InDesign CS5 Shortcuts

Platform: Windows/English

Tools

Alt+Arrow Keys

Duplicate and offset selection

V, Escape

Selection Tool

Duplicate and offset selection by 10 times**

Direct Selection tool

Alt+Shift+Arrow
Keys

Ctrl+Tab

Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool

Arrow Keys

Move selection**

Shift+p

Page tool

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow
Keys

Move selection by 10th**

Gap tool

Shift+Arrow Keys

Move selection by 10 times**

Pen tool

Add Anchor Point tool

Delete Anchor Point tool

Selection / Direct
Select master page item from document page
Selection tool+Ctrl+
Shift-click

Shift+c

Convert Direction Point tool

Type tool

Shift+t

Type On A Path tool

Pencil tool (Note tool)

Line tool

Rectangle Frame tool

Rectangle tool

Ellipse tool

r
s

Rotate tool
Scale tool

Selection tool+Ctrlclick, / Selection

tool+Alt+Ctrl-click

Select next object behind or in front

Alt+Ctrl+
Page Down/Page
Up

Select next or previous frame in story

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+
Page Down/Page
Up

Select first or last frame in story

Ctrl+[[]

Send object backward

Shift+Ctrl+[[]

Send object to back

Ctrl+[[]

Bring object forward

Shift+Ctrl+[[]
Bring object to front
*Press Shift to constrain movement to 45 angles.
**Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments

Shear tool

Free Transform tool

Eyedropper tool

Measure tool

Transforming Objects

Gradient tool

Scissors tool

Transformation
tool+Alt-drag

Hand tool

Spacebar (Layout
mode), Alt (Text
mode), /Alt+Spaceb
ar (both)

Temporarily select Hand tool

Ctrl+, (comma)

Decrease scale by 1%

Zoom tool

Ctrl+. (period)

Increase scale by 1%

Ctrl+Space

Temporarily select Zoom In tool

Ctrl+Alt+. (period)

Increase scale by 5%

Toggle Fill and Stroke

Resize frame and content

Shift+x

Swap Fill and Stroke

Selection tool+Ctrldrag

Toggle between Formatting Affects Container and

Formatting Affects Text

Selection tool+Shift Resize frame and content proportionately

+Ctrl-drag

, (comma)

Apply Color

. (period)

Apply Gradient

Apply No Color

Ellipse tool,
Constrain proportion
Polygon tool, /
Rectangle tool+Shif
t-drag

Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+z

Shift+g

Gradient Feather tool

Selecting and moving objects

Duplicate and transform selection

Select
Display Transform tool dialog box
object+double-click
Scale tool, Rotate
tool, / Shear tool in
Toolbox

Switch image from High Quality Display to Fast

Display

Editing Paths and Frames

Direct Selection
tool+Alt+Ctrl, / Pen
tool+Alt

Temporarily select Convert Direction Point tool

Alt

Temporarily switch between Add Anchor Point and

Delete Anchor Point tool

Scissors tool+Alt

Temporarily select Add Anchor Point tool

Pen tool+Shift

Keep Pen tool selected when pointer is over path or

anchor point

Select container of selected content

Pen tool+Space

Move anchor point and handles while drawing

Select content of selected container

F10

Display the Stroke panel

Any tool (except

selection tools)+Ctr
l

Temporarily select Selection or Direct Selection tool

(last used)

Direct Selection
tool+Alt; / Pen, Add
Anchor Point, /
Delete Anchor
Point tool+Alt+Ctrl

Temporarily select Group Selection tool

Esc/ double-click
Shift+Esc/
double-click

Selection, Direct
Add to or subtract from a selection of multiple
Selection, / Group
objects
Selection tool+Shift
-click (to deselect,
click center point)
Selection, Direct
Duplicate selection
Selection, / Group
Selection tool+Alt-d
rag*

