Illustrator default keyboard shortcuts

Adobe Illustrator keyboard shortcuts

Tools

Shortcut

Selection

V

Direct Selection

A

Group Selection Magic Wand

Y

Lasso

Q

Pen

P

Add Anchor Point

=

Delete Anchor Point

-

Convert Anchor Point

Shift+C

Type

T

Area Type Type on a Path Vertical Type Vertical Area Type Vertical Type on a Path Line Segment

\

Arc Spiral Rectangular Grid Polar Grid Rectangle

M

Rounded Rectangle Ellipse

L

Polygon Star Flare Paintbrush

B

Pencil

N

Smooth Path Eraser Blob Brush

Shift+B

Eraser

Shift+E

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Scissors

C

Knife Rotate

R

Reflect

O

Scale

S

Shear Reshape Width

Shift+W

Warp

Shift+R

Twirl Pucker Bloat Scallop Crystallize Wrinkle Free Transform

E

Shape Builder

Shift+M

Live Paint Bucket

K

Live Paint Selection

Shift+L

Perspective Grid

Shift+P

Perspective Selection

Shift+V

Mesh

U

Gradient

G

Eyedropper

I

Measure Blend

W

Symbol Sprayer

Shift+S

Symbol Shifter Symbol Scruncher Symbol Sizer Symbol Spinner Symbol Stainer Symbol Screener Symbol Styler



Column Graph

J

Stacked Column Graph Bar Graph Stacked Bar Graph Line Graph Area Graph Scatter Graph Pie Graph Radar Graph Artboard

Shift+O

Slice

Shift+K

Slice Selection Hand

H

Print Tiling Zoom

Z

Toggle Fill/Stroke

X

Default

D

Swap Fill/Stroke

Shift+X

Color

,

Gradient

.

None

/

Toggle Screen Mode

F

Show/Hide All Palettes

Tab

Show/Hide All But Toolbox

Shift+Tab

Increase Diameter

]

Decrease Diameter

[

Symbolism Tools - Increase Intensity

Shift+}

Symbolism Tools - Decrease Intensity

Shift+{

Opacity - 0% Opacity - 10% Opacity - 20% Opacity - 30% Opacity - 40% Opacity - 50%



Opacity - 60% Opacity - 70% Opacity - 80% Opacity - 90% Opacity - 100% Blend Mode - Normal Blend Mode - Darken Blend Mode - Multiply Blend Mode - Color Burn Blend Mode - Lighten Blend Mode - Screen Blend Mode - Color Dodge Blend Mode - Overlay Blend Mode - Soft Light Blend Mode - Hard Light Blend Mode - Difference Blend Mode - Exclusion Blend Mode - Hue Blend Mode - Saturation Blend Mode - Color Blend Mode - Luminosity Blend Mode - Next Mode Blend Mode - Previous Mode Toggle Drawing Mode

Shift+D

Menu Commands File New

Ctrl+N

New from Template

Shift+Ctrl+N

Open

Ctrl+O

Browse in Bridge

Alt+Ctrl+O

Device Central Close

Ctrl+W



Save

Ctrl+S

Save As

Shift+Ctrl+S

Save a Copy

Alt+Ctrl+S

Save as Template Save for Web & Devices

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+S

Revert

F12

Place Save for Microsoft Office Export Scripts Other Script

Ctrl+F12

Document Setup

Alt+Ctrl+P

Document Color Mode CMYK Color RGB Color File Info

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+I

Print

Ctrl+P

Exit

Ctrl+Q

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Redo

Shift+Ctrl+Z

Cut

Ctrl+X

Copy

Ctrl+C

Paste

Ctrl+V

Paste in Front

Ctrl+F

Paste in Back

Ctrl+B

Paste in Place

Shift+Ctrl+V

Paste on All Artboards

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+V

Edit

Clear Find and Replace Find Next Check Spelling

Ctrl+I

Edit Custom Dictionary Define Pattern



Edit Colors Adjust Color Balance Blend Front to Back Blend Horizontally Blend Vertically Convert to CMYK Convert to Grayscale Convert to RGB Invert Colors Overprint Black Saturate Edit Original Transparency Flattener Presets Tracing Presets Print Presets Adobe PDF Presets SWF Presets Color Settings

Shift+Ctrl+K

Assign Profile Keyboard Shortcuts

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K

Preferences General

Ctrl+K

Selection & Anchor Display Type Units Guides & Grid Smart Guides Hyphenation Plug-ins & Scratch Disks User Interface File Handling & Clipboard Appearance of Black Object Transform



Transform Again

Ctrl+D

Move

Shift+Ctrl+M

Rotate Reflect Scale Shear Reset Bounding Box Arrange Bring to Front

Shift+Ctrl+]

