Adobe InDesign Shortcuts

 Adobe InDesign Shortcuts

Tool	Windows	Mac OS
Selection tool	V, Esc	V, Esc
Direct Selection tool	A	A
Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool	Ctrl+Tab	Command+Control+Tab
Page tool	Shift+P	Shift+P
Gap tool	U	U
Pen tool	P	P
Add Anchor Point tool	=	=
Add Anchor Point tool	=	= (on the numeric pad)
Delete Anchor Point tool	-	-
Delete Anchor Point tool		-
Convert Direction Point tool	Shift+C	Shift+C
Type tool	T	T
Type On A Path tool	Shift+T	Shift+T
Pencil tool (Note tool)	N	N
Line tool	\	\
Rectangle Frame tool	F	F
Rectangle tool	M	M
Ellipse tool	L	L
Rotate tool	R	R
Scale tool	S	S
Shear tool	O	O
Free Transform tool	E	E
Eyedropper tool	I	I
Measure tool	K	K
Gradient tool	G	G
Scissors tool	C	C
Hand tool	H	H
Temporarily selects Hand tool	Spacebar (Layout mode), Alt (Text mode), or Alt+Spacebar (both)	Spacebar (Layout mode), Option (Text mode), or Option+Spacebar (both)
Zoom tool	Z	Z
Temporarily selects Zoom In tool	Ctrl+Spacebar	Command+Spacebar
Toggle Fill and Stroke	X	X
Swap Fill and Stroke	Shift+X	Shift+X
Toggle between Formatting Affects Container and Formatting Affects Text	J	J
Apply Color	, [comma]	, [comma]
Apply Gradient	. [period]	. [period]
Apply No Color	/	/
Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode	W	W
Frame Grid tool (horizontal)	Y	Y
Frame Grid tool (vertical)	Q	Q
Gradient Feather tool	Shift+G	Shift+G

Result	Windows	Mac OS
Bold (only for fonts with bold face)	Shift+Ctrl+B	Shift+Command+B
Italic (only for fonts with italic face)	Shift+Ctrl+I	Shift+Command+I
Normal	Shift+Ctrl+Y	Shift+Command+Y
Underline	Shift+Ctrl+U	Shift+Command+U
Strikethrough	Shift+Ctrl+/	Control+Shift+Command+/
All caps (on/off)	Shift+Ctrl+K	Shift+Command+K
Asian language hyphenation	Shift+Ctrl+K	Shift+Command+K
Small caps (on/off)	Shift+Ctrl+H	Shift+Command+H
Tate-chu-yoko setting	Shift+Ctrl+H	Shift+Command+H
Superscript	Shift+Ctrl+(+) [plus sign]	Shift+Command+(+) [plus sign]
Subscript	Shift+Alt+Ctrl+(+) [plus sign]	Shift+Option+Command+(+) [plus sign]
Reset horizontal or vertical scale to 100%	Shift+Ctrl+X or Shift+Alt+Ctrl+X	Shift+Command+X or Shift+Option+Command+X
Basic letter group setting or detail setting	Shift+Ctrl+X or Shift+Alt+Ctrl+X	Shift+Command+X or Shift+Option+Command+X
Align left, right, or center	Shift+Ctrl+L, R, or C	Shift+Command+L, R, or C
Justify all lines	Shift+Ctrl+F (all lines) or J (all but last line)	Shift+Command+F (all lines) or J (all but last line)
Align both ends or equal spacing	Shift+Ctrl+F (align both end) or J (equal spacing)	Shift+Command+F (align both ends) or J (equal spacing)
Increase or decrease point size*	Shift+Ctrl+> or <	Shift+Command+> or <
Increase or decrease point size by five times*	Shift+Ctrl+Alt+> or <	Shift+Command+ Option+> or <
Increase or decrease leading (horizontal text)*	Alt+Up Arrow/ Alt+Down Arrow	Option+Up Arrow/ Option+Down Arrow
Increase or decrease leading (vertical text)*	Alt+Right Arrow/ Alt+Left Arrow	Option+Right Arrow/ Option+Left Arrow
Increase or decrease leading by five times (horizontal text)*	Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow	Option+Command+Up Arrow/ Option+Command+Down Arrow
Increase or decrease leading by five times (vertical text)*	Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow	Option+Command+Right Arrow/ Option+Command+Left Arrow
Auto leading	Shift+Alt+Ctrl+A	Shift+Option+Command+A
Align to grid (on/off)	Shift+Alt+Ctrl+G	Shift+Option+Command+G
Auto-hyphenate (on/off)	Shift+Alt+Ctrl+H	Shift+Option+Command+H
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (horizontal text)	Alt+Left Arrow/Alt+Right Arrow	Option+Left Arrow/ Option+Right Arrow
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (vertical text)	Alt+Up Arrow/ Alt+Down Arrow	Option+Up Arrow/ Option+Down Arrow
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (horizontal text)	Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow	Option+Command+Left Arrow/ Option+Command+Right Arrow
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (vertical text)	Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow	Option+Command+Up Arrow/ Option+Command+Down Arrow
Increase kerning between words*	Alt+Ctrl+\	Option+Command+\
Decrease kerning between words*	Alt+Ctrl+Backspace	Option+Command+Delete
Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0	Alt+Ctrl+Q	Option+Command+Q
Increase or decrease baseline shift** (horizontal text)	Shift+Alt+Up Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Down Arrow	Shift+Option+Up Arrow/ hift+Option+Down Arrow
