Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
tools keyboard shortcuts keys
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This table isn't a complete list of keyboard
shortcuts. It lists only those shortcuts that aren't displayed in menu
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V, Esc |
Selection tool |
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A |
Direct Selection tool |
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Shft+A |
Position tool |
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Cmnd+Ctrl+Tab |
Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool |
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P |
Pen tool |
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= |
Add Anchor Point tool |
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- |
Delete Anchor Point tool |
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Shft+C |
Convert Direction Point tool |
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T |
Type tool |
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Shft+T |
Type On A Path tool |
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N |
Pencil tool (Note tool) |
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\ |
Line tool |
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F |
Rectangle Frame tool |
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M |
Rectangle tool |
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L |
Ellipse tool |
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R |
Rotate tool |
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S |
Scale tool |
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O |
Shear tool |
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E |
Free Transform tool |
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I |
Eyedropper tool |
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K |
Measure tool |
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G |
Gradient tool |
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B |
Button tool |
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C |
Scissors tool |
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H |
Hand tool |
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Spacebar (Layout mode), Optn
(Text mode), or Optn+Spacebar (both) |
Temporarily selects Hand tool |
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Z |
Zoom tool |
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Cmnd+Spacebar |
Temporarily selects Zoom In tool |
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X |
Toggle Fill and Stroke |
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Shft+X |
Swap Fill and Stroke |
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J |
Toggle between Formatting Affects Container and
Formatting Affects Text |
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, [comma] |
Apply Color |
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. [period] |
Apply Gradient |
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/ |
Apply No Color |
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W |
Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode |
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Shft+G |
Gradient Feather tool |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
selecting and moving objects keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
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Any tool (except selection tools)+ Cmnd |
Temporarily select Selection or Direct Selection tool (last used) |
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Direct Selection tool+Optn;
or Pen, Add Anchor Point, or Delete Anchor Point tool+Optn+Cmnd |
Temporarily select Group Selection tool |
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Selection, Direct Selection, or Group Selection tool+Shft-click (to deselect, click center point) |
Add to or subtract from a selection of multiple objects |
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Selection, Direct Selection, or Group Selection
tool+ Optn-drag* |
Duplicate selection |
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Optn+Left Arrow,
Right Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow key |
Duplicate and offset selection |
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Optn+Shft+Left
Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key |
Duplicate and offset selection by 10 times** |
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Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key |
Move selection** |
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Cmnd+Shft+Left
Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down arrow key |
Move selection by 10th** |
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Shft+Left Arrow,
Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key |
Move selection by 10 times** |
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Selection or Direct Selection tool+ Cmnd+Shft-click |
Select master page item from document page |
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Selection tool+Cmnd-click
or Selection tool+Optn+ Cmnd-click |
Select next object behind or in front |
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Optn+Cmnd+Page
Down/Page Up |
Select next or previous frame in story |
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Shft+Optn+Cmnd+Page
Down/Page Up |
Select first or last frame in story |
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*Press Shift to constrain movement to 45º angles. |
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**Amount is set in InDesign > Preferences > Units &
Increments |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
transforming objects keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Transformation tool+Optn-drag* |
Duplicate and transform selection |
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Select object+double-click
Scale tool, Rotate tool, or Shear tool in Toolbox |
Display Transform tool dialog box |
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Cmnd+, |
Decrease scale by 1% |
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Cmnd+Optn+, |
Decrease scale by 5% |
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Cmnd+. |
Increase scale by 1% |
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Cmnd+Optn+. |
Increase scale by 5% |
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Selection tool+Cmnd-drag |
Resize frame and content |
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Selection tool+Shft |
Resize frame and content proportionately |
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Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, or Rectangle tool+Shft-drag |
Constrain proportion |
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Shft+Esc |
Switch image from High Quality Display to Fast
Display |
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*After you select a transformation tool, hold down the mouse button,
and then hold down Option and drag. Press Shift to constrain movement to 45º
angles. |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
editing paths and frames keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Direct Selection tool+Optn+
Cmnd, or Pen tool+Optn |
Temporarily select Convert Direction Point tool |
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Optn |
Temporarily switch between Add Anchor Point and
Delete Anchor Point tool |
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Scissors tool+Optn |
Temporarily select Add Anchor Point tool |
