See also: Mouse Usage Hints Note: Keyboard Short Cuts are completely customizable and can be exported for use on other machines under the Keyboard Preferences.
Function | Shortcut |
Show Help Manual | F1 |
Show Properties Palette | F2 |
Edit Styles | F3 |
Show Layers Palette | F6 |
Toggle All Guides | F11 |
Toggle All Palettes | F12 |
Function | Shortcut |
File | |
New | Ctrl+N |
New from Template | Ctrl+Alt+N |
Open | Ctrl+O |
Close | Ctrl+W |
Save | Ctrl+S |
Save As | Ctrl+Shift+S |
Get Text or Image depending on selection | Ctrl+I |
Ctrl+P | |
Print Preview | Ctrl+Alt+P |
Quit | Ctrl+Q |
Edit | |
Undo | Ctrl+Z |
Redo | Ctrl+Shift+Z |
Cut | Ctrl+X |
Copy | Ctrl+C |
Paste | Ctrl+V |
Copy Contents (Images Only) | Ctrl+Shift+C |
Paste Contents (Images Only) | Ctrl+Shift+V |
Paste Absolute Contents (Images Only) | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V |
Select All | Ctrl+A |
Advanced Select All | Ctrl+Alt+A |
Deselect All | Ctrl+Shift+A |
Search/Replace | Ctrl+F |
Edit Text | Ctrl+T |
Styles | F3 |
Image Effects | Ctrl+E |
Item | |
Duplicate | Ctrl+D |
Multiple Duplicate | Ctrl+Shift+D |
Delete Item | Ctrl+K |
Group | Ctrl+G |
Ungroup | Ctrl+Shift+G |
Is Locked | Ctrl+L |
Size is Locked | Ctrl+Shift+L |
Raise | Ctrl+Home |
Lower | Ctrl+End |
Raise to top | Home |
Lower to bottom | End |
Insert | |
Text Frame | T |
Image Frame | I |
Shape | S |
Polygon | P |
Line | L |
Bezier Curve | B |
Freehand Line | F |
Render Frame | D |
Soft Hyphen | Ctrl+Shift+(-) |
Non Breaking Dash | Ctrl+Alt+(-) |
Non Breaking Space | Ctrl+Space |
Page Number | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P |
New Line | Shift+Return |
Frame Break | Ctrl+Return |
Column Break | Ctrl+Shift+Return |
View | |
Fit to Height | Ctrl+0 (zero) |
Zoom to 100% | Ctrl+1 |
Preview Mode | Ctrl+Alt+P |
Show Rulers | Ctrl+Shift+R |
Plugin Menu Items | |
Save as Template | Ctrl+Alt+S |
Save as Image | Ctrl+Shift+E |
Others | |
Select Tool | C |
Rotate Tool | R |
Zoom Tool | Z |
Zoom In | Ctrl+(+) |
Zoom Out | Ctrl+(-) |
Edit Contents Mode | E |
Link Frames | L |
Unlink Frames | U |
Eye Dropper | Y |
Insert Unicode Character Value | Ctrl+Shift+U |
Stacked Objects, next in Z-order* | Ctrl+Shift+LMouse |
Resize proportionally | Ctrl+drag** |
Move frame/group with X/Y constrained*** | Ctrl+drag |
Rotate a line or when creating a line, constrain the angle of rotation | Ctrl+drag and rotate |
Rotate an existing item on the page other than a line and constrain the angle of rotation**** | Ctrl+drag and rotate |
You can constrain objects when re-sizing them with Ctrl+drag. Constraining keeps the aspect ratio the same as the original shape.
Esc | Closes Story Editor |
Ctrl+W | Save Changes and Close Story Editor |
Ctrl+S | Save File While Editing in Story Editor |
The following are for points, millimeters, picas*, centimeters, ciceros | |
Arrow keys | Move item 1 unit |
Ctrl+Arrow | Move item 10 units |
Shift+Arrow | Move item 0.1 units |
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow | Move item 0.01 units |
* Movement units for picas are points | |
The following are for inches | |
Arrow keys | Move item 0.139 units** |
Ctrl+Arrow | Move item 1 unit |
Shift+Arrow | Move item 0.1 units |
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow | Move item 0.01 units |
Enlarging/Shrinking Frames*** | |
Alt+Right Arrow | Enlarges by moving right side outward |
Alt+Left Arrow | Enlarges by moving left side outward |
Alt+Up Arrow | Enlarges by moving top side outward |
Alt+Down Arrow | Enlarges by moving bottom side outward |
Shift+Alt+Right Arrow | Shrinks by moving left side inward |
Shift+Alt+Left Arrow | Shrinks by moving right side inward |
Shift+Alt+Up Arrow | Shrinks by moving bottom side inward |
Shift+Alt+Down Arrow | Shrinks by moving top side inward |
Shift | Ctrl | Shift+Ctrl | |
Movement: | 0.1 × Scaling | 0.01 × Scaling | 0.001 × Scaling |
Example | |||
48.1% Scale: | 4.81 units | 0.481 units | 0.0481 units |
Clearly, with units of inches, one would need to be careful. Furthermore, note that if your X-Scale is different from Y-Scale, the movement will be different in each direction, again according to this calculation.
Holding Shift while Left clicking adds objects to current selection, for multiple selection.
Shift+Right/Left Arrow selects Characters
Ctrl+Shift+Right/Left Arrow selects Words
Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down selects to beginning/end of paragraph
Shift+Home selects Text back to the beginning of the line
Shift+End selects Text to the end of the line
Ctrl+Right/Left Arrow moves to the next/previous Word
Ctrl+Up/Down Arrow moves to the beginning/end of current paragraph or the previous/next paragraph
PgUp/PgDn moves to beginning/end of current frame.
Ctrl+Alt+Click selects a single Object out of a Groups