Adobe InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts
Lay out books, magazines, and digital publications.
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95 shortcuts / 14 sections
Tools
33Selection tool
VV
Direct Selection tool
AA
Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool
⌃⌘⇥Control Command Tab
Page tool
⇧PShift P
Gap tool
UU
Pen tool
PP
Delete Anchor Point tool
PLUSPLUS
Convert Direction Point tool
⇧CShift C
Type tool
TT
Type On A Path tool
⇧TShift T
Pencil tool (Note tool)
NN
Rectangle Frame tool
FF
Rectangle tool
MM
Ellipse tool
LL
Rotate tool
RR
Scale tool
SS
Shear tool
OO
Free Transform tool
EE
Eyedropper tool
II
Measure tool
KK
Gradient tool
GG
Scissors tool
CC
Hand tool
HH
Temporarily selects Hand tool
⌥SpaceOption Space
Zoom tool
ZZ
Temporarily selects Zoom In tool
⌘SpaceCommand Space
Toggle Fill and Stroke
XX
Swap Fill and Stroke
⇧XShift X
Toggle formatting target
JJ
Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode
WW
Frame Grid tool (horizontal)
YY
Frame Grid tool (vertical)
QQ
Gradient Feather tool
⇧GShift G
Selecting and moving objects
2Select container of selected content
⎋Escape
Select content of selected container
⇧⎋Shift Escape
Transforming objects
5Decrease scale by 1%
CMDCMD
Decrease scale by 5%
⌥CMDOption CMD
Increase scale by 1%
⌘.Command .
Increase scale by 5%
⌥⌘.Option Command .
Toggle display quality
⇧⌥⌘ZShift Option Command Z
Editing paths and frames
1Temporarily switch between anchor point tools
OPTOPT
Tables
3Start row on next column
↩Enter
Start row on next frame
⇧↩Shift Enter
Toggle between text selection and cell selection
⎋Escape
Working with type
21Bold (only for fonts with bold face)
⇧⌘BShift Command B
Italic (only for fonts with italic face)
⇧⌘IShift Command I
Normal
⇧⌘YShift Command Y
Underline
⇧⌘UShift Command U
All caps (on/off)
⇧⌘KShift Command K
Asian language hyphenation
⇧⌘KShift Command K
Small caps (on/off)
⇧⌘HShift Command H
Tate-chu-yoko setting
⇧⌘HShift Command H
Reset horizontal or vertical scale to 100%
⇧⌘XShift Command X
Basic letter group setting or detail setting
⇧⌘XShift Command X
Align left, right, or center
⇧⌘LShift Command L
Justify all lines
⇧⌘FShift Command F
Align both ends or equal spacing
⇧⌘FShift Command F
Increase or decrease point size
⇧⌘.Shift Command .
Increase or decrease point size by five times
⇧⌥⌘.Shift Option Command .
Auto leading
⇧⌥⌘AShift Option Command A
Align to grid (on/off)
⇧⌥⌘GShift Option Command G
Auto-hyphenate (on/off)
⇧⌥⌘HShift Option Command H
Decrease kerning between words
⌥⌘⌫Option Command Backspace
Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0
⌥⌘QOption Command Q
Insert current page number
⌥⌘NOption Command N
Viewing documents and document workspaces
9Temporarily select Zoom In tool
⌘SpaceCommand Space
Temporarily select Zoom Out tool
⌥⌘SpaceOption Command Space
Zoom to 50%, 200%, or 400%
⌘5Command 5
Open new default document
⌥⌘NOption Command N
Switch between current and previous zoom levels
⌥⌘2Option Command 2
Activate the Go To command
⌘JCommand J
Go to master page while \ panel is closed
⌘JCommand J
Cycle through units of measurement
⇧⌥⌘UShift Option Command U
Select all guides
⌥⌘GOption Command G
Control panel
2Toggle focus to/from Control panel
⌘6Command 6
Toggle Character/Paragraph text attributes mode
⌥⌘7Option Command 7
Type panels and dialog boxes
5Open Justification dialog box
⇧⌥⌘JShift Option Command J
Open Paragraph Rules dialog box
⌥⌘JOption Command J
Open Keep options dialog box
⌥⌘KOption Command K
Activate Character panel
⌘TCommand T
Activate Paragraph panel
⌥⌘TOption Command T
Tabs panel
1Activate Tabs panel
⇧⌘TShift Command T
Pages panel
1Add new page after last page
⇧⌘PShift Command P
Separations Preview panel
8Turn on Overprint preview
⇧⌥⌘YShift Option Command Y
Show Cyan plate
⇧⌥⌘1Shift Option Command 1
Show Magenta plate
⇧⌥⌘2Shift Option Command 2
Show Yellow plate
⇧⌥⌘3Shift Option Command 3
Show Black plate
⇧⌥⌘4Shift Option Command 4
Show 1st Spot plate
⇧⌥⌘5Shift Option Command 5
Show 2nd Spot plate
⇧⌥⌘6Shift Option Command 6
Show 3rd Spot plate
⇧⌥⌘7Shift Option Command 7
Transform panel
2Apply value and copy object
⌥↩Option Enter
Apply width, height, or scale value proportionally
⌘↩Command Enter