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Pen tool+Shft |
Keep Pen tool selected when pointer is over path or
anchor point |
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Pen tool+spacebar |
Move anchor point and handles while drawing |
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Cmnd+F10 |
Display the Stroke panel |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
tables keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Begin dragging row or column border, and then hold
down Optn as you drag |
Insert or delete rows or columns while dragging |
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Shft-drag interior
row or column border |
Resize rows or columns without changing the size of
the table |
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Shft-drag right
or bottom table border |
Resize rows or columns proportionally |
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Tab/Shft+Tab |
Move to next/previous cell |
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Optn+Page Up/Page
Down |
Move to first/last cell in column |
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Optn+Home/End |
Move to first/last cell in row |
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Page Up/Page Down |
Move to first/last row in frame |
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Up Arrow/Down Arrow |
Move up/down one cell |
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Left Arrow/Right Arrow |
Move left/right one cell |
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Shft+Up
Arrow/Down Arrow |
Select cell above/below the current cell |
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Shft+Right
Arrow/Left Arrow |
Select cell to the right/left of the current cell |
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Enter (numeric keypad) |
Start row on next column |
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Shft+Enter
(numeric keypad) |
Start row on next frame |
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Esc |
Toggle between text selection and cell selection |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
finding and changing text keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
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Cmnd+F1 |
Insert selected text into Find What box |
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Shft+F1 |
Insert selected text into Find What box and finds
next |
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Shft+F2 or Optn+Cmnd+F |
Find next occurrence of Find What text |
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Cmnd+F2 |
Insert selected text into Change To box |
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Cmnd+F3 |
Replace selection with Change To text |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
working with type keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
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Shft+Cmnd+B |
Bold |
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Shft+Cmnd+I |
Italic |
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Shft+Cmnd+Y |
Normal |
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Shft+Cmnd+U |
Underline |
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Ctrl+Shft+Cmnd+/ |
Strikethrough |
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Shft+Cmnd+K |
All caps (on/off) |
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Shft+Cmnd+H |
Small caps (on/off) |
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Shft+Cmnd+(+)
[plus sign] |
Superscript |
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Shft+Optn+Cmnd+(+)
[plus sign] |
Subscript |
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Ctrl+', Ctrl+Shft+' |
Straight quotes (single and double) without turning
off smart quotes |
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Shft+Cmnd+X or Shft+Optn+Cmnd+X |
Reset horizontal or vertical scale to 100% |
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Shft+Cmnd+L, R,
or C |
Align left, right, or center |
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Shft+Cmnd+F (all
lines) or J (all but last line) |
Justify all lines |
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Shft+Cmnd+>
or < |
Increase or decrease point size* |
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Shft+Cmnd+ Optn+> or < |
Increase or decrease point size by five times* |
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Optn+Up
Arrow/Down Arrow |
Increase or decrease leading (horizontal text)* |
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Optn+Cmnd+Up
Arrow/Down Arrow |
Increase or decrease leading by five times (horizontal text)* |
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Shft+Optn+Cmnd+*Å“
[quote] |
Select or deselect preferences setting for
typographer's marks |
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Shft+Optn+Cmnd+A |
Auto leading |
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Shft+Optn+Cmnd+G |
Align to grid (on/off) |
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Shft+Optn+Cmnd+H |
Auto-hyphenate (on/off) |
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Optn+Left
Arrow/Right Arrow |
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking
(horizontal text) |
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Optn+Cmnd+Left
Arrow/Right Arrow |
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (horizontal
text) |
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Optn+Cmnd+\ |
Increase kerning between words* |
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Optn+Cmnd+Delete |
Decrease kerning between words* |
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Optn+Cmnd+Q |
Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0 |
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Shft+Optn+Up
Arrow/Down Arrow |
Increase or decrease baseline shift** (horizontal text) |
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Shft+Optn+Cmnd+Up
Arrow/Down Arrow |
Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times
(horizontal text) |
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Shft-click loaded
text icon |
Automatically flow story |
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Optn-click
loaded text icon |
Semi-automatically flow story |
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Optn+Cmnd+/ |
Recompose all stories |
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Optn+Cmnd+N |
Insert current page number |
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*Press Shift to increase or decrease kerning between words by five
times. |
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**Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units
& Increments (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Units &
Increments (Mac OS). |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
navigating through and selecting text keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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This table isn't a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only
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Mac OS Action |
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Right Arrow/Left Arrow |
Move to right or left one character |
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Up Arrow/Down Arrow |
Move up or down one line |
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Cmnd+Right
Arrow/Left Arrow |
Move to right or left one word |
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Home/End |
