InDesign CS5 Shortcuts

Platform: Windows/English
Tools
V, Escape Selection Tool
a Direct Selection tool
Ctrl+Tab Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool
Shift+p Page tool
u Gap tool
p Pen tool
= Add Anchor Point tool
- Delete Anchor Point tool
Shift+c Convert Direction Point tool
t Type tool
Shift+t Type On A Path tool
n Pencil tool (Note tool)
\ Line tool
f Rectangle Frame tool
m Rectangle tool
l Ellipse tool
r Rotate tool
s Scale tool
o Shear tool
e Free Transform tool
i Eyedropper tool
k Measure tool
g Gradient tool
c Scissors tool
h Hand tool
Spacebar (Layout
mode), Alt (Text
mode), /Alt+Spaceb
ar (both)
Temporarily select Hand tool
z Zoom tool
Ctrl+Space Temporarily select Zoom In tool
x Toggle Fill and Stroke
Shift+x Swap Fill and Stroke
j Toggle between Formatting Affects Container and
Formatting Affects Text
, (comma) Apply Color
. (period) Apply Gradient
/ Apply No Color
w Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode
Shift+g Gradient Feather tool
Selecting and moving objects
Any tool (except
selection tools)+Ctr
l
Temporarily select Selection or Direct Selection tool
(last used)
Direct Selection
tool+Alt; / Pen, Add
Anchor Point, /
Delete Anchor
Point tool+Alt+Ctrl
Temporarily select Group Selection tool
Esc/ double-click Select container of selected content
Shift+Esc/
double-click
Select content of selected container
Selection, Direct
Selection, / Group
Selection tool+Shift
-click (to deselect,
click center point)
Add to or subtract from a selection of multiple
objects
Selection, Direct
Selection, / Group
Selection tool+Alt-d
rag*
Duplicate selection
Alt+Arrow Keys Duplicate and offset selection
Alt+Shift+Arrow
Keys
Duplicate and offset selection by 10 times**
Arrow Keys Move selection**
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow
Keys
Move selection by 10th**
Shift+Arrow Keys Move selection by 10 times**
Selection / Direct
Selection tool+Ctrl+
Shift-click
Select master page item from document page
Selection tool+Ctrl-
click, / Selection
tool+Alt+Ctrl-click
Select next object behind or in front
Alt+Ctrl+
Page Down/Page
Up
Select next or previous frame in story
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+
Page Down/Page
Up
Select first or last frame in story
Ctrl+[[] Send object backward
Shift+Ctrl+[[] Send object to back
Ctrl+[[] Bring object forward
Shift+Ctrl+[[] Bring object to front
*Press Shift to constrain movement to 45 angles.
**Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments
Transforming Objects
Transformation
tool+Alt-drag
Duplicate and transform selection
Select
object+double-click
Scale tool, Rotate
tool, / Shear tool in
Toolbox
Display Transform tool dialog box
Ctrl+, (comma) Decrease scale by 1%
Ctrl+. (period) Increase scale by 1%
Ctrl+Alt+. (period) Increase scale by 5%
Selection tool+Ctrl-
drag
Resize frame and content
Selection tool+Shift
+Ctrl-drag
Resize frame and content proportionately
Ellipse tool,
Polygon tool, /
Rectangle tool+Shif
t-drag
Constrain proportion
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+z Switch image from High Quality Display to Fast
Display
Editing Paths and Frames
Direct Selection
tool+Alt+Ctrl, / Pen
tool+Alt
Temporarily select Convert Direction Point tool
Alt Temporarily switch between Add Anchor Point and
Delete Anchor Point tool
Scissors tool+Alt Temporarily select Add Anchor Point tool
Pen tool+Shift Keep Pen tool selected when pointer is over path or
anchor point
Pen tool+Space Move anchor point and handles while drawing
F10 Display the Stroke panel
http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/InDesign_CS5.pdf
InDesign CS5 Shortcuts
Platform: Windows/English
Working with Tables
Begin dragging
row / column
border, and then
hold down Alt as
you drag
Insert or delete rows or columns while dragging
Shift-drag interior
