especially useful for printing a copy of your custom shortcuts. Choose Window > Utilities > Tool Hints, and then select a tool to view its shortcuts and modifier keys. 2

3 Tool Shortcuts Selection tool V, Esc Direct Selection tool A Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool Ctrl+Tab Page tool Shift+P Gap tool U Pen tool P Add Anchor Point tool = Delete Anchor Point tool - Convert Direction Point tool Shift+C Type tool T Type On A Path tool Shift+T Pencil tool (Note tool) N Line tool Rectangle Frame tool F Rectangle tool M Ellipse tool L Rotate tool R Scale tool S Shear tool O Free Transform tool E Eyedropper tool I Measure tool K Gradient tool G Scissors tool C Hand tool H Temporarily selects Hand tool Spacebar (Layout mode), Alt (Text mode), or Alt+Spacebar (both) Zoom tool Z Temporarily selects Zoom In tool Ctrl+Spacebar Toggle Fill and Stroke X Swap Fill and Stroke Shift+X Toggle between Formatting Affects Container and Formatting Affects Text J Apply Color, [comma] Apply Gradient. [period] Apply No Color / Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode W Gradient Feather tool Shift+G 3

4 Keys for selecting and moving objects Temporarily select Selection or Direct Selection tool (last used) Temporarily select Group Selection tool Select container of selected content Select content of selected container Add to or subtract from a selection of multiple objects Duplicate selection Duplicate and offset selection Duplicate and offset selection by 10 times b Move selection b Move selection by 10th b Move selection by 10 times b Select master page item from document page Select next object behind or in front Select next or previous frame in story Select first or last frame in story Any tool (except selection tools)+ctrl Direct Selection tool+alt; or Pen, Add Anchor Point, or Delete Anchor Point tool+alt+ctrl Esc or double-click Shift+Esc or double-click Selection, Direct Selection, or Group Selection tool+shift click (to deselect, click center point) Selection, Direct Selection, or Group Selection tool+alt drag a Alt+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow key Alt+Shift+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down arrow key Shift+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key Selection or Direct Selection tool+ctrl+shift click Selection tool+ctrl click, or Selection tool+alt+ctrl click Alt+Ctrl+Page Down/Page Up Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Page Down/Page Up a Press Shift to constrain movement to 45 angles. b Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments c Press Shift to constrain movement to 45 angles. d Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments 4

5 Keys for transforming objects Duplicate and transform selection Display Transform tool dialog box Decrease scale by 1% Decrease scale by 5% Increase scale by 1% Increase scale by 5% Resize frame and content Resize frame and content proportionately Constrain proportion Switch image from High Quality Display to Fast Display Transformation tool+alt drag a Select object+double-click Scale tool, Rotate tool, or Shear tool in Toolbox Ctrl+, Ctrl+Alt+, Ctrl+. Ctrl+Alt+. Selection tool+ctrl drag Selection tool+shift+ctrl drag Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, or Rectangle tool+shift drag Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z a After you select a transformation tool, hold down the mouse button, and then hold down Alt and drag. Press Shift to constrain movement to 45 angles. Keys for editing paths and frames Insert or delete rows or columns while dragging Resize rows or columns without changing the size of the table Resize rows or columns proportionally Move to next/previous cell Move to first/last cell in column Move to first/last cell in row Move to first/last row in frame Move up/down one cell Move left/right one cell Select cell above/below the current cell Select cell to the right/left of the current cell Start row on next column Start row on next frame Toggle between text selection and cell selection Begin dragging row or column border, and then hold down Alt as you drag Shift drag interior row or column border Shift drag right or bottom table border Tab/Shift+Tab Alt+Page Up/Page Down Alt+Home/End Page Up/Page Down Up Arrow/Down Arrow Left Arrow/Right Arrow Shift+Up Arrow/Down Arrow Shift+Right Arrow/Left Arrow Enter (numeric keypad) Shift+Enter (numeric keypad) Esc 5

6 Keys for finding and changing text Insert selected text into Find What box Insert selected text into Find What box and finds next Find next occurrence of Find What text Insert selected text into Change To box Replace selection with Change To text Ctrl+F1 Shift+F1 Shift+F2 or Alt+Ctrl+F Ctrl+F2 Ctrl+F3 6

