Adobe InDesign CS4 (MAC) Keyboard Shortcuts

SHORTCUT	ACTION
Keys for tools
	This table isn't a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only those shortcuts that aren't displayed in menu commands or tool tips.
V, Esc	Selection tool
A	Direct Selection tool
Shft+A	Position tool
Cmnd+Ctrl+Tab	Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool
P	Pen tool
=	Add Anchor Point tool
-	Delete Anchor Point tool
Shft+C	Convert Direction Point tool
T	Type tool
Shft+T	Type On A Path tool
N	Pencil tool (Note tool)
\	Line tool
F	Rectangle Frame tool
M	Rectangle tool
L	Ellipse tool
R	Rotate tool
S	Scale tool
O	Shear tool
E	Free Transform tool
I	Eyedropper tool
K	Measure tool
G	Gradient tool
B	Button tool
C	Scissors tool
H	Hand tool
Spacebar (Layout mode), Optn (Text mode), or Optn+Spacebar (both)	Temporarily selects Hand tool
Z	Zoom tool
Cmnd+Spacebar	Temporarily selects Zoom In tool
X	Toggle Fill and Stroke
Shft+X	Swap Fill and Stroke
J	Toggle between Formatting Affects Container and Formatting Affects Text
, [comma]	Apply Color
. [period]	Apply Gradient
/	Apply No Color
W	Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode
Shft+G	Gradient Feather tool
Keys for selecting and moving objects
Any tool (except selection tools)+ Cmnd	Temporarily select Selection or Direct Selection tool (last used)
Direct Selection tool+Optn; or Pen, Add Anchor Point, or Delete Anchor Point tool+Optn+Cmnd	Temporarily select Group Selection tool
Selection, Direct Selection, or Group Selection tool+Shft-click (to deselect, click center point)	Add to or subtract from a selection of multiple objects
Selection, Direct Selection, or Group Selection tool+ Optn-drag*	Duplicate selection
Optn+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow key	Duplicate and offset selection
Optn+Shft+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key	Duplicate and offset selection by 10 times**
Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key	Move selection**
Cmnd+Shft+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down arrow key	Move selection by 10th**
Shft+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key	Move selection by 10 times**
Selection or Direct Selection tool+ Cmnd+Shft-click	Select master page item from document page
Selection tool+Cmnd-click or Selection tool+Optn+ Cmnd-click	Select next object behind or in front
Optn+Cmnd+Page Down/Page Up	Select next or previous frame in story
Shft+Optn+Cmnd+Page Down/Page Up	Select first or last frame in story
	*Press Shift to constrain movement to 45º angles.
	**Amount is set in InDesign > Preferences > Units & Increments
Keys for transforming objects
Transformation tool+Optn-drag*	Duplicate and transform selection
Select object+double-click Scale tool, Rotate tool, or Shear tool in Toolbox	Display Transform tool dialog box
Cmnd+,	Decrease scale by 1%
Cmnd+Optn+,	Decrease scale by 5%
Cmnd+.	Increase scale by 1%
Cmnd+Optn+.	Increase scale by 5%
Selection tool+Cmnd-drag	Resize frame and content
Selection tool+Shft	Resize frame and content proportionately
Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, or Rectangle tool+Shft-drag	Constrain proportion
Shft+Esc	Switch image from High Quality Display to Fast Display
	*After you select a transformation tool, hold down the mouse button, and then hold down Option and drag. Press Shift to constrain movement to 45º angles.
Keys for editing paths and frames
Direct Selection tool+Optn+ Cmnd, or Pen tool+Optn	Temporarily select Convert Direction Point tool
Optn	Temporarily switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tool
Scissors tool+Optn	Temporarily select Add Anchor Point tool
Pen tool+Shft	Keep Pen tool selected when pointer is over path or anchor point
Pen tool+spacebar	Move anchor point and handles while drawing
Cmnd+F10	Display the Stroke panel
Keys for tables
Begin dragging row or column border, and then hold down Optn as you drag	Insert or delete rows or columns while dragging
Shft-drag interior row or column border	Resize rows or columns without changing the size of the table
Shft-drag right or bottom table border	Resize rows or columns proportionally
Tab/Shft+Tab	Move to next/previous cell
Optn+Page Up/Page Down	Move to first/last cell in column
Optn+Home/End	Move to first/last cell in row
Page Up/Page Down	Move to first/last row in frame
Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Move up/down one cell
Left Arrow/Right Arrow	Move left/right one cell
Shft+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Select cell above/below the current cell
Shft+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Select cell to the right/left of the current cell
Enter (numeric keypad)	Start row on next column
Shft+Enter (numeric keypad)	Start row on next frame
Esc	Toggle between text selection and cell selection
Keys for finding and changing text
Cmnd+F1	Insert selected text into Find What box
Shft+F1	Insert selected text into Find What box and finds next
Shft+F2 or Optn+Cmnd+F	Find next occurrence of Find What text
Cmnd+F2	Insert selected text into Change To box
Cmnd+F3	Replace selection with Change To text
Keys for working with type
Shft+Cmnd+B	Bold
Shft+Cmnd+I	Italic
Shft+Cmnd+Y	Normal
Shft+Cmnd+U	Underline
Ctrl+Shft+Cmnd+/	Strikethrough
Shft+Cmnd+K	All caps (on/off)
Shft+Cmnd+H	Small caps (on/off)
Shft+Cmnd+(+) [plus sign]	Superscript
Shft+Optn+Cmnd+(+) [plus sign]	Subscript
Ctrl+', Ctrl+Shft+'	Straight quotes (single and double) without turning off smart quotes
Shft+Cmnd+X or Shft+Optn+Cmnd+X	Reset horizontal or vertical scale to 100%
Shft+Cmnd+L, R, or C	Align left, right, or center
Shft+Cmnd+F (all lines) or J (all but last line)	Justify all lines
Shft+Cmnd+> or <	Increase or decrease point size*
Shft+Cmnd+ Optn+> or <	Increase or decrease point size by five times*
Optn+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Increase or decrease leading (horizontal text)*
Optn+Cmnd+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Increase or decrease leading by five times (horizontal text)*
Shft+Optn+Cmnd+*œ [quote]	Select or deselect preferences setting for typographer's marks
Shft+Optn+Cmnd+A	Auto leading
Shft+Optn+Cmnd+G	Align to grid (on/off)
Shft+Optn+Cmnd+H	Auto-hyphenate (on/off)
Optn+Left Arrow/Right Arrow	Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (horizontal text)
Optn+Cmnd+Left Arrow/Right Arrow	Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (horizontal text)
Optn+Cmnd+\	Increase kerning between words*
Optn+Cmnd+Delete	Decrease kerning between words*
Optn+Cmnd+Q	Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0
Shft+Optn+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Increase or decrease baseline shift** (horizontal text)
Shft+Optn+Cmnd+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times (horizontal text)
Shft-click loaded text icon	Automatically flow story
Optn-click loaded text icon	Semi-automatically flow story
Optn