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New Document Ctrl+N Arrange: Send Backward/Forward Ctrl+[ or ] Move to the start of the line Home Zoom In Ctrl+= or Ctrl+Num+
New default document Ctrl+Alt+N Arrange: Send to Back/Front Ctrl+Shift+[ or ] Move to the end of the line End Zoom Out Ctrl+ – or Ctrl+Num–
Open Ctrl+O Select Next Object Below Ctrl+click, Ctrl+Alt+[ Move to beginning of story Ctrl+Home Fit Selection in Window Ctrl+Alt+=
Close Ctrl+W Select Last Object Below Ctrl+Alt+click, Move to end of story Ctrl+End Fit Page in Window Ctrl+0
Close all open documents Ctrl+Shift+Alt+W Ctrl+Shift+Alt+[ Move to the left one word Ctrl+Left Arrow Fit Spread in Window Ctrl+Alt+0
Save Ctrl+S Select Container, Content esc, Shift+esc Move to the right one word Ctrl+Right Arrow Fit Entire Pasteboard in Window Ctrl+Shift+Alt+0
Save all open documents Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S Transform Sequence Again Ctrl+Alt+4 Move to the next paragraph Ctrl+Down Arrow View Scale 50%, 100%, 200%, 400% Ctrl+5, Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+4
Save As Ctrl+Shift+S Transform: Move Item Ctrl+Shift+M Move to the previous paragraph Ctrl+Up Arrow Toggle current/previous view scale Ctrl+Alt+2
Save a Copy Ctrl+Alt+S Group, Ungroup Ctrl+G, Ctrl+Shift+G Go to first frame in thread Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ Overprint Preview Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Y
Document Setup Ctrl+Alt+P Lock Ctrl+L Page Up Force screen redraw Shift+F5
Export Ctrl+E Unlock All On Spread Ctrl+Alt+L Go to last frame in thread Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ Fast Display Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Z
File Info Ctrl+Shift+Alt+I Hide Ctrl+3 Page Down High Quality Display Ctrl+Alt+H
Package Ctrl+Shift+Alt+P Show All On Spread Ctrl+Alt+3 Go to next frame in thread Ctrl+Alt+Page Down Typical Display Ctrl+Alt+Z
Print Ctrl+P Text Frame Options Ctrl+B Go to previous frame in thread Ctrl+Alt+Page Up Clear Object-Level Settings Ctrl+Shift+F2
General Preferences Ctrl+K Fitting: Center Content Ctrl+Shift+E Select current line Ctrl+Shift+\ Show/Hide Frame Edges Ctrl+H
Rebuild Preferences (press during Ctrl+Shift+Alt Fitting: Fill Frame Proportionally Ctrl+Shift+Alt+C Select to one character Shift+Left/Right Arrow Show/Hide Text Frame Threads Ctrl+Alt+Y
program launch until Alert appears) Fitting: Fit Content Proportionally Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E Select to one word Ctrl+Shift+ Show/Hide Rulers Ctrl+R
Document History & Plug-in Info Ctrl+About InDesign Fitting: Fit Content to Frame Ctrl+Alt+E Left/Right Arrow Show/Hide XML Structure Panel Ctrl+Alt+1
Fitting: Fit Frame to Content Ctrl+Alt+C Select to one line Shift+Up/Down Arrow Presentation Background: Black B
Drop Shadow Effect Ctrl+Alt+M Select to one paragraph Ctrl+Shift+ Presentation Background: Gray G
Add New Page Ctrl+Shift+P Clipping Path Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K Up/Down Arrow
Presentation Background: White W
Place Text or Pictures Ctrl+D Make Compound Path Ctrl+8 Select to the start of the line Shift+Home
Show/Hide Conveyor Alt+B
Browse (Open Bridge) Ctrl+Alt+O Release Compound Path Ctrl+Shift+Alt+8 Select to the end of the line Shift+End
Copy Ctrl+C Select to beginning of story Ctrl+Shift+Home
Cut Ctrl+X Select to end of story Ctrl+Shift+End
Select all text in story Ctrl+A Show/Hide Guides Ctrl+;
Paste Ctrl+V
