Viewing and navigating
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Action |
Shortcut |
|---|---|
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Scroll with the Hand tool |
Hold down the Spacebar and drag in the layout area |
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Zoom in |
Ctrl+ Alt+ Plus (+) Ctrl+Spacebar and click |
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Zoom out |
Ctrl + Alt + Minus (-) Ctrl+Spacebar+Shift-click |
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Open a context menu |
Click right mouse button |
Drawing and creating objects
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Action |
Shortcut |
|---|---|
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Snap to 45-degree angles |
Hold down Shift as you drag |
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Draw from the center |
Press Ctrl and drag |
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Copy object |
Press Ctrl and drag object |
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Make multiple copies of objects |
Press Ctrl+Alt and drag |
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Copy and resize selected objects |
Begin to drag a handle and then press and hold Ctrl |
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Copy an object in Freeform mode while rotating or skewing |
Press Ctrl as you drag |
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Select the previous tool |
Hold down Alt |
Selecting objects
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Action |
Shortcut |
|---|---|
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Select all objects created by a particular tool |
Select the tool, press Ctrl + A |
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Select objects touched by a selection box |
Ctrl-drag with Selection tool |
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Select object behind other objects |
Tab-click where objects overlap |
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Select object on another layer |
Press Tab and click object (can be combined with other selection shortcuts) |
Miscellaneous shortcuts
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Action |
Shortcut |
|---|---|
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Exit edit mode |
Press Escape or click outside of the object |
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Apply the current fill ink |
Ctrl-click vector or text object with the Color Dropper tool |
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Apply the current pen ink |
Ctrl-right-click vector or text object with the Color Dropper tool |
Text and typography
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Action |
Shortcut |
|---|---|
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Scale all text in a selected text object |
Press Alt and drag a handle on the text object |
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Open the Type palette |
Ctrl + T or double-click Text tool icon |
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Force a line break without creating a new paragraph (insert a soft return) |
Press Shift+Return |
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Move insertion point to... |
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Start of word |
Ctrl + left arrow key |
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End of word |
Ctrl + right arrow key |
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Start of a line |
Ctrl+up arrow key |
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End of line |
Ctrl+down arrow key |
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Up 3 lines on the left margin |
Press Page Up key |
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Down 3 lines on the right margin |
Press Page Down key |
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Select... |
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One character to right or left |
Hold down Shift and press right or left arrow key |
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To end or beginning of word |
Shift+Ctrl+right arrow key Shift+Ctrl+left arrow key |
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To beginning of line |
Shift+Ctrl+up arrow |
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To end of line |
Shift+Ctrl+down arrow |
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One line above or below insertion point |
Shift+up arrow Shift+down arrow |
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Three lines above or below insertion point |
Shift+Page Up Shift+Page Down |
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One word |
Double-click the word |
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From insertion point |
Shift-click at end of selection |
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One line |
Triple-click the line |
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All text in a text object |
With the insertion point in the text, press Ctrl+A |
Painting and editing images
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Action |
Shortcut |
|---|---|
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In paint edit mode, set foreground color to black and background color to white |
Press C |
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Swap foreground and background colors |
Press X |
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Set the opacity for a painting tool (if applicable) |
Press a number key while the tool is selected; click the tool again |
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Crop a paint object (hard crop) |
Press Ctrl and drag a handle on the selected paint object with the Selection (arrow) tool |
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Constrain brush strokes to straight horizontal or vertical movement |
Press Shift while you drag a painting tool |
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Switch temporarily to the Color Dropper while using a painting tool |
Press Alt |
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Apply a channel mask to an object, or put an object’s channel mask in edit mode |
Press Ctrl and double-click the object |
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Place a paint object in edit mode when another paint object is in edit mode |
Press Tab and click the paint object while a painting tool is selected |
Channels palette
|
Operation |
Shortcut |
|---|---|
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Add a channel to the current selection |
Press Shift and drag the channel to the Selection button, or press Alt+Shift and click the channel |
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Replace an alpha channel with the current selection |
Drag from the Selection button to the channel |
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Add the current selection to an existing alpha channel |
Press Shift and drag from the Selection button to the channel |
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Create a new channel |
Click the New Channel button |
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Delete an alpha channel |
Drag the channel to the trash can icon |
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Duplicate a channel |
Drag the channel to the New Channel button |
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Load a channel as a selection |
Drag the channel to the Selection button, or Alt-click the channel |
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Move an alpha channel in the palette |
Drag the channel up or down in the list |
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Save the current selection in a new channel |
Click the Selection button |
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Select the intersection of the current selection and a channel |
Press Shift+Ctrl and drag the channel to the Selection button, or press Shift+Ctrl+Alt and click the channel |
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Subtract a channel from the current selection |
Ctrl-drag the channel to the Selection button, or press Ctrl+Alt and click the channel |
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Subtract the current selection from a channel |
Press Ctrl and drag from the Selection button to the channel |
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Make a channel active |
Press Ctrl and a number key. Press zero to select the composite channel |
Selecting painting tools
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Tool |
Key (press with paint object in edit mode) |
Tool |
Key (press with paint object in edit mode) |
|---|---|---|---|
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Airbrush |
A |
Marquee, Oval Marquee, Row Selection, Column Selection |
M |
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Blur |
F |
Pencil |
P |
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Blend |
G |
Paintbrush |
B |
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Bucket |
K |
Remote Move |
V |
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Burn |
N |
Rubber Stamp |
S |
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Dodge |
O |
Sharpen |
R |
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Eraser |
E |
Smudge |
U |
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Lasso |
L |
Sponge |
D |
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Marker |
H |
Wand |
W |
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Neon |
T |
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Editing vector paths
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Action |
Shortcut |
|---|---|
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Place selected path in edit mode |
Press Ctrl+E |
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Use the pop-up menu to edit an anchor point or path segment |
Right-button click the path with Selection tool |
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Add an anchor point to a segment |
Press Ctrl and click a segment |
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Delete an anchor point |
Press Ctrl+Shift and click the anchor point |
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Move an anchor point as you place it |
Without releasing the mouse button as you set the anchor point, press the Spacebar and drag to move the anchor point |
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Change the length of both tangent lines of an anchor point at once |
Press Ctrl and drag either tangent line handle |
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Change an anchor point from smooth to cusp |
Press Tab and drag either tangent line handle |
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Change a cusp point with two tangent lines to a smooth point |
Press Tab and click a tangent line handle to align the tangent line with the other tangent line |
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Add a tangent line to an anchor point that does not have two tangent lines |
Press Tab and drag from the anchor point |
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Delete one or both tangent lines from an anchor point |
Press tab and click the anchor point |
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Close an open path |
Select an endpoint, then select the Curve or Polygon tool and click the other endpoint. Press Alt and click either endpoint with the Selection tool |
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Change the length of a tangent line without changing the angle |
Press Ctrl+Alt and drag the tangent line handle |
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Reshape the segment you drag and the adjacent segments |
Press Alt and drag the segment |