Adjust 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) |
Adjust Leading |
Increase by Increment (set in Preferences) |
Alt-down arrow |
Decrease by Increment |
Alt-up arrow |
(add Control to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5) |
Revert to Auto Leading |
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-A |
Adjust Kerning / Tracking & Word Spacing |
Increase by Increment (set in Preferences) |
Alt-right arrow |
Decrease by Increment |
Alt-left arrow |
(add Control 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 |
Adjust 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 5% Bigger |
Ctrl-Alt-> |
Scale 5% Smaller |
Ctrl-Alt-< |
Scale 1% Bigger |
Ctrl-> |
Scale 1% Smaller |
Ctrl-< |
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) |
Any arrow key |
Move by Increment x 10 |
Shift-any arrow key |
Move by Increment x 1/10 |
Ctrl-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) |
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 |
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R |
Redefine a Character Style |
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 Styles |
Quick Apply a Style |
Ctrl-Return (start typing the style name, hit Return to apply) |
Redefine a Paragraph Style |
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R |
Redefine a Character Style |
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-C |
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 |
Insert Special Characters |
Indent to Here |
Ctrl-\ |
Right Indent Tab |
Shift-Tab |
Discretionary Hyphen |
Ctrl-Shift-hyphen (-) |
Nonbreaking Hyphen |
Ctrl-Alt-hyphen (-) |
Type in Single Straight Quote (Foot Mark) |
Alt-' |
Type in Double Straight Quote (Inch Mark) |
Alt-Shift-' |
Current Page Number (Auto Page Numbering) |
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-N |
Insert White Space |
Em space |
Ctrl-Shift-M |
En space |
Ctrl-Shift-N |
Nonbreaking space |
Ctrl-Alt-X |
Thin space |
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-M |
Insert 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 |
Ctrl-tilde(~) |
Zooming |
Get the Zoom in tool without selecting it |
Hold Ctrl then Space |
Get the Zoom out tool without selecting it |
Hold Ctrl then Space 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) |
Access zoom percentage box (so you can enter a zoom level) |
Ctrl-Alt-5 |
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 selected text with Change To text |
Ctrl-F3 |
Replace selected 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 |
Ctr-Alt-7 |
Apply a value but keep it highlighted in panel |
Shift-Enter |
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 |
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Tab (while not in a text frame) |
Create new (style, swatches, etc) & display options dialog |
Alt-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 |
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 |
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-' |