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Tools
Selecting and Moving Objects
Transforming Objects
Editing Paths and Frames
Tables
Finding and Changing Text
Working with Type
Navigating Through and Selecting Text
Viewing Documents and Document Workspaces
Working with XML
Indexing
Panels
Control Panel
Type Panels and Dialog Boxes
Character and Paragraph Styles
Tabs, Layers, Pages, Color Panel
Separations Preview, Swatches, Transform Panel

Selection tool V ⎋

Direct Selection tool A

Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool ⌘ ⌃ ⇥

Page tool ⇧ P

Gap tool U

Pen tool P

Add Anchor Point tool =

Delete Anchor Point tool -

Convert Direction Point tool ⇧ C

Type tool T

Type On A Path tool ⇧ 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

Zoom tool Z

Temporarily selects Zoom In tool ⌘ ␣

Toggle Fill and Stroke X

Swap Fill and Stroke ⇧ X

Toggle between Formatting Affects Container and Formatting Affects Text J

Apply Color ,

Apply Gradient .

Apply No Color /

Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode W

Frame Grid tool (horizontal) Y

Frame Grid tool (vertical) Q

Gradient Feather tool ⇧ G

Duplicate and offset selection ⌥ ← → ↑ ↓

Duplicate and offset selection by 10 times** ⌥⇧ ←→ ↑↓

Move selection** ← → ↑ ↓

Decrease scale by 1% ⌘ ,

Decrease scale by 5% ⌘ ⌥ ,

Increase scale by 1% ⌘ .

Increase scale by 5% ⌘ ⌥ .

Switch image from High Quality Display to Fast Display ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ Z

Temporarily switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tool ⌥

Display the Stroke panel ⌘ F10

Move to next/previous cell ⇥ / ⇧⇥

Move to first/last cell in column ⌥ ⌘↑/↓

Move to first/last cell in row ⌥ fn ←/→

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 ⇧ ← / →

Toggle between text selection and cell selection ⎋

Insert selected text into Find What box ⌘ F1

Insert selected text into Find What box and findsnext ⇧ F1

Insert selected text into Change To box ⌘ F2

Replace selection with Change To text ⌘ F3

Bold (only for fonts with bold face) ⇧ ⌘ B

Italic (only for fonts with italic face) ⇧ ⌘ I

Normal ⇧ ⌘ Y

Underline ⇧ ⌘ U

Strikethrough ⌃ ⇧ ⌘ /

All caps (on/off) ⇧ ⌘ K

Asian language hyphenation ⇧ ⌘ K

Small caps (on/off) ⇧ ⌘ H

Tate-chu-yoko setting ⇧ ⌘ H

Superscript ⇧ ⌘ +

Subscript ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ +

Align left, right, or center ⇧ ⌘ L R C

Increase or decrease point size ⇧ ⌘ >/<

Increase or decrease point size by five times ⇧ ⌘ ⌥ >/<

Increase or decrease leading (horizontal text) ⌥ ↑ / ↓

Increase or decrease leading (vertical text) ⌥ ← / →

Increase or decrease leading by five times (horizontal text)* ⌥ ⌘ ↑ / ↓

Increase or decrease leading by five times (vertical text)* ⌥ ⌘ ← / →

Auto leading ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ A

Align to grid (on/off) ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ G

Auto-hyphenate (on/off) ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ H

Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (horizontal text) ⌥ ← / →

Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (vertical text) ⌥ ↑ / ↓

Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (horizontal text) ⌥ ⌘ ← / →

Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (vertical text) ⌥ ⌘ ↑ / ↓

Increase kerning between words* ⌥ ⌘ \

Decrease kerning between words* ⌥ ⌘ Delete

Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0 ⌥ ⌘ Q

Increase or decrease baseline shift** (horizontal text) ⇧ ⌥ ↑ / ↓

Increase or decrease baseline shift** (vertical text) ⇧ ⌥ ← / →

Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times (horizontal text) ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ ↑ / ↓

Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times (vertical text) ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ ← / →

Recompose all stories ⌥ ⌘ /

Insert current page number ⌥ ⌘ N

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 fn ← / →

Move to previous or next paragraph ⌘ ↑ / ↓

Move to start or end of story ⌘ fn ← / →

Select one character right or left ⇧ ← / →

Select one line above or below ⇧ ↑ / ↓

Select start or end of line ⇧ fn ← / →

Select one paragraph before or after ⇧⌘ ↑ / ↓

Select current line ⇧ ⌘ \

Select characters from insertion point ⇧

Select start or end of story ⇧⌘fn ←/→

Select all in story ⌘ A

Select first/last frame ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ ↑/↓

Select previous/next frame ⌥ ⌘ ↑ / ↓

Update missing font list ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ /

Temporarily select Zoom In tool ⌘ ␣

Zoom to 50%, 200%, or 400% ⌘ 5,2,or4

Redraw screen ⇧ F5

Open new default document ⌘ ⌥ N

Switch between current and previous zoom levels ⌥ ⌘ 2

Scroll up/down one screen ⌘ ↑ / ↓

Go back/forward to last-viewed page ⌘ ↑ / ↓

Go to previous/next spread ⌥ ⌘ ↑ / ↓

Activate the Go To command ⌘ J

Fit selection in window ⌘ ⌥ +

Display the entire object ⌘ ⌥ +

Cycle through units of measurement ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ U

Select all guides ⌥ ⌘ G

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 fn ←/→

Extend selection to first/last XML node ⇧ fn ←/→

Go to previous/next validation error ⌘ ←/→

Automatically tag text frames and tables ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ F7

Create index entry without dialog box (alphanumeric only) ⇧ ⌘ ⌥ [

Open index entry dialog box ⌘ 7

Create proper name index entry (last name, first name) ⇧ ⌘ ⌥ ]

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 ⌘ ⌥ ⇥

Open the Drop Shadow panel ⌘ ⌥ M

Toggle focus to/from Control panel ⌘ 6

Toggle Character/Paragraph text attributes mode ⌘ ⌥ 7

Change reference point when proxy has focus num

Open Justification dialog box ⌥ ⌘ ⇧ J

Open Paragraph Rules dialog box ⌥ ⌘ J

Open Keep Options dialog box ⌥ ⌘ K

Activate Character panel ⌘ T

Activate Paragraph panel ⌘ ⌥ T

Show/hide Paragraph and Character Styles panels, respectively ⌘, ⌘⇧ F11

Activate Tabs panel ⇧ ⌘ T

Turn on Overprint preview ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ Y

Show all plates ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ~

Show Cyan plate ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ 1

Show Magenta plate ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ 2

Show Yellow plate ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ 3

Show Black plate ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ 4

Show 1st Spot plate ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ 5

Show 2nd Spot plate ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ 6

Show 3rd Spot plate ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ 7

Apply value and copy object ⌥ ↩

Apply width, height, or scale value proportionally ⌘ ↩