Adobe Illustrator CS3 Essential Shortcuts

These are the default keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Illustrator CS 3. I have produced this guide using Mac keyboard commands. If your using windows just press Ctrl where it says Cmd. You can easily assign your own keyboard shortcuts for any tool or function by using Illustrators Keyboard Shortcut menu which can be found here Alt+Shift+Cmd+K

Edit Menu
Undo Redo Cut Copy Paste Paste in front Paste in Back Color Settings

SELECTION TOOLS
Selection tool Direct Selection tool Magic Wand Tool Lasso Tool Select All Deselect Reselect Next Object Above Next Object Below Group Selection Ungroup Selection Lock Selection Unlock All Lock Others Hide Selection Show All Hide Others Switch Selection Tools

V A Y Q Cmd+A Shift+Cmd+A Cmd+6 Alt+Cmd+] Alt+Cmd+[ Cmd+G Shift+Cmd+G Cmd+2 Alt+Cmd+2 Alt+ Shift+Cmd+2 Cmd+3 Alt+Cmd+3 Alt+ Shift+Cmd+3 Alt+Cmd+Tab

Cmd+Z Shift+Cmd+Z Cmd+X Cmd+C Cmd+V Cmd+F Cmd+B Shift+Cmd+K

Type tools

DRAWING TOOLS

Pen Tool Add Anchor Point Tool Delete Anchor Point Tool Convert Anchor Point Join Paths Average Paths

P + Shift+C Cmd+J Alt+Cmd+J

Type Tool Create Outlines Show Hidden Characters Insert Hyphen Point Size Up Point Size Down Kern Looser Kern Tighter Tracking Clear Tracking Spacing Uniform Type Left Align Text Center Align Text Right Alight Text Justify Text Left Justify All Lines Toggle Auto Hyphenate Toggle Line Composer Check Spelling Character Palette OpenType Palette Paragraph Palette Tabs Palette

T Shift+Cmd+O Alt+Cmd+I Shift+Cmd+Shift+Cmd+. Shift+Cmd+, Alt+Shift+Cmd+] Alt+Shift+Cmd+[ Alt+Cmd+K Alt+Cmd+Q Alt+O Shift+Cmd+X Shift+Cmd+L Shift+Cmd+C Shift+Cmd+R Shift+Cmd+J Shift+Cmd+F Alt+Shift+Cmd+H Alt+Shift+Cmd+C Cmd+I Cmd+T Alt+Shift+Cmd+T Alt+Cmd+T Shift+Cmd+T

Line Segment Paint Brush Tool

\ B Mesh Tool U

Envelope Distort
Symbols Palette New Symbol Symbol Sprayer Increase Diameter Decrease Diameter Increase Intensity Decrease Intensity Eraser Scissors Shift+Cmd+F11 F8 Shift+S ] [ Shift+] Shift+[ Shift+E C Make with Warp Make with Mesh Make with Top Object Edit Contents

Alt+Shift+Cmd+W Alt+Cmd+M Alt+Cmd+C Shift+Cmd+V

View Menu

Live Paint Bucket Live Paint Selection Make Live Path

K Shift+L Alt+Cmd+X

Toggle Screen Mode Show/Hide All Palettes Show/Hide All but Toolbox Preview Mode Overprint Preview Pixel Preview Hide Edges Show Template Show Rulers Hide Bounding Box Show Transparency Grid Show Text Threads Switch Units

F Tab Shift+Tab Cmd+Y Alt+Shift+Cmd+Y Alt+Cmd+Y Cmd+H Shift+Cmd+W Cmd+R Shift+Cmd+B Shift+Cmd+D Shift+Cmd+Y Alt+Shift+Cmd+U

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Adobe Illustrator CS3 Essential Shortcuts

file menu
New Document New from Template Open Document Browse Close Document Save Save As Save a Copy Revert Document Setup File Info Print Preferences Quit Illustrator Help Cmd+N Shift+Cmd+N Cmd+O Alt+Cmd+O Cmd+W Cmd+S Shift+Cmd+S Alt+Cmd+S F12 Alt+Cmd+P Alt+Shift+Cmd+I Cmd+P Cmd+K Cmd+Q F1

Guides & Grids

Hide Guides Lock Guides Make Guides Release Guides Smart Guides Show Grid Snap to Grid Snap to Point

Cmd+; Alt+Cmd+; Cmd+5 Alt+Cmd+5 Cmd+U Cmd+ Shift+Cmd+ Alt+Cmd+

Shape TOOLS
Rectangle Tool Ellipse Tool

(M) (L)

Pencil Tool

(N)

Transform Tools
Rotate Tool Reflect Tool Scale Tool Warp Tool Transform Palette Free Transform Transform Again Move Transform Each Bring to Front Bring Forward Send to Back Pathfinder Repeat Pathfinder

R O S Shift+R Shift+F8 E Cmd+D Shift+Cmd+M Alt+Shift+Cmd+D Shift+Cmd+] Cmd+] Shift+Cmd+[ Shift+Cmd+F9 Cmd+4

Filter & Effects

Apply Last Filter Last Filter Apply Last Effect Last Effect

Cmd+E Alt+Cmd+E Shift+Cmd+E Alt+Shift+Cmd+E

Column Graph Tool Gradient Tool Gradient Palette Blend Tool Make Blend Release Blend Zoom Zoom in Zoom Out Fit In Window Actual Size

J G Cmd+F9 W Alt+Cmd+B Alt+Shift+Cmd+B Z Cmd+= Cmd+Cmd+0 Cmd+1

Eyedropper Tool

Crop Area Tool Slice Tool Make Clipping Path Release Clipping Path Make Compound Path Release Compound Path

Shift+0 Shift+K Cmd+7 Alt+Cmd+7 Cmd+8 Alt+Cmd+8

Palettes

Hand Tool

Color Tools
Toggle Fill / Stoke Default (Black and White) Swap Fill / Stoke Color Gradient None Page 2

X D Shift+X , . /

Align Appearance Attributes Brushes Color Color Guide Graphic Styles New Fill Color Info Layers New Layer New Layer with Dialog Stroke Palette Add New Stroke Transparency

Shift+F7 Shift+F6 Cmd+F11 F5 F6 Shift+F3 Shift+F5 Cmd+/ Cmd+F8 F7 Cmd+L Alt+Cmd+L Cmd+F10 Alt+Cmd+/ Shift+Cmd+F10

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