Advanced Creative Design
Adobe InDesign CS4 Essential Shortcuts—MacBook 1
Tools
Selection Tool V
Direct Select Tool A
Free Transform Tool E
Control Panel
Control Panel ⌘+Opt+6
Initiate Control Panel Fields ⌘+6
Navigate Control Panel Fields Tab
Switch Control Panel
Paragraph/Character Modes ⌘+Opt+7
Guides
Select All Guides ⌘+Opt+G
View Guides ⌘+;
Lock Guides ⌘+Opt+;
Snap to Guides ⌘+Opt+Shift+;
Show Rulers ⌘+R
Change Ruler Units ⌘+Opt+Shift+U
Master Page Options
Override Master Page Item ⌘+Shift+Click
Page Numbering ⌘+Opt+Shift+N
Object Editing
Import Image ⌘+D
Paste Into ⌘+Opt+V
Paste in Place ⌘+Opt+Shift+V
Fit Content Proportionately ⌘+Opt+Shift+E
Fill Frame Proportionately ⌘+Opt+Shift+C
Center Image in Frame ⌘+Shift+E
Fit Frame to Content ⌘+Opt+C
Increase Object Scale 1% ⌘+>
Decrease Object Scale 1% ⌘+<
Increase Object Scale 5% ⌘+Opt+>
Decrease Object Scale 5% ⌘+Opt+<
Clipping Path Options ⌘+Opt+Shift+K
Arrange
Group ⌘+Group
Ungroup ⌘+Shift+G
Lock ⌘+L
Unlock ⌘+Opt+L
Nudge Arrow Keys
Nudge X10 Shift+Arrow Keys
Nudge X1/10 ⌘+Shift+Arrow Keys
Bring to Front ⌘+Shift+]
Send to Back ⌘+Shift+[
Bring Forward ⌘+]
Send Backward ⌘+[
Duplicate ⌘+Opt+Shift+D
Panels
Align/Pathfinder/Transform Panels Shift+F7
Character Styles Panel Shift+F11
Clipping Path Options Panel ⌘+Opt+Shift+K
Colour Panel F6
Drop Caps Panel ⌘+Opt+R
Drop Shadow (Effects) ⌘+Opt+M
Effects Panel Shift+F10
Find/Change Panel ⌘+F
Info Panel F8
Justification Panel ⌘+Opt+Shift+J
Keep Options Panel ⌘+Opt+K
Layers Panel F7
Links Panel ⌘+Shift+D
Object Styles Panel ⌘+F7
Paragraph Rules Panel ⌘+Opt+J
Paragraph Styles Panel F11
Swatches Panel F5
Step and Repeat Panel ⌘+Opt+U
Stroke Panel F10
Tabs Panel ⌘+Shift+T
Text Wrap Panel ⌘+Opt+W
Text Editing Options
Story Editor ⌘+Y
Move over one Character L/R Arrow
Move over one Word ⌘+ L/R Arrow
Move to next line Up/Down Arrow
Move to start/end
of Paragraph ⌘+Up/Down Arrow
Select/Deselect one Character Shift+L/R Arrow
Select/Deselect one Word ⌘+Shift+L/R Arrow
Select/Deselect one Line Shift+Up/Down Arrow
Select/Deselect
Paragraph ⌘+Shift+Up/Down Arrow
Delete one character to Left Delete
Delete one word to Left ⌘+Delete
Delete one character to Right Shift+Fn+Delete
Delete one word to Right ⌘+Fn+Delete
Increase Word Space ⌘+Opt+\
Increase Word Space x5 ⌘+Opt+Shift+\
Decrease Word Space ⌘+Opt+Delete
Decrease Word Space x5 ⌘+Opt+Shift+Delete
Force Auto Leading ⌘+Opt+Shift+A
Auto-Hyphenation On/Off ⌘+Opt+Shift+H
Navigation
Go to specific page ⌘+J
Go to a page in folio sequence ⌘+J (+folio #)
Page Up/Page Down Shift+Fn+Up/Down Arrow
First Page/Last Page ⌘+Fn+Shift+Up/Down Arrow
Go to next/last spread Opt+Fn+Up/Down Arrow
Punctuation
Quotation Marks: Double Left Opt+[
Quotation Marks: Double Right Option+Shift+[
Quotation Marks: Single Left Opt+]
Quotation Marks: Single Right Opt+Shift+]
Inch Marks: Cntrl+Shift+’
Foot Marks Cntrl+’
Advanced Creative Design
Adobe InDesign CS4 Essential Shortcuts—MacBook 2
Text Formatting Options Paragraph Editing Options

Text Frame Options ⌘+B Remove Paragraph Overrides Opt+Click

Import Text ⌘+D Remove Paragagraph

and Character Overrides Opt+Shift+Click
Increase Type Size ⌘+Shift+>
Align Left ⌘+Shift+L
Increase Type Size x5 ⌘+Opt+ Shift+>
Align Center ⌘+Shift+C
Decrease Type Size ⌘+Shift+<
Align Right ⌘+Shift+R
Decrease Type Size x5 ⌘+Opt+ Shift+<
Align Justified ⌘+Shift+J
Increase/Decrease Leading Opt+Down/Up Arrow
Align Force Justified ⌘+Shift+F
Increase/Decrease
Leading x5 ⌘+Opt+Down/Up Arrow Insert Em Space ⌘+Shift+M

Increase/Decrease Insert En Space ⌘+Shift+N

Tracking/Kerning Opt+L/R Arrow
Insert Non-Breaking Space ⌘+Opt+X
Increase/Decrease
Insert Thin White Space ⌘+Opt+Shift+M
Tracking/Kerning x5 ⌘+Opt+L/R Arrow
Insert Discretionary Hyphen ⌘+Shift+dash
Increase/Decrease
Baseline Shift Opt+Shift+Up/Down Arrow Insert Non-Breaking Hyphen ⌘+Opt+dash
Increase/Decrease Insert En Dash Opt+dash
Baseline Shift x5 ⌘+Opt+Shift+Up/Down Arrow
Insert Em Dash Opt+Shift+dash
Return all tracking to 0 (Metric) ⌘+Opt+Q
Indent to Here Character ⌘+\
Regular Typeface ⌘+Shift+Y

Bold Typeface ⌘+Shift+B Tables

Italic Typeface ⌘+Shift+I Table Options Setup ⌘+Opt+Shift+B

Table Cell Options ⌘+Opt+B

View Options

Expand/Collapse All Panels ⌘+Opt+Tab

Hide All Windows Tab

Hide Menus Only Shift+Tab

Fit Page to Window ⌘+0

Fit Page to 100% ⌘+1

Fit Page to 200% ⌘+2

Fit Page to Pasteboard ⌘+Shift+Opt+0

Fit Page to 50% ⌘+5

Fit Page to 400% ⌘+4

Show/Hide Frame Edges ⌘+Ctrl+H

Show/Hide Text Threads ⌘+Opt+Y

Show/Hide Hidden Characters ⌘+Opt+I

Toggle Preview, Bleed, Slug & Normal Views W

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