Adobe Illustrator CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts
Selecting tools
V Selection tool
A Direct Selection tool
Y Magic Wand tool
Q Lasso tool
P Pen tool
=+ (plus) Add Anchor Point tool
=- (minus) Delete Anchor Point tool
Shift + C Convert Anchor Point tool
T Type tool
\ (backslash) Line Segment tool
M Rectangle tool
L Ellipse tool in Adobe Illustrator
B Paintbrush tool
N Pencil tool
R Rotate tool
O Reflect tool
S Scale tool
Shift + R Warp tool
E Free Transform tool
Shift + S Symbol Sprayer tool
J Column Graph tool
U Mesh tool in Adobe Illustrator
G Gradient tool
I Eyedropper tool
W Blend tool
K Live Paint Bucket tool
Shift + L Live Paint Selection tool
Shift + O Crop Area tool
Shift + K Slice tool
Shift + E Eraser tool
C Scissors tool
H Hand tool
Z Zoom tool
Viewing artwork
F Toggle between screen modes: Standard, Full,Full with menu bar, and Maximized
Double-click Hand tool Fit imageable area in window
Double-click Zoom tool Magnify 100%
Spacebar Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)
Ctrl + Spacebar Switch to Zoom tool in magnify mode
Ctrl + Alt + Spacebar Switch to Zoom tool in reduce mode
Spacebar Move Zoom marquee while dragging with theZoom tool
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 3 Hide unselected artwork
Alt-drag guide Convert between horizontal and vertical guide in Adobe Illustrator
Ctrl + Shift-double-click guide Release guide
Drawing
Shift-drag Constrain a shape's proportions or orientation to: equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles,ellipses, and grids Increments of 45ยบ for line and arc segments Original orientation for polygons, stars, and flares
spacebar-drag Move a shape while drawing it
Alt-drag Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares)
Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow Increase or decrease polygon sides, star points,arc angle, spiral winds, or flare rays
Start dragging, then hold down Ctrl Keep the inner radius of a star constant
Alt-drag Keep the sides of a star straight
Start dragging, then hold down C Switch between an open and closed arc
Start dragging, then hold down F Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant
Alt-drag Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral
Ctrl-drag Change the decay rate of a spiral
Alt-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset. Add or remove horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid
Start dragging, then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow Add or remove vertical lines from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid
Start dragging, then press F Decrease the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%
Start dragging, then press V Increase the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%
Start dragging, then press X Decrease the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%
Start dragging, then press C Increase the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%
Alt-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset. Create and expand a Live Trace object in one step
Selecting
Ctrl Switch to last-used selection tool (Selection tool,Direct Selection tool, or Group Selection tool) in Adobe Illustrator
Alt Switch between Direct Selection tool and Group Selection tool
Shift-click Add to a selection with Selection tool,Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, Live Paint Selection tool, or Magic Wand tool
Shift-click Subtract a selection with Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, or Live Paint Selection tool
Alt-click Subtract from selection with Magic Wand tool
Shift-drag Add to selection with Lasso tool
Alt-drag Subtract from selection with Lasso tool in Adobe Illustrator
Caps Lock Change pointer to cross hair for selected tools
Moving selections
Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move selection in user-defined increments
Shift + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move selection in 10x user-defined increments in Adobe Illustrator
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 2 Lock all deselected artwork
Hold down Shift Constrain movement to 45º angle (except whenusing Reflect tool)
Editing shapes
Alt Switch Pen tool to Convert Anchor Point tool
Alt Switch between Add Anchor Point tool and Delete Anchor Point tool
Alt Switch Scissors tool to Add Anchor Point tool
