2017
Display/hide palette
Ctrl+F11
Select next tool (or display Tools palette)
Ctrl+Alt+Tab or Ctrl+F8
Select previous tool (or display Tools palette)
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+F8
Open Tools pane of Preferences dialog box
Double-click item creation tool or Zoom tool
Toggle between Item and Text Content tool or Picture
Content tool
Shift+F8
Content tool changes to Item tool temporarily
Ctrl
Move flyout tool to main palette
Control+select tool
Move tool into pop-up tool list
Control+click tool
Using Text Linking/Unlinking tools
To maintain text in respective text boxes during linking
Alt+Link tool selected
To unlink text box with its text from the linked chain
Shift+Option+Unlink tool selected
To maintain text in respective text boxes during unlinking
Alt+Unlink tool selected
Tool selection shortcuts (not available when Text Content
tool is selected)
Item tool
V
Text tools
T
Picture tool
R
Box tools
B
Shape tools
M
Line tool
L
Pen tools
P
Item Format Painter tool
I
Table tool
G
Zoom tool
Z
Pan tool
X
Display/hide palette
Ctrl+F11
Select the X field of the Classic tab or the Space/Align tab
(or display palette)
Ctrl+Alt+M
Select the Font field of the Classic tab or the Character
Attributes tab
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M
Toggle Font Preview preference
Shift+open the Font drop-down menu
Select next field
Tab
Select previous field
Shift+Tab