Adjust Font Size |
Increase by Increment (set in Preferences) |
Cmd-Shift-> |
Decrease by Increment |
Cmd-Shift-< |
(add Option to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5) |
Adjust Leading |
Increase by Increment (set in Preferences) |
Option-down arrow |
Decrease by Increment |
Option-up arrow |
(add Cmd to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5) |
Revert to Auto Leading |
Cmd-Option-Shift-A |
Adjust Kerning / Tracking & Word Spacing |
Increase by Increment (set in Preferences) |
Option-right arrow |
Decrease by Increment |
Option-left arrow |
(add Cmd to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5) |
Increase between words |
Cmd-Option-Shift-\ |
Decrease between words |
Cmd-Option-Shift-Delete |
Clear all manual kerning, tracking, and word spacing |
Cmd-Option-Q |
Adjust Baseline Shift |
Move Up by Increment (set in Preferences) |
Option-Shift-up arrow |
Move Down by Increment |
Option-Shift-down arrow |
(add Cmd to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5) |
Scaling Pictures |
Make sure the picture content is selected (not the frame that it's inside) |
Scale 5% Bigger |
Cmd-Opt-> |
Scale 5% Smaller |
Cmd-Opt-< |
Scale 1% Bigger |
Cmd-> |
Scale 1% Smaller |
Cmd-< |
Fitting Content & Pictures |
Fit Content Proportionally |
Cmd-Opt-Shift-E |
Fill Frame Proportionally |
Cmd-Opt-Shift-C |
Center Content |
Cmd-Shift-E |
Fit Frame to Content |
Cmd-Opt-C |
Nudging Objects |
Move by Increment (set in Preferences) |
Any arrow key |
Move by Increment x 10 |
Shift-any arrow key |
Move by Increment x 1/10 |
Cmd-Shift-any arrow key |
Flowing Text |
Multi-Page Autoflow (creates additional pages) |
Shift-click |
Semi-autoflow (keeps text in cursor so you can continue flowing) |
Option-click |
Fixed-Page Autoflow (does not create additional pages) |
Shift-Option-click |
Styling Text & Working with Styles |
Bold |
Cmd-Shift-B |
Italic |
Cmd-Shift-I |
Normal |
Cmd-Shift-Y |
All Caps |
Cmd-Shift-K |
Edit Style Sheet without Applying it |
Cmd-Option-Shift-Double click style |
Redefine a Paragraph Style |
Cmd-Opt–Shift-R |
Redefine a Character Style |
Cmd-Opt–Shift-C |
Working with Paragraph Styles |
To remove local formatting (non Style changes) |
Opt-click Style Name |
To remove local formatting and Character Styles |
Opt-Shift-click Style Name |
Working with Master Pages |
Override a single master page item on a document page |
Cmd-Shift-click it |
Override several master page items |
Cmd-Shift-drag a marquee over them |
Override all master page items on pages selected in Pages panel |
Cmd-Opt-Shift-L |
Insert Special Characters |
Indent to Here |
Cmd-\ |
Right Indent Tab |
Shift-Tab |
Discretionary Hyphen |
Cmd-Shift-hyphen (-) |
Nonbreaking Hyphen |
Cmd-Opt-hyphen (-) |
Type in Single Straight Quote (Foot Mark) |
Ctrl-' |
Type in Double Straight Quote (Inch Mark) |
Ctrl-Shift-' |
Current Page Number (Auto Page Numbering) |
Cmd-Opt-Shift-N |
Insert White Space |
Em space |
Cmd-Shift-M |
En space |
Cmd-Shift-N |
Nonbreaking space |
Cmd-Opt-X |
Thin space |
Cmd-Opt-Shift-M |
Insert Break Characters |
Column Break |
Enter (on keypad) |
Frame Break |
Shift-Enter (on keypad) |
Page Break |
Cmd-Enter (on keypad) |
Forced Line Break (or “soft return”) |
Shift-Return |
Moving Text Cursor |
Move cursor to beginning or end of line |
Home or End |
Move cursor one word to the left/right |
Cmd-Left/right arrow |
Move cursor to Previous paragraph |
Cmd-Up Arrow |
Move cursor to Next paragraph |
Cmd-Down Arrow |
Selecting & Working with Text |
Leave Text Frame and switch to Selection tool |
Esc |
Select from cursor to beginning or end of line |
Shift-Home or Shift-End |
Select from cursor to end of story |
Cmd-Shift-End |
Select from cursor to beginning of story |
Cmd-Shift-Home |
Select whole word |
Double-click |
Select line |
Cmd-Shift-\ (or Triple-click) |
Select one word to the left/right |
Cmd-Shift-Left/Right arrow |
Navigating & Scrolling Through Documents |
Scroll using Hand tool |
Option-Spacebar-Drag |
Go to the First Page |
Cmd-Shift-Page Up |
Go to the Last Page |
Cmd-Shift-Page Down |
Go to Page (then type in page number) |
Cmd-J |
Switch between open Documents |
Cmd-tilde(~) |
Zooming |
Get the Zoom in tool without selecting it |
Hold Cmd then Space |
Get the Zoom out tool without selecting it |
Hold Cmd then Space and Option |
Zoom In or Out |
Cmd-plus(+) or Cmd-minus(-) |
Fit Page in Window |
Cmd-0 (zero) |
Fit Spread in Window |
Cmd-Option-0 (zero) |
Access zoom percentage box (so you can enter a zoom level) |
Cmd-Opt-5 |
Toggle between current and previous zoom levels |
Cmd-Opt-2 |
Find / Change |
Insert selected text into Find What box |
Cmd-F1 |
Insert selected text into Find What box and then Find Next instance |
Shift-F1 |
Find the next occurrence of Find What text |
Shift-F2 or Cmd-Option-F |
Insert selected text into Change To box |
Cmd-F2 |
Replace selected text with Change To text |
Cmd-F3 |
Replace selected text with Change To text and Find Next |
Shift-F3 |
Working with Panels |
Highlight the first option in the Control panel |
Cmd-6 |
Toggle Control panel between Character & Paragraph options |
Cmd-Opt-7 |
Apply a value but keep it highlighted in panel |
Shift-Return |
Show/Hide all Panels including Toolbox |
Tab (while not in a text frame) |
Show/Hide all Panels except the Toolbox |
Shift-Tab (while not in a text frame) |
Expand/Collapse Panel Stacks |
Cmd-Opt-Tab (while not in a text frame) |
Create new (style, swatches, etc) & display options dialog |
Opt-click New button |
Working with Dialog Boxes |
Rotate down through section of options displayed on the left |
Page Down |
Rotate up through section of options displayed on the left |
Page Up |
Jump to section of options displayed on the left |
Cmd-1 for 1st, Cmd-2 for 2nd, etc. |
Choose Yes, No, Don't Save, or Save |
Y, N, D, or S |
Miscellaneous Good Stuff |
Select frame hidden behind another |
Hold and keep clicking frame stack |
Increase/decrease a value in a field |
Click in field, press up/down arrow |
Highlight the Last Used Field (in a panel) |
Cmd-Option-tilde(~) |
Tabs panel: Move Left Indent (triangle) without moving First Line Indent |
Hold Shift while dragging the (bottom) triangle |
Select all Guides |
Cmd-Opt-G |
Select an Individual Table Cell |
With Type tool, click in cell and hit Esc |
Quick Apply |
Press Cmd-Return. Then start typing a style name, menu item, text variable, etc. Then press Return to apply. |
Sort Menus Alphabetically |
Hold Cmd-Opt-Shift and click on Menu |
Toggle Typographer's Quotes preference |
Cmd-Opt-Shift-' |