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Keys for the Transform panel keyboard shortcuts keys
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for tools keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | ||
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. | ||
V, Esc | Selection tool | |
A | Direct Selection tool | |
Shft+A | Position tool | |
Ctrl+Tab | Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool | |
P | Pen tool | |
= | Add Anchor Point tool | |
- | Delete Anchor Point tool | |
Shft+C | Convert Direction Point tool | |
T | Type tool | |
Shft+T | Type On A Path tool | |
N | Pencil tool (Note tool) | |
\ | Line tool | |
F | Rectangle Frame tool | |
M | Rectangle tool | |
L | Ellipse tool | |
R | Rotate tool | |
S | Scale tool | |
O | Shear tool | |
E | Free Transform tool | |
I | Eyedropper tool | |
K | Measure tool | |
G | Gradient tool | |
B | Button tool | |
C | Scissors tool | |
H | Hand tool | |
Spacebar (Layout mode), Alt (Text mode), or Alt+Spacebar (both) | Temporarily selects Hand tool | |
Z | Zoom tool | |
Ctrl+Spacebar | Temporarily selects Zoom In tool | |
X | Toggle Fill and Stroke | |
Shft+X | Swap Fill and Stroke | |
J | Toggle between Formatting Affects Container and Formatting Affects Text | |
, [comma] | Apply Color | |
. [period] | Apply Gradient | |
/ | Apply No Color | |
W | Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode | |
Shft+G | Gradient Feather tool |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for selecting and moving objects keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
Any tool (except selection tools)+Ctrl | Temporarily select Selection or Direct Selection tool (last used) | ||
Direct Selection tool+Alt; or Pen, Add Anchor Point, or Delete Anchor Point tool+Alt+Ctrl | Temporarily select Group Selection tool | ||
Selection, Direct Selection, or Group Selection tool+Shft-click (to deselect, click center point) | Add to or subtract from a selection of multiple objects | ||
Selection, Direct Selection, or Group Selection tool+Alt-drag* | Duplicate selection | ||
Alt+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow key | Duplicate and offset selection | ||
Alt+Shft+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key | Duplicate and offset selection by 10 times** | ||
Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key | Move selection** | ||
Ctrl+Shft+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down arrow key | Move selection by 10th** | ||
Shft+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key | Move selection by 10 times** | ||
Selection or Direct Selection tool+Ctrl+Shft-click | Select master page item from document page | ||
Selection tool+Ctrl-click, or Selection tool+Alt+Ctrl-click | Select next object behind or in front | ||
Alt+Ctrl+Page Down/Page Up | Select next or previous frame in story | ||
Shft+Alt+Ctrl+Page Down/Page Up | Select first or last frame in story | ||
*Press Shift to constrain movement to 45º angles. | |||
**Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Units & Increments (Mac OS). |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for transforming objects keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
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. | |||
Transformation tool+Alt`drag* | Duplicate and transform selection | ||
Select object+double-click Scale tool, Rotate tool, or Shear tool in Toolbox | Display Transform tool dialog box | ||
Ctrl+, | Decrease scale by 1% | ||
Ctrl+Alt+, | Decrease scale by 5% | ||
Ctrl+. | Increase scale by 1% | ||
Ctrl+Alt+. | Increase 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-drag | Constrain proportion | ||
Shft+Esc | Switch image from High Quality Display to Fast Display | ||
*After you select a transformation tool, hold down the mouse button, and then hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and drag. Press Shift to constrain movement to 45º angles. |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for editing paths and frames keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
Windows | Result | ||
Direct Selection tool+Alt+Ctrl, or Pen tool+Alt | Temporarily select Convert Direction Point tool | ||
Alt | Temporarily switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tool | ||
Scissors tool+Alt | Temporarily select Add Anchor Point tool | ||
Pen tool+Shft | Keep Pen tool selected when pointer is over path or anchor point | ||
Pen tool+spacebar | Move anchor point and handles while drawing | ||
F10 | Display the Stroke panel |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for tables keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
Begin dragging row or column border, and then hold down Alt as you drag | Insert or delete rows or columns while dragging | ||
Shft-drag interior row or column border | Resize rows or columns without changing the size 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 current cell | ||
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 |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for finding and changing text keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
Ctrl+F1 | Insert selected text into Find What box | ||
Shft+F1 | Insert selected text into Find What box and finds next | ||
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 |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for working with type keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
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. | |||
Shft+Ctrl+B | Bold | ||
Shft+Ctrl+I | Italic | ||
Shft+Ctrl+Y | Normal | ||
Shft+Ctrl+U | Underline | ||
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 turning off smart quotes | ||
Shft+Ctrl+X or Shft+Alt+Ctrl+X | Reset horizontal 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* | ||
Shft+Ctrl+Alt+> or < | Increase or decrease point size by five times* | ||
Alt+Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Increase or decrease leading (horizontal text)* | ||
Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Increase or decrease leading by five times (horizontal text)* | ||
Shft+Alt+Ctrl+*Å“ [quote] | Select or deselect preferences setting for typographer's marks | ||
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 (horizontal text) | ||
Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow/Right Arrow | Increase or decrease kerning and tracking 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 reset tracking to 0 | ||
Shft+Alt+Up Arrow/Down Arrow | Increase or decrease baseline shift** (horizontal text) | ||
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 | ||
*Press Shift to increase or decrease kerning between words by five times. | |||
**Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Units & Increments (Mac OS). |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for navigating through and selecting text keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
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. | |||
Windows Action | Result | ||
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, depending on Text Preferences setting | 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+Backspace or Delete | Delete word in front of insertion point (Story Editor) | ||
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+/ | Update missing font list |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for viewing documents and document workspaces keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
Spacebar (with no text insertion point), Alt-drag (with text insertion point), or Alt+spacebar (in both text and non-text modes) | 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% | ||
Shft+F5 | Redraw screen | ||
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] | Fit selection in window | ||
Ctrl+J, type prefix of master, press Enter | Go to master page while \ panel is closed | ||
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 (creation only) | ||
Ctrl-drag from zero point | Create vertical and horizontal ruler guides for the 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 threshold of 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 InDesign components |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for working with XML keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
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 |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for indexing keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
Windows | Result | ||
Shft+Ctrl+Alt+[ | Create index entry without dialog box | ||
Ctrl+7 | Open index entry dialog box | ||
Shft+Ctrl+Alt+] | Create proper name index entry (last name, first name) |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for panels keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
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, or library 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 Control panel (with no insertion point) | ||
Shft+Tab | Show/Hide all panels except the Toolbox and Control panel (docked or not) | ||
Ctrl+Alt+Tab | Open or close all stashed panels | ||
Alt+drag any panel tab (in the group) to edge of screen | Stash a panel group | ||
Alt+Ctrl-click in list, and then use keyboard to select item by name | Select item by name | ||
Alt+Ctrl+M | Open the Drop Shadow panel |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for the Control panel keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
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 button | 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 To Baseline Grid button | Open the Grids Preferences | ||
Alt-click Drop Cap Number Of Lines, or Drop Cap One Or More Characters icon | Open the Drop Caps & Nested Styles dialog box | ||
Alt-click Leading icon | Open the Justification dialog box |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for type panels and dialog boxes keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
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 |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for the character and paragraph styles keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
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 |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for the Tabs panel keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
Shft+Ctrl+T | Activate Tabs panel | ||
Alt-click tab | Switch between alignment options |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for the Layers panel keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
Alt-click layer | Select all objects on layer | ||
Alt-drag small square to new layer | Copy selection to new layer |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for the Pages panelkeyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
Alt-click master | Apply master to selected page | ||
Alt-click the master you want to base the selected master on | 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 |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for the Color panel keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
Shft-drag slider | Move color sliders in tandem | ||
Alt-click color bar | Select a color for the nonactive fill or stroke | ||
Shft-click color bar | Switch between color modes (CMYK, RGB, LAB) |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for using the Separations Preview panel keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
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 |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for the Swatches panel keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
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 current swatch | ||
Shft+Alt+Ctrl-double-click swatch | Change options without applying swatch |
Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for the Transform panel keyboard shortcuts keysShortcut Command | |||
Alt+Enter | Apply value and copy object | ||
Ctrl+Enter | Apply width, height, or scale value proportionally |
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