Alt Switch Pencil tool to Smooth tool in Adobe Illustrator
Spacebar-drag Move current anchor point while drawing with Pen tool
Alt-drag Cut a straight line with Knife tool
Shift + Alt-drag Cut at 45º or 90º with Knife tool
Alt + Shape mode Turn shape mode buttons in Pathfinder panelinto Pathfinder commands
Painting objects
X Toggle between fill and stroke in Adobe Illustrator
D Set fill and stroke to default
Shift + X Swap fill and stroke
> Select gradient fill mode
Select color fill mode
/ (forward slash) Select no stroke/fill mode
Shift + Eyedropper tool Sample color from an image or intermediatecolor from gradient
Alt + Shift-click + Eyedropper tool Sample style and append appearance of currentlyselected item
Ctrl + / (forward slash) Add new fill
Ctrl + Alt + / (forward slash) Add new stroke
Ctrl-click gradient button in Tools panel or Gradient panel Reset gradient to black and white in Adobe Illustrator
Working with Live Paint groups
Alt-click Live Paint Bucket tool Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke
Alt Shift-click Live Paint Bucket tool Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient
Shift Live Paint Bucket tool Select opposite Live Paint Bucket tool options(if Paint Fills and Paint Strokes are currently selected, switch to Paint Fills only)
Double-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Fill across unstroked edges into adjacent faces
Triple-click Live Paint Bucket tool Fill all faces that have same fill and strok eall edges that have same stroke in Adobe Illustrator
Alt-click + Live Paint Selection tool Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/orstroke
Alt + Shift-click + Live Paint Selectiontool Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color froman image or intermediate color from a gradient
Shift-click + Live Paint Selection tool Add to/subtract from a selection
Double-click + Live Paint Selection tool Select all connected faces /edges with same fill/stroke
Triple-click Live Paint Selection tool Select all faces/edges with same fill/stroke in Adobe Illustrator
Transforming objects
Alt-click Set origin point and open dialog box when using Rotate tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool
Alt-drag Duplicate and transform selection when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool
Tilde (~)-drag Transform pattern (independent of object) when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool in Adobe Illustrator
Working with type
Right Arrow or Left Arrow Move one character right or left
Up Arrow or Down Arrow Move up or down one line
Ctrl + Right Arrow or Left Arrow Move one word right or left
Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Move up or down one paragraph
Shift Ctrl Right Arrow or Left Arrow Select one word right or left when working with Adobe Illustrator type
Shift + Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Select one paragraph before or after
Shift-click Extend existing selection
Ctrl + Shift + L, R, or C Align paragraph left, right, or center
Ctrl + Shift + J Justify paragraph
Shift + Enter Insertsoft return
Ctrl + Alt + K Highlight kerning
Ctrl Shift X Reset horizontal scale to 100% when working with Adobe Illustrator type
Ctrl + Shift + > or Increase or decrease type size
Alt + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) Increase or decrease leading
Double-click leading icon in the Character panel Set leading to the type size
Ctrl + Alt + Q Reset tracking/kerning to 0
Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text) Add or remove space (kerning) between two characters
Ctrl + Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text) Add or remove space (kerning) between charactersby five times the increment value
Alt + Shift + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) Increase or decrease baseline shift when working with Adobe Illustrator type
Shift Switch between Type and Vertical Type, AreaType and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and Vertical Path Typetools
Alt-click Type tool Switch between Area Type and Type, Path Typeand Area Type, and Vertical Path Type and Vertical Area Type tools
Using panels
Alt-click New button Set options (except for Actions, Brushes, Swatches,and Symbols panels)
Alt-click Delete button Delete without confirmation (except for Layerspanel)
Shift Enter Apply value and keep text box active when using Adobe Illustrator panels
