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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

Print

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

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