Adobe Illustrator CS3 Drawing keyboard shortcuts keys

Shortcut                                                                  Command
Shft-drag	Constrain a shape's proportions or orientation to: equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles,ellipses, and grids Increments of 45º for line and arc segments Original orientation for polygons, stars, and flares
spacebar-drag	Move a shape while drawing it
Alt-drag	Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares)
Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow	Increase or decrease polygon sides, star points,arc angle, spiral winds, or flare rays
Start dragging, then hold down Ctrl	Keep the inner radius of a star constant
Alt-drag	Keep the sides of a star straight
Start dragging, then hold down C	Switch between an open and closed arc
Start dragging, then hold down F	Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant
Alt-drag	Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral
Ctrl-drag	Change the decay rate of a spiral
Alt-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset.	Add or remove horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid
Start dragging, then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow	Add or remove vertical lines from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid
Start dragging, then press F	Decrease the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%
Start dragging, then press V	Increase the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%
Start dragging, then press X	Decrease the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%
Start dragging, then press C	Increase the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%
Alt-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset.	Create and expand a Live Trace object in one step