Increase or decrease baseline shift** (vertical text)	Shift+Alt+Right Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Left Arrow	Shift+Option+Right Arrow/ Shift+Option+Left Arrow
Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times (horizontal text)	Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow	Shift+Option+Command+Up Arrow/ Shift+Option+Command+Down Arrow
Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times (vertical text)	Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow	Shift+Option+Command+Right Arrow/ hift+Option+Command+Left Arrow
Automatically flow story	Shift–click loaded text icon	Shift–click loaded text icon
Semi-automatically flow story	Alt–click loaded text icon	Option–click loaded text icon
Recompose all stories	Alt+Ctrl+/	Option+Command+/
Insert current page number	Alt+Ctrl+N	Option+Command+N
Result Windows Mac OS Duplicate and transform selection Transformation tool+Alt–drag* Transformation tool+Option–drag* Display Transform tool dialog box Select object+double-click Scale tool, Rotate tool, or Shear tool in Toolbox Select object+double-click Scale tool, Rotate tool, or Shear tool in Toolbox Decrease scale by 1% Ctrl+, Command+, Decrease scale by 5% Ctrl+Alt+, Command+Option+, Increase scale by 1% Ctrl+. Command+. Increase scale by 5% Ctrl+Alt+. Command+Option+. Resize frame and content Selection tool+Ctrl–drag Selection tool+Command–drag Resize frame and content proportionately Selection tool+Shift+Ctrl–drag Selection tool+Shift+Command–drag Constrain proportion Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, or Rectangle tool+Shift–drag Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, or Rectangle tool+Shift–drag Switch image from High Quality Display to Fast Display Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z Command+Option+Shift+Z Temporarily select Convert Direction Point tool Direct Selection tool+Alt+Ctrl, or Pen tool+Alt Direct Selection tool+Option+ Command, or Pen tool+Option Temporarily switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tool Alt Option Temporarily select Add Anchor Point tool Scissors tool+Alt Scissors tool+Option eep Pen tool selected when pointer is over path or anchor point Pen tool+Shift Pen tool+Shift Move anchor point and handles while drawing Pen tool+spacebar Pen tool+spacebar Display the Stroke panel F10 Command+F10 Insert or delete rows or columns while dragging Begin dragging row or column border, and then hold down Alt as you drag Begin dragging row or column border, and then hold down Option as you drag Resize rows or columns without changing the size of the table Shift–drag interior row or column border Shift–drag interior row or column border Resize rows or columns proportionally Shift–drag right or bottom table border Shift–drag right or bottom table border Move to next/previous cell Tab/Shift+Tab Tab/Shift+Tab Move to first/last cell in column Alt+Page Up/ Alt+Page Down Option+Page Up/ Option+Page Down Move to first/last cell in row Alt+Home/ Alt+End Option+Home/ Option+End Move to first/last row in frame Page Up/Page Down Page Up/Page Down Move up/down one cell Up Arrow/Down Arrow Up Arrow/Down Arrow Move left/right one cell Left Arrow/Right Arrow Left Arrow/Right Arrow Select cell above/below the current cell Shift+Up Arrow/ Shift+Down Arrow Shift+Up Arrow/ Shift+Down Arrow Select cell to the right/left of the current cell Shift+Right Arrow/ Shift+Left Arrow Shift+Right Arrow/ Shift+Left Arrow Start row on next column Enter (numeric keypad) Enter (numeric keypad) Start row on next frame Shift+Enter (numeric keypad) Shift+Enter (numeric keypad) Toggle between text selection and cell selection Esc Esc Insert selected text into Find What box Ctrl+F1 Command+F1 Insert selected text into Find What box and finds next Shift+F1 Shift+F1 Find next occurrence of Find What text Shift+F2 or Alt+Ctrl+F Shift+F2 or Option+Command+F Insert selected text into Change To box Ctrl+F2 Command+F2 Replace selection with Change To text Ctrl+F3 Command+F3 Move to right or left one character Right Arrow/ Left Arrow Right Arrow/ Left Arrow Move up or down one line Up Arrow/ Down Arrow Up Arrow/ Down Arrow Move to right or left one word Ctrl+Right Arrow/ Ctrl+Left Arrow Command+Right Arrow/ Command+Left Arrow Move to start or end of line Home/End Home/End Move to previous or next paragraph Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Ctrl+Down Arrow Command+Up Arrow/ Command+Down Arrow Move to start or end of story Ctrl+Home/ Ctrl+End Command+Home/ Command+End Select one word Double-click word Double-click