Shortcut in Adobe Illustrator

 On this occasion I will give a little information about the shortcuts that are available in Adobe Illustrator. This article I wrote for readers who will learn to design using Adobe Illustrator. Hopefully this article useful to readers. For those readers who will learn to design, maybe this article could be used as a reference. You can also find Adobe Illustrator tutorials.





Shortcut
Command
How useful(?)
Selecting tools

Adobe Illustrator CS3

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
+       –
Shft + 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
+       –
Shft + R
Warp tool
+       –
E
Free Transform tool
+       –

Shft + 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
+       –
Shft + L
Live Paint Selection tool
+       –
Shft + O
Crop Area tool
+       –
Shft + K
Slice tool
+       –
Shft + E
Eraser tool
+       –
C
Scissors tool
+       –
H
Hand tool
+       –
Z
Zoom tool
+       –


Viewing artwork

Adobe Illustrator CS3


F
Toggle between screen modes: Standard, Full,Full with menu bar, and Maximized
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Double-click Hand tool
Fit imageable area in window
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Double-click Zoom tool
Magnify 100%
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Spacebar
Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)
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Ctrl + Spacebar
Switch to Zoom tool in magnify mode
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Ctrl + Alt + Spacebar
Switch to Zoom tool in reduce mode
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Spacebar
Move Zoom marquee while dragging with theZoom tool
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Ctrl + Alt + Shft + 3
Hide unselected artwork
+       –

Alt-drag guide
Convert between horizontal and vertical guide in Adobe Illustrator
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Ctrl + Shft-double-click guide
Release guide
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Drawing

Adobe Illustrator CS3


Shft-drag
Constrain a shape's proportions or orientation to: equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles,ellipses, and grids Increments of 45º for line and arc segments Original orientation for polygons, stars, and flares
+       –

spacebar-drag
Move a shape while drawing it
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Alt-drag
Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares)
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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
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Alt-drag
Keep the sides of a star straight
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Start dragging, then hold down C
Switch between an open and closed arc
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Start dragging, then hold down F
Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant
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Alt-drag
Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral
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Ctrl-drag
Change the decay rate of a spiral
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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
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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
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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
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Selecting

Adobe Illustrator CS3


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
+       –

Shft-click
Add to a selection with Selection tool,Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, Live Paint Selection tool, or Magic Wand tool
+       –

Shft-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
+       –

Shft-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

Adobe Illustrator CS3


Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
Move selection in user-defined increments
+       –

Shft + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow
Move selection in 10x user-defined increments in Adobe Illustrator
+       –

Ctrl + Alt + Shft + 2
Lock all deselected artwork
+       –

Hold down Shft
Constrain movement to 45º angle (except whenusing Reflect tool)
+       –



Editing shapes

Adobe Illustrator CS3


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
+       –

Shft + Alt-drag
Cut at 45º or 90º with Knife tool
+       –

Alt + Shape mode
Turn shape mode buttons in Pathfinder panelinto Pathfinder commands
+       –



Painting objects

Adobe Illustrator CS3


X
Toggle between fill and stroke in Adobe Illustrator
+       –

D
Set fill and stroke to default
+       –

Shft + X
Swap fill and stroke
+       –

Select gradient fill mode
+       –

Select color fill mode
+       –

/ (forward slash)
Select no stroke/fill mode
+       –

Shft + Eyedropper tool
Sample color from an image or intermediatecolor from gradient
+       –

Alt + Shft-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

Adobe Illustrator CS3


Alt-click Live Paint Bucket tool
Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke
+       –

Alt Shft-click Live Paint Bucket tool
Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient
+       –

Shft 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 + Shft-click + Live Paint Selectiontool
Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color froman image or intermediate color from a gradient
+       –

Shft-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

Adobe Illustrator CS3


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

Adobe Illustrator CS3


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
+       –

Shft Ctrl Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Select one word right or left when working with Adobe Illustrator type
+       –

Shft + Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Select one paragraph before or after
+       –

Shft-click
Extend existing selection
+       –

Ctrl + Shft + L, R, or C
Align paragraph left, right, or center
+       –

Ctrl + Shft + J
Justify paragraph
+       –

Shft + Enter
Insertsoft return
+       –

Ctrl + Alt + K
Highlight kerning
+       –

Ctrl Shft X
Reset horizontal scale to 100% when working with Adobe Illustrator type
+       –

Ctrl + Shft + > 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 + Shft + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text)
Increase or decrease baseline shift when working with Adobe Illustrator type
+       –

Shft
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

Adobe Illustrator CS3


Alt-click New button
Set options (except for Actions, Brushes, Swatches,and Symbols panels)
+       –

Alt-click Delete button
Delete without confirmation (except for Layerspanel)
+       –

Shft Enter
Apply value and keep text box active when using Adobe Illustrator panels
+       –

Shft-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
+       –

Shft + Tab
Show/Hide all panels except the Tools panel andControl panel
+       –



Actions panel

Adobe Illustrator CS3


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

Adobe Illustrator CS3


Double-click brush
Open Brush Options dialog box
+       –

Drag brush to New Brush button
Duplicate brush
+       –



Character and Paragraph panels

Adobe Illustrator CS3


Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Increase/decrease the selected value bya small increment
+       –

Shft + Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Increase/decreases the selected value bya large increment
+       –

Ctrl + Alt + Shft + F
Highlight the font name field in the Characterpanel
+       –



Color panel

Adobe Illustrator CS3


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 + Shft-click color bar
Select the inverse for the current fill/stroke
+       –

Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click color bar
Select the inverse for the nonactive fill/stroke
+       –

Shft-click color bar
Change the color mode
+       –

Shft-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

Adobe Illustrator CS3


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

Adobe Illustrator CS3


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

Adobe Illustrator CS3


Ctrl-click New Swatch button
Create new spot color
+       –

Ctrl + Shft-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

Adobe Illustrator CS3


Shft + 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

Adobe Illustrator CS3


Alt-click on mask thumbnail
Change mask to grayscale image for editing
+       –

Shft-click on mask thumbnail
Disable opacity mask
+       –

Shft-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
+       –

Shft-click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Increase/decrease opacity in 10% increments
+       –



Function keys

Adobe Illustrator CS3


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
+       –

Shft + F5
Show/hide Graphic Styles panel
+       –

Shft F6
Show/hide Appearance panel in Adobe Illustrator
+       –

Shft + F7
Show/hide Align panel
+       –

Shft + F8
Show/hide Transform panel
+       –

Shft + Ctrl + F9
Show/hide Pathfinder panel
+       –

Shft + Ctrl + F10
Show/hide Transparency panel
+       –

Shft + Ctrl + F11
Show/hide Symbols panel
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