7 Keys for working with type Bold (only for fonts with bold face) Italic (only for fonts with italic face) Normal Underline Strikethrough All caps (on/off) Small caps (on/off) Superscript Subscript Reset horizontal or vertical scale to 100% Align left, right, or center Justify all lines Shift+Ctrl+B Shift+Ctrl+I Shift+Ctrl+Y Shift+Ctrl+U Shift+Ctrl+/ Shift+Ctrl+K Shift+Ctrl+H Shift+Ctrl+(+) [plus sign] Shift+Alt+Ctrl+(+) [plus sign] Shift+Ctrl+X or Shift+Alt+Ctrl+X Shift+Ctrl+L, R, or C Increase or decrease point size a Shift+Ctrl+> or < Shift+Ctrl+F (all lines) or J (all but last line) Increase or decrease point size by five times a Shift+Ctrl+Alt+> or < Increase or decrease leading (horizontal text) a Alt+Up Arrow/Down Arrow Increase or decrease leading by five times (horizontal text) a Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/Down Arrow Auto leading Align to grid (on/off) Auto-hyphenate (on/off) Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (horizontal text) Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (horizontal text) Increase kerning between words a Decrease kerning between words a Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0 Increase or decrease baseline shift b (horizontal text) Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times (horizontal text) Automatically flow story Semi-automatically flow story Recompose all stories Insert current page number Shift+Alt+Ctrl+A Shift+Alt+Ctrl+G Shift+Alt+Ctrl+H Alt+Left Arrow/Right Arrow Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow/Right Arrow Alt+Ctrl+ Alt+Ctrl+Backspace Alt+Ctrl+Q Shift+Alt+Up Arrow/Down Arrow Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/Down Arrow Shift click loaded text icon Alt click loaded text icon Alt+Ctrl+/ Alt+Ctrl+N a Press Shift to increase or decrease kerning between words by five times. 7

8 b Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments. Keys for navigating through and selecting text Move to right or left one character Move up or down one line Move to right or left one word Move to start or end of line Move to previous or next paragraph Move to start or end of story Select one word Select one character right or left Select one line above or below Select start or end of line Select one paragraph Select one paragraph before or after Select current line Select characters from insertion point Select start or end of story Select all in story Select first/last frame Select previous/next frame Delete word in front of insertion point (Story Editor) Update missing font list Right Arrow/Left Arrow Up Arrow/Down Arrow Ctrl+Right Arrow/Left Arrow Home/End Ctrl+Up Arrow/Down Arrow Ctrl+Home/End Double-click word Shift+Right Arrow/Left Arrow Shift+Up Arrow/Down Arrow Shift+Home/End Triple-click or quadruple-click paragraph, depending on Text Preferences setting Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow/Down Arrow Shift+Ctrl+ Shift click Shift+Ctrl+Home/End Ctrl+A Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down Alt+Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down Ctrl+Backspace or Delete Ctrl+Alt+Shift+/ 8

9 Keys for viewing documents and document workspaces Temporarily select Hand tool Spacebar (with no text insertion point), Alt-drag (with text insertion point), or Alt+spacebar (in both text and non-text modes) Temporarily select Zoom In tool Ctrl+spacebar Temporarily select Zoom Out tool Alt+Ctrl+spacebar or Alt+Zoom In tool Zoom to 50%, 200%, or 400% Ctrl+5, 2, or 4 Redraw screen Shift+F5 Open new default document Ctrl+Alt+N Switch between current and previous zoom levels Alt+Ctrl+2 Switch to next/previous document window Ctrl+ [tilde]/shift+ctrl+f6 or Ctrl+Shift+ [tilde] Scroll up/down one screen Page Up/Page Down Go back/forward to last-viewed page Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down Go to previous/next spread Alt+Page Up/Page Down Fit spread in window Double-click Hand tool Activate the Go To command Ctrl+J Fit selection in window Ctrl+Alt+(+) [plus sign] Go to master page while panel is closed Ctrl+J, type prefix of master, press Enter Cycle through units of measurement Shift+Alt+Ctrl+U Snap guide to ruler increments Shift drag guide Switch between page and spread guides (creation only) Ctrl drag guide Temporarily turn on/off snap to Create vertical and horizontal ruler guides for the spread Ctrl drag from zero point Select all guides Alt+Ctrl+G Lock or unlock zero point Right-click zero point and choose an option Use current magnification for view threshold of new guide Alt drag guide Select buttons in alert dialog boxes Press first letter of button name, if underlined Show information on installed plugins and InDesign components Ctrl+Help > About Design 9

10 Keys for working with XML Expand/Collapse element Expand/Collapse element and child elements Extend XML selection up/down Move XML selection up/down Scroll structure pane up/down one screen Select first/last XML node Extend selection to first/last XML node Go to previous/next validation error Automatically tag text frames and tables Right Arrow/Left Arrow Alt+Right Arrow/Left Arrow Shift+Up Arrow/Down Arrow Up Arrow/Down Arrow Page Up/Page Down Home/End Shift+Home/End Ctrl+Left Arrow/Right Arrow Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F7 Keys for indexing Create index entry without dialog box Open index entry dialog box Create proper name index entry (last name, first name) Shift+Ctrl+Alt+[ Ctrl+7 Shift+Ctrl+Alt+] 10