Quick Apply Ctrl+Enter Deselect any text selection Ctrl+Shift+A Show/Hide Smart Guides Ctrl+U
Paste in Place Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V
Redefine Character Style Ctrl+Shift+Alt+C Show/Hide Baseline Grid Ctrl+Alt+’
Paste Into Ctrl+Alt+V
Redefine Paragraph Style Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R Show/Hide Document Grid Ctrl+’
Paste without Formatting Ctrl+Shift+V
Clear local formatting overrides Alt+click on style Select all Guides Ctrl+Alt+G
Select All Ctrl+A Insert Table Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T
Clear local & Char. Style overrides Shift+Alt+click on style Lock Guides Ctrl+Alt+ ;
Deselect All Ctrl+Shift+A Insert Column Ctrl+Alt+9
Autoflow text (with loaded cursor) Shift+click on page Snap to Guides Ctrl+Shift+ ;
Duplicate Ctrl+Shift+Alt+D Insert Row Ctrl+9
Semi-autoflow (with loaded cursor) Alt+click on page Snap to Document Grid Ctrl+Shift+ ’
Duplicate manually Alt+ drag Delete Column Shift+Backspace
Edit in Story Editor Ctrl+Y
Step and Repeat Ctrl+Alt+U Delete Row Ctrl+Backspace
Check Spelling Ctrl+ I
Undo Ctrl+Z Table Options Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B
Find/Change, Find Next Ctrl+F, Ctrl+Alt+F
Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z Cell Options Ctrl+Alt+B Go to Page Ctrl+J
Load Find and Find Next instance Shift+F1
Override Master Page item Ctrl+Shift+ click Move to Next window Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+ `
Load Find with selected text Ctrl+F1
Override All Master Page Items Ctrl+Shift+Alt+L Next Cell Tab Previous window Ctrl+Shift+Tab,
Load Replace with selected text Ctrl+F2 Ctrl+Shift+`
Toggle Measurement System Ctrl+Shift+Alt+U Previous Cell Shift+Tab
Replace with Change To text Ctrl+F3 Scroll down one screen Page Down
First Cell in Column Alt+Page Up
Replace with Change To text and Find Next Shift+F3 Scroll up one screen Page Up
First Cell in Row Alt+Home
Selection Tool V Recompose all stories Ctrl+Alt+/ First Page Ctrl+Shift+Page Up
First Row in Frame Page Up
Direct Selection Tool A Toggle Typographer’s Quotes Pref. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+’ Last Page Ctrl+Shift+Page Down
Last Cell in Column Alt+Page Down
Temporary Selection Tool (press) Ctrl Update missing font list Ctrl+Shift+Alt+/ Next Page Shift+Page Down
Last Cell in Row Alt+End
Page Tool Shift+P Create Outlines Ctrl+Shift+O Previous Page Shift+Page Up
Last Row in Frame Page Down
Gap Tool U Create outlines (text remains) Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O First Spread Home
Select
Toggle Content Collector B Track Changes: Next Change Ctrl+Page Down Last Spread End
Cell Ctrl+/
and Content Placer Track Changes: Previous Change Ctrl+Page Up Next Spread Alt+Page Down
Column Ctrl+Alt+3
Pen Tool P Previous Spread Alt+Page Up
Row Ctrl+3
Type Tool T Go Back Ctrl+Page Up
Table Ctrl+Alt+A
Type on a Path Tool Shift+T Align center Ctrl+Shift+C Go Forward Ctrl+Page Down
Cells Above Shift+Up Arrow
Pencil Tool N Align force justify Ctrl+Shift+F Cells Below Shift+Down Arrow
Line Tool \ Align justify Ctrl+Shift+J Cells to the Left Shift+Left Arrow
Rectangle Frame Tool F Align left Ctrl+Shift+L Cells to the Right Shift+Right Arrow Align Shift+F7
Rectangle Tool M Align right Ctrl+Shift+R Start Row in Next Column Num Enter Character Ctrl+T
Ellipse Tool L Align to baseline grid Ctrl+Shift+Alt+G Start Row in Next Frame Shift+ Num Enter Character Styles Shift+F11
