Adobe InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
Use this Adobe InDesign Windows shortcuts cheatsheet as a quick printable reference for layout, text, and document hotkeys.
Selection and navigation tools
Drawing and text tools
- Pen tool
- P
- Add Anchor Point tool
- =orNum Equal
- Delete Anchor Point tool
- -
- Convert Direction Point tool
- Shift+C
- Type tool
- T
- Type on a Path tool
- Shift+T
- Pencil tool
- N
- Line tool
- \
Shape and frame tools
- Rectangle Frame tool
- F
- Rectangle tool
- M
- Ellipse tool
- L
- Frame Grid tool (horizontal)
- Y
- Frame Grid tool (vertical)
- Q
Transform tools
- Rotate tool
- R
- Scale tool
- S
- Shear tool
- O
- Free Transform tool
- E
Other tools
- Eyedropper tool
- I
- Measure tool
- K
- Gradient Swatch tool
- G
- Gradient Feather tool
- Shift+G
- Scissors tool
- C
- Toggle Fill and Stroke
- X
- Swap Fill and Stroke
- Shift+X
- Toggle Formatting affects container / text
- J
- Apply Color
- ,
- Apply Gradient
- .
- Apply None
- /
- Switch between Normal and Preview mode
- W
Selecting and moving objects
- Temporarily select the Selection tool or Direct Selection tool
- Ctrl+Any tool (except selection tools)
- Temporarily select the Group Selection tool
- Alt+Direct Selection toolorCtrl+Alt+Pen / Add / Delete Anchor Point tool
- Select the container of selected content
- EscorDouble-click
- Select the content of the selected container
- Shift+EscorDouble-click
- Add to or subtract from the selection
- Shift+Selection / Direct Selection / Group Selection tool+Click (click center point to deselect)
- Duplicate selection
- Alt+Selection / Direct Selection / Group Selection tool+Drag
- Duplicate and offset selection
- Alt+UpDownLeftRight
- Duplicate and offset by 10×
- Alt+Shift+UpDownLeftRight
- Move selection
- UpDownLeftRight
- Move selection by 1/10th
- Ctrl+Shift+UpDownLeftRight
- Move selection by 10×
- Shift+UpDownLeftRight
- Select the parent page item from the document page
- Ctrl+Shift+Selection / Direct Selection tool+Click
- Select the next object behind or in front
- Ctrl+Selection tool+ClickorCtrl+Alt+Selection tool+Click
- Select all guides
- Ctrl+Alt+G
Transforming objects
- Duplicate and transform selection
- Alt+Transformation tool+Drag
- Display the Transformation tool dialog box
- Select object+Double-click+Scale toolRotate toolShear tool
- Resize frame and content
- Ctrl+Selection tool+Drag
- Resize the frame and content proportionately
- Ctrl+Shift+Selection tool+Drag
- Constrain proportion
- Shift+Ellipse / Polygon / Rectangle tool+Drag
- Switch between High Quality Display and Fast Display
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z
Character formatting
- Bold (fonts with bold face only)
- Ctrl+Shift+B
- Italic (fonts with italic face only)
- Ctrl+Shift+I
- Normal
- Ctrl+Shift+Y
- Underline
- Ctrl+Shift+U
- Strikethrough
- Ctrl+Shift+/
- All caps on/off
- Ctrl+Shift+K
- Small caps on/off
- Ctrl+Shift+H
- Superscript
- Ctrl+Shift+=
- Subscript
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+=
- Reset horizontal/vertical scale to 100%
- Ctrl+Shift+XorCtrl+Alt+Shift+X
Type size and leading
- Increase/decrease point size
- Ctrl+Shift+.orCtrl+Shift+,
- Increase/decrease point size by 5×
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+.orCtrl+Alt+Shift+,
- Increase/decrease leading (horizontal text)
- Alt+UpDown
- Increase/decrease leading (vertical text)
- Alt+RightLeft
- Increase/decrease leading by 5× (horizontal text)
- Ctrl+Alt+UpDown
- Increase/decrease leading by 5× (vertical text)
- Ctrl+Alt+RightLeft
- Auto leading
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A
Kerning and tracking
- Increase/decrease kerning and tracking (horizontal text)
- Alt+LeftRight
- Increase/decrease kerning and tracking (vertical text)
- Alt+UpDown
- Increase/decrease kerning and tracking by 5× (horizontal text)
- Ctrl+Alt+LeftRight
- Increase/decrease kerning and tracking by 5× (vertical text)
- Ctrl+Alt+UpDown
- Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0
- Ctrl+Alt+Q
Paragraph formatting
- Align left, right, or center
- Ctrl+Shift+LRC
- Justify all lines
- Ctrl+Shift+ForCtrl+Shift+J
- Align to grid on/off
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G
- Auto-hyphenate on/off
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H
Baseline shift
- Increase/decrease baseline shift (horizontal text)
- Alt+Shift+UpDown
- Increase/decrease baseline shift (vertical text)
- Alt+Shift+RightLeft
- Increase/decrease baseline shift by 5× (horizontal text)
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+UpDown
- Increase/decrease baseline shift by 5× (vertical text)
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+RightLeft
Navigating and selecting text
Tables
- Insert or delete rows/columns while dragging
- Drag border,Alt
- Resize rows/columns without changing table size
- Shift+Drag interior border
- Resize rows/columns proportionally
- Shift+Drag rightorShift+Bottom border
- Move to next/previous cell
- TaborShift+Tab
- Move to the first/last cell in the column
- Alt+Pg UpPg Dn
- Move to the first/last cell in the row
- Alt+HomeEnd
- Move up/down one cell
- UpDown
- Select cell above/below
- Shift+UpDown
- Select the cell to the right/left
- Shift+RightLeft
- Start row on the next column
- Num Enter
- Start row on next frame
- Shift+Num Enter
Viewing documents
- Temporarily select the Hand tool
- SpaceorAlt+Drag
- Fit spread in the window
- Double-click the Hand tool
- Switch between the current and previous zoom levels
- Ctrl+Alt+2
- Redraw screen
- Shift+F5
- Open a new default document
- Ctrl+Alt+N
- Switch to the next/previous document window
- Ctrl+Shift+`orCtrl+Shift+F6orCtrl+Shift+`
- Scroll up/down one screen
- Pg UpPg Dn
- Go back/forward to the last viewed page
- Ctrl+Pg UpPg Dn
- Go to previous/next spread
- Alt+Pg UpPg Dn
- Activate the Go To command
- Ctrl+J
- Fit selection in the window
- Ctrl+Alt+=
- Cycle through units of measurement
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U
Panels
- Delete without confirmation
- Alt+Click Delete icon
- Create an item and set options
- Alt+Click New icon
- Apply value and keep focus on the option
- Shift+Enter
- Activate the last option in the last panel
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+`
- Select a range in the panel
- Shift+Click
- Select non-adjacent items in the panel
- Ctrl+Click
- Show/hide all panels with no insertion point
- Tab
- Show/hide all panels except the Tools and Control panels
- Shift+Tab
- Open/close all stashed panels
- Ctrl+Alt+Tab
Specific panels
- Activate the Control panel
- Ctrl+6
- Toggle Character / Paragraph mode ( Control panel)
- Ctrl+Alt+7
- Character panel
- Ctrl+T
- Paragraph panel
- Ctrl+Alt+T
- Paragraph Styles panel
- F11
- Character Styles panel
- Shift+F11
- Tabs panel
- Ctrl+Shift+T
- Layers panel
- F7
- Pages panel
- F12
- Color panel
- F6
- Swatches panel
- F5
- Stroke panel
- F10
- Drop Shadow panel
- Ctrl+Alt+M
Styles
- Make the character style definition match the text
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Select text+C
- Make paragraph style definition match text
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Select text+R
- Change options without applying style
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Double-click style
- Remove style and local formatting
- Alt+Click paragraph style
- Clear overrides from paragraph style
- Alt+Shift+Click paragraph style
Finding and changing text
- Insert selected text into the Find What box
- Ctrl+F1
- Insert selected text into Find What and find next
- Shift+F1
- Find the next occurrence of Find What text
- Shift+F2orCtrl+Alt+F
- Insert selected text into the Change To box
- Ctrl+F2
- Replace selection with Change To text
- Ctrl+F3
XML
- Expand/Collapse element
- RightLeft
- Expand/Collapse element and child elements
- Alt+RightLeft
- Extend XML selection up/down
- Shift+UpDown
- Move XML selection up/down
- UpDown
- Scroll the structure pane up/down one screen
- Pg UpPg Dn
- Select first/last XML node
- HomeEnd
- Extend selection to first/last XML node
- Shift+HomeEnd
- Go to previous/next validation error
- Ctrl+LeftRight
- Auto-tag text frames and tables
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F7
Indexing
- Create index entry without dialog box (alphanumeric only)
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+[
- Open the index entry dialog box
- Ctrl+7
- Create proper name index entry (last name, first name)
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+]
Color and swatches
- Move color sliders in tandem
- Shift+Drag slider
- Select a color for non-active fill or stroke
- Alt+Click color bar
- Switch between color modes
- Shift+Click color bar
- Create a new swatch based on the current swatch
- Alt+Click New Swatch icon
- Create a spot color swatch based on the current swatch
- Ctrl+Alt+Click New Swatch icon
Separations Preview
- Turn on Overprint preview
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Y
- Show all plates
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+`
- Show Cyan plate
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+1
- Show Magenta plate
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+2
- Show Yellow plate
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+3
- Show Black plate
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+4
- Show 1st–3rd Spot plates
- Ctrl+Alt+Shift+567
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