Operation Manual

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USING PHOTOSHOP
Keyboard shortcuts
Last updated 12/5/2011
Keys for formatting type
This partial list provides shortcuts that don’t appear in menu commands or tool tips.
Result Windows Mac OS
Move type in image Control-drag type when Type layer is
selected
Command-drag type when Type layer is
selected
Select 1 character left/right or 1 line
down/up, or 1 word left/right
Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down
Arrow/Up Arrow, or Control + Shift + Left
Arrow/Right Arrow
Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down
Arrow/Up Arrow, or Command + Shift + Left
Arrow/Right Arrow
Select characters from insertion point to
mouse click point
Shift-click Shift-click
Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up,
or 1 word left/right
Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up
Arrow, or Control + Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up
Arrow, or Command + Left Arrow/Right
Arrow
Create a new text layer, when a text layer is
selected in the Layers panel
Shift-click Shift-click
Select a word, line, paragraph, or story Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or
quintuple-click
Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click, or
quintuple-click
Show/Hide selection on selected type Control + H Command + H
Display the bounding box for transforming
text when editing text, or activate Move
tool if cursor is inside the bounding box
Control Command
Scale text within a bounding box when
resizing the bounding box
Control-drag a bounding box handle Command-drag a bounding box handle
Move text box while creating text box Spacebar-drag Spacebar-drag
Result Windows Mac OS
Align left, center, or right Horizontal Type tool + Control + Shift + L, C,
or R
Horizontal Type tool + Command + Shift +
L, C, or R
Align top, center, or bottom Vertical Type tool + Control + Shift + L, C, or
R
Vertical Type tool + Command + Shift + L, C,
or R
Choose 100% horizontal scale Control + Shift + X Command + Shift + X
Choose 100% vertical scale Control + Shift + Alt + X Command + Shift + Option + X
Choose Auto leading Control + Shift + Alt + A Command + Shift + Option + A
Choose 0 for tracking Control + Shift + Q Command + Control + Shift + Q
Justify paragraph, left aligns last line Control + Shift + J Command + Shift + J
Justify paragraph, justifies all Control + Shift + F Command + Shift + F
Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off Control + Shift + Alt + H Command + Control + Shift + Option + H
Toggle single/every-line composer on/off Control + Shift + Alt + T Command + Shift + Option + T
Decrease or increase type size of selected
text 2 points or pixels
Control + Shift + < or >
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Command + Shift + < or >
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Decrease or increase leading 2 points or
pixels
Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow
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Option + Down Arrow or Up Arrow
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