Shortcuts for Illustrator CS5

ELECTING AND MOVING

To access Selection or Direction Selection tool (whichever was used last) at any time To switch between Selection and Direct Selection tools To cycle through tools behind column tool To make copy while dragging To add to a selection Move Selection Move Selection 10 pts Lock selected artwork Lock all deselected artwork Unlock all artwork Hide selected artwork Hide all deselected artwork Show all artwork Control Ctrl-Alt-Tab Alt-click tool Alt Shift Any arrow key Shift-any arrow key Ctrl-2 Ctrl-Alt-Shift-2 Ctrl-Alt-2 Ctrl-3 Ctrl-Alt-Shift-3 Ctrl-Alt-3

PATH EDITING
Join and Average at same time Convert Anchor Point tool from Pen tool Switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tools Add Anchor Point tool from Scissors tool Move anchor point while drawing with Pen tool Ctrl-Alt-Shift-J Alt Alt Alt Spacebar

Create closed path with Pencil or Paintbrush tool when finished drawing, hold Alt and release mouse Connect to an open (& selected) path with Pencil Ctrl-drag

PAINTING AND TRANSFORMING

Eyedropper tool from Live Paint Bucket tool Samples intermediate color from gradient, picture, etc. with eyedropper Sets center point and shows dialog Duplicates and transforms selection Transform pattern without transforming object Alt Shift Alt-click with Tool Alt-drag ~(tilde)-drag

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Scale proportionally with Selection tool Scale from center with Selection tool Move mesh point along path with Mesh tool Shift-drag bounding box Alt-drag bounding box Shift-drag

Add mesh point with Mesh tool without changing Shift-click color Remove mesh point with Mesh tool Alt-click

SHAPES (WHILE DRAWING)

Draw from center Draw from center with dialog Constrain proportion Constrain orientation of polygons, stars, spirals Move object while drawing Add/subtract sides, points, spiral segments Decrease inner radius Create continuous duplicates along mouse movement Alt Alt-click Shift Shift Spacebar Up or Down Arrow Ctrl hold ~ while dragging

VIEWING & GUIDES

Get Hand Tool (while NOT editing Type) Spacebar

Hold Control, then Space. (This will show the Zoom tool). Let go of Control so you see the Hand tool and immediately start dragging Get Hand tool (while editing Type) the mouse so you don't end up typing spaces. Be sure to let go of the Spacebar while dragging so you again don't type more spaces. Zoom In Tool Zoom Out Tool Zoom In to exact size Hide/Show all tools and panels Hide/Show all panels except toolbox Switch between horizontal/vertical guide Release Guide (turns it into a regular path) Ctrl-Spacebar Ctrl-Alt-Spacebar Ctrl-Spacebar-drag Tab Shift-Tab hold Alt while dragging out a new guide Shift-Ctrl-double-click

TYPE
Decrease/Increase type size Decrease/Increase leading Ctrl-Shift-< or > Alt arrow up or down

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Decrease/Increase kerning/tracking Kerning/tracking x 5 Decrease/Increase baseline shift Baseline shift x 5 Align type left, right, center Justify type Justify last line Reset horizontal/vertical scale to 100% Reset kerning or tracking to 0 Alt arrow left or right Ctrl-Alt arrow left or right Shift-Alt arrow down or up Ctrl-Alt-Shift arrow down or up Ctrl-Shift-L, R, C Ctrl-Shift-J Ctrl-Shift-F Ctrl-Shift-X Ctrl-Alt-Q

PANEL SHORTCUTS/FUNCTION KEYS

Show/Hide Brushes Show/Hide Color Show/Hide Layers Show/Hide Info Show/Hide Gradient Show/Hide Stroke Show/Hide Attributes Revert file Show/Hide Graphic Styles Show/Hide Appearance Show/Hide Align Show/Hide Transform Show/Hide Pathfinder Show/Hide Transparency Show/Hide Symbols F5 F6 F7 Ctrl-F8 Ctrl-F9 Ctrl-F10 Ctrl-F11 F12 Shift-F5 Shift-F6 Shift-F7 Shift-F8 Shift-Ctrl-F9 Shift-Ctrl-F10 Shift-Ctrl-F11

LAYERS PANEL SHORTCUTS

Toggle layer between Preview/Outline mode Show layer while turningoff all others Select all items on layer Copy selected item to different layer To create the new layer at the top of list Ctrl-click on eye Alt-click on eye Alt-click layer name Alt-drag selection square in Layers panel Ctrl-click

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To create the new layer below selected layer Ctrl-Alt-click

COLOR PANEL SHORTCUTS

Saturate/Desaturate current color Change Color Mode Select compliment of current color Shift-drag color slider Shift-click color bar Ctrl-click color bar

SWATCHES PANEL SHORTCUTS

Create a swatch as a global color Replace a swatch with another Hold CrtlShift while creating Alt-drag new swatch over old

MISC.
(In any panel) Apply a value, but keep value highlighted in panel Create New Symbol Swap Colors in a Gradient Shift-Return F8 Alt-Drag a color stop onto another

TOOLS
V A Y Q P + Shift-C T \ M L B N Shift-B Selection Direct Selection Magic Wand Lasso Pen Add Anchor point Delete Anchor point Convert Anchor point Type Line Segment Rectangle Ellipse Paintbrush Pencil Blob Brush

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Shift-E C R O S Shift-R E Shift-S J U G I W K Shift-L Shift-O Shift-K H Z X Shift-X D < > / F Eraser Scissors Rotate Reflect Scale Warp Free Transform Symbol Sprayer Column Graph Mesh Gradient Eyedropper Blend Live Paint Bucket Live Paint Selection Artboard Tool Slice Hand Zoom Toggle between Fill & Stroke Swap Fill & Stroke Default Fill & Stroke (white fill/black stroke) Fill or Stroke w/Color Fill or Stroke w/Gradient Fill or Stroke w/None Cycle through Screen Modes

Double-click tools to bring up options. Press CAPS LOCK to change tool pointer to cross hair. Hold down Shift to constrain movement to 45, 90, 135, or 180.

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