Operation Manual

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USING ILLUSTRATOR
Keyboard shortcuts
Last updated 11/8/2011
To change the increment value for type shortcuts, choose Edit > Preferences >Type (Windows) or Illustrator >
Preferences >Type (Mac OS). Enter the values you want in the Size/Leading, Baseline Shift, and Tracking text boxes,
and click
OK.
Keys for using panels
This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu
commands or tool tips.
Increase or decrease type size Ctrl + Shift + > or < Command + Shift + > or <
Increase or decrease leading Alt + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or
Right or Left Arrow (vertical text)
Option + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text)
or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text)
Set leading to the type size Double-click leading icon in the Character
panel
Double-click leading icon in the Character
panel
Reset tracking/kerning to 0 Ctrl + Alt + Q Command + Option + Q
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or
Up or Down Arrow (vertical text)
Option + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text)
or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text)
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by
five times
Ctrl + Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal
text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text)
Command + Option + Right or Left Arrow
(horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical
text)
Increase or decrease baseline shift Alt + Shift + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal
text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text)
Option + Shift + Up or Down Arrow
(horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow
(vertical text)
Switch between Type and Vertical Type, Area
Type and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type
and Vertical Path Type tools
Shift Shift
Switch between Area Type and Path Type,
Vertical Area Type and Vertical Path Type tools
Alt Option
Result Windows Mac OS
Set options (except for Actions, Brushes,
Swatches, and Symbols panels)
Alt-click New button Option-click New button
Delete without confirmation (except for
Layers panel)
Alt-click Delete button Option-click Delete button
Apply value and keep text box active Shift + Enter Shift + Return
Select range of actions, brushes, layers, links,
styles, or swatches
Shift-click Shift-click
Select noncontiguous actions, brushes, layers
(same level only), links, styles, or swatches
Ctrl-click Command-click
Show/Hide all panels Tab Tab
Show/Hide all panels except the Tools panel
and Control panel
Shift + Tab Shift + Tab
Result Windows Mac OS