Adobe After Effects CS5 Text keyboard shortcuts keys

Shortcut                                                                                       Command
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+T	New text layer
Ctrl+Shft+L, Ctrl+Shft+C, or Ctrl+Shft+R	Align selected horizontal text left, center, or right
Ctrl+Shft+L, Ctrl+Shft+C, or Ctrl+Shft+R	Align selected vertical text top, center, or bottom
Shft+Right Arrow or Shft+Left Arrow	Extend or reduce selection by one character to right or left in horizontal text
Ctrl+Shft+Right Arrow or Ctrl+Shft+Left Arrow	Extend or reduce selection by one word to right or left in horizontal text
Shft+Up Arrow or Shft+Down Arrow	Extend or reduce selection by one line up or down in horizontal text
Shft+Right Arrow or Shft+Left Arrow	Extend or reduce selection by one line to right or left in vertical text
Ctrl+Shft+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Shft+Down Arrow	Extend or reduce selection one word up or down in vertical text
Shft+Up Arrow or Shft+Down Arrow	Extend or reduce selection by one character up or down in vertical text
Shft+Home or Shft+End	Select text from insertion point to beginning or end of line
Home or End	Move insertion point to beginning or end of line
Double-click text layer	Select all text on a layer
Ctrl+Shft+Home or Ctrl+Shft+End	Select text from insertion point to beginning or end of text frame
Shft-click	Select text from insertion point to mouse click point
Left Arrow or Right Arrow; Up Arrow or Down Arrow; Ctrl+Left Arrow or Ctrl+Right Arrow; or Ctrl+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Down Arrow	In horizontal text, move insertion point one character left or right; one line up or down; one word left or right; or one paragraph up or down
Up Arrow or Down Arrow; Left Arrow or Right Arrow; Ctrl+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Down Arrow; or Ctrl+Left Arrow or Ctrl+Right Arrow	In vertical text, move insertion point one character up or down; one left or right; one word up or down; or one paragraph left or right
Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or quintuple-click with Type tool	Select word, line, paragraph, or entire text frame
Ctrl+Shft+K	Turn All Caps on or off for selected text
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+K	Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text
Ctrl+Shft+= (equals)	Turn Superscript on or off for selected text
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+= (equals)	Turn Subscript on or off for selected text
Ctrl+Shft+X	Set horizontal scale to 100% for selected text
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+X	Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+A	Auto leading for selected text
Ctrl+Shft+Q	Reset tracking to 0 for selected text
Ctrl+Shft+J	Justify paragraph; left align last line
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+J	Justify paragraph; right align last line
Ctrl+Shft+F	Justify paragraph; force last line
Ctrl+Shft+, (comma) or Ctrl+Shft+. (period)	Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 2 units
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+, (comma) or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+. (period)	Decrease or increase font size of selected text by 10 units
Alt+Down Arrow or Alt+Up Arrow	Increase or decrease leading by 2 units
Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow	Increase or decrease leading by 10 units
Alt+Shft+Down Arrow or Alt+Shft+Up Arrow	Decrease or increase baseline shift by 2 units
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Down Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Shft+Up Arrow	Decrease or increase baseline shift by 10 units
Alt+Left Arrow or Alt+Right Arrow	Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 20 units (20/1000 ems)
Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow or Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow	Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 100 units (100/1000 ems)
Ctrl+Alt+Shft+T	Toggle paragraph composer