Illustrator
Logos, designs, web graphics & more
Popular:
Undo
Ctrl
Z
Redo
Shift
Ctrl
Z
Cut
Ctrl
X
Copy
Ctrl
C
Paste
Ctrl
V
Paste in front
Ctrl
F
Paste at back
Ctrl
B
Paste in place
Shift
Ctrl
B
Paste on all artboards
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
B
Check spelling
Ctrl
I
Open the Color Settings dialog box
Shift
Ctrl
K
Open the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
K
Open the Preferences dialog box
Ctrl
K
Documents:
Create a document
Ctrl
N
Create a document from a template
Shift
Ctrl
N
Create a document without opening the New Document dialog box
Alt
Ctrl
N
Open a document
Ctrl
O
Place a file in the document
Shift
Ctrl
P
Open the File Information dialog box
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
I
Open the Document Setup dialog box
Alt
Ctrl
P
Browse in Adobe Bridge
Alt
Ctrl
O
Close the document window
Ctrl
W
Save changes made to the document
Ctrl
S
Open the Save As dialog box
Shift
Ctrl
S
Save a copy of the document
Alt
Ctrl
S
Save the document as script files
Ctrl
F12
Open the Export for screens dialog box
Alt
Ctrl
E
Open the Save For Web dialog box
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
S
Package the document
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
P
Ctrl
P
Exit the application
Ctrl
Q
Select tools:
Artboard tool
Shift
O
Selection tool
V
Direct Selection tool
A
Magic Wand tool
Y
Lasso tool
Q
Pen tool
P
Curvature tool
Shift
+
~
Blob Brush tool
Shift
B
Add Anchor Point tool
+
Delete Anchor Point tool
-
Switch to Anchor Point tool
Shift
C
Type tool
T
Touch Type tool
Shift
T
Line Segment tool
\
Rectangle tool
M
Ellipse tool
L
Paintbrush tool
B
Pencil tool
N
Shaper tool
Shift
N
Rotate tool
R
Reflect tool
O
Scale tool
S
Warp tool
Shift
R
Width Tool
Shift
W
Free Transform tool
E
Shape Builder Tool
Shift
M
Perspective Grid Tool
Shift
P
Perspective Selection Tool
Shift
V
Symbol Sprayer tool
Shift
S
Column Graph tool
J
Mesh tool
U
Gradient tool
G
Eyedropper tool
I
Blend tool
W
Live Paint Bucket tool
K
Live Paint Selection tool
Shift
L
Slice tool
Shift
K
Eraser tool
Shift
E
Scissors tool
C
Hand tool
H
Zoom tool
Z
Switch to Smooth tool while using Blob Brush tool
Alt
View artwork:
Toggle between screen modes: Normal Screen Mode, Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar, Full Screen Mode
F
Fit imageable area in window
MouseLeft
+
MouseLeft
Magnify 100%
Ctrl
1
Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)
⎵
Switch to Zoom tool in magnify mode
Ctrl
⎵
Switch to Zoom tool in reduce mode
Ctrl
Alt
⎵
Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool
⎵
Hide bounding box
Shift
Ctrl
B
Hide unselected artwork
Ctrl
Alt
Shift
3
Convert between horizontal and vertical guide
Alt
MouseLeft
Release guide
Ctrl
Shift
Show document template
Ctrl
H
Show/Hide artboards
Ctrl
Shift
H
Show/Hide artboard rulers
Ctrl
R
Show transparency grid
Shift
Ctrl
D
View all artboards in window
Ctrl
Alt
0
Paste in place on the active artboard
Ctrl
Shift
Exit Artboard tool mode
Esc
Create artboard inside another artboard
Shift
MouseLeft
Select multiple artboards in the Artboards panel
Ctrl
MouseLeft
Navigate to next document
Ctrl
F6
Navigate to previous document
Ctrl
Shift
F6
Navigate to next document group
Ctrl
Alt
F6
Navigate to previous document group
Ctrl
Alt
Shift
F6
Toggle between Outline and GPU Preview of the document
Ctrl
Y
Toggle between GPU and CPU Preview of the document
Ctrl
E
View the document in Overprint Preview mode
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
Y
View the document in Pixel Preview mode
Alt
Ctrl
Y
Exit Full Screen mode
Esc
Zoom in
Ctrl
+
=
Zoom out
Ctrl
+
-
Hide guides
Ctrl
+
;
Lock guides
Alt
Ctrl
Make guides
Ctrl
5
Release guides
Alt
Ctrl
5
Show/ hide smart guides
Ctrl
U
Show/ hide perspective grid
Ctrl
Shift
I
Show grid
Ctrl
+
'
Snap to grid
Shift
Ctrl
Snap to point
Alt
Ctrl
Selections:
Switch to last-used selection tool (Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, or Group Selection tool)
Ctrl
+
`
Switch between Direct Selection tool and Group Selection tool
Alt
Add to a selection with Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, Live Paint Selection tool, or Magic Wand tool
Shift
MouseLeft