11 Keys for panels Delete without confirmation Create item and set options Apply value and keep focus on option Activate last-used option in last-used panel Select range of styles, layers, links, swatches, or library objects in a panel Select nonadjacent styles, layers, links, swatches, or library objects in a panel Apply value and select next value Move focus to selected object, text, or window Show/Hide all panels, Toolbox, and Control panel (with no insertion point) Show/Hide all panels except the Toolbox and Control panel (docked or not) Open or close all stashed panels Stash a panel group Select item by name Open the Drop Shadow panel Alt-click Delete icon Alt-click New button Shift+Enter Ctrl+Alt+ [tilde] Shift-click Ctrl-click Tab Esc Tab Shift+Tab Ctrl+Alt+Tab Alt+drag any panel tab (in the group) to edge of screen Alt+Ctrl-click in list, and then use keyboard to select item by name Alt+Ctrl+M 11

12 Keys for the Control panel Toggle focus to/from Control panel Toggle Character/Paragraph text attributes mode Change reference point when proxy has focus Display the pop-up menu that has focus Open Units & Increments Preferences Open the Text Frame Options dialog box Open the Move dialog box Open the Rotate dialog box Open the Scale dialog box Open the Shear dialog box Open Text Preferences Open the Underline Options dialog box Open the Strikethrough Options dialog box Open the Grids Preferences Open the Drop Caps & Nested Styles dialog box Open the Justification dialog box Ctrl+6 Ctrl+Alt+7 Any key on the numeric keypad or keyboard numbers Alt+Down Arrow Alt-click Kerning icon Alt-click Number Of Columns icon Alt-click X or Y icon Alt-click Angle icon Alt-click X or Y Scale icon Alt-click Shear icon Alt-click Superscript, Subscript, or Small Caps button Alt-click Underline button Alt-click Strikethrough button Alt-click Align To Baseline Grid, or Do Not Align To Baseline Grid button Alt-click Drop Cap Number Of Lines, or Drop Cap One Or More Characters icon Alt-click Leading icon Keys for type panels and dialog boxes Open Justification dialog box Open Paragraph Rules dialog box Open Keep Options dialog box Activate Character panel Activate Paragraph panel Alt+Ctrl+Shift+J Alt+Ctrl+J Alt+Ctrl+K Ctrl+T Ctrl+Alt+T 12

13 Keys for the character and paragraph styles Make character style definition match text Make paragraph style definition match text Change options without applying style Remove style and local formatting Clear overrides from paragraph style Show/hide Paragraph and Character Styles panels, respectively Select text and press Shift+Alt+Ctrl+C Select text and press Shift+Alt+Ctrl+R Shift+Alt+Ctrl-double-click style Alt-click paragraph style name Alt+Shift-click paragraph style name F11, Shift+F11 Keys for the Tabs panel Activate Tabs panel Switch between alignment options Shift+Ctrl+T Alt-click tab Keys for the Layers panel Select all objects on layer Copy selection to new layer Add new layer below selected layer Add new layer to the top of the layer list Add new layer to the top of the layer list and open New Layer dialog box Add new layer and open New Layer dialog box Alt-click layer Alt-drag small square to new layer Ctrl-click Create New Layer Shift+Ctrl-click Create New Layer Shift+Alt+Ctrl-click Create New Layer Alt-click Create New Layer 13

14 Keys for the Pages panel Apply master to selected page Base another master page on selected master Create master page Display Insert Pages dialog box Add new page after last page Alt-click master Alt-click the master you want to base the selected master on Ctrl-click Create New Page button Alt-click New Page button Shift+Ctrl+P Keys for the Color panel Move color sliders in tandem Select a color for the nonactive fill or stroke Switch between color modes (CMYK, RGB, LAB) Shift-drag slider Alt-click color bar Shift-click color bar Keys for using the Separations Preview panel Turn on Overprint preview Show all plates Show Cyan plate Show Magenta plate Show Yellow plate Show Black plate Show 1st Spot plate Show 2nd Spot plate Show 3rd Spot plate Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Y Ctrl+Alt+Shift+ [tilde] Ctrl+Alt+Shift+1 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+2 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+3 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+4 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+5 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+6 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+7 14

15 Keys for the Swatches panel Create new swatch based on the current swatch Create spot color swatch based on the current swatch Change options without applying swatch Alt-click New Swatch button Alt+Ctrl-click New Swatch button Shift+Alt+Ctrl-double-click swatch Keys for the Transform panel Apply value and copy object Apply width, height, or scale value proportionally Alt+Enter Ctrl+Enter 15

Graphicability DEFAULT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS GUIDE TOOLS ADOBE INDESIGN CC

Graphicability DEFAULT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS GUIDE TOOLS ADOBE INDESIGN CC DEFAULT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS GUIDE This table isn t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only those shortcuts that aren t displayed in menu commands or tool tips. TOOLS Selection tool V, Esc V,