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Table of Contents:1. Tools2. Selecting and moving objects3. Transforming Objects4. Editing Paths and Frames5. Working with Tables6. Managing Text7. Working with Type8. Navigating Through and Editing Text9. Viewing documents and document workspaces

10. Working with XML11. Indexing12. Panels13. Control Panel14. Type panels and dialog boxes15. Character and paragraph styles16. Tabs Panel17. Layers Panel18. Pages Panel19. Color Panel20. Separations Preview panel21. Swatches Panel22. Transform Panels

1. Tools

V , Escape Selection Tool

a Direct Selection tool

Ctrl + Tab Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool

Shift + p P age tool

u Gap tool

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p P en tool

= Add Anchor Point tool

- Delete Anchor Point tool

Shift + c C onvert Direction Point tool

t T ype tool

Shift + t T ype On A Path tool

n Pe n cil tool (Note tool)

\ Line tool

f Rectangle F rame tool

m Rectangle tool

l E l lipse tool

r R otate tool

s S cale tool

o Shear tool

e Fr e e Transform tool

i Eyedropper tool

k Measure tool

g G radient tool

c S c issors tool

h H and tool

Spacebar (Layout

mode), Alt (Textmode),/ Alt + Spacebar(both)

Temporarily select Hand tool

z Z oom tool

Ctrl + Space Temporarily select Zoom In tool

x Toggle Fill and Stroke

Shift + x Swap Fill and Stroke

j Toggle between Formatting Affects Containerand Formatting Affects Text

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, (comma) Apply Color

. (period) Apply Gradient

/ Apply No Color

w Switch between Normal View and Previe wMode

Shift + g G radient Feather tool

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2. Selecting and moving objects

Any tool (except selectiontools)+ Ctrl

Temporarily select Selection or DirectSelection tool (last used)

Direct Selection tool+Alt; /Pen, Add Anchor Point, /Delete Anchor Pointtool+ Alt + Ctrl

Temporarily select Group Selection tool

Esc / double-click Select container of selected content

Shift + Esc / double-click Select content of selected container

Selection, Direct Selection,/ Group Selectiontool+ Shift -click (todeselect, click centerpoint)

Add to or subtract from a selection ofmultiple objects

Selection, Direct Selection,/ Group Selectiontool+ Alt -drag*

Duplicate selection

Alt + Arrow Keys Duplicate and offset selection

Alt + Shift + Arrow Keys Duplicate and offset selection by 10 times**

Arrow Keys Move selection**

Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Keys Move selection by 10th**

Shift + Arrow Keys Move selection by 10 times**

Selection / Direct Selectiontool+ Ctrl + Shift -click

Select master page item from documentpage

Selection tool+ Ctrl -click,/ Selectiontool+ Alt + Ctrl -click

Select next object behind or in front

Alt + Ctrl +

Page Down / Page UpSelect next or previous frame in story

Shift + Alt + Ctrl +Select first or last frame in story

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Page Down / Page Up

*Press Shift to constrain movement to 45° angles.**Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments

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3. Transforming Objects

Transformationtool+ Alt -drag Duplicate and transform selection

Select object+double-click Scale tool, Rotatetool, / Shear tool inToolbox

Display Transform tool dialog box

Ctrl + , (comma) Decrease scale by 1%

Ctrl + . (period) Increase scale by 1%

Ctrl + Alt + . (period) Increase scale by 5%

Selection tool+ Ctrl -drag

Resize frame and content

Selectiontool+ Shift + Ctrl -drag Resize frame and content proportionately

Ellipse tool, Polygontool, / Rectangletool+ Shift -drag

Constrain proportion

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + z Switch image from High Quality Display toFast Display

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4. Editing Paths and Frames

Direct Selectiontool+ Alt + Ctrl , / Pen

tool+ AltTemporarily select Convert Direction Point tool

Alt Temporarily switch between Add Anchor Pointand Delete Anchor Point tool

Scissors tool+ Alt Temporarily select Add Anchor Point tool

Pen tool+ Shift Keep Pen tool selected when pointer is overpath or anchor point

Pen tool+ Space Move anchor point and handles while drawing

F10 Display the Stroke panel

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5. Working with Tables

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Begin dragging row / columnborder, and then hold down Altas you drag

Insert or delete rows or columnswhile dragging

Shift-drag interior row / columnborder

Resize rows or columns withoutchanging the size of the table

Shift-drag right / bottom tableborder

Resize rows or columnsproportionally

Tab / Shift + Tab Move to next/previous cell

Alt + Page Up / Alt + Page Down Move to first/last cell in column

Alt + Home / Alt + End Move to first/last cell in row

Page Up / Page Down Move to first/last row in frame

Arrow Up / Arrow Down Move up/down one cell

Arrow Left / Arrow Right Move left/right one cell

Shift + Arrow Up /+ Arrow Down Select cell above/below the currentcell

Shift + Arrow Right / Arrow Left Select cell to the right/left of thecurrent cell

