Indesign Shortcuts – part 3 | Indesign shortcut tools | indesign important default tools shortcut

Indesign Shortcuts – part 3 | Indesign shortcut tools | indesign default important tools shortcut

Indesign Text and Tables shortcuts

Align center	Default: Shift+Ctrl+C
Align force justify	Default: Shift+Ctrl+F
Align justify	Default: Shift+Ctrl+J
Align left	Default: Shift+Ctrl+L
Align right	Default: Shift+Ctrl+R
Align to baseline grid	Default: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+G
Apply bold	Default: Shift+Ctrl+B
Apply italic	Default: Shift+Ctrl+I
Apply normal	Default: Shift+Ctrl+Y
Auto leading	Default: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+A
Auto-hyphenate on/off	Default: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+H
Clear	Tables: Backspace
Decrease Cell Height	Tables: Ctrl+Up Arrow
Decrease Cell Width	Tables: Ctrl+Left Arrow
Decrease baseline shift	Text: Shift+Alt+Down Arrow
Decrease baseline shift x 5	Text: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow
Decrease kerning/tracking	Text: Shift+Alt+Left Arrow, Text: Alt+Left Arrow
Decrease kerning/tracking x 5	Text: Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow
Decrease leading	Text: Alt+Up Arrow
Decrease leading x 5	Text: Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow
Decrease point size	Default: Shift+Ctrl+,
Decrease point size x 5	Default: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+,
Decrease word space	Default: Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
Decrease word space x 5	Default: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
Delete	Tables: Delete
Delete one character to the left	Text: Backspace, Text: Shift+Backspace
Delete one character to the right	Text: Delete, Text: Shift+Delete
Delete one word to the left	Text: Ctrl+Backspace
Delete one word to the right	Text: Ctrl+Delete
Find Next	Text: Shift+F2
Increase Cell Height	Tables: Ctrl+Down Arrow
Increase Cell Width	Tables: Ctrl+Right Arrow
Increase baseline shift	Text: Shift+Alt+Up Arrow
Increase baseline shift x 5	Text: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow
Increase kerning/tracking	Text: Shift+Alt+Right Arrow, Text: Alt+Right Arrow
Increase kerning/tracking x 5	Text: Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow
Increase leading	Text: Alt+Down Arrow
Increase leading x 5	Text: Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow
Increase point size	Default: Shift+Ctrl+.
Increase point size x 5	Default: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+.
Increase word space	Default: Ctrl+Alt+\
Increase word space x 5	Default: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+\
Load Find and Find Next instance	Text: Shift+F1
Load Find with selected text	Text: Ctrl+F1
Load Replace with selected text	Text: Ctrl+F2
Move Down	Tables: Down Arrow
Move Left	Tables: Left Arrow
Move Right	Tables: Right Arrow
Move Up	Tables: Up Arrow
Move down one line	Text: Down Arrow
Move to First Cell in Column	Tables: Alt+Page Up
Move to First Cell in Row	Tables: Alt+Home
Move to First Row in Frame	Tables: Page Up
Move to Last Cell in Column	Tables: Alt+Page Down
Move to Last Cell in Row	Tables: Alt+End
Move to Last Row in Frame	Tables: Page Down
Move to Next Cell	Tables: Tab
Move to Previous Cell	Tables: Shift+Tab
Move to beginning of story	Default: Ctrl+Home
Move to end of story	Default: Ctrl+End
Move to the end of the line	Text: End
Move to the left one character	Text: Left Arrow
Move to the left one word	Text: Ctrl+Left Arrow
Move to the next paragraph	Text: Ctrl+Down Arrow
Move to the previous paragraph	Text: Ctrl+Up Arrow
Move to the right one character	Text: Right Arrow
Move to the right one word	Text: Ctrl+Right Arrow
Move to the start of the line	Text: Home
Move up one line	Text: Up Arrow
Normal horizontal text scale	Default: Shift+Ctrl+X
Normal vertical text scale	Default: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+X
Object Down	Table Object Context: Down Arrow
Object Escape	Table Object Context: Escape
Object Left	Table Object Context: Left Arrow
Object Move to Next Cell	Table Object Context: Tab
Object Move to Prev Cell	Table Object Context: Shift+Tab
Object Right	Table Object Context: Right Arrow
Object Up	Table Object Context: Up Arrow
Recompose all stories	Default: Ctrl+Alt+/
Replace with Change To text	Text: Ctrl+F3
Replace with Change To text and Find Next	Text: Shift+F3
Reset kerning and tracking	Text: Ctrl+Alt+Q
Select Cells Above	Tables: Shift+Up Arrow
Select Cells Below	Tables: Shift+Down Arrow
Select Cells to the Left	Tables: Shift+Left Arrow
Select Cells to the Right	Tables: Shift+Right Arrow
Select line	Text: Shift+Ctrl+\
Select one character to the left	Text: Shift+Left Arrow
Select one character to the right	Text: Shift+Right Arrow
Select one line above	Text: Shift+Up Arrow
Select one line below	Text: Shift+Down Arrow
Select one paragraph before	Text: Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow
Select one paragraph forward	Text: Shift+Ctrl+Down Arrow
Select one word to the left	Text: Shift+Ctrl+Left Arrow
Select one word to the right	Text: Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow
Select to beginning of story	Text: Shift+Ctrl+Home
Select to end of story	Text: Shift+Ctrl+End
Select to the end of the line	Text: Shift+End
Select to the start of the line	Text: Shift+Home
Start Row on Next Column	Tables: Num Enter
Start Row on Next Frame	Tables: Shift+Num Enter
Toggle Cell/Text Selection	Tables: Escape
Toggle Typographer's Quotes Preference	Default: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+'
Update missing font list	Default: Shift+Ctrl+Alt+/

 

Indesign Tools shortcuts

Add Anchor Point Tool	Default: =
Apply Color	Default: ,
Apply Gradient	Default: .
Apply None	Default: Num /, Default: /
Apply default fill and stroke colors	Default: D
Color Theme Tool	Default: Shift+I
Convert Direction Point Tool	Default: Shift+C
Delete Anchor Point Tool	Default: -
Direct Selection Tool	Default: A
Ellipse Tool	Default: L
Eyedropper Tool	Default: I
Free Transform Tool	Default: E
Gap Tool	Default: U
Gradient Feather Tool	Default: Shift+G
Gradient Swatch Tool	Default: G
Hand Tool	Default: H
Line Tool	Default: \
Measure Tool	Default: K
Page Tool	Default: Shift+P
Pen Tool	Default: P
Pencil Tool	Default: N
Rectangle Frame Tool	Default: F
Rectangle Tool	Default: M
Rotate Tool	Default: R
Scale Tool	Default: S
Scissors Tool	Default: C
Selection Tool	Default: V, Text: Escape
Shear Tool	Default: O
Swap fill and stroke activation	Default: X
Swap fill and stroke colors	Default: Shift+X
Toggle Content Collector and Content Placer	Default: B
Toggle Text and Object Control	Default: J
Toggle view setting between default and preview	Default: W
Type Tool	Default: T
Type on a Path Tool	Default: Shift+T
Zoom Tool	Default: Z