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Keyboard shortcuts
Last updated 9/13/2015
Keys for selecting and moving objects
This partial list includes the most helpful shortcuts. You'll find additional shortcuts in menu commands and tool tips.
Align left, center, or right Horizontal Type tool or Horizontal Type Mask
tool + Control + Shift + L, C, or R
Horizontal Type tool or Horizontal Type Mask
tool + Command + Shift + L, C, or R
Align top, center, or bottom Vertical Type tool or Vertical Type Mask tool +
Control + Shift + L, C, or R
Vertical Type tool or Vertical Type Mask tool +
Command + Shift + L, C, or R
Return to default font style Control + Shift + Y Command + Shift + Y
Turn Underlining on/off Control + Shift + U Command + Shift + U
Turn Strikethrough on/off Control + Shift + / (forward slash) Command + Shift + / (forward slash)
Decrease or increase type size of selected text
2 pts/px
Control + Shift + < or > Command + Shift + < or >
Result Windows Mac OS
Deselect a selection Control + D Command + D
Reposition marquee while selecting Spacebar-drag Spacebar-drag
Add to or subtract from a selection Any selection tool + Shift or Alt-drag Any selection tool + Shift or Option-drag
Intersect a selection Any selection tool (except Quick Selection
tool and Selection Brush tool) + Shift + Alt-
drag
Any selection tool (except Quick Selection
tool and Selection Brush tool) + Shift +
Option-drag
Constrain marquee to square or circle (if no
other selections are active)
Shift-drag Shift-drag
Draw marquee from center (if no other
selections are active)
Alt-drag Option-drag
Constrain shape and draw marquee from
center
Shift + Alt-drag Shift + Option-drag
Switch to Move tool Control (except when Hand or any shape tool
is selected)
Command (except when Hand or any shape
tool is selected)
Switch from Magnetic Lasso tool to Polygonal
Lasso tool
Alt-click and drag Option-click and drag
Delete last anchor point for Magnetic or
Polygonal Lasso tool
Delete Delete
Apply/cancel an operation of the Magnetic
Lasso tool
Enter/Esc Enter/Esc
Move copy of selection Move tool + Alt-drag selection Move tool + Option-drag selection
Move selection area 1 pixel Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up
Arrow, or Down Arrow
Any selection + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up
Arrow, or Down Arrow
Move selection 1 pixel Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up
Arrow, or Down Arrow
Move tool + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up
Arrow, or Down Arrow
Move layer 1 pixel when nothing selected on
layer
Control + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow,
or Down Arrow
Command + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up
Arrow, or Down Arrow
Result Windows Mac OS