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Table of Contents:1. Tools2. Selecting and moving objects3. Transforming Objects4. Editing Paths and Frames5. Working with Tables6. Managing Text7. Working with Type8. Navigating Through and Editing Text9. Viewing documents and document workspaces
10. Working with XML11. Indexing12. Panels13. Control Panel14. Type panels and dialog boxes15. Character and paragraph styles16. Tabs Panel17. Layers Panel18. Pages Panel19. Color Panel20. Separations Preview panel21. Swatches Panel22. Transform Panels
1. Tools
V , Escape Selection Tool
a Direct Selection tool
Ctrl + Tab Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool
Shift + p P age tool
u Gap tool
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200+ useful Keyboard Shortcuts for InDesign CS5.
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p P en tool
= Add Anchor Point tool
- Delete Anchor Point tool
Shift + c C onvert Direction Point tool
t T ype tool
Shift + t T ype On A Path tool
n Pe n cil tool (Note tool)
\ Line tool
f Rectangle F rame tool
m Rectangle tool
l E l lipse tool
r R otate tool
s S cale tool
o Shear tool
e Fr e e Transform tool
i Eyedropper tool
k Measure tool
g G radient tool
c S c issors tool
h H and tool
Spacebar (Layout
mode), Alt (Textmode),/ Alt + Spacebar(both)
Temporarily select Hand tool
z Z oom tool
Ctrl + Space Temporarily select Zoom In tool
x Toggle Fill and Stroke
Shift + x Swap Fill and Stroke
j Toggle between Formatting Affects Containerand Formatting Affects Text
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, (comma) Apply Color
. (period) Apply Gradient
/ Apply No Color
w Switch between Normal View and Previe wMode
Shift + g G radient Feather tool
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2. Selecting and moving objects
Any tool (except selectiontools)+ Ctrl
Temporarily select Selection or DirectSelection tool (last used)
Direct Selection tool+Alt; /Pen, Add Anchor Point, /Delete Anchor Pointtool+ Alt + Ctrl
Temporarily select Group Selection tool
Esc / double-click Select container of selected content
Shift + Esc / double-click Select content of selected container
Selection, Direct Selection,/ Group Selectiontool+ Shift -click (todeselect, click centerpoint)
Add to or subtract from a selection ofmultiple objects
Selection, Direct Selection,/ Group Selectiontool+ Alt -drag*
Duplicate selection
Alt + Arrow Keys Duplicate and offset selection
Alt + Shift + Arrow Keys Duplicate and offset selection by 10 times**
Arrow Keys Move selection**
Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Keys Move selection by 10th**
Shift + Arrow Keys Move selection by 10 times**
Selection / Direct Selectiontool+ Ctrl + Shift -click
Select master page item from documentpage
Selection tool+ Ctrl -click,/ Selectiontool+ Alt + Ctrl -click
Select next object behind or in front
Alt + Ctrl +
Page Down / Page UpSelect next or previous frame in story
Shift + Alt + Ctrl +Select first or last frame in story
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Page Down / Page Up
*Press Shift to constrain movement to 45° angles.**Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments
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3. Transforming Objects
Transformationtool+ Alt -drag Duplicate and transform selection
Select object+double-click Scale tool, Rotatetool, / Shear tool inToolbox
Display Transform tool dialog box
Ctrl + , (comma) Decrease scale by 1%
Ctrl + . (period) Increase scale by 1%
Ctrl + Alt + . (period) Increase scale by 5%
Selection tool+ Ctrl -drag
Resize frame and content
Selectiontool+ Shift + Ctrl -drag Resize frame and content proportionately
Ellipse tool, Polygontool, / Rectangletool+ Shift -drag
Constrain proportion
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + z Switch image from High Quality Display toFast Display
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4. Editing Paths and Frames
Direct Selectiontool+ Alt + Ctrl , / Pen
tool+ AltTemporarily 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+ Shift Keep Pen tool selected when pointer is overpath or anchor point
Pen tool+ Space Move anchor point and handles while drawing
F10 Display the Stroke panel
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5. Working with Tables
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Begin dragging row / columnborder, and then hold down Altas you drag
Insert or delete rows or columnswhile dragging
Shift-drag interior row / columnborder
Resize rows or columns withoutchanging the size of the table
Shift-drag right / bottom tableborder
Resize rows or columnsproportionally
Tab / Shift + Tab Move to next/previous cell
Alt + Page Up / Alt + Page Down Move to first/last cell in column
Alt + Home / Alt + End Move to first/last cell in row
Page Up / Page Down Move to first/last row in frame
Arrow Up / Arrow Down Move up/down one cell
Arrow Left / Arrow Right Move left/right one cell
Shift + Arrow Up /+ Arrow Down Select cell above/below the currentcell
Shift + Arrow Right / Arrow Left Select cell to the right/left of thecurrent cell
Enter on numeric keypad Start row on next column
Shift + Enter on numeric keypad Start row on next frame
Esc Toggle between text selection andcell selection
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6. Managing Text
Ctrl + F1 Insert selected text into Find What box
Shift + F1 Insert selected text into Find What box andfinds next
Shift + F2 / 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