row / column
border
Resize rows or columns without changing the size of
the table
Shift-drag right /
bottom table
border
Resize rows or columns proportionally
Tab/Shift+Tab Move to next/previous cell
Alt+Page Up/Alt+Pa
ge Down
Move to first/last cell in column
Alt+Home/Alt+End Move to first/last cell in row
Page Up/Page
Down
Move to first/last row in frame
Arrow Up/Arrow
Down
Move up/down one cell
Arrow Left/Arrow
Right
Move left/right one cell
Shift+Arrow Up/+A
rrow Down
Select cell above/below the current cell
Shift+Arrow Right/
Arrow Left
Select cell to the right/left of the current cell
Enter on numeric
keypad
Start row on next column
Shift+Enter on
numeric keypad
Start row on next frame
Esc Toggle between text selection and cell selection
Managing Text
Ctrl+F1 Insert selected text into Find What box
Shift+F1 Insert selected text into Find What box and finds
next
Shift+F2/Alt+Ctrl+f Find next occurrence of Find What text
Ctrl+F2 Insert selected text into Change To box
Ctrl+F3 Replace selection with Change To text
Working with Type
Shift+Ctrl+b Bold
Shift+Ctrl+i Italic
Shift+Ctrl+y Normal
Shift+Ctrl+u Underline
Shift+Ctrl+/ Strikethrough
Shift+Ctrl+k All caps (on/off)
Shift+Ctrl+h Small caps (on/off)
Shift+Ctrl+[[]+[[] Superscript
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+[[]+[
[]
Subscript
Shift+Ctrl+x/
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+x
Reset horizontal or vertical scale to 100%
Shift+Ctrl+L, R, /c Align left, right, or center
Shift+Ctrl+F (all
lines) / J (all but
last line)
Justify all lines
Shift+Ctrl+>/< Increase or decrease point size*
Shift+Ctrl+Alt+
>/<
Increase or decrease point size by five times*
Alt+Arrow Up/Arro
w Down
Increase or decrease leading (horizontal text)*
Alt+Ctrl+
Arrow Up/+Arrow
Down
Increase or decrease leading by five times
(horizontal text)*
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+a Auto leading
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+g Align to grid (on/off)
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+h Auto-hyphenate (on/off)
Alt+
Arrow Left/Arrow
Right
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking
(horizontal text)
Alt+Ctrl+
Arrow Left/Arrow
Right
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five
times (horizontal text)
Alt+Ctrl+\ Increase kerning between words*
Alt+Ctrl+Backspace Decrease kerning between words*
Alt+Ctrl+q Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0
Shift+Alt+
Arrow Up/+Arrow
Down
Increase or decrease baseline shift** (horizontal text)
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+
Arrow Up/Arrow
Down
Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times
(horizontal text)
Shift-click loaded
text icon
Automatically flow story
Alt-click loaded
text icon
Semi-automatically flow story
Alt+Ctrl+/ Recompose all stories
Alt+Ctrl+n Insert current page number
Navigating Through and Editing Text
Arrow Right/Arrow
Left
Move to right or left one character
Arrow Up/Arrow
Down
Move up or down one line
Ctrl+
Arrow Right/Arrow
Left
Move to right or left one word
Home/End Move to start or end of line
Ctrl+Arrow Up/Arr
ow Down
Move to previous or next paragraph
Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+En
d
Move to start or end of story
Double-click word Select one word
Shift+
Arrow Right/Arrow
Left
Select one character right or left
Shift+
Arrow Up/+Arrow
Down
Select one line above or below
Shift+Home/+End Select start or end of line
Triple-click /
quadruple-click
paragraph,
depending on Text
Preferences setting
Select one paragraph
Shift+Ctrl+
Arrow Up/Arrow
Down
Select one paragraph before or after
Shift+Ctrl+\ Select current line
Shift-click Select characters from insertion point
Shift+Ctrl+
Home/Ctrl+End
Select start or end of story
Ctrl+a Select all in story
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+