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Working with Tables

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+a

Auto leading

Begin dragging
row / column
border, and then
hold down Alt as
you drag

Insert or delete rows or columns while dragging

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+g

Align to grid (on/off)

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+h

Auto-hyphenate (on/off)
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking
(horizontal text)

Shift-drag interior
row / column
border

Resize rows or columns without changing the size of

the table

Alt+
Arrow Left/Arrow
Right

Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five

times (horizontal text)

Shift-drag right /
bottom table
border

Resize rows or columns proportionally

Alt+Ctrl+
Arrow Left/Arrow
Right
Alt+Ctrl+\

Increase kerning between words*

Tab/Shift+Tab

Move to next/previous cell

Alt+Ctrl+Backspace Decrease kerning between words*

Alt+Page Up/Alt+Pa Move to first/last cell in column

ge Down
Alt+Home/Alt+End

Move to first/last cell in row

Page Up/Page
Down

Move to first/last row in frame

Arrow Up/Arrow
Down

Move up/down one cell

Arrow Left/Arrow
Right

Move left/right one cell

Shift+Arrow Up/+A
rrow Down

Select cell above/below the current cell

Alt+Ctrl+q

Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0

Shift+Alt+
Arrow Up/+Arrow
Down

Increase or decrease baseline shift** (horizontal text)

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+
Arrow Up/Arrow
Down

Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times

(horizontal text)

Shift-click loaded
text icon

Automatically flow story

Alt-click loaded
text icon

Semi-automatically flow story

Alt+Ctrl+/

Recompose all stories

Insert current page number

Shift+Arrow Right/
Arrow Left

Select cell to the right/left of the current cell

Alt+Ctrl+n

Enter on numeric
keypad

Start row on next column

Navigating Through and Editing Text

Shift+Enter on
numeric keypad

Start row on next frame

Arrow Right/Arrow Move to right or left one character

Left

Esc

Toggle between text selection and cell selection

Arrow Up/Arrow
Down

Managing Text
Ctrl+F1

Insert selected text into Find What box

Shift+F1

Insert selected text into Find What box and finds

next

Shift+F2/Alt+Ctrl+f

Find next occurrence of Find What text

Ctrl+F2
Ctrl+F3

Move up or down one line

Ctrl+
Move to right or left one word
Arrow Right/Arrow
Left
Home/End

Move to start or end of line

Ctrl+Arrow Up/Arr
ow Down

Move to previous or next paragraph

Insert selected text into Change To box

Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+En
d

Move to start or end of story

Replace selection with Change To text

Double-click word

Select one word

Shift+Ctrl+b

Bold

Shift+
Select one character right or left
Arrow Right/Arrow
Left

Shift+Ctrl+i

Italic

Shift+Ctrl+y
Shift+Ctrl+u
Shift+Ctrl+/
Shift+Ctrl+k

All caps (on/off)

Shift+Ctrl+h

Small caps (on/off)

Shift+Ctrl+[[]+[[]

Superscript

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+[[]+[
[]

Subscript

Shift+Ctrl+x/
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+x

Reset horizontal or vertical scale to 100%

Working with Type

Select one line above or below

Normal

Shift+
Arrow Up/+Arrow
Down

Underline

Shift+Home/+End

Select start or end of line

Strikethrough

Triple-click /
quadruple-click
paragraph,
depending on Text
Preferences setting

Select one paragraph

Shift+Ctrl+
Arrow Up/Arrow
Down

Select one paragraph before or after

Shift+Ctrl+\

Select current line

Select characters from insertion point

Shift+Ctrl+L, R, /c

Align left, right, or center

Shift-click

Shift+Ctrl+F (all
lines) / J (all but
last line)

