Adobe Illustrator

Work with type

Increase or decrease font size by steps

Alt + Ctrl + ↑   Shift + ,

All hotkeys for Adobe Illustrator

Frequently used shortcuts
Undo

Ctrl + Z

Frequently used shortcuts
Redo

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Z

Frequently used shortcuts
Cut

Ctrl + X

Frequently used shortcuts
Copy

Ctrl + C

Frequently used shortcuts
Paste

Ctrl + V

Frequently used shortcuts
Paste in front

Ctrl + F

Frequently used shortcuts
Paste at back

Ctrl + B

View artwork
Hide bounding box

↑   Shift + Ctrl + B

Edit shapes
Finish adding objects to the blend

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + B

Frequently used shortcuts
Check spelling

Ctrl + I

Frequently used shortcuts
Open the Color Settings dialog box

↑   Shift + Ctrl + K

Frequently used shortcuts
Open the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + K

Frequently used shortcuts
Open the Preferences dialog box

Ctrl + K

Work with documents
Create a document

Ctrl + N

Work with type
Insert en space

↑   Shift + Ctrl + N

Work with documents
Create a document without opening the New Document dialog box

Alt + Ctrl + N

Work with documents
Open a document

Ctrl + O

Work with documents
Place a file in the document

↑   Shift + Ctrl + P

Work with documents
Open the File Information dialog box

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + I

Work with documents
Open the Document Setup dialog box

Alt + Ctrl + P

Work with documents
Browse in Adobe Bridge

Alt + Ctrl + O

Work with documents
Close the document window

Ctrl + W

Work with documents
Save changes made to the document

Ctrl + S

Work with documents
Open the Save As dialog box

↑   Shift + Ctrl + S

Work with documents
Save a copy of the document

Alt + Ctrl + S

Work with documents
Save the document as script files

Ctrl + F12

Work with documents
Open the Export for screens dialog box

Alt + Ctrl + E

Work with documents
Open the Save For Web dialog box

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + S

Work with documents
Package the document

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + P

Work with documents
Print

Ctrl + P

Work with documents
Exit the application

Ctrl + Q

Select tools
Artboard tool

↑   Shift + O

Draw
Increase the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%

V

Select tools
Direct Selection tool

A

Select tools
Magic Wand tool

Y

Select tools
Lasso tool

Q

Select tools
Pen tool

P

Select tools
Curvature tool

↑   Shift + ~

Select tools
Blob Brush tool

↑   Shift + B

Select tools
Add Anchor Point tool

+

Select tools
Delete Anchor Point tool

-

Select tools
Switch to Anchor Point tool

↑   Shift + C

Select tools
Type tool

T

Select tools
Touch Type tool

↑   Shift + T

Select tools
Line Segment tool

\

Select tools
Rectangle tool

M

Select tools
Ellipse tool

L

Select tools
Paintbrush tool

B

Select tools
Pencil tool

N

Select tools
Shaper tool

↑   Shift + N

Select tools
Rotate tool

R

Select tools
Reflect tool

O

Select tools
Scale tool

S

Select tools
Warp tool

↑   Shift + R

Select tools
Width tool

↑   Shift + W

Select tools
Free Transform tool

E

Edit shapes
Select the Shape Builder tool

↑   Shift + M

Draw
Perspective Grid Tool

↑   Shift + P

Draw
Perspective Selection Tool

↑   Shift + V

Select tools
Symbol Sprayer tool

↑   Shift + S

Select tools
Column Graph tool

J

Select tools
Mesh tool

U

Gradient panel
View Gradient annotator in selected gradient filled object

G

Select tools
Eyedropper tool

I

Select tools
Blend tool

W

Select tools
Live Paint Bucket tool

K

Select tools
Live Paint Selection tool

↑   Shift + L

Select tools
Slice tool

↑   Shift + K

Select tools
Eraser tool

↑   Shift + E

Draw
Increase the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%

C

Select tools
Hand tool

H

Select tools
Zoom tool

Z

Work with type
Switch between Area Type and Path Type, Vertical Area Type and Vertical Path Type tools

Alt

Draw
Decrease the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%

F

Color panel
(double click to right of a numerical field) Switch between percentage and 0-255 values for RGB