Bring Forward

Ctrl+]

Send Backward

Ctrl+[

Send to Back

Shift+Ctrl+[

Send to Current Layer Group

Ctrl+G

Ungroup

Shift+Ctrl+G

Lock Selection

Ctrl+2

All Artwork Above Other Layers Unlock All

Alt+Ctrl+2

Hide Selection

Ctrl+3

All Artwork Above Other Layers Show All

Alt+Ctrl+3

Expand Expand Appearance Flatten Transparency Rasterize Create Gradient Mesh Slice Make Release Create from Guides



Create from Selection Duplicate Slice Combine Slices Divide Slices Delete All Slice Options Clip to Artboard Path Join

Ctrl+J

Average

Alt+Ctrl+J

Simplify Add Anchor Points Remove Anchor Points Divide Objects Below Split Into Grid Clean Up Blend Make

Alt+Ctrl+B

Release

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+B

Blend Options Expand Replace Spine Reverse Spine Reverse Front to Back Envelope Distort Make with Warp

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+W

Make with Mesh

Alt+Ctrl+M

Make with Top Object

Alt+Ctrl+C

Release Envelope Options Expand Edit Contents

Shift+Ctrl+P

Perspective Live Paint



Make

Alt+Ctrl+X

Merge Release Gap Options Expand Live Trace Make Make and Expand Make and Convert to Live Paint Release Tracing Options Expand Expand as Viewed Convert to Live Paint Show No Image Show Original Image Show Adjusted Image Show Transparent Image Show No Tracing Result Show Tracing Result Show Outlines Show Outlines with Tracing Text Wrap Make Release Text Wrap Options Clipping Mask Make

Ctrl+7

Release

Alt+Ctrl+7

Edit Contents Compound Path Make

Ctrl+8

Release

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+8

Artboards



Convert to Artboards Graph Type Data Design Column Marker Type Glyphs Area Type Options Type on a Path Rainbow Skew 3D Ribbon Stair Step Gravity Type on a Path Options Threaded Text Create Release Selection Remove Threading Fit Headline Create Outlines

Shift+Ctrl+O

Find Font Change Case UPPERCASE lowercase Title Case Sentence case Smart Punctuation Optical Margin Alignment Show Hidden Characters Type Orientation Horizontal


Alt+Ctrl+I


Vertical Legacy Text Update All Legacy Text Update Selected Legacy Text Hide Copies Delete Copies Select Copies Select All

Ctrl+A

All on Active Artboard

Alt+Ctrl+A

Deselect

Shift+Ctrl+A

Reselect

Ctrl+6

Inverse Next Object Above

Alt+Ctrl+]

Next Object Below

Alt+Ctrl+[

Same Blending Mode Fill & Stroke Fill Color Opacity Stroke Color Stroke Weight Graphic Style Symbol Instance Link Block Series Object All on Same Layers Direction Handles Brush Strokes Clipping Masks Stray Points Text Objects Flash Dynamic Text Flash Input Text



Save Selection Edit Selection Effect Apply Last Effect

Shift+Ctrl+E

Last Effect

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+E

Document Raster Effects Settings 3D Extrude & Bevel Revolve Rotate Convert to Shape Rectangle Rounded Rectangle Ellipse Distort & Transform Free Distort Pucker & Bloat Roughen Transform Tweak Twist Zig Zag Path Offset Path Outline Object Outline Stroke Pathfinder Add Intersect Exclude Subtract Minus Back Divide Trim



Merge Crop Outline Hard Mix Soft Mix Trap Rasterize Stylize Feather Inner Glow Outer Glow Scribble SVG Filters Warp Arc Arc Lower Arc Upper Arch Bulge Shell Lower Shell Upper Flag Wave Fish Rise Fisheye Inflate Squeeze Twist Effect Gallery Artistic Colored Pencil Cutout Dry Brush



Film Grain Fresco Neon Glow Paint Daubs Palette Knife Plastic Wrap Poster Edges Rough Pastels Smudge Stick Sponge Underpainting Watercolor Blur Gaussian Blur Radial Blur Smart Blur Brush Strokes Accented Edges Angled Strokes Crosshatch Dark Strokes Ink Outlines Spatter Sprayed Strokes Sumi-e Distort Diffuse Glow Glass Ocean Ripple Pixelate Color Halftone Crystallize Mezzotint Pointillize



Sharpen Unsharp Mask Sketch Bas Relief Chalk & Charcoal Charcoal Chrome Conte Crayon Graphic Pen Halftone Pattern Note Paper Photocopy Plaster Reticulation Stamp Torn Edges Water Paper Stylize Glowing Edges Texture Craquelure Grain Mosaic Tiles Patchwork Stained Glass Texturizer Video De-Interlace NTSC Colors View Preview