Justify all lines

Shift+Ctrl+
Home/Ctrl+End

Select start or end of story

Ctrl+a

Select all in story

Shift+Ctrl+>/<

Increase or decrease point size*

Select first/last frame

Shift+Ctrl+Alt+
>/<

Increase or decrease point size by five times*

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+
Page Up/Page
Down

Alt+Arrow Up/Arro
w Down

Increase or decrease leading (horizontal text)*

Select previous/next frame

Alt+Ctrl+
Arrow Up/+Arrow
Down

Increase or decrease leading by five times

(horizontal text)*

Alt+Ctrl+
Page Up/Page
Down
Ctrl+Backspace/Del
ete

Delete word in front of insertion point (Story Editor)

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Ctrl+Alt+Shift+/

Update missing font list

Viewing documents and document workspaces

Spacebar (with no Temporarily select Hand tool
text insertion
point), Alt-drag
(with text insertion
point), /Alt+Spaceb
ar (in both text and
non-text modes)

Shift+
Home/Shift+End

Extend selection to first/last XML node

Ctrl+
Arrow Left/Arrow
Right

Go to previous/next validation error

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F7

Automatically tag text frames and tables

Indexing
Shift+Ctrl+Alt+[[]

Create index entry without dialog box

Ctrl+Space

Temporarily select Zoom In tool

Ctrl+7

Open index entry dialog box

Alt+Ctrl+Space/
Alt+Zoom In tool

Temporarily select Zoom Out tool

Shift+Ctrl+Alt+[[]

Create proper name index entry (last name, first

name)

Ctrl+5, 2, 4

Zoom to 50%, 200%, or 400%

Shift+F5

Redraw screen

Ctrl+Alt+n

Open new default document

alt-click Delete icon Delete without confirmation

Alt+Ctrl+2

Switch between current and previous zoom levels

Create item and set options

Ctrl+~/
Shift+Ctrl+F6/
Ctrl+Shift+~

Switch to next/previous document window

alt-click New
button
Shift+Enter

Apply value and keep focus on option

Ctrl+Alt+~

Activate last-used option in last-used panel

Page Up/Page
Down

Scroll up/down one screen

Shift-click

Select range of styles, layers, links, swatches, or

library objects in a panel

Ctrl+
Page Up/Page
Down

Go back/forward to last-viewed page

Ctrl-click

Select nonadjacent styles, layers, links, swatches, or

library objects in a panel

Alt+
Page Up/Page
Down

Go to previous/next spread

Tab

Apply value and select next value

Esc

Move focus to selected object, text, or window

Tab

Double-click Hand
tool

Fit spread in window

Show/Hide all panels, Toolbox, and Control panel

(with no insertion point)

Shift+Tab

Ctrl+j

Activate the Go To command

Show/Hide all panels except the Toolbox and Control

panel (docked or not)

Ctrl+Alt++ (plus)

Fit selection in window

Ctrl+Alt+Tab

Open or close all stashed panels

Ctrl+J, type prefix

of master, press
Enter

Go to master page while panel is closed

Alt+drag any panel

tab (in the group)
to edge of screen

Stash a panel group

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+u

Cycle through units of measurement

Select item by name

Shift-drag guide

Snap guide to ruler increments

Ctrl-drag guide

Switch between page and spread guides (creation

only)

Alt+Ctrl-click in
list, and then use
keyboard to select
item by name
Alt+Ctrl+m

Open the Drop Shadow panel

Panels

Ctrl-drag from zero Create vertical and horizontal ruler guides for the
point
spread

