| Adjusting Font Size | |
| Increase by Increment (set in Preferences) | Ctrl–Shift–> |
| Decrease by Increment | Ctrl–Shift–< |
| (Add Alt to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5) | |
| Adjusting Leading | |
| Increase by Increment (set in Preferences) | Alt–Down Arrow |
| Decrease by Increment | Alt–Up Arrow |
| (Add Ctrl to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5) | |
| Revert to Auto Leading | Ctrl–Alt–Shift–A |
| Adjusting Kerning / Tracking & Word Spacing | |
| Increase by Increment (set in Preferences) | Alt–Right Arrow |
| Decrease by Increment | Alt–Left Arrow |
| (Add Ctrl to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5) | |
| Increase between words | Ctrl–Alt–Shift–\ |
| Decrease between words | Ctrl–Alt–Shift–Backspace |
| Clear all manual kerning, tracking, and word spacing | Ctrl–Alt–Q |
| Adjusting Baseline Shift | |
| Move Up by Increment (set in Preferences) | Alt–Shift–Up Arrow |
| Move Down by Increment | Alt–Shift–Down Arrow |
| (Add Control 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 | Ctrl–> |
| Scale 1% Smaller | Ctrl–< |
| Scale 5% Bigger | Ctrl–Alt–> |
| Scale 5% Smaller | Ctrl–Alt–< |
| Fitting Content & Pictures | |
| Fit Content Proportionally | Ctrl–Alt–Shift–E |
| Fill Frame Proportionally | Ctrl–Alt–Shift–C |
| Center Content | Ctrl–Shift–E |
| Fit Frame to Content | Ctrl–Alt–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 | Ctrl–Shift–Arrow keys |
| Flowing Text | |
| Multi-Page Autoflow (creates additional pages) | Shift–click |
| Semi-autoflow (keeps text in cursor so you can continue flowing) | Alt–click |
| Fixed-Page Autoflow (does not create additional pages) | Shift–Alt–click |
| Styling Text & Working with Styles | |
| Bold | Ctrl–Shift–B |
| Italic | Ctrl–Shift–I |
| Normal | Ctrl–Shift–Y |
| All Caps | Ctrl–Shift–K |
| Edit Style Sheet without Applying it | Ctrl–Alt–Shift–double–click style |
| Redefine a Paragraph Style | With style selected Ctrl–Alt–Shift–R |
| Redefine a Character Style | With style selected Ctrl–Alt–Shift–C |
| Working with Paragraph Styles | |
| To remove local formatting (non style changes) | Alt–click style name |
| To remove local formatting and Character Styles | Alt–Shift–click style name |
| Working with Master Pages | |
| Override a single master page item on a document page | Ctrl–Shift–click it |
| Override several master page items | Ctrl–Shift–drag a marquee over them |
| Override all master page items on pages selected in Pages panel | Ctrl–Alt–Shift–L |
| Inserting Special Characters | |
| Indent to Here | Ctrl–\ |
| Right Indent Tab | Shift–Tab |
| Discretionary Hyphen | Ctrl–Shift–hyphen (-) |
| Nonbreaking Hyphen | Ctrl–Alt–hyphen (-) |
| Type in Straight Single Quote (foot Mark) | Alt–' |
| Type in Straight Double Quote (inch Mark) | Alt–Shift–' |
| Current Page Number (auto page numbering) | Ctrl–Alt–Shift–N |
| Inserting White Space | |
| Em space | Ctrl–Shift–M |
| En space | Ctrl–Shift–N |
| Nonbreaking space | Ctrl–Alt–X |
| Thin space | Ctrl–Alt–Shift–M |
| Inserting Break Characters | |
| Column Break | Enter (on keypad) |
| Frame Break | Shift–Enter (on keypad) |
| Page Break | Ctrl–Enter (on keypad) |
| Forced Line Break (or “soft return”) | Shift–Enter |
| Moving Text Cursor | |
| Move cursor to beginning or end of line | Home or End |
| Move cursor one word to the left/right | Ctrl–Left/Right Arrow |
| Move cursor to Previous paragraph | Ctrl–Up Arrow |
| Move cursor to Next paragraph | Ctrl–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 | Ctrl–Shift–End |
| Select from cursor to beginning of story | Ctrl–Shift–Home |
| Select whole word | Double–click |
| Select line | Ctrl–Shift–\ (or Triple–click) |
| Select one word to the left/right | Ctrl–Shift–Left/Right Arrow |
| Navigating & Scrolling Through Documents | |
| Scroll using Hand tool | Alt–Spacebar–drag |
| Go to the First Page | Ctrl–Shift–Page Up |
| Go to the Last Page | Ctrl–Shift–Page Down |
| Go to Page (then type in page number) | Ctrl–J |
| Switch between open documents | Alt–Tab |
| Zooming | |
| Get the Zoom In tool without selecting it | Hold Ctrl then Spacebar |
| Get the Zoom Out tool without selecting it | Hold Ctrl then Spacebar and Alt |
| Zoom In or Out | Ctrl–plus(+) or Ctrl–minus(–) |
| Fit Page in Window | Ctrl–0 (zero) |
| Fit Spread in Window | Ctrl–Alt–0 (zero) |
| Toggle between current and previous zoom levels | Ctrl–Alt–2 |
| Find / Change | |
| Insert selected text into Find What box | Ctrl–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 Ctrl–Alt–F |
| Insert selected text into Change To box | Ctrl–F2 |
| Replace found text with Change To text | Ctrl–F3 |
| Replace found text with Change To text and Find Next | Shift–F3 |
| Working with Panels | |
| Highlight the first option in the Control panel | Ctrl–6 |
| Toggle Control panel between Character & Paragraph options | Ctrl–Alt–7 |
| Apply a value but keep it highlighted in panel | Shift–Enter |
| 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) |
| Create new (style, swatches, etc) & display options dialog | Alt–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 | Ctrl–1 for 1st, Ctrl–2 for 2nd, etc. |
| Choose Yes or No | Y or N |
| Miscellaneous Good Stuff | |
| Select frame hidden behind another | Hold Ctrl 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) | Ctrl–Alt–tilde(~) |
| Tabs panel: Move Left Indent (triangle) without moving First Line Indent | Hold Shift while dragging the (bottom) triangle |
| Select all Guides | Ctrl–Alt–G |
| Select an Individual Table Cell | With Type tool, click in cell and hit Esc |
| Quick Apply | Press Ctrl–Enter. Then start typing a style name, menu item, text variable, etc. Then press Enter to apply. |
| Sort Menus Alphabetically | Hold Ctrl–Alt–Shift and click on Menu |
| Toggle Typographer's Quotes preference | Ctrl–Alt–Shift–' |
InDesign CC 2017 Shortcuts: PC
Keyboard Shortcuts
Here are many keyboard shortcuts for InDesign CC 2017, including lesser known and hidden keystrokes!