Subtract a selection with Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, or LIve Paint Selection tool
Shift
MouseLeft
Subtract from selection with Magic Wand tool
Alt
MouseLeft
Add to selection with Lasso tool
Shift
MouseLeft
Subtract from selection with Lasso tool
Alt
MouseLeft
Change pointer to cross hair for Lasso tool
CapsLock
Select artwork in active artboard
Ctrl
Alt
A
Create crop marks around selected object
Alt
C
O
Select all
Ctrl
A
Deselect
Shift
Ctrl
A
Reselect
Ctrl
6
Select the object above the current selection
Alt
Ctrl
Select the object below the current selection
Alt
Ctrl
Select behind an object
Ctrl
MouseLeft
+
MouseLeft
Select behind in isolation mode
Ctrl
MouseLeft
+
MouseLeft
Group the selected artwork
Ctrl
G
Ungroup the selected artwork
Shift
Ctrl
G
Lock a selection
Ctrl
2
Unlock a selection
Alt
Ctrl
2
Hide a selection
Ctrl
3
Show all selections
Alt
Ctrl
3
Move selection up in user-defined increments
↑
Move selection in 10x user-defined increments
Shift
→
Lock all deselected artwork
Ctrl
Alt
Shift
2
Constrain movement to 45° angle (except when using Reflect tool)
Shift
Bring a selection forward
Ctrl
+
]
Move a selection to the front
Shift
Ctrl
Send a selection backward
Ctrl
+
[
Move a selection to the back
Shift
Ctrl
Draw:
Switching perspective planes to left grid
1
Switching perspective planes to horizontal grid
2
Switching perspective planes to no active grid
4
Switching perspective planes to right grid
3
Constrain a shape’s proportions or orientation
Shift
MouseLeft
Move a shape while drawing it
Shift
MouseLeft
Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares)
Alt
MouseLeft
Increase polygon sides, star points, arc angle, spiral winds, or flare rays
↑
Keep the inner radius of a star constant
Ctrl
Keep the sides of a star straight
Alt
MouseLeft
Switch between an open and closed arc
C
Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant
F
Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral
Alt
Change the decay rate of a spiral
Ctrl
Add horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid
↑
Add vertical lines from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid
→
Decrease the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%
F
Increase the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%
V
Decrease the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%
X
Increase the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%
C
Increase size of Blob Brush
]
Decrease size of Blob Brush
[
Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically
Shift
Switch through drawing modes
Shift
D
Join two or more paths
Ctrl
J
Average two or more paths
Alt
Ctrl
J
Create corner or smooth join
Shift
Ctrl
Alt
J
Create a compound path
Ctrl
8
Release a compound path
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
8
Edit a pattern
Shift
Ctrl
F8
Perspective Grid
Ctrl
Shift
I
Moving objects perpendicularly
5
Copying objects in perspective
Ctrl
Alt
MouseLeft
Repeat transforming objects in perspective
Ctrl
D
Switching between drawing modes
Shift
D
Shapes:
Switch Pen tool to Convert Anchor Point tool
Alt
Switch between Add Anchor Point tool and Delete Anchor Point tool
Alt
Switch Scissors tool to Add Anchor Point tool
Alt
Switch Pencil tool to Smooth tool
Alt
Move current anchor point while drawing with Pen tool
⎵
MouseLeft
Cut a straight line with Knife tool
Alt
MouseLeft
Cut at 45° or 90° with Knife tool
Shift
Alt
Erase unwanted closed regions created using Shape Builder tool
Alt
MouseLeft
Select the Shape Builder tool
Shift
M
Display rectangular marquee to easily merge multiple paths (when using Shape Builder tool)
Shift
MouseLeft
Increase the intensity of symbols (when using Symbolism tool)
Shift
+
}
Decrease the intensity of symbols (when using Symbolism tool)
Shift
+
{
Blend objects
Alt
Ctrl
B
Finish adding objects to the blend
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
B
Distort objects using a warp-shaped envelope
Alt
Ctrl
Shift
W
Distort objects using a mesh as the shape of the envelope
Alt
Ctrl
M
Distort objects using another object as the shape of the envelope
Alt
Ctrl
C
Toggle between fill and stroke
X
Set fill and stroke to default
D
Swap fill and stroke
Shift
X
Select gradient fill mode
>
Hide gradient annotator (when using the Gradient tool)
