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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 | + – | |
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 + Shft + 3 | Hide unselected artwork | + – | |
Alt-drag guide | Convert between horizontal and vertical guide in Adobe Illustrator | + – | |
Ctrl + Shft-double-click guide | Release guide | + – |
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 | + – | |
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 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 | + – |