Move to start or end of line |
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Cmnd+Up
Arrow/Down Arrow |
Move to previous or next paragraph |
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Cmnd+Home/End |
Move to start or end of story |
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Double-click word |
Select one word |
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Shft+Right
Arrow/Left Arrow |
Select one character right or left |
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Shft+Up
Arrow/Down Arrow |
Select one line above or below |
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Shft+Home/End |
Select start or end of line |
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Triple-click or quadruple-click paragraph,
depending on Text Preferences setting |
Select one paragraph |
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Shft+Cmnd+Up
Arrow/Down Arrow |
Select one paragraph before or after |
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Shft+Cmnd+\ |
Select current line |
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Shft-click |
Select characters from insertion point |
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Shft+Cmnd+Home/End |
Select start or end of story |
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Cmnd+A |
Select all in story |
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Shft+Optn+ Cmnd+Page Up/Page Down |
Select first/last frame |
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Optn+Cmnd+Page
Up/Page Down |
Select previous/next frame |
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Cmnd+Delete or
Del (numeric keypad) |
Delete word in front of insertion point (Story Editor) |
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Cmnd+Optn+Shft+/ |
Update missing font list |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
viewing documents and document workspaces keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Spacebar (with no text insertion point), Optn-drag (with text insertion point), or Optn+spacebar (in both text and nontext
modes) |
Temporarily select Hand tool |
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Cmnd+spacebar |
Temporarily select Zoom In tool |
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Optn+Cmnd+spacebar
or Optn+Zoom In tool |
Temporarily select Zoom Out tool |
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Cmnd+5, 2, or 4 |
Zoom to 50%, 200%, or 400% |
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Shft+F5 |
Redraw screen |
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Cmnd+Optn+N |
Open new default document |
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Optn+Cmnd+2 |
Switch between current and previous zoom levels |
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Cmnd+F6 or Cmnd+~
[tilde]/ Cmnd+Shft+~ [tilde] |
Switch to next/previous document window |
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Page Up/Page Down |
Scroll up/down one screen |
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Cmnd+Page
Up/Page Down |
Go back/forward to last-viewed page |
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Optn+Page Up/Page
Down key |
Go to previous/next spread |
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Double-click Hand tool |
Fit spread in window |
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Cmnd+J |
Activate the Go To command |
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Cmnd+Optn+(+)
[plus sign] |
Fit selection in window |
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Cmnd+J, type
prefix of master, press Return |
Go to master page while \ panel is closed |
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Shft+Optn+Cmnd+U |
Cycle through units of measurement |
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Shft-drag guide |
Snap guide to ruler increments |
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Cmnd-drag guide |
Switch between page and spread guides (creation
only) |
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Ctrl-drag object |
Temporarily turn on/off snap to |
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Cmnd-drag from
zero point |
Create vertical and horizontal ruler guides for the
spread |
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Optn+Cmnd+G |
Select all guides |
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Ctrl-click zero point and choose an optn |
Lock or unlock zero point |
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Optn-drag guide |
Use current magnification for view threshold of new guide |
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Press first letter of button name |
Select buttons in alert dialog boxes |
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Cmnd+InDesign
menu > About InDesign |
Show information on installed plug*'ins and InDesign components |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
working with XML keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Right Arrow/Left Arrow |
Expand/Collapse element |
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Optn+Right
Arrow/Left Arrow |
Expand/Collapse element and child elements |
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Shft+Up
Arrow/Down Arrow |
Extend XML selection up/down |
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Up Arrow/Down Arrow |
Move XML selection up/down |
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Page Up/Page Down |
Scroll structure pane up/down one screen |
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Home/End |
Select first/last XML node |
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Shft+Home/End |
Extend selection to first/last XML node |
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Cmnd+Left
Arrow/Right Arrow |
Go to previous/next validation error |
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Cmnd+Optn+Shft+F7 |
Automatically tag text frames and tables |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
indexing keyboard shortcuts keys
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Mac OS |
Result |
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Shft+Cmnd+Optn+[ |
Create index entry without dialog box |
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Cmnd+7 |
Open index entry dialog box |
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Shft+Cmnd+Optn+] |
Create proper name index entry (last name, first
name) |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
panels keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Optn-click Delete
icon |
Delete without confirmation |
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Optn-click New
button |
Create item and set options |
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Shft+Enter |
Apply value and keep focus on option |
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Cmnd+Optn+~
[tilde] |
Activate last-used option in last-used panel |
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Shft-click |
Select range of styles, layers, links, swatches, or library objects
in a panel |
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Cmnd-click |
Select nonadjacent styles, layers, links, swatches,
or library objects in a panel |
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Tab |
Apply value and select next value |
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Esc |
Move focus to selected object, text, or window |
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Tab |
Show/Hide all panels, Toolbox, and Control panel (with no insertion
point) |
