Keyboard Shortcuts for InDesign
Working with Documents
Ctrl N – New document
Ctrl Alt N – New default document
Ctrl O – Open a document
Ctrl Alt O – Browse in bridge
Ctrl W – Close document
Ctrl Alt Shift W – Close all documents
Ctrl S – Save
Ctrl Shift S – Save as
Ctrl Alt P – Document Setup
Ctrl Q – Exit
Common Editing Key Combinations
Ctrl Z – Undo
Ctrl Shift Z – Redo
Ctrl X – Cut
Ctrl C – Copy
Ctrl V – Paste
Ctrl Alt V – Paste into
Ctrl Alt Shift V – Paste in place
Ctrl Shift V – Paste without formatting
Ctrl Alt Shift D – Duplicate
Ctrl Alt U – Step and repeat
Ctrl A – Select all
Ctrl Shift A – Deselect all
Ctrl Enter – Quick apply
Image Editing Tools
A – Direct selection
C – Scissor
D – Apply default fill and stroke colors
E – Free transform
F – Rectangle frame tool
G – Gradient swatch tool
H – Hand tool
I – Eyedropper
J – Toggle text and object control
K – Measure tool
L – Elipse tool
M – Rectangle tool
N – Pencil
O – Shear
P – Pen
R – Rotate tool
S – Scale
T – Type tool
V – Selection Tool
W – Toggle setting between default and preview
X – Swap fill and stroke activation
Z – Zoom tool
Managing Objects and Selections
Ctrl Shift M – Move
Ctrl ] – Bring current selection forward
Ctrl Shift ] – Bring current selection to front
Ctrl [ – Bring current selection backward
Ctrl Shift [ – Bring current selection to back
Ctrl Alt ] – Select next object above
Ctrl Alt Shift ] – Select first object above
Ctrl Alt [ – Select next object below
Ctrl Alt Shift [ – Select next object above
Ctrl G – Group selected objects
Ctrl Shift G – Ungroup selected objects
Ctrl L – Lock object’s position
Ctrl Alt L – Unlock object’s position
Ctrl Alt M – Drop shadow effects
Text and Formatting Options
Ctrl Shift L – Align left
Ctrl Shift R – Align right
Ctrl Shift C – Center
Ctrl Shift J – Justify
Ctrl Shift B – Bold
Ctrl Shift I – Italic
Ctrl Shift U – Underline
Ctrl Shift K – All caps
Ctrl Shift H – All small caps
Ctrl Shift / – Strikethrough
Ctrl Shift = – Superscript
Ctrl Alt Shift = – Subscript
Ctrl Alt Shift G – Align to baseline grid
Dealing with Tables
Ctrl Alt Shift T – Insert tables
Ctrl Alt Shift B – Table options
Ctrl Alt B – Cell options
Ctrl 9 – Insert row
Ctrl Alt 9 – Insert column
Ctrl Backspace – Delete row
Shift Backspace – Delete column
Views and Navigation
Ctrl + – Zoom in
Ctrl - – Zoom out
Ctrl 0 – Fit page in window
Ctrl Alt 0 – Fit spread in window
Ctrl Alt Shift 0 – Entire pasteboard
Ctrl 1 – Actual size
Ctrl 2 – Zoom in 200%
Ctrl 3 – Zoom in 300%
Ctrl 4 – Zoom in 400%
Ctrl 5 – Zoom in 50%
Ctrl Alt 1 – Show structure
Ctrl Alt Y – Show or hide text threads
Ctrl H – Show or hide frame edges
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 first spot plate
Ctrl Alt Shift 6 – Show second spot plate
Ctrl Alt Shift 7 – Show third spot plate
Ctrl Alt Shift ` – Show all color plates
Ctrl ; – Show guides
Ctrl Shift ; – Snap to guides
Ctrl Alt ; – Lock guides
Ctrl shift ‘ – Show document grid
Ctrl ‘ – Snap to document grid
Ctrl Alt ‘ – Show baseline grid
Ctrl U – Smart guides
Tab – Show / hide all panels
Shift Tab – Show / hide all panels except tools panel
Ctrl Alt Shift Tab – Expand / collapse all docked panels
Ctrl Tab – Next window
Ctrl Shift Tab – Previous window
F1 – Indesign Help