Enter on numeric keypad Start row on next column

Shift + Enter on numeric keypad Start row on next frame

Esc Toggle between text selection andcell selection

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6. Managing Text

Ctrl + F1 Insert selected text into Find What box

Shift + F1 Insert selected text into Find What box andfinds next

Shift + F2 / 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

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7. Working with Type

Shift + Ctrl + b B old

Shift + Ctrl + i I talic

Shift + Ctrl + y Normal

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Shift + Ctrl + u U nderline

Shift + Ctrl + / Strikethrough

Shift + Ctrl + k All caps (on/off)

Shift + Ctrl + h Small caps (on/off)

Shift + Ctrl + [ + ] Superscript

Shift + Alt + Ctrl + [ + ] Subscript

Shift + Ctrl + x /

Shift + Alt + Ctrl + xReset horizontal or vertical scale to100%

Shift + Ctrl + L , R , / c Align l eft, r ight, or c enter

Shift + Ctrl + F (all lines) / J(all but last line)

Justify all lines

Shift + Ctrl + > / < Increase or decrease point size*

Shift + Ctrl + Alt + > / < Increase or decrease point size by fivetimes*

Alt + Arrow Up / Arrow Down Increase or decrease leading(horizontal text)*

Alt + Ctrl +

Arrow Up /+ Arrow DownIncrease or decrease leading by fivetimes (horizontal text)*

Shift + Alt + Ctrl + a Auto leading

Shift + Alt + Ctrl + g Align to grid (on/off)

Shift + Alt + Ctrl + h Auto-hyphenate (on/off)

Alt +

Arrow Left / Arrow RightIncrease or decrease kerning andtracking (horizontal text)

Alt + Ctrl +

Arrow Left / Arrow RightIncrease or decrease kerning andtracking 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 resettracking to 0

Shift + Alt +

Arrow Up /+ Arrow DownIncrease or decrease baseline shift**(horizontal text)

Shift + Alt + Ctrl +

Arrow Up / Arrow DownIncrease or decrease baseline shift byfive times (horizontal text)

Shift -click loaded text icon Automatically flow story

Alt -click loaded text icon Semi-automatically flow story

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Alt + Ctrl + / Recompose all stories

Alt + Ctrl + n Insert current page number

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8. Navigating Through and Editing Text

Arrow Right / Arrow Left Move to right or left one character

Arrow Up / Arrow Down Move up or down one line

Ctrl +

Arrow Right / Arrow LeftMove to right or left one word

Home / End Move to start or end of line

Ctrl + Arrow Up / Arrow Down Move to previous or next paragraph

Ctrl + Home / Ctrl + End Move to start or end of story

Double-click word Select one word

Shift +

Arrow Right / Arrow LeftSelect one character right or left

Shift +

Arrow Up /+ Arrow DownSelect one line above or below

Shift + Home /+ End Select start or end of line

Triple-click / quadruple-clickparagraph, depending on TextPreferences setting

Select one paragraph

Shift + Ctrl +

Arrow Up / Arrow DownSelect one paragraph before or after

Shift + Ctrl + \ Select current line

Shift -click Select characters from insertion point

Shift + Ctrl +

Home / Ctrl + EndSelect start or end of story

Ctrl + a Select all in story

Shift + Alt + Ctrl +

Page Up / Page DownSelect first/last frame

Alt + Ctrl +

Page Up / Page DownSelect previous/next frame

Ctrl + Backspace / Delete Delete word in front of insertion point(Story Editor)

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + / Update missing font list

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9. Viewing documents and document workspaces

Spacebar (with no text

insertion point), Alt -drag (with text insertionpoint),/ Alt + Spacebar (inboth text and non-textmodes)

Temporarily select Hand tool

Ctrl + Space Temporarily select Zoom In tool

Alt + Ctrl + Space /

Alt +Zoom In toolTemporarily select Zoom Out tool

Ctrl + 5 , 2 , 4 Zoom to 50%, 200%, or 400%

Shift + F5 Redraw screen

Ctrl + Alt + n Open new default document

Alt + Ctrl + 2 Switch between current and previous zoomlevels

Ctrl + ~ /

Shift + Ctrl + F6 /

Ctrl + Shift + ~

Switch to next/previous document window

Page Up / Page Down Scroll up/down one screen

Ctrl +

Page Up / Page DownGo back/forward to last-viewed page

Alt +

Page Up / Page DownGo to previous/next spread

Double-click Hand tool Fit spread in window

Ctrl + j Activate the Go To command

Ctrl + Alt + + (plus) Fit selection in window

Ctrl + J , type prefix ofmaster, press Enter

Go to master page while panel is closed

Shift + Alt + Ctrl + u Cycle through units of measurement

Shift -drag guide Snap guide to ruler increments

Ctrl -drag guide Switch between page and spread guides(creation only)

Ctrl -drag from zeropoint

Create vertical and horizontal ruler guides forthe spread

Alt + Ctrl + g Select all guides

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Right-click zero pointand choose an option Lock or unlock zero point

