Adjusting 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) |
Adjusting 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 |
Adjusting 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 |
Adjusting 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 1% Bigger |
Cmd–> |
Scale 1% Smaller |
Cmd–< |
Scale 5% Bigger |
Cmd–Option–> |
Scale 5% Smaller |
Cmd–Option–< |
Fitting Content & Pictures |
Fit Content Proportionally |
Cmd–Option–Shift–E |
Fill Frame Proportionally |
Cmd–Option–Shift–C |
Center Content |
Cmd–Shift–E |
Fit Frame to Content |
Cmd–Option–C |
Nudging Objects |
Move by Increment (set in Preferences) |
Arrow keys |
Move by Increment x 10 |
Shift–Arrow keys |
Move by Increment x 1/10 |
Cmd–Shift–Arrow keys |
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 |
With style selected Cmd–Option–Shift–R |
Redefine a Character Style |
With style selected Cmd–Option–Shift–C |
Working with Paragraph Styles |
To remove local formatting (non style changes) |
Option–click style name |
To remove local formatting and Character Styles |
Option–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–Option–Shift–L |
Inserting Special Characters |
Indent to Here |
Cmd–\ |
Right Indent Tab |
Shift–Tab |
Discretionary Hyphen |
Cmd–Shift–hyphen (-) |
Nonbreaking Hyphen |
Cmd–Option–hyphen (-) |
Type in Straight Single Quote (foot Mark) |
Control–' |
Type in Straight Double Quote (inch Mark) |
Control–Shift–' |
Current Page Number (auto page numbering) |
Cmd–Option–Shift–N |
Inserting White Space |
Em space |
Cmd–Shift–M |
En space |
Cmd–Shift–N |
Nonbreaking space |
Cmd–Option–X |
Thin space |
Cmd–Option–Shift–M |
Inserting 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 Spacebar |
Get the Zoom Out tool without selecting it |
Hold Cmd then Spacebar 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–Option–5 |
Toggle between current and previous zoom levels |
Cmd–Option–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 found text with Change To text |
Cmd–F3 |
Replace found 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–Option–7 |
Apply a value but keep it highlighted in panel |
Shift–Return |
Hide/Show all tools and panels |
Tab (while not in a text frame) |
Hide/Show all panels except Tools/Control |
Shift–Tab (while not in a text frame) |
Expand/Collapse panel stacks |
Cmd–Option–Tab (while not in a text frame) |
Create new (style, swatches, etc) & display options dialog |
Option–click New button |
Working with Dialog Boxes |
Cycle down through section of options displayed on the left |
Page Down |
Cycle 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 Cmd 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–Option–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–Option–Shift and click on Menu |
Toggle Typographer's Quotes preference |
Cmd–Option–Shift–' |