Viewing and Navigating
Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
Scroll with the Hand tool | Hold down the Spacebar and drag in the layout area |
Zoom in | Ctrl+ Alt+ Plus (+) Ctrl+Spacebar and click |
Zoom out | Ctrl + Alt + Minus (-) Ctrl+Spacebar+Shift-click |
Open a context menu | Click right mouse button |
Drawing and Creating Objects
Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
Snap to 45-degree angles | Hold down Shift as you drag |
Draw from the center | Press Ctrl and drag |
Copy object | Press Ctrl and drag object |
Make multiple copies of objects | Press Ctrl+Alt and drag |
Copy and resize selected objects | Begin to drag a handle and then press and hold Ctrl |
Copy an object in Freeform mode while rotating or skewing | Press Ctrl as you drag |
Select the previous tool | Hold down Alt |
Selecting Objects
Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
Select all objects created by a particular tool | Select the tool, press Ctrl + A |
Select objects touched by a selection box | Ctrl-drag with Selection tool |
Select object behind other objects | Tab-click where objects overlap |
Select object on another layer | Press Tab and click object (can be combined with other selection shortcuts) |
Miscellaneous Shortcuts
Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
Exit Edit mode | Press Esc or click outside of the object |
Apply the current fill ink | Ctrl-click vector or text object with the Color Dropper tool |
Apply the current pen ink | Ctrl-right-click vector or text object with the Color Dropper tool |
Text and Typography
Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
Scale all text in a selected text object | Press Alt and drag a handle on the text object |
Open the Type palette | Ctrl + T or double-click Text tool icon |
Force a line break without creating a new paragraph (insert a soft return) | Press Shift+Return |
Move insertion point to... |
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Start of word | Ctrl + left arrow key |
End of word | Ctrl + right arrow key |
Start of a line | Ctrl+up arrow key |
End of line | Ctrl+down arrow key |
Up 3 lines on the left margin | Press Page Up key |
Down 3 lines on the right margin | Press Page Down key |
Select... |
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One character to right or left | Hold down Shift and press right or left arrow key |
To end or beginning of word | Shift+Ctrl+right arrow key or Shift+Ctrl+left arrow key |
To beginning of line | Shift+Ctrl+up arrow |
To end of line | Shift+Ctrl+down arrow |
One line above or below insertion point | Shift+up arrow Shift+down arrow |
Three lines above or below insertion point | Shift+Page Up Shift+Page Down |
One word | Double-click the word |
From insertion point | Shift-click at end of selection |
One line | Triple-click the line |
All text in a text object | With the insertion point in the text, press Ctrl+A |
Painting and Editing Images
Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
In Paint Edit mode, set foreground color to black and background color to white | Press C |
Swap foreground and background colors | Press X |
Set the opacity for a painting tool (if applicable) | Press a number key while the tool is selected; click the tool again |
Crop a paint object (hard crop) | Press Ctrl and drag a handle on the selected paint object with the Selection (arrow) tool |
Constrain brush strokes to straight horizontal or vertical movement | Press Shift while you drag a painting tool |
Switch temporarily to the Color Dropper while using a painting tool | Press Alt |
Apply a channel mask to an object, or put an object’s channel mask in Edit mode | Press Ctrl and double-click the object |
Place a paint object in Edit mode when another paint object is in Edit mode | Press Tab and click the paint object while a painting tool is selected |
Channels Palette
Operation | Shortcut |
|---|---|
Add a channel to the current selection | Press Shift and drag the channel to the Selection button, or press Alt+Shift and click the channel |
Replace an alpha channel with the current selection | Drag from the Selection button to the channel |
Add the current selection to an existing alpha channel | Press Shift and drag from the Selection button to the channel |
Create a new channel | Click the New Channel button |
Delete an alpha channel | Drag the channel to the trash can icon |
Duplicate a channel | Drag the channel to the New Channel button |
Load a channel as a selection | Drag the channel to the Selection button, or Alt-click the channel |
Move an alpha channel in the palette | Drag the channel up or down in the list |
Save the current selection in a new channel | Click the Selection button |
Select the intersection of the current selection and a channel | Press Shift+Ctrl and drag the channel to the Selection button, or press Shift+Ctrl+Alt and click the channel |
Subtract a channel from the current selection | Ctrl-drag the channel to the Selection button, or press Ctrl+Alt and click the channel |
Subtract the current selection from a channel | Press Ctrl and drag from the Selection button to the channel |
Make a channel active | Press Ctrl and a number key. Press zero to select the composite channel |
Selecting Painting Tools
Tool | Key (press with paint object in Edit mode) | Tool | Key (press with paint object in Edit mode) |
|---|---|---|---|
Airbrush | A | Marquee, Oval Marquee, Row Selection, Column Selection | M |
Blur | F | Pencil | P |
Blend | G | Paintbrush | B |
Bucket | K | Remote Move | V |
Burn | N | Rubber Stamp | S |
Dodge | O | Sharpen | Q |
Eraser | E | Smudge | U |
Lasso | L | Sponge | D |
Marker | H | Wand | W |
Neon | T | Red Eye Reduction | R |
Editing Vector Paths
Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
Place selected path in Edit mode | Press Ctrl+E |
Use the pop-up menu to edit an anchor point or path segment | Right-button click the path with Selection tool |
Add an anchor point to a segment | Press Ctrl and click a segment |
Delete an anchor point | Press Ctrl+Shift and click the anchor point |
Move an anchor point as you place it | Without releasing the mouse button as you set the anchor point, press the Spacebar and drag to move the anchor point |
Change the length of both tangent lines of an anchor point at once | Press Ctrl and drag either tangent line handle |
Change an anchor point from smooth to cusp | Press Tab and drag either tangent line handle |
Change a cusp point with two tangent lines to a smooth point | Press Tab and click a tangent line handle to align the tangent line with the other tangent line |
Add a tangent line to an anchor point that does not have two tangent lines | Press Tab and drag from the anchor point |
Delete one or both tangent lines from an anchor point | Press Tab and click the anchor point |
Close an open path | Select an endpoint, then select the Curve or Polygon tool and click the other endpoint. Press Alt and click either endpoint with the Selection tool |
Change the length of a tangent line without changing the angle | Press Ctrl+Alt and drag the tangent line handle |
Reshape the segment you drag and the adjacent segments | Press Alt and drag the segment |