Mouse double click

View artwork
Magnify 100%

Ctrl + 1

View artwork
Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool

Space

View artwork
Switch to Zoom tool in magnify mode

Ctrl + Space

View artwork
Switch to Zoom tool in reduce mode

Ctrl + Alt + Space

View artwork
Hide unselected artwork

Control + Alt + ↑   Shift + 3

Swatches panel
(drag a swatch over another) Replace swatch with another

Alt + Mouse movement

View artwork
(double click guide) Release guide

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + Mouse double click

View artwork
Show document template

Ctrl + H

View artwork
Show/Hide artboards

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + H

View artwork
Show/Hide artboard rulers

Ctrl + R

View artwork
Show transparency grid

↑   Shift + Ctrl + D

View artwork
View all artboards in window

Ctrl + Alt + 0

View artwork
Paste in place on the active artboard

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + V

Create variable width points
Deselect a width point

Esc

Gradient panel
Constrain Gradient tool or Gradient annotator while dragging

↑   Shift + Mouse movement

Swatches panel
(click New Swatch button) Create new spot color

Ctrl + Mouse left click

View artwork
Navigate to next document

Ctrl + F6

View artwork
Navigate to previous document

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + F6

View artwork
Navigate to next document group

Ctrl + Alt + F6

View artwork
Navigate to previous document group

Ctrl + Alt + ↑   Shift + F6

View artwork
Toggle between Outline and GPU Preview of the document

Ctrl + Y

View artwork
Toggle between GPU and CPU Preview of the document

Ctrl + E

View artwork
View the document in Overprint Preview mode

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + Y

View artwork
View the document in Pixel Preview mode

Alt + Ctrl + Y

View artwork
Zoom in

Ctrl + =

View artwork
Zoom out

Ctrl + -

View artwork
Hide guides

Ctrl + ;

View artwork
Lock guides

Alt + Ctrl + ;

View artwork
Make guides

Ctrl + 5

View artwork
Release guides

Alt + Ctrl + 5

View artwork
Show/ hide smart guides

Ctrl + U

Draw
Perspective Grid

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + I

View artwork
Show grid

Ctrl + '

View artwork
Snap to grid

↑   Shift + Ctrl + '

View artwork
Snap to point

Alt + Ctrl + '

Work with selections
Switch to last-used selection tool (Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, or Group Selection tool)

Ctrl + `

Transparency panel
(click on disabled mask thumbnail) Re-enable opacity mask

↑   Shift + Mouse left click

Transparency panel
(click on mask thumbnail) Change mask to grayscale image for editing

Alt + Mouse left click

Work with selections
Change pointer to cross hair for Lasso tool

⇪ Caps Lock

Work with selections
Select artwork in active artboard

Ctrl + Alt + A

Work with selections
Create crop marks around selected object

Alt + C + O

Work with selections
Select all

Ctrl + A

Work with selections
Deselect

↑   Shift + Ctrl + A

Work with selections
Reselect

Ctrl + 6

Work with selections
Select the object above the current selection

Alt + Ctrl + ]

Work with selections
Select the object below the current selection

Alt + Ctrl + [

Work with selections
Select behind in isolation mode

Ctrl + Mouse left click

Work with selections
Group the selected artwork

Ctrl + G

Work with selections
Ungroup the selected artwork

↑   Shift + Ctrl + G

Work with selections
Lock a selection

Ctrl + 2

Work with selections
Unlock a selection

Alt + Ctrl + 2

Work with selections
Hide a selection

Ctrl + 3

Work with selections
Show all selections

Alt + Ctrl + 3

Work with selections
Move selection in user-defined increments

← ↑ → ↓

Work with selections
Move selection in 10x user-defined increments

↑   Shift + ← ↑ → ↓

Work with selections
Lock all deselected artwork

Ctrl + Alt + ↑   Shift + 2

Work with type
Switch between Type and Vertical Type, Area Type and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and Vertical Path Type tools

↑   Shift

Work with selections
Bring a selection forward

Ctrl + ]

Work with selections
Move a selection to the front

↑   Shift + Ctrl + ]

Work with selections
Send a selection backward

Ctrl + [

Work with selections
Move a selection to the back

↑   Shift + Ctrl + [

Edit shapes
Move current anchor point while drawing with Pen tool

Space + Mouse movement

Character and Paragraph panels
Increase/decrease the selected value by a small increment

↑  ↓

Draw
(hold down) Keep the inner radius of a star constant

Ctrl

Draw
Change the decay rate of a spiral

Ctrl + Mouse movement

Work with type
Move one character left or right

←  →

Work with objects
Toggle between fill and stroke

X

Work with objects
Increase Bristle brush size

]