Page Up/Page
Down
Select first/last frame
Alt+Ctrl+
Page Up/Page
Down
Select previous/next frame
Ctrl+Backspace/Del
ete
Delete word in front of insertion point (Story Editor)
http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/InDesign_CS5.pdf
InDesign CS5 Shortcuts
Platform: Windows/English
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+/ Update missing font list
Viewing documents and document workspaces
Spacebar (with no
text insertion
point), Alt-drag
(with text insertion
point), /Alt+Spaceb
ar (in both text and
non-text modes)
Temporarily select Hand tool
Ctrl+Space Temporarily select Zoom In tool
Alt+Ctrl+Space/
Alt+Zoom In tool
Temporarily select Zoom Out tool
Ctrl+5, 2, 4 Zoom to 50%, 200%, or 400%
Shift+F5 Redraw screen
Ctrl+Alt+n Open new default document
Alt+Ctrl+2 Switch between current and previous zoom levels
Ctrl+~/
Shift+Ctrl+F6/
Ctrl+Shift+~
Switch to next/previous document window
Page Up/Page
Down
Scroll up/down one screen
Ctrl+
Page Up/Page
Down
Go back/forward to last-viewed page
Alt+
Page Up/Page
Down
Go to previous/next spread
Double-click Hand
tool
Fit spread in window
Ctrl+j Activate the Go To command
Ctrl+Alt++ (plus) Fit selection in window
Ctrl+J, type prefix
of master, press
Enter
Go to master page while panel is closed
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+u Cycle through units of measurement
Shift-drag guide Snap guide to ruler increments
Ctrl-drag guide Switch between page and spread guides (creation
only)
Ctrl-drag from zero
point
Create vertical and horizontal ruler guides for the
spread
Alt+Ctrl+g Select all guides
Right-click zero
point and choose
an option
Lock or unlock zero point
Alt-drag guide Use current magnification for view threshold of new
guide
Press first letter of
button name, if
underlined
Select buttons in alert dialog boxes
Ctrl+Help >
About Design
Show information on installed plugins and InDesign
components
Working with XML
Arrow Right/Arrow
Left
Expand/Collapse element
Alt+
Arrow Right/Arrow
Left
Expand/Collapse element and child elements
Shift+
Arrow Up/Arrow
Down
Extend XML selection up/down
Arrow Up/Arrow
Down
Move XML selection up/down
Page Up/Page
Down
Scroll structure pane up/down one screen
Home/End Select first/last XML node
Shift+
Home/Shift+End
Extend selection to first/last XML node
Ctrl+
Arrow Left/Arrow
Right
Go to previous/next validation error
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F7 Automatically tag text frames and tables
Indexing
Shift+Ctrl+Alt+[[] Create index entry without dialog box
Ctrl+7 Open index entry dialog box
Shift+Ctrl+Alt+[[] Create proper name index entry (last name, first
name)
Panels
alt-click Delete icon Delete without confirmation
alt-click New
button
Create item and set options
Shift+Enter Apply value and keep focus on option
Ctrl+Alt+~ Activate last-used option in last-used panel
Shift-click Select range of styles, layers, links, swatches, or
library objects in a panel
Ctrl-click Select nonadjacent styles, layers, links, swatches, or
library objects in a panel
Tab Apply value and select next value
Esc Move focus to selected object, text, or window
Tab Show/Hide all panels, Toolbox, and Control panel
(with no insertion point)
Shift+Tab Show/Hide all panels except the Toolbox and Control
panel (docked or not)
Ctrl+Alt+Tab Open or close all stashed panels
Alt+drag any panel
tab (in the group)
to edge of screen
Stash a panel group
Alt+Ctrl-click in
list, and then use
keyboard to select
item by name
Select item by name
Alt+Ctrl+m Open the Drop Shadow panel
Control Panel
Ctrl+6 Toggle focus to/from Control panel
Ctrl+Alt+7 Toggle Character/Paragraph text attributes mode
Any key on the
numeric keypad /
keyboard numbers
Change reference point when proxy has focus
Alt+Arrow Down Display the pop-up menu that has focus