Ctrl+Y

Overprint Preview

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+Y

Pixel Preview

Alt+Ctrl+Y

Proof Setup



Document CMYK: Legacy Macintosh RGB (Gamma 1.8) Internet Standard RGB (sRGB) Monitor RGB Customize Proof Colors Zoom In

Ctrl+=

Zoom Out

Ctrl+-

Fit Artboard in Window

Ctrl+0

Fit All in Window

Alt+Ctrl+0

Actual Size

Ctrl+1

Hide Edges

Ctrl+H

Hide Artboards

Shift+Ctrl+H

Hide Print Tiling Show Slices Lock Slices Show Template

Shift+Ctrl+W

Rulers Show Rulers

Ctrl+R

Change to Artboard Rulers

Alt+Ctrl+R

Hide Bounding Box

Shift+Ctrl+B

Show Transparency Grid

Shift+Ctrl+D

Show Text Threads

Shift+Ctrl+Y

Hide Gradient Annotator

Alt+Ctrl+G

Show Live Paint Gaps Guides Hide Guides

Ctrl+;

Lock Guides

Alt+Ctrl+;

Make Guides

Ctrl+5

Release Guides

Alt+Ctrl+5

Clear Guides Smart Guides

Ctrl+U

Perspective Grid Show Grid

Shift+Ctrl+I



Show Grid

Ctrl+'

Snap to Grid

Shift+Ctrl+'

Snap to Point

Alt+Ctrl+'

New View Edit Views Custom View 1 Custom View 2 Custom View 3 Custom View 4 Custom View 5 Custom View 6 Custom View 7 Custom View 8 Custom View 9 Custom View 10 Window New Window Arrange Cascade Tile Workspace Save Workspace Manage Workspaces Control Tools Actions Align

Shift+F7

Appearance

Shift+F6

Attributes

Ctrl+F11

Brushes

F5

Color

F6

Color Guide

Shift+F3

Document Info Flattener Preview



Gradient

Ctrl+F9

Graphic Styles

Shift+F5

Info

Ctrl+F8

Layers

F7

Links Magic Wand Navigator Pathfinder

Shift+Ctrl+F9

Stroke

Ctrl+F10

SVG Interactivity Swatches Symbols

Shift+Ctrl+F11

Transform

Shift+F8

Transparency

Shift+Ctrl+F10

Type Character

Ctrl+T

Character Styles Flash Text Glyphs OpenType

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+T

Paragraph

Alt+Ctrl+T

Paragraph Styles Tabs

Shift+Ctrl+T

Variables Brush Libraries Other Library Graphic Style Libraries Other Library Symbol Libraries Other Library Help Illustrator Help

F1

Welcome Screen About Illustrator



System Info Other Select Switch Selection Tools

Alt+Ctrl+Tab

Other Text Insert Hyphen

Shift+Ctrl+-

Point Size Up

Shift+Ctrl+.

Point Size Down

Shift+Ctrl+,

Font Size Step Up

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+.

Font Size Step Down

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+,

Kern Looser

Shift+Ctrl+]

Kern Tighter

Shift+Ctrl+[

Tracking

Alt+Ctrl+K

Clear Tracking

Alt+Ctrl+Q

Spacing

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+O

Uniform Type

Shift+Ctrl+X

Highlight Font

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F

Highlight Font (Secondary)

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M

Left Align Text

Shift+Ctrl+L

Center Text

Shift+Ctrl+C

Right Align Text

Shift+Ctrl+R

Justify Text Left

Shift+Ctrl+J

Justify Text Center Justify Text Right Justify All Lines

Shift+Ctrl+F

Toggle Auto Hyphenation

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+H

Toggle Line Composer

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+C

Other Object Lock Others

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+2

Hide Others

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+3

Repeat Pathfinder

Ctrl+4

Average & Join

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+J

Isolate Selected Object Exit Isolation Mode Other Panel



New Symbol

F8

Show Color Panel (Secondary) Actions Batch Add New Fill

Ctrl+/

Add New Stroke

Alt+Ctrl+/

New Graphic Style New Layer

Ctrl+L

New Layer with Dialog

Alt+Ctrl+L

Update Link Navigator Options New Swatch Other Misc Switch Units

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+U

New File (No Dialog)

Alt+Ctrl+N

Close All

Alt+Ctrl+W

Help (Secondary) Undo (Secondary) Cut (Secondary)

F2

Copy (Secondary)

F3

Paste (Secondary)

F4

Debug Panel

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F12

Navigate to Next Document

Ctrl+F6

Navigate to Previous Document

Shift+Ctrl+F6

Navigate to Next Document Group

Alt+Ctrl+F6

Navigate to Previous Document Group

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F6