Alt
Ctrl
G
Select color fill mode
<
Select no stroke/fill mode
/
Sample color from an image or intermediate color from gradient
Shift
MouseLeft
Sample style and append appearance of currently selected item
Alt
Shift
MouseLeft
Add new fill
Ctrl
/
Add new stroke
Ctrl
Alt
Reset gradient to black and white
Ctrl
MouseLeft
Make Live Paint (when using the Paint Bucket tool)
Ctrl
Alt
X
Decrease Bristle brush size
[
Increase Bristle brush size
]
Live Paint groups:
Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke
Alt
MouseLeft
Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient
Alt
Shift
MouseLeft
Select opposite Live Paint Bucket tool options (if Paint Fills and Paint Strokes are currently selected, switch to Paint Fills only)
Shift
Fill across unstroked edges into adjacent faces
MouseLeft
+
MouseLeft
Fill all faces that have same fill and stroke all edges that have same stroke
MouseLeft
+
MouseLeft
+
MouseLeft
Add to/subtract from a selection
Shift
MouseLeft
Select all connected faces /edges with same fill/stroke
MouseLeft
+
MouseLeft
Select all faces/edges with same fill/stroke
MouseLeft
+
MouseLeft
+
MouseLeft
Objects:
Set origin point and open dialog box when using Rotate tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool
Alt
MouseLeft
Duplicate and transform selection when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool
Alt
MouseLeft
Transform pattern (independent of object) when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool
~
Reapply a transformation to an object
Ctrl
D
Apply last pathfinder effect to the selected object
Ctrl
4
Move an object
Shift
Ctrl
M
Open the Transform Each dialog box
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
D
Make a clipping mask
Ctrl
7
Release a clipping mask
Alt
Ctrl
7
Variable width points:
Select multiple width points
Shift
MouseLeft
Create non-uniform widths
Alt
MouseLeft
Create a copy of the width point
Alt
MouseLeft
Change the position of multiple width points
Shift
MouseLeft
Delete selected width point
Delete
Deselect a width point
Esc
Type:
Move one character right
→
Move up one line
↑
Move one word right or left
Ctrl
→
Move up or down one paragraph
Ctrl
↑
Select one word right or left
Shift
Ctrl
→
Select one paragraph before or after
Shift
Ctrl
↑
Extend existing selection
Shift
MouseLeft
Align paragraph left, right, or center
Ctrl
Shift
L
Justify text left
Ctrl
Shift
J
Justify all lines
Shift
Ctrl
F
Toggle line composer
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
C
Insert soft return
Shift
↵
Highlight kerning
Ctrl
Alt
K
Reset horizontal scale to 100%
Ctrl
Shift
X
Increase or decrease font size
Ctrl
Shift
Increase or decrease font size by steps
Alt
Ctrl
Shift
Increase or decrease leading
Alt
↑
Select tracking value
Alt
Ctrl
K
Reset tracking/kerning to 0
Ctrl
Alt
Q
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking
Alt
→
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times
Ctrl
Alt
→
Increase or decrease baseline shift
Alt
Shift
↑
Switch between Type and Vertical Type, Area Type and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and Vertical Path Type tools
Shift
Switch between Area Type and Path Type, Vertical Area Type and Vertical Path Type tools
Alt
Create outlines
Shift
Ctrl
O
Open the Character panel
Ctrl
T
Open the Paragraph panel
Alt
Ctrl
T
Open the Tabs panel
Shift
Ctrl
T
Open the OpenType panel
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
T
Insert bullets
Alt
8
Insert copyright symbol
Alt
G
Insert ellipsis
Alt
+
;
Insert paragraph symbol
Alt
7
Insert section symbol
Alt
6
Insert trademark symbol
Alt
2
Insert registered trademark symbol
Alt
R
Superscript
Shift
Ctrl
Subscript
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
Insert em dash
Alt
Shift
Insert en dash
Alt
+
-
Insert discretionary hyphen
Shift
Ctrl
Toggle auto-hyphenation
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
H
Insert double left quotation marks
Alt
+
[
Insert double right quotation marks
Alt
Shift
Insert single left quotation marks
Alt
+
]
Insert single right quotation marks
Alt
Shift
Insert em space
Shift
Ctrl
M
Insert en space
Shift
Ctrl
N
Insert thin space
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
M
Show hidden characters
Alt