alt-click Kerning
icon
Open Units & Increments Preferences
alt-click Number
Of Columns icon
Open the Text Frame Options dialog box
alt-click X / Y icon Open the Move dialog box
alt-click Angle icon Open the Rotate dialog box
alt-click X / Y Scale
icon
Open the Scale dialog box
alt-click Shear icon Open the Shear dialog box
alt-click
Superscript,
Subscript, / Small
Caps button
Open Text Preferences
alt-click Underline
button
Open the Underline Options dialog box
alt-click
Strikethrough
button
Open the Strikethrough Options dialog box
alt-click Align To
Baseline Grid, / Do
Not Align To
Baseline Grid
button
Open the Grids Preferences
http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/InDesign_CS5.pdf
InDesign CS5 Shortcuts
Platform: Windows/English
alt-click Drop Cap
Number Of Lines, /
Drop Cap One Or
More Characters
icon
Open the Drop Caps & Nested Styles dialog box
alt-click Leading
icon
Open the Justification dialog box
Type panels and dialog boxes
Alt+Ctrl+Shift+j Open Justification dialog box
Alt+Ctrl+j Open Paragraph Rules dialog box
Alt+Ctrl+k Open Keep Options dialog box
Ctrl+t Activate Character panel
Ctrl+Alt+t Activate Paragraph panel
Character and paragraph styles
Select text and
press Shift+Alt+Ctrl
+c
Make character style definition match text
Select text and
press Shift+Alt+Ctrl
+r
Make paragraph style definition match text
Shift+Alt+Ctrl-doub
le-click style
Change options without applying style
alt-click paragraph
style name
Remove style and local formatting
Alt+Shift-click
paragraph style
name
Clear overrides from paragraph style
F11, Shift+F11 Show/hide Paragraph and Character Styles panels,
respectively
Tabs Panel
Shift+Ctrl+t Activate Tabs panel
alt-click tab Switch between alignment options
Layers Panel
alt-click layer Select all objects on layer
Alt-drag small
square to new
layer
Copy selection to new layer
Ctrl-click Create
New Layer
Add new layer below selected layer
Shift+Ctrl-click
Create New Layer
Add new layer to the top of the layer list
Shift+Alt+Ctrl-click
Create New Layer
Add new layer to the top of the layer list and open
New Layer dialog box
alt-click Create
New Layer
Add new layer and open New Layer dialog box
Pages Panel
alt-click master Apply master to selected page
alt-click the master
you want to base
the selected master
on
Base another master page on selected master
Ctrl-click Create
New Page button
Create master page
alt-click New Page
button
Display Insert Pages dialog box
Shift+Ctrl+p Add new page after last page
Color Panel
Shift-drag slider Move color sliders in tandem
alt-click color bar Select a color for the nonactive fill or stroke
Shift-click color
bar
Switch between color modes (CMYK, RGB, LAB)
Separations Preview panel
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+y Turn on Overprint preview
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+~
(tilde)
Show all plates
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+1 Show Cyan plate
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+2 Show Magenta plate
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+3 Show Yellow plate
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+4 Show Black plate
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+5 Show 1st Spot plate
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+6 Show 2nd Spot plate
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+7 Show 3rd Spot plate
Swatches Panel
alt-click New
Swatch button
Create new swatch based on the current swatch
Alt+Ctrl-click New
Swatch button
Create spot color swatch based on the current swatch
Shift+Alt+Ctrl-doub
le-click swatch
Change options without applying swatch
Transform Panels
Alt+Enter Apply value and copy object
Ctrl+Enter Apply width, height, or scale value proportionally
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