User Guide

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Adjusting spacing using the keyboard
The Keyboard Increments options of the
General Preferences dialog box let you
set the increments in which baseline
shift and kerning/tracking values
increase or decrease when you use
keyboard shortcuts. The default key
increment values are 2 points for
size/leading, 2 points for baseline shift,
and 20/1000 of an em space for kern-
ing/tracking.
The Keyboard Increments option con-
trols the following keyboard shortcuts:
• Command+Shift+> increases the
point size.
• Command+Shift+< decreases the
point size.
• Option+Down Arrow increases the
leading.
• Option+Up Arrow decreases the
leading.
• Option+Right Arrow increases the
kerning/tracking.
• Option+Left Arrow decreases the
kerning/tracking.