Work with objects
Decrease Bristle brush size

[

Draw
Switching between drawing modes

↑   Shift + D

Draw
Join two or more paths

Ctrl + J

Draw
Average two or more paths

Alt + Ctrl + J

Draw
Create corner or smooth join

↑   Shift + Ctrl + Alt + J

Draw
Create a compound path

Ctrl + 8

Draw
Release a compound path

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + 8

Draw
Edit a pattern

↑   Shift + Ctrl + F8

Draw
(drag object) Moving objects perpendicularly

5 + Mouse movement

Draw
Copying objects in perspective

Ctrl + Alt + Mouse movement

Work with objects
Reapply a transformation to an object

Ctrl + D

Edit shapes
Cut at 45° or 90° with Knife tool

↑   Shift + Alt + Mouse movement

Edit shapes
Increase the intensity of symbols (when using Symbolism tool)

↑   Shift + }

Edit shapes
Decrease the intensity of symbols (when using Symbolism tool)

↑   Shift + {

Edit shapes
Blend objects

Alt + Ctrl + B

Edit shapes
Distort objects using a warp-shaped envelope

Alt + Ctrl + ↑   Shift + W

Edit shapes
Distort objects using a mesh as the shape of the envelope

Alt + Ctrl + M

Edit shapes
Distort objects using another object as the shape of the envelope

Alt + Ctrl + C

Work with objects
(click Eyedropper tool) Sample style and append appearance of currently selected item

Alt + ↑   Shift + Mouse left click

Work with Live Paint groups
(click Live Paint Bucket tool) Fill across unstroked edges into adjacent faces

Mouse left click

Work with Live Paint groups
(click Live Paint Bucket tool) Fill all faces that have same fill and stroke all edges that have same stroke

Mouse left click

Work with Live Paint groups
(click Live Paint Selection tool) Select all faces/edges with same fill/stroke

Triple + Mouse left click

Work with objects
Transform pattern (independent of object) when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool

~ + Mouse movement

Work with objects
Apply last pathfinder effect to the selected object

Ctrl + 4

Work with type
Insert em space

↑   Shift + Ctrl + M

Work with objects
Open the Transform Each dialog box

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + D

Work with objects
Make a clipping mask

Ctrl + 7

Work with objects
Release a clipping mask

Alt + Ctrl + 7

Work with objects
Set fill and stroke to default

D

Work with objects
Swap fill and stroke

↑   Shift + X

Work with objects
Select gradient fill mode

>

Work with objects
Hide gradient annotator (when using the Gradient tool)

Alt + Ctrl + G

Work with objects
Select color fill mode

<

Work with objects
Select no stroke/fill mode

/

Work with objects
Add new fill

Ctrl + /

Work with objects
Add new stroke

Ctrl + Alt + /

Work with objects
Make Live Paint (when using the Paint Bucket tool)

Alt + Ctrl + X

Create variable width points
Delete selected width point

Del

Work with type
Move one word left or right

Ctrl + ←  →

Character and Paragraph panels
Increase/decrease the selected value by a fraction

Ctrl + ↑  ↓

Work with type
Select one word left or right

↑   Shift + Ctrl + ←  →

Work with type
Select one paragraph before or after

↑   Shift + Ctrl + ↑  ↓

Work with type
Align paragraph left

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + L

Work with type
Align paragraph right

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + R

Work with type
Align paragraph center

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + C

Work with type
Justify text left

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + J

Work with type
Justify all lines

↑   Shift + Ctrl + F

Work with type
Toggle line composer

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + C

Transform panel
Apply a value and keep focus in edit field

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter

Work with type
Highlight kerning

Ctrl + Alt + K

Work with type
Reset horizontal scale to 100%

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + X

Work with type
or , Increase or decrease font size

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + .

Work with type
Increase or decrease font size by steps

Alt + Ctrl + ↑   Shift + .