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Shft+Tab |
Show/Hide all panels except the Toolbox and Control
panel (docked or not) |
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Cmnd+Optn+Tab |
Open or close all stashed panels |
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Optn+drag any
panel tab (in the group) to edge of window |
Stash a panel group |
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Optn+Cmnd-click
in list and then use keyboard to select item by name |
Select item by name |
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Cmnd+Optn+M |
Open the Drop Shadow panel |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
the Control panel keyboard shortcuts keys
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Command |
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Cmnd+6 |
Toggle focus to/from Control panel |
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Cmnd+Optn+7 |
Toggle Character/Paragraph text attributes mode |
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Any key on the numeric keypad or keyboard numbers |
Change reference point when proxy has focus |
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Optn-click
Kerning icon |
Open Units & Increments Preferences |
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Optn-click Number
of Columns icon |
Open the Text Frame Options dialog box |
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Optn-click X or
Y icon |
Open the Move dialog box |
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Optn-click Angle
icon |
Open the Rotate dialog box |
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Optn-click X or
Y Scale icon |
Open the Scale dialog box |
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Optn-click Shear
icon |
Open the Shear dialog box |
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Optn-click
Superscript, Subscript, or Small Caps button |
Open Text Preferences |
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Optn-click
Underline button |
Open the Underline Options dialog box |
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Optn-click
Strikethrough button |
Open the Strikethrough Options dialog box |
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Optn-click Align
To Baseline Grid, or Do Not Align To Baseline Grid button |
Open the Grids Preferences |
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Optn-click Drop
Cap Number Of Lines, or Drop Cap One Or More Characters icon |
Open the Drop Caps & Nested Styles dialog box |
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Optn-click
Leading icon |
Open the Justification dialog box |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
type panels and dialog boxes keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Optn+Cmnd+Shft+J |
Open Justification dialog box |
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Optn+Cmnd+J |
Open Paragraph Rules dialog box |
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Optn+Cmnd+K |
Open Keep Options dialog box |
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Cmnd+T |
Activate Character panel |
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Cmnd+Optn+T |
Activate Paragraph panel |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
the character and paragraph styles keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Select text and press Shft+Optn+Cmnd+C |
Make character style definition match text |
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Select text and press Shft+Optn+Cmnd+R |
Make paragraph style definition match text |
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Shft+Optn+Cmnd-double-click
style |
Change options without applying style |
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Optn-click
paragraph style name |
Remove style and local formatting |
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Optn+Shft-click
paragraph style name |
Clear overrides from paragraph style |
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Cmnd+F11, Cmnd+Shft+F11 |
Show/hide Paragraph and Character Styles panels,
respectively |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
the Tabs panel keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Shft+Cmnd+T |
Activate Tabs panel |
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Optn-click tab |
Switch between alignment options |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
the Layers panel keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Optn-click layer |
Select all objects on layer |
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Optn-drag small
square to new layer |
Copy selection to new layer |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
the Pages panel keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Optn-click master |
Apply master to selected page |
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Optn-click the
master you want to base the selected master on |
Base another master page on selected master |
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Cmnd-click Create
New Page button |
Create master page |
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Optn-click New
Page button |
Display Insert Pages dialog box |
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Shft+Cmnd+P |
Add new page after last page |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
the Color panel keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Shft-drag slider |
Move color sliders in tandem |
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Optn-click color
bar |
Select a color for the nonactive
fill or stroke |
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Shft-click color
bar |
Switch between color modes (CMYK, RGB, LAB) |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
using the Separations Preview panel keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Cmnd+Optn+Shft+Y |
Turn on Overprint preview |
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Cmnd+Optn+Shft+~
[tilde] |
Show all plates |
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Cmnd+Optn+Shft+1 |
Show Cyan plate |
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Cmnd+Optn+Shft+2 |
Show Magenta plate |
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Cmnd+Optn+Shft+3 |
Show Yellow plate |
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Cmnd+Optn+Shft+4 |
Show Black plate |
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Cmnd+Optn+Shft+5 |
Show 1st Spot plate |
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Cmnd+Optn+Shft+6 |
Show 2nd Spot plate |
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Cmnd+Optn+Shft+7 |
Show 3rd Spot plate |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
the Swatches panel keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Optn-click New
Swatch button |
Create new swatch based on the current swatch |
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Optn+Cmnd-click
New Swatch button |
Create spot color swatch based on the current swatch
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Shft+Optn+Cmnd-double-click
swatch |
Change options without applying swatch |
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Adobe InDesign CS4 Keys for
the Transform panel keyboard shortcuts keys
Shortcut
Command |
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Optn+Enter |
Apply value and copy object |
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Cmnd+Enter |
Apply width, height, or scale value proportionally |
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