Shift-click Select range of actions, brushes, layers, links,styles, or swatches
Ctrl-click Select noncontiguous actions, brushes, layers(same level only), links, styles, or swatches
Tab Show/Hide all panels when using Adobe Illustrator panels
Shift + Tab Show/Hide all panels except the Tools panel andControl panel
Actions panel
Alt-click expansion triangle Expand/Collapse entire hierarchy for action set
Double-click folder icon Set options for action set
Alt-click Play button Play a single command in Adobe Illustrator actions panel
Alt-click New Action button Begin recording actions without confirmation
Brushes panel
Double-click brush Open Brush Options dialog box
Drag brush to New Brush button Duplicate brush
Character and Paragraph panels
Up Arrow or Down Arrow Increase/decrease the selected value bya small increment
Shift + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Increase/decreases the selected value bya large increment
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F Highlight the font name field in the Characterpanel
Color panel
Ctrl-click color bar Select the complement for the current color fill/stroke
Alt-click color bar Change the nonactive fill/stroke in Adobe Illustrator color panel
Ctrl + Alt-click color bar Select the complement for the nonactive fill/stroke
Ctrl + Shift-click color bar Select the inverse for the current fill/stroke
Ctrl + Shift + Alt-click color bar Select the inverse for the nonactive fill/stroke
Shift-click color bar Change the color mode
Shift-drag color slider Move color sliders in tandem in Adobe Illustrator color panel
Double-click to right of a numerical field Switch between percentage and 0-255 valuesfor RGB
Gradient panel
Alt-drag Duplicate color stops
Alt-drag color stop onto another stop Swap color stops
Alt-click swatch in the Swatches panel Apply swatch color to active (or selected) colorstop
Layers panel
Alt-click layer name Select all objects on the layer in Adobe Illustrator
Alt-click eye icon Show/hide all layers but the selected one
Ctrl-click eye icon Select Outline/Preview view for the selected layer
Ctrl + Alt-click eye icon Selects Outline/Preview view for all other layers
Alt-click lock icon Lock/unlock all other layers
Alt-click expansion triangle Expand all sublayers to display entire hierarchy
Alt-click New Layer button Set options as you create new layer
Alt-click New Sublayer button Set options as you create new sublayer
Ctrl Alt-click New Sublayer button Place new sublayer at bottom of layer list in Adobe Illustrator
Ctrl-click New Layer button Place layer at top of layer list
Ctrl + Alt-click New Layer button Place layer below selected layer
Alt-drag selection Copy the selection to a new layer, sublayer, orgroup
Swatches panel
Ctrl-click New Swatch button Create new spot color
Ctrl + Shift-click New Swatch button Create new global process color
Alt-drag a swatch over another Replace swatch with another
Ctrl Alt-click in the swatch color list Select swatch by name (using keyboard) in Adobe Illustrator
Transform panel
Shift + Enter Apply a value and keep focus in edit field
Alt Enter Apply a value and copy object when using Adobe Illustrator transform panel
Ctrl Enter Apply a value and scale option proportionately for width or height
Transparency panel
Alt-click on mask thumbnail Change mask to grayscale image for editing
Shift-click on mask thumbnail Disable opacity mask
Shift-click on disabled mask thumbnail Re-enable opacity mask in Adobe Illustrator Transparency panel
Click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Increase/decrease opacity in 1% increments
Shift-click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Increase/decrease opacity in 10% increments
Function keys
F1 Invoke Help
F2 Cut
F3 Copy
F4 Paste
F5 Show/hide Brushes panel
F6 Show/hide Color panel in Adobe Illustrator
F7 Show/hide Layers panel
F8 Create new symbol
Ctrl F8 Show/hide Info panel in Adobe Illustrator
Ctrl + F9 Show/hide Gradient panel
Ctrl + F10 Show/hide Stroke panel
Ctrl + F11 Show/hide Attributes panel
F12 Revert
Shift + F5 Show/hide Graphic Styles panel
Shift F6 Show/hide Appearance panel in Adobe Illustrator
Shift + F7 Show/hide Align panel
Shift + F8 Show/hide Transform panel
Shift + Ctrl + F9 Show/hide Pathfinder panel
Shift + Ctrl + F10 Show/hide Transparency panel
Shift + Ctrl + F11 Show/hide Symbols panel
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