Scissors Tool C Auto-hyphenate on/off Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H Toggle Cell/Text Selection Escape Color F6
Rotate Tool R Drop Caps and Nested Styles Ctrl+Alt+R Control Ctrl+Alt+6
Shear Tool O Justification Ctrl+Shift+Alt+J Effects Ctrl+Shift+F10
Scale Tool S Keep Options Ctrl+Alt+K
Show/Hide Hidden Characters Ctrl+Alt+I Glyphs Alt+Shift+ F11
Gradient Swatch Tool G Paragraph Rules Ctrl+Alt+J
Insert Break Character Index Shift+F8
Gradient Feather Tool Shift+G
Forced Line Break Shift+Enter Info F8
Free Transform Tool E
Column Break Num Enter Layers F7
Eyedropper Tool I
Bold Ctrl+Shift+B Frame Break Shift+ Num Enter Links Ctrl+Shift+D
Measure Tool K
Italic Ctrl+Shift+I Page Break Ctrl+ Num Enter Object Styles Ctrl+F7
Hand Tool H
Auto leading Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A Insert Special Character Pages F12
Temporary Hand Tool (press) Alt+Spacebar
All Caps Ctrl+Shift+K Bullet Alt+8 Paragraph Styles F11
Zoom Tool Z
Small Caps Ctrl+Shift+H Copyright Symbol Alt+G Paragraph Ctrl+Alt+T, Ctrl+M
Temporary Zoom Tool (press) Ctrl+Spacebar
Strikethrough Ctrl+Shift+/ Registration Symbol Alt+R Preflight Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F
Apply default fill and stroke colors D
Subscript Ctrl+Shift+Alt+= Em Dash Alt+Shift+ – Preview Ctrl+Shift+ Enter
Swap fill and stroke activation X
Superscript Ctrl+Shift+= En Dash Alt+ – Separations Preview Shift+F6
Swap fill and stroke colors Shift+X
Underline Ctrl+Shift+U Ellipsis Alt+ ; Stroke F10
Toggle color affects text/its frame J
Increase/Decrease Baseline shift Alt+Shift+Up/Down Arr. Auto Page Number Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N Swatches F5
Apply color swatch ,
Increase/Decrease Baseline shift 5× Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Up/Down Discretionary Hyphen Ctrl+Shift+– Table Shift+F9
Apply gradient swatch .
Increase/Decrease Kerning/Tracking Alt+Right/Left Arrow Nonbreaking Hyphen Ctrl+Alt+– Tabs Ctrl+Shift+T
Apply None swatch / or Num /
Increase/Decrease Kerning/Tracking 5× Ctrl+Alt+Right/Left Arrow Straight Single Quote Alt+ ’ Text Wrap Ctrl+Alt+W
Preview mode on/off W
Presentation Mode Shift+W Increase/Decrease Leading Alt+Down/Up Arrow Straight Double Quote Shift+Alt+’
Increase/Decrease Leading 5× Ctrl+Alt+Down/Up Arrow Indent to Here Ctrl+\
Increase/Decrease Text point size Ctrl+Shift+. or , Right Indent Tab Shift+Tab Show/Hide all panels Tab
Edit Original Alt+doubleclick Increase/Decrease Text point size 5× Ctrl+Shift+Alt+. or , Insert White Space Show/Hide all panels except Shift+Tab
Decrease size / scale by 1%  5% Ctrl+, Ctrl+Alt+, Increase/Decrease Word space Ctrl+Alt+\ or Backspace Em Space Ctrl+Shift+M Tools and Control
Increase size / scale by 1%  5% Ctrl+. Ctrl+Alt+. Increase/Decrease Word space 5× Ctrl+Shift+Alt+\ or Bckspc En Space Ctrl+Shift+N Open/Close all docked panels Ctrl+Alt+Tab
Nudge Arrow keys Reset font style (to “Regular”) Ctrl+Shift+Y Nonbreaking Space Ctrl+Alt+X Activate last-used field in panel Ctrl+Alt+`
Nudge by 1/10 Ctrl+Shift+Arrows Reset kerning and tracking to 0 Ctrl+Alt+Q Thin Space Ctrl+Shift+Alt+M Jump to Control Panel Ctrl+6
Nudge by 10× Shift+Arrow Keys Reset horizontal text scale to 100% Ctrl+Shift+X New index page reference Ctrl+7 Switch Character and Paragraph Ctrl+Alt+7
Toggle Live Edit Mode 4 Reset vertical text scale to 100% Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X Add new index entry Ctrl+Shift+Alt+[ Modes in Control Panel

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