Adobe Indesign CS2 (MAC) Keyboard Shortcuts

SHORTCUT	ACTION
Adjust Font Size
Cmd-Shft->	Increase by Increment
Cmd-Shft-<	Decrease by Increment (add Option to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5)
Adjust Leading
Optn-down arrow	Increase by Increment
Optn-up arrow	Decrease by Increment
(add Cmd to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5)
Cmd-Optn-Shft-A	Revert to Auto Leading
Adjust Kerning/Tracking & WORD SPACING
Optn-right arrow	Increase by Increment
Optn-left arrow	Decrease by Increment
Cmd-Optn-right arrow	Increase by Increment x 5
Cmd-Optn-left arrow	Decrease by Increment x 5
Cmd-Optn-Shft-\	Increase between words
Cmd-Optn-Shft-Delete	Decrease between words
Cmd-Optn-Q	Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0
Adjust Baseline shift
Optn-Shft-up arrow	Move Up by Increment
Optn-Shft-down arrow	Move Down by Increment (add Cmd to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5) Scaling picture & text frames (picture content is scaled with the frame, but text content is not scaled with the frame)
Cmd-Opt->	Scale 5% Bigger
Cmd-Opt-<	Scale 5% Smaller
Cmd->	Scale 1% Bigger
Cmd-<	Scale 1% Smaller
Fitting Content & pictures
Cmd-Opt-Shft-E	Fit Content Proportionally
Cmd-Opt-E	Fit Content to Frame
Cmd-Shft-E	Center Content
Cmd-Opt-C	Fit Frame to Content
Nudging objects
any arrow key	Move by Increment
Shft-any arrow key	Move by Increment x 10
Cmd-Shft-any arrow key	Move by Increment x 1/10
Flowing Text
Optn-click	Semi-autoflow (keeps text in cursor so you can continue flowing)
Shft-click	Multi-Page Autoflow (creates additional pages)
Shft-Optn-click	Single-Page Autoflow (does not create additional pages)
Styling text
Cmd-Shft-B	Bold
Cmd-Shft-I	Italic
Cmd-Shft-Y	Normal
Cmd-Shft-K	All Caps
Cmd-Optn-Shft-Double click style	Edit Style Sheet without Applying it
Working with Paragraph Styles
Opt-click Style Name	To remove local formatting (non Style changes)
Opt-Shft-click Style Name	To remove local formatting and Character Styles
Working with Styles
Cmd-Return (start typing the style name, hit Return to apply)	Quick Apply a Style
Cmd-Opt-Shft-R	Redefine a Paragraph Style
Cmd-Opt-Shft-C	Redefine a Character Style
Working with Master Pages
Cmd-Shft-click	Select a master page object (that is on a document page)
Insert Special characters
Cmd-\	Indent to Here
Shft-Tab	Right Indent Tab
Cmd-Shft-hyphen (-)	Discretionary Hyphen
Cmd-Opt-hyphen (-)	Nonbreaking Hyphen
Insert Automatic page number
Cmd-Opt-Shft-N	Auto Page Number Of the Current page
Insert White space
Cmd-Shft-M	Em space
Cmd-Shft-N	En space
Cmd-Opt-X	Nonbreaking space
Cmd-Opt-Shft-M	Thin space
Insert Break characters
Enter (on keypad)	Column Break
Shft-Enter (on keypad)	Frame Break
Cmd-Enter (on keypad)	Page Break
Shft-Return	Forced Line Break (or "soft return")
Moving text cursor
Home or End	Move cursor to beginning or end of line
Cmd-Left/right arrow	Move cursor one word to the left/right
Cmd-Up Arrow	Move cursor to Previous paragraph
Cmd-Down Arrow	Move cursor to Next paragraph
Selecting text
Shft-Home or Shft-End	Select from cursor to beginning or end of line
Cmd-Shft-End	Select from cursor to end of story
Cmd-Shft-Home	Select from cursor to beginning of story
Double-click	Select whole word
Cmd-Shft-\ (or Triple-click)	Select line
Cmd-Shft-Left/Right arrow	Select one word to the left/right
Navigating & scrolling through documents
Optn-Spacebar	Scroll using Hand tool
Cmd-Shft-Page Up	Go to the First Page
Cmd-Shft-Page Down	Go to the Last Page
Cmd-J	Access page number box (so you can enter a page to go to)
Cmd-tilde(~)	Switch between open Documents
Zooming
Hold Cmd then Space	Get the Zoom in tool without selecting it
Hold Cmd then Space and Optn	Get the Zoom out tool without selecting it
Cmd-plus(+) or Cmd-minus(-)	Zoom In or Out
Cmd-0 (zero)	Fit Page in Window
Cmd-Optn-0 (zero)	Fit Spread in Window
Cmd-Opt-5	Access zoom percentage box (so you can enter a zoom level)
Cmd-Opt-2	Toggle between current and previous zoom levels
Find/Change
Cmd-F1	Insert selected text into Find What box
Shft-F1	Insert selected text into Find What box and then Find Next instance
Shft-F2 or Cmd-Optn-F	Find the next occurrence of Find What text
Cmd-F2	Insert selected text into Change To box
Cmd-F3	Replace selected text with Change To text
Shft-F3	Replace selected text with Change To text and Find Next
Working with palettes
Cmd-6	Highlight the first option in the Control palette
Cmd-Opt-7	Toggle Control palette between Character & Paragraph options
Shft-Return	Apply a value but keep it highlighted in palette
Tab (while not in a text frame)	Show/Hide all Panels including Toolbar
Shft-Tab (while not in a text frame)	Show/Hide all Panels except the Toolbar
Opt-click New button	Create new (style, swatches, etc) & display options dialog
Optn-click palette tab	Close/Open all docked palettes on 1 side on the screen
hold Optn while dragging a palette's tab	Dock/Undock a group of palettes
Working with Dialog boxes
Page Down	Rotate down through section of options displayed on the left
Page Up	Rotate up through section of options displayed on the left
Cmd-1 for 1st, Cmd-2 for 2nd, etc.	Jump to section of options displayed on the left
Esc (or Cmd-period)	Cancel
Y or N	Choose Yes or No
Miscellaneous Good stuff
click in field, press up/down arrow	Increase/decrease a value in a field
Cmd-Opt-Shft-'	Toggle Typographer's Quotes preference
Hold Cmd and keep clicking frame stack	Select frame hidden behind another
Hold Shft while dragging the (bottom) triangle	Tabs palette: Move Left Indent (triangle) without moving First Line Indent
Cmd-Opt-G	Select all Guides
Hold Cmd-Opt-Shft and click on Menu	Sort Menus Alphabetically