Alt -drag guide Use current magnification for view thresholdof new guide

Press first letter ofbutton name, ifunderlined

Select buttons in alert dialog boxes

Ctrl +Help > AboutDesign

Show information on installed plugins andInDesign components

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10. Working with XML

Arrow Right / Arrow Left Expand/Collapse element

Alt +

Arrow Right / Arrow LeftExpand/Collapse element and child elements

Shift +

Arrow Up / Arrow DownExtend XML selection up/down

Arrow Up / Arrow Down Move XML selection up/down

Page Up / Page Down Scroll structure pane up/down one screen

Home / End Select first/last XML node

Shift +

Home / Shift + EndExtend selection to first/last XML node

Ctrl +

Arrow Left / Arrow RightGo to previous/next validation error

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F7 Automatically tag text frames and tables

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11. Indexing

Shift + Ctrl + Alt + [ Create index entry without dialog box

Ctrl + 7 Open index entry dialog box

Shift + Ctrl + Alt + ] Create proper name index entry (last name,first name)

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12. Panels

alt -click Delete icon Delete without confirmation

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alt -click New button Create item and set options

Shift + Enter Apply value and keep focus on option

Ctrl + Alt + ~ Activate last-used option in last-used panel

Shift -click Select range of styles, layers, links, swatches, orlibrary 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 Controlpanel (with no insertion point)

Shift + Tab Show/Hide all panels except the Toolbox andControl panel (docked or not)

Ctrl + Alt + Tab Open or close all stashed panels

Alt +drag any paneltab (in the group) toedge of screen

Stash a panel group

Alt +Ctrl-click in list,and then use keyboardto select item by name

Select item by name

Alt + Ctrl + m Open the Drop Shadow panel

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13. Control Panel

Ctrl + 6 Toggle focus to/from Control panel

Ctrl + Alt + 7 Toggle Character/Paragraph text attributesmode

Any key on thenumeric keypad /keyboard numbers

Change reference point when proxy has focus

Alt + Arrow Down Display the pop-up menu that has focus

alt -click Kerning icon Open Units & Increments Preferences

alt -click Number OfColumns icon

Open the Text Frame Options dialog box

alt -click X / Y icon Open the Move dialog box

alt -click Angle icon Open the Rotate dialog box

alt -click X / Y Scaleicon

Open the Scale dialog box

alt -click Shear icon Open the Shear dialog box

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alt -click Superscript,Subscript, / Small Capsbutton

Open Text Preferences

alt -click Underlinebutton

Open the Underline Options dialog box

alt -click Strikethroughbutton

Open the Strikethrough Options dialog box

alt -click Align ToBaseline Grid, / Do NotAlign To Baseline Gridbutton

Open the Grids Preferences

alt -click Drop CapNumber Of Lines, /Drop Cap One OrMore Characters icon

Open the Drop Caps & Nested Styles dialogbox

alt -click Leading icon Open the Justification dialog box

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14. Type panels and dialog boxes

Alt + Ctrl + Shift + 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

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15. Character and paragraph styles

Select text and pressShift+ Alt + Ctrl + c Make character style definition match text

Select text and pressShift+ Alt + Ctrl + r Make paragraph style definition match text

Shift + Alt +Ctrl-double-click style

Change options without applying style

alt -click paragraphstyle name

Remove style and local formatting

Alt +Shift-clickparagraph style name

Clear overrides from paragraph style

F11, Shift+ F11 Show/hide Paragraph and Character Stylespanels, respectively

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16. Tabs Panel

Shift + Ctrl + t Activate Tabs panel

alt -click tab Switch between alignment options

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17. Layers Panel

alt -click layer Select all objects on layer

Alt -drag small squareto new layer

Copy selection to new layer

Ctrl -click Create NewLayer

Add new layer below selected layer

Shift + Ctrl -clickCreate New Layer

Add new layer to the top of the layer list

Shift + Alt + Ctrl -clickCreate New Layer

Add new layer to the top of the layer list andopen New Layer dialog box

alt -click Create NewLayer

Add new layer and open New Layer dialogbox

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18. Pages Panel

alt -click master Apply master to selected page

alt -click the masteryou want to base theselected master on

Base another master page on selected master

Ctrl -click Create NewPage button

Create master page

alt -click New Pagebutton

Display Insert Pages dialog box

Shift + Ctrl + p Add new page after last page

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19. Color Panel

Shift -drag slider Move color sliders in tandem

alt -click color bar Select a color for the nonactive fill or stroke

Shift -click color bar Switch between color modes (CMYK, RGB,

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20. Separations Preview panel

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + y Turn on Overprint preview

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ~(tilde)

Show all plates

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 1 Show Cyan plate

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 2 Show Magenta plate

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 3 Show Yellow plate

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 4 Show Black plate

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 5 Show 1st Spot plate

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 6 Show 2nd Spot plate

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 7 Show 3rd Spot plate

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21. Swatches Panel

alt -click New Swatchbutton

Create new swatch based on the currentswatch

Alt + Ctrl -click NewSwatch button

Create spot color swatch based on the currentswatch

Shift + Alt + Ctrl -double-click swatch

Change options without applying swatch

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22. Transform Panels

Alt + Enter Apply value and copy object

Ctrl + Enter Apply width, height, or scale valueproportionally

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