Adobe Illustrator CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts
Adobe Illustrator CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts
Adobe Illustrator CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts
Selecting tools
V
Selection tool
Lasso tool
Pen tool
=+ (plus)
=- (minus)
Shift + C
T
\ (backslash)
Rectangle tool
Paintbrush tool
Pencil tool
Rotate tool
Reflect tool
Scale tool
Shift + R
Warp tool
Shift + S
Gradient tool
Eyedropper tool
Blend tool
Shift + L
Shift + O
Shift + K
Slice tool
Shift + E
Eraser tool
Scissors tool
Hand tool
Zoom tool
Toggle between screen modes: Standard, Full,Full with menu bar, and Maximized
Viewing artwork
Magnify 100%
Spacebar
Ctrl + Spacebar
Spacebar
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 3
Alt-drag guide
Ctrl + Shift-double-click guide
Drawing
Shift-drag
Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow Increase or decrease polygon sides, star points,arc angle, spiral winds, or flare rays
or Down Arrow
Start dragging, then hold down Ctrl
Alt-drag
Alt-drag
Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral
Ctrl-drag
Alt-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or Add or remove horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid
hold down Alt and select a tracing
preset.
Start dragging, then press the Right
Arrow or Left Arrow
Add or remove vertical lines from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid
Decrease the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by
10%
Increase the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by
10%
Decrease the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid
by 10%
Increase the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid
by 10%
Alt-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or Create and expand a Live Trace object in one step
hold down Alt and select a tracing
preset.
Selecting
Ctrl
Switch to last-used selection tool (Selection tool,Direct Selection tool, or Group Selection tool) in
Adobe Illustrator
Alt
Shift-click
Add to a selection with Selection tool,Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, Live Paint Selection
tool, or Magic Wand tool
Shift-click
Subtract a selection with Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, or Live Paint
Selection tool
Alt-click
Shift-drag
Alt-drag
Caps Lock
Moving selections
Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Move selection in user-defined increments
Down Arrow
Shift + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up
Arrow, or Down Arrow
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + 2
Hold down Shift
Editing shapes
Alt
Alt
Switch between Add Anchor Point tool and Delete Anchor Point tool
Alt
Alt
Spacebar-drag
Painting objects
X
Shift + X
>
/ (forward slash)
Ctrl-click gradient button in Tools panel Reset gradient to black and white in Adobe Illustrator
or Gradient panel
Working with Live Paint groups
Alt-click Live Paint Bucket tool
Alt Shift-click Live Paint Bucket tool Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient
Shift Live Paint Bucket tool
Double-click + Live Paint Bucket tool
Select opposite Live Paint Bucket tool options(if Paint Fills and Paint Strokes are currently selected,
switch to Paint Fills only)
Fill across unstroked edges into adjacent faces
Fill all faces that have same fill and strok eall edges that have same stroke in Adobe Illustrator
Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color froman image or intermediate color from a gradient
Add to/subtract from a selection
Double-click + Live Paint Selection tool Select all connected faces /edges with same fill/stroke
Triple-click Live Paint Selection tool
Transforming objects
Alt-click
Set origin point and open dialog box when using Rotate tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool
Alt-drag
Duplicate and transform selection when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool
Tilde (~)-drag
Transform pattern (independent of object) when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear
tool in Adobe Illustrator
Shift Ctrl Right Arrow or Left Arrow Select one word right or left when working with Adobe Illustrator type
Shift + Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Select one paragraph before or after
Shift-click
Ctrl + Shift + L, R, or C
Ctrl + Shift + J
Shift + Enter
Insertsoft return
Ctrl + Alt + K
Highlight kerning
Ctrl Shift X
Reset horizontal scale to 100% when working with Adobe Illustrator type
Ctrl + Alt + Q
Reset tracking/kerning to 0
Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) Add or remove space (kerning) between two characters
or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text)
Ctrl + Alt + Right or Left Arrow
(horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow
(vertical text)
Add or remove space (kerning) between charactersby five times the increment value
Switch between Type and Vertical Type, AreaType and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and
Vertical Path Typetools
Switch between Area Type and Type, Path Typeand Area Type, and Vertical Path Type and Vertical
Area Type tools
Using panels
Alt-click New button
Alt-click Delete button
Shift Enter
Shift-click
Ctrl-click
Select noncontiguous actions, brushes, layers(same level only), links, styles, or swatches
Tab
Shift + Tab
Actions panel
Alt-click expansion triangle
Double-click folder icon
Alt-click Play button
Alt-click New Action button
Brushes panel
Double-click brush
Drag brush to New Brush button
Color panel
Ctrl-click color bar
Double-click to right of a numerical field Switch between percentage and 0-255 valuesfor RGB
Gradient panel
Alt-drag
Alt-drag color stop onto another stop
Alt-click swatch in the Swatches panel Apply swatch color to active (or selected) colorstop
Layers panel
Swatches panel
Ctrl-click New Swatch button
Ctrl + Shift-click New Swatch button
Alt-drag a swatch over another
Ctrl Alt-click in the swatch color list
Transform panel
Shift + Enter
Alt Enter
Apply a value and copy object when using Adobe Illustrator transform panel
Ctrl Enter
Transparency panel
Alt-click on mask thumbnail
Shift-click on mask thumbnail
Shift-click on disabled mask thumbnail Re-enable opacity mask in Adobe Illustrator Transparency panel
Click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Increase/decrease opacity in 1% increments
Arrow
Shift-click opacity field + Up Arrow or
Down Arrow
Function keys
F1
Invoke Help
F2
Cut
F3
Copy
F4
Paste
F5
F6
F7
F8
Ctrl F8
Ctrl + F9
Ctrl + F10
Ctrl + F11
F12
Revert
Shift + F5
Shift F6
Shift + F7
Shift + F8
Shift + Ctrl + F9