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
|