Ctrl
I
Panels:
Set options (except for Actions, Brushes, Swatches, and Symbols panels)
Alt
MouseLeft
Switch units of measurement
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
U
Delete without confirmation (except for Layers panel)
Alt
MouseLeft
Apply value and keep text box active
Shift
↵
Select range of actions, brushes, layers, links, styles, or swatches
Shift
MouseLeft
Select noncontiguous actions, brushes, layers (same level only), links, styles, or swatches
Ctrl
MouseLeft
Show/Hide all panels
Tab
Show/Hide all panels except the Tools panel and Control panel
Shift
Tab
Increase/ decrease values in logical fractions of the measurement unit
Ctrl
↑
Increase/ decrease measurement unit by 10x
Shift
↑
Actions panel:
Expand/Collapse entire hierarchy for action set
Alt
MouseLeft
Set options for action set
MouseLeft
+
MouseLeft
Play a single command
Ctrl
MouseLeft
Begin recording actions without confirmation
Alt
MouseLeft
Brushes panel:
Open Brush Options dialog box
MouseLeft
+
MouseLeft
Character and Paragraph panels:
Increase the selected value by a small increment
↑
Increase/decreases the selected value by a large increment
Shift
↑
Increase/decrease the selected value by a fraction
Ctrl
↑
Highlight the font name field in the Character panel
Ctrl
Alt
Shift
F
Color panel:
Select the complement for the current color fill/stroke
Ctrl
MouseLeft
Change the nonactive fill/stroke
Alt
MouseLeft
Select the complement for the nonactive fill/stroke
Ctrl
Alt
Select the inverse for the current fill/stroke
Ctrl
Shift
Select the inverse for the nonactive fill/stroke
Ctrl
Shift
Alt
Open Color Guide
Shift
F3
Change the color mode
Shift
MouseLeft
Move color sliders in tandem
Shift
MouseLeft
Switch between percentage and 0-255 values for RGB
MouseLeft
+
MouseLeft
Gradient panel:
Duplicate color stops
Alt
MouseLeft
Swap color stops
Alt
MouseLeft
Apply swatch color to active (or selected) color stop
Alt
MouseLeft
Reset the gradient fill to default black and white linear gradient
Ctrl
MouseLeft
Show/Hide gradient arrow
Ctrl
Alt
G
Modify angle and end-point together
Alt
MouseLeft
Constrain Gradient tool or Gradient annotator while dragging
Shift
MouseLeft
View Gradient annotator in selected gradient filled object
G
Layers panel:
Add a layer
Ctrl
L
Add a layer while opening the New Layer dialog box
Alt
Ctrl
L
Select all objects on the layer
Alt
MouseLeft
Show/hide all layers but the selected one
Alt
MouseLeft
Select Outline/Preview view for the selected layer
Ctrl
MouseLeft
Selects Outline/Preview view for all other layers
Ctrl
Alt
Lock/unlock all other layers
Alt
MouseLeft
Expand all sublayers to display entire hierarchy
Alt
MouseLeft
Set options as you create new layer
Alt
MouseLeft
Set options as you create new sublayer
Alt
MouseLeft
Place new sublayer at bottom of layer list
Ctrl
Alt
Place layer at top of layer list
Ctrl
MouseLeft
Place layer below selected layer
Ctrl
Alt
Copy the selection to a layer, sublayer, or group
Alt
MouseLeft
Swatches panel:
Create new spot color
Ctrl
MouseLeft
Create new global process color
Ctrl
Shift
Transform panel:
Apply a value and keep focus in edit field
Shift
↵
Apply a value and copy object
Alt
↵
Apply a value and scale option proportionately for width or height
Ctrl
↵
Transparency panel:
Apply last effect to the selected object
Shift
Ctrl
E
Apply last effect to the selected object by adjusting the values in the effects dialog box
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
Change mask to grayscale image for editing
Alt
MouseLeft
Disable opacity mask
Shift
MouseLeft
Re-enable opacity mask
Shift
MouseLeft
Increase opacity in 1% increments
↑
Increase opacity in 10% increments
Shift
↑
Function keys:
Invoke Help
F1
Cut
F2
Copy
F3
Paste
F4
Show/hide Brushes panel
F5
Show/hide Color panel
F6
Show/hide Layers panel
F7
Create new symbol
F8
Show/hide Info panel
Ctrl
F8
Show/hide Gradient panel
Ctrl
F9
Show/hide Stroke panel
Ctrl
F10
Show/hide Attributes panel
Ctrl
F11
Revert
F12
Show/hide Graphic Styles panel
Shift
F5
Show/hide Appearance panel
Shift
F6
Show/hide Align panel
Shift
F7
Show/hide Transform panel
Shift
F8
Show/hide Pathfinder panel
Shift
Ctrl
F9
Show/hide Transparency panel
Shift
Ctrl
F10
Show/hide Symbols panel
Shift
Ctrl
F11