word Select one character right or left Shift+Right Arrow/ Shift+Left Arrow Shift+Right Arrow/ Shift+Left Arrow Select one line above or below Shift+Up Arrow/ Shift+Down Arrow Shift+Up Arrow/ Shift+Down Arrow Select start or end of line Shift+Home/ Shift+End Shift+Home/ Shift+End Select one paragraph Triple-click or quadruple-click paragraph, depending on Text Preferences setting Triple-click or quadruple-click paragraph, depending on Text Preferences setting Select one paragraph before or after Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Shift+Ctrl+Down Arrow Shift+Command+Up Arrow/ Shift+Command+Down Arrow Select current line Shift+Ctrl+\ Shift+Command+\ Select characters from insertion point Shift–click Shift–click Select start or end of story Shift+Ctrl+Home/ Shift+Ctrl+End Shift+Command+Home/ Shift+Command+End Select all in story Ctrl+A Command+A Select first/last frame Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Page Up/ Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Page Down Shift+Option+ Command+Page Up/ Shift+Option+ Command+Page Down Select previous/next frame Alt+Ctrl+Page Up/ Alt+Ctrl+Page Down Option+Command+Page Up/ Option+Command+Page Down Delete word in front of insertion point (Story Editor) Ctrl+Backspace or Delete Command+Delete or Del (numeric keypad) Update missing font list Ctrl+Alt+Shift+/ Command+Option+Shift+/ Temporarily select Hand tool Spacebar (with no text insertion point), Alt-drag (with text insertion point), or Alt+spacebar (in both text and non-text modes) Spacebar (with no text insertion point), Option–drag (with text insertion point), or Option+spacebar (in both text and nontext modes) Temporarily select Zoom In tool Ctrl+spacebar Command+spacebar Temporarily select Zoom Out tool Alt+Ctrl+spacebar or Alt+Zoom In tool Option+Command+spacebar or Option+Zoom In tool Zoom to 50%, 200%, or 400% Ctrl+5, 2, or 4 Command+5, 2, or 4 Redraw screen Shift+F5 Shift+F5 Open new default document Ctrl+Alt+N Command+Option+N Switch between current and previous zoom levels Alt+Ctrl+2 Option+Command+2 Switch to next/previous document window Ctrl+~ [tilde]/ Shift+Ctrl+F6 or Ctrl+Shift+~ [tilde] Command+F6 or Command+~ [tilde]/ Command+Shift+~ [tilde] Scroll up/down one screen Page Up/Page Down Page Up/Page Down Go back/forward to last-viewed page Ctrl+Page Up/ Ctrl+Page Down Command+Page Up/ Command+Page Down Go to previous/next spread Alt+Page Up/ Alt+Page Down Option+Page Up/ Option+Page Down Fit spread in window Double-click Hand tool Double-click Hand tool Activate the Go To command Ctrl+J Command+J Fit selection in window Ctrl+Alt+(+) [plus sign] Command+Option+(+) [plus sign] Display the entire object Ctrl+Alt+(+) [plus sign] Command+Option+(+) [plus sign] Go to parent page while \ panel is closed Ctrl+J, type prefix of parent, press Enter Command+J, type prefix of parent, press Return Cycle through units of measurement Shift+Alt+Ctrl+U Shift+Option+Command+U Snap guide to ruler increments Shift–drag guide Shift–drag guide Switch between page and spread guides (creation only) Ctrl–drag guide Command–drag guide Temporarily turn on/off snap to   Control-drag object Create vertical and horizontal ruler guides for the spread Ctrl–drag from zero point Command–drag from zero point Select all guides Alt+Ctrl+G Option+Command+G Lock or unlock zero point Right-click zero point and choose an option Control–click zero point and choose an option Use current magnification for view threshold of new guide Alt–drag guide Option–drag guide Select buttons in alert dialog boxes Press first letter of button name, if underlined Press first letter of button name Show information on installed plug‑ins and InDesign components Ctrl+Help > About Design Command+InDesign menu > About InDesign Expand/Collapse element Right Arrow/Left Arrow Right Arrow/Left Arrow Expand/Collapse element and child elements Alt+Right Arrow/ Alt+Left Arrow Option+Right Arrow/ Option+Left Arrow Extend XML selection up/down Shift+Up Arrow/ Shift+Down Arrow Shift+Up Arrow/ Shift+Down Arrow Move XML selection up/down Up Arrow/ Down Arrow Up Arrow/ Down Arrow Scroll structure pane up/down one screen Page Up/ Page Down Page Up/ Page Down Select first/last XML node Home/ End Home/ End Extend selection to first/last XML node Shift+Home/ Shift+End Shift+Home/ Shift+End Go to previous/next validation error Ctrl+Left Arrow/ Ctrl+Right Arrow Command+Left Arrow/ Command+Right Arrow Automatically tag text frames and tables Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F7 Command+Option+Shift+F7