Work with type
Increase or decrease font size by steps

Alt + Ctrl + ↑   Shift + ,

Work with type
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (vertical text)

Alt + ↑  ↓

Work with type
Increase or decrease baseline shift (vertical text)

Alt + ←  →

Work with type
Select tracking value

Alt + Ctrl + K

Work with type
Reset tracking/kerning to 0

Ctrl + Alt + Q

Work with type
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (horizontal text)

Ctrl + Alt + ←  →

Work with type
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (vertical text)

Ctrl + Alt + ↑  ↓

Work with type
Increase or decrease baseline shift (horizontal text)

Alt + ↑   Shift + ↑  ↓

Work with type
Create outlines

↑   Shift + Ctrl + O

Character and Paragraph panels
Open the Character panel

Ctrl + T

Character and Paragraph panels
Open the Paragraph panel

Alt + Ctrl + T

Work with type
Open the Tabs panel

↑   Shift + Ctrl + T

Work with type
Open the OpenType panel

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + T

Work with type
Insert bullets

Alt + 8

Work with type
Insert copyright symbol

Alt + G

Work with type
Insert ellipsis

Alt + ;

Work with type
Insert paragraph symbol

Alt + 7

Work with type
Insert section symbol

Alt + 6

Work with type
Insert trademark symbol

Alt + 2

Work with type
Insert registered trademark symbol

Alt + R

Work with type
Superscript

↑   Shift + Ctrl + =

Work with type
Subscript

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + =

Work with type
Insert em dash

Alt + ↑   Shift + -

Work with type
Insert en dash

Alt + -

Work with type
Insert discretionary hyphen

↑   Shift + Ctrl + -

Work with type
Toggle auto-hyphenation

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + H

Work with type
Insert double left quotation marks

Alt + [

Work with type
Insert double right quotation marks

Alt + ↑   Shift + [

Work with type
Insert single left quotation marks

Alt + ]

Work with type
Insert single right quotation marks

Alt + ↑   Shift + ]

Work with type
Insert thin space

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + M

Work with type
Show hidden characters

Alt + Ctrl + I

Using panels
Switch units of measurement

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + U

Using panels
Show/Hide all panels

⭾ Tab

Using panels
Show/Hide all panels except the Tools panel and Control panel

↑   Shift + ⭾ Tab

Character and Paragraph panels
Increase/decreases the selected value by a large increment

↑   Shift + ↑  ↓

Brushes panel
(drag brush to New Brush button) Duplicate brush

Mouse movement

Character and Paragraph panels
Highlight the font name field in the Character panel

Ctrl + Alt + ↑   Shift + F

Layers panel
(click New Layer button) Place layer below selected layer

Ctrl + Alt + Mouse left click

Swatches panel
(click New Swatch button) Create new global process color

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + Mouse left click

Color panel
(click color bar) Select the inverse for the nonactive fill/stroke

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + Alt + Mouse left click

Color panel
Open Color Guide

↑   Shift + F3

Gradient panel
Show/Hide gradient arrow

Ctrl + Alt + G

Layers panel
Add a layer

Ctrl + L

Layers panel
Add a layer while opening the New Layer dialog box

Alt + Ctrl + L

Transform panel
Apply a value and copy object

Alt + ⤶ Enter

Transform panel
Apply a value and scale option proportionately for width or height

Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

Transparency panel
Apply last effect to the selected object

↑   Shift + Ctrl + E

Transparency panel
Apply last effect to the selected object by adjusting the values in the effects dialog box

Alt + ↑   Shift + Ctrl + E

Transparency panel
(click opacity field then up or down) Increase/decrease opacity in 1% increments

Mouse left click + ↑  ↓

Transparency panel
(Shift + click opacity field then up or down) Increase/decrease opacity in 10% increments

↑   Shift + Mouse left click + ↑  ↓

Function keys
Invoke Help

F1

Function keys
Cut

F2

Function keys
Copy

F3

Function keys
Paste

F4

Function keys
Show/hide Brushes panel

F5

Function keys
Show/hide Color panel

F6

Function keys
Show/hide Layers panel

F7

Function keys
Create new symbol

F8

Function keys
Show/hide Info panel

Ctrl + F8

Function keys
Show/hide Gradient panel

Ctrl + F9

Function keys
Show/hide Stroke panel

Ctrl + F10

Function keys
Show/hide Attributes panel

Ctrl + F11

Function keys
Revert

F12

Function keys
Show/hide Graphic Styles panel

↑   Shift + F5

Function keys
Show/hide Appearance panel

↑   Shift + F6

Function keys
Show/hide Align panel

↑   Shift + F7

Function keys
Show/hide Transform panel

↑   Shift + F8

Function keys
Show/hide Pathfinder panel

↑   Shift + Ctrl + F9

Function keys
Show/hide Transparency panel

↑   Shift + Ctrl + F10

Function keys
Show/hide Symbols panel

↑   Shift + Ctrl + F11

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