Shortcuts

Quick Reference Card

Keyboard shortcuts - Menus and menu commands

Object

Symbol Symbol Manager Ctrl+F3

Align and Distribute

Align Left L

Align Right R

Align Top T

Align Bottom B

Align Centers Horizontally C

Align Centers Vertically E

Center to Page P

Align & Distribute Ctrl+Shift+A

Order

To Front of Page Ctrl+Home

To Back of Page Ctrl+End

To Front of Layer Shift+PgUp

To Back of Layer Shift+PgDn

Forward One Ctrl+PgUp

Back One Ctrl+PgDn

Combine Ctrl+L

Break Apart Ctrl+K

Group Group Objects Ctrl+G

Group Ungroup Objects Ctrl+U

Convert to Curves Ctrl+Q

Convert Outline to Object Ctrl+Shift+Q

Object Properties Alt+Enter

File

New Ctrl+N

Open Ctrl+O

Save Ctrl+S

Save As Ctrl+Shift+S

Import Ctrl+I

Export Ctrl+E

Print Ctrl+P

Exit Alt+F4

Effects

Adjust Brightness/Contrast/Intensity Ctrl+B

Adjust Color Balance Ctrl+Shift+B

Adjust Hue/Saturation/Lightness Ctrl+Shift+U

Contour Ctrl+F9

Envelope Ctrl+F7

Lens Alt+F3

Edit

Undo Ctrl+Z

Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z

Repeat Ctrl+R

Cut Ctrl+X

Copy Ctrl+C

Paste Ctrl+V

Delete Delete

Duplicate Ctrl+D

Step and Repeat Ctrl+Shift+D

Find and Replace Find Objects Ctrl+F

View

Full Screen Preview F9

View Manager Ctrl+F2

Alignment Guides Alt+Shift+A

Text

Text Properties Ctrl+T

Edit Text Ctrl+Shift+T

Insert Formatting Code

Non-breaking Hyphen Ctrl+Shift+-

Insert Formatting Code

Optional Hyphen Ctrl+-

Insert Character Ctrl+F11

Convert Ctrl+FB

Align to Baseline Alt+F12

Writing Tools Spell Check Ctrl+F12

Window

Refresh Window Ctrl+W

Close Window Ctrl+F4

Dockers

Object Properties Alt+Enter

Object Styles Ctrl+F5

Symbol Manager Ctrl+F3

Align and Distribute Ctrl+Shift+A

Step and Repeat Ctrl+Shift+D

Effects Contour Ctrl+F9

Effects Envelope Ctrl+F7

Effects Lens Alt+F3

Text Text Properties Ctrl+T

Text Glyphs Ctrl+F11

Color Styles Ctrl+F6

View Manager Ctrl+F2

Scripts Alt+Shift+F11

Tools

Options Ctrl+J

Scripts Script Manager Alt+Shift+F11

Scripts Script Editor Alt+F11

Scripts Visual Studio Editor Alt+Shift+F12

Scripts Stop Recording Ctrl+Shift+O

Scripts Record Temporary Script Ctrl+Shift+R

Scripts Run Temporary Script Ctrl+Shift+P

Other

Nudge Arrow keys

Super Nudge Shift+Arrow Keys

Micro Nudge Ctrl+Arrow Keys

Scroll Alt+Arrow Keys

Select Fill Color Left click the

swatch from the palette

Select outline Colour Right dick

the swatch from the palette

Help

Product Help Topics F1

Pick

Pick

Freehand Pick

Free Transform

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Connector

Connector

Anchor Editing

Q

1

Text F8

Table

A

Shape Edit

Shape F10

Smooth

Smear

Twirl

Attract and Rapel

Smudge

Roughen

Curve

Freehand F5

2-Point Line

Bezier

Per

B-Spline

Polyline

B-Point Curve

Polygon Tools

Polygon Y

Star

Spiral A

Common Shapes

Impact tool

Graph Paper D

Artistic Media

Artistic Media I

LiveSketch S

Smart Drawing

Shift+S

Crop

Crop

Knife

Virtual Segment Delete

Eraser X

Rectangle

Rectangle F6

3-Point Rectangle

Text

A

Dimension

Parallel Dimension

Horizontal or Vertical Dimension

Angular Dimension

Segment Dimension

2 Leg Callout

Interactive

Shadow

Contour

Blend

Distort

Envelope

Extrude

Block Shadow

Eyedropper

Color Eyedropper

Attributes Eyedropper

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Toolbox

Pick

Shape

Crop

Zoom -Z

Freehand

Artistic Media - I

Rectangle

Ellipse

Polygon

Text - F8

Parallel Dimension

Straight-Line

Connector

Shadow Tool

Transparency

Color Eyedropper

Interactive Fill

Quick customize

Elliose

Ellipse F7

B-Point Ellipse

Interactive Fill

Interactive Fill G

Smart Fill

Mesh Fill M

Zoom

Zoom Z

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