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7. Working with Type
Shift + Ctrl + b B old
Shift + Ctrl + i I talic
Shift + Ctrl + y Normal
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Shift + Ctrl + u U nderline
Shift + Ctrl + / Strikethrough
Shift + Ctrl + k All caps (on/off)
Shift + Ctrl + h Small caps (on/off)
Shift + Ctrl + [ + ] Superscript
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + [ + ] Subscript
Shift + Ctrl + x /
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + xReset horizontal or vertical scale to100%
Shift + Ctrl + L , R , / c Align l eft, r ight, or c enter
Shift + Ctrl + F (all lines) / J(all but last line)
Justify all lines
Shift + Ctrl + > / < Increase or decrease point size*
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + > / < Increase or decrease point size by fivetimes*
Alt + Arrow Up / Arrow Down Increase or decrease leading(horizontal text)*
Alt + Ctrl +
Arrow Up /+ Arrow DownIncrease or decrease leading by fivetimes (horizontal text)*
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + a Auto leading
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + g Align to grid (on/off)
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + h Auto-hyphenate (on/off)
Alt +
Arrow Left / Arrow RightIncrease or decrease kerning andtracking (horizontal text)
Alt + Ctrl +
Arrow Left / Arrow RightIncrease or decrease kerning andtracking by five times (horizontal text)
Alt + Ctrl + \ Increase kerning between words*
Alt + Ctrl + Backspace Decrease kerning between words*
Alt + Ctrl + q Clear all manual kerning and resettracking to 0
Shift + Alt +
Arrow Up /+ Arrow DownIncrease or decrease baseline shift**(horizontal text)
Shift + Alt + Ctrl +
Arrow Up / Arrow DownIncrease or decrease baseline shift byfive times (horizontal text)
Shift -click loaded text icon Automatically flow story
Alt -click loaded text icon Semi-automatically flow story
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Alt + Ctrl + / Recompose all stories
Alt + Ctrl + n Insert current page number
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8. Navigating Through and Editing Text
Arrow Right / Arrow Left Move to right or left one character
Arrow Up / Arrow Down Move up or down one line
Ctrl +
Arrow Right / Arrow LeftMove to right or left one word
Home / End Move to start or end of line
Ctrl + Arrow Up / Arrow Down Move to previous or next paragraph
Ctrl + Home / Ctrl + End Move to start or end of story
Double-click word Select one word
Shift +
Arrow Right / Arrow LeftSelect one character right or left
Shift +
Arrow Up /+ Arrow DownSelect one line above or below
Shift + Home /+ End Select start or end of line
Triple-click / quadruple-clickparagraph, depending on TextPreferences setting
Select one paragraph
Shift + Ctrl +
Arrow Up / Arrow DownSelect one paragraph before or after
Shift + Ctrl + \ Select current line
Shift -click Select characters from insertion point
Shift + Ctrl +
Home / Ctrl + EndSelect start or end of story
Ctrl + a Select all in story
Shift + Alt + Ctrl +
Page Up / Page DownSelect first/last frame
Alt + Ctrl +
Page Up / Page DownSelect previous/next frame
Ctrl + Backspace / Delete Delete word in front of insertion point(Story Editor)
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + / Update missing font list
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9. Viewing documents and document workspaces
Spacebar (with no text
insertion point), Alt -drag (with text insertionpoint),/ Alt + Spacebar (inboth text and non-textmodes)
Temporarily select Hand tool
Ctrl + Space Temporarily select Zoom In tool
Alt + Ctrl + Space /
Alt +Zoom In toolTemporarily select Zoom Out tool
Ctrl + 5 , 2 , 4 Zoom to 50%, 200%, or 400%
Shift + F5 Redraw screen
Ctrl + Alt + n Open new default document
Alt + Ctrl + 2 Switch between current and previous zoomlevels
Ctrl + ~ /
Shift + Ctrl + F6 /
Ctrl + Shift + ~
Switch to next/previous document window
Page Up / Page Down Scroll up/down one screen
Ctrl +
Page Up / Page DownGo back/forward to last-viewed page
Alt +
Page Up / Page DownGo to previous/next spread
Double-click Hand tool Fit spread in window
Ctrl + j Activate the Go To command
Ctrl + Alt + + (plus) Fit selection in window
Ctrl + J , type prefix ofmaster, press Enter
Go to master page while panel is closed
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + u Cycle through units of measurement
Shift -drag guide Snap guide to ruler increments
Ctrl -drag guide Switch between page and spread guides(creation only)
Ctrl -drag from zeropoint
Create vertical and horizontal ruler guides forthe spread
Alt + Ctrl + g Select all guides
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Right-click zero pointand choose an option Lock or unlock zero point
Alt -drag guide Use current magnification for view thresholdof new guide
Press first letter ofbutton name, ifunderlined
Select buttons in alert dialog boxes
Ctrl +Help > AboutDesign
Show information on installed plugins andInDesign components
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10. Working with XML
Arrow Right / Arrow Left Expand/Collapse element
Alt +
Arrow Right / Arrow LeftExpand/Collapse element and child elements
Shift +
Arrow Up / Arrow DownExtend XML selection up/down
Arrow Up / Arrow Down Move XML selection up/down
Page Up / Page Down Scroll structure pane up/down one screen
Home / End Select first/last XML node
Shift +
Home / Shift + EndExtend selection to first/last XML node
Ctrl +
Arrow Left / Arrow RightGo to previous/next validation error
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F7 Automatically tag text frames and tables
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11. Indexing
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + [ Create index entry without dialog box
Ctrl + 7 Open index entry dialog box
Shift + Ctrl + Alt + ] Create proper name index entry (last name,first name)
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12. Panels
alt -click Delete icon Delete without confirmation
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alt -click New button Create item and set options
Shift + Enter Apply value and keep focus on option
Ctrl + Alt + ~ Activate last-used option in last-used panel
Shift -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, or window
Tab Show/Hide all panels, Toolbox, and Controlpanel (with no insertion point)
Shift + 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 paneltab (in the group) toedge of screen
Stash a panel group
Alt +Ctrl-click in list,and then use keyboardto select item by name
Select item by name
Alt + Ctrl + m Open the Drop Shadow panel
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13. Control Panel
Ctrl + 6 Toggle focus to/from Control panel
Ctrl + Alt + 7 Toggle Character/Paragraph text attributesmode
Any key on thenumeric keypad /keyboard numbers
Change reference point when proxy has focus
Alt + Arrow Down Display the pop-up menu that has focus
alt -click Kerning icon Open Units & Increments Preferences
alt -click Number OfColumns icon
Open the Text Frame Options dialog box
alt -click X / Y icon Open the Move dialog box
alt -click Angle icon Open the Rotate dialog box
alt -click X / Y Scaleicon
Open the Scale dialog box
alt -click Shear icon Open the Shear dialog box
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alt -click Superscript,Subscript, / Small Capsbutton
Open Text Preferences
alt -click Underlinebutton
Open the Underline Options dialog box
alt -click Strikethroughbutton
Open the Strikethrough Options dialog box
alt -click Align ToBaseline Grid, / Do NotAlign To Baseline Gridbutton
Open the Grids Preferences
alt -click Drop CapNumber Of Lines, /Drop Cap One OrMore Characters icon
Open the Drop Caps & Nested Styles dialogbox
alt -click Leading icon Open the Justification dialog box
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14. Type panels and dialog boxes
Alt + Ctrl + Shift + 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
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15. Character and paragraph styles
Select text and pressShift+ Alt + Ctrl + c Make character style definition match text
Select text and pressShift+ Alt + Ctrl + r Make paragraph style definition match text
Shift + Alt +Ctrl-double-click style
Change options without applying style
alt -click paragraphstyle name
Remove style and local formatting
Alt +Shift-clickparagraph style name
Clear overrides from paragraph style
F11, Shift+ F11 Show/hide Paragraph and Character Stylespanels, respectively
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16. Tabs Panel
Shift + Ctrl + t Activate Tabs panel
alt -click tab Switch between alignment options
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17. Layers Panel
alt -click layer Select all objects on layer
Alt -drag small squareto new layer
Copy selection to new layer
Ctrl -click Create NewLayer
Add new layer below selected layer
Shift + Ctrl -clickCreate New Layer
Add new layer to the top of the layer list
Shift + Alt + Ctrl -clickCreate New Layer
Add new layer to the top of the layer list andopen New Layer dialog box
alt -click Create NewLayer
Add new layer and open New Layer dialogbox
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18. Pages Panel
alt -click master Apply master to selected page
alt -click the masteryou want to base theselected master on
Base another master page on selected master
Ctrl -click Create NewPage button
Create master page
alt -click New Pagebutton
Display Insert Pages dialog box
Shift + Ctrl + p Add new page after last page
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19. Color Panel
Shift -drag slider Move color sliders in tandem
alt -click color bar Select a color for the nonactive fill or stroke
Shift -click color bar Switch between color modes (CMYK, RGB,
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20. Separations Preview panel
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + y Turn on Overprint preview
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ~(tilde)
Show all plates
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 1 Show Cyan plate
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 2 Show Magenta plate
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 3 Show Yellow plate
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 4 Show Black plate
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 5 Show 1st Spot plate
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 6 Show 2nd Spot plate
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 7 Show 3rd Spot plate
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21. Swatches Panel
alt -click New Swatchbutton
Create new swatch based on the currentswatch
Alt + Ctrl -click NewSwatch button
Create spot color swatch based on the currentswatch
Shift + Alt + Ctrl -double-click swatch
Change options without applying swatch
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22. Transform Panels
Alt + Enter Apply value and copy object
Ctrl + Enter Apply width, height, or scale valueproportionally
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