Control Panel

Alt+Ctrl+g

Select all guides

Ctrl+6

Toggle focus to/from Control panel

Right-click zero
point and choose
an option

Lock or unlock zero point

Ctrl+Alt+7

Toggle Character/Paragraph text attributes mode

Change reference point when proxy has focus

Alt-drag guide

Use current magnification for view threshold of new

guide

Any key on the

numeric keypad /
keyboard numbers

Press first letter of

button name, if
underlined

Select buttons in alert dialog boxes

Alt+Arrow Down

Display the pop-up menu that has focus

alt-click Kerning
icon

Open Units & Increments Preferences

Ctrl+Help >
About Design

Show information on installed plugins and InDesign

components

alt-click Number
Of Columns icon

Open the Text Frame Options dialog box

alt-click X / Y icon

Open the Move dialog box

Working with XML

alt-click Angle icon

Open the Rotate dialog box

Arrow Right/Arrow Expand/Collapse element

Left

alt-click X / Y Scale
icon

Open the Scale dialog box

Alt+
Expand/Collapse element and child elements
Arrow Right/Arrow
Left

alt-click Shear icon

Open the Shear dialog box

alt-click
Superscript,
Subscript, / Small
Caps button

Open Text Preferences

alt-click Underline
button

Open the Underline Options dialog box

alt-click
Strikethrough
button

Open the Strikethrough Options dialog box

alt-click Align To
Baseline Grid, / Do
Not Align To
Baseline Grid
button

Open the Grids Preferences

Shift+
Arrow Up/Arrow
Down

Extend XML selection up/down

Arrow Up/Arrow
Down

Move XML selection up/down

Page Up/Page
Down

Scroll structure pane up/down one screen

Home/End

Select first/last XML node

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alt-click Drop Cap

Number Of Lines, /
Drop Cap One Or
More Characters
icon

Open the Drop Caps & Nested Styles dialog box

alt-click Leading
icon

Open the Justification dialog box

Type panels and dialog boxes

Color Panel
Shift-drag slider

Move color sliders in tandem

alt-click color bar

Select a color for the nonactive fill or stroke

Shift-click color
bar

Switch between color modes (CMYK, RGB, LAB)

Separations Preview panel

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+y

Turn on Overprint preview

Open Paragraph Rules dialog box

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+~
(tilde)

Show all plates

Alt+Ctrl+k

Open Keep Options dialog box

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+1

Show Cyan plate

Ctrl+t

Activate Character panel

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+2

Show Magenta plate

Ctrl+Alt+t

Activate Paragraph panel

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+3

Show Yellow plate

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+4

Show Black plate

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+5

Show 1st Spot plate

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+6

Show 2nd Spot plate

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+7

Show 3rd Spot plate

Alt+Ctrl+Shift+j

Open Justification dialog box

Alt+Ctrl+j

Character and paragraph styles

Select text and
Make character style definition match text
press Shift+Alt+Ctrl
+c
Select text and
Make paragraph style definition match text
press Shift+Alt+Ctrl
+r
Shift+Alt+Ctrl-doub Change options without applying style
le-click style

Swatches Panel
alt-click New
Swatch button

Create new swatch based on the current swatch

Create spot color swatch based on the current swatch

alt-click paragraph
style name

Remove style and local formatting

Alt+Ctrl-click New
Swatch button

Alt+Shift-click
paragraph style
name

Clear overrides from paragraph style

Shift+Alt+Ctrl-doub Change options without applying swatch

le-click swatch

F11, Shift+F11

Show/hide Paragraph and Character Styles panels,

respectively

Tabs Panel
Shift+Ctrl+t

Activate Tabs panel

alt-click tab

Switch between alignment options

Layers Panel
alt-click layer

Select all objects on layer

Alt-drag small
square to new
layer

Copy selection to new layer

Ctrl-click Create
New Layer

Add new layer below selected layer

Shift+Ctrl-click
Create New Layer

Add new layer to the top of the layer list

Shift+Alt+Ctrl-click
Create New Layer

Add new layer to the top of the layer list and open
New Layer dialog box

alt-click Create
New Layer

Add new layer and open New Layer dialog box

Pages Panel
alt-click master

Apply master to selected page

alt-click the master Base another master page on selected master

you want to base
the selected master
on
Ctrl-click Create
New Page button

Create master page

alt-click New Page

button

Display Insert Pages dialog box

Shift+Ctrl+p

Add new page after last page

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Transform Panels
Alt+Enter

Apply value and copy object

Ctrl+Enter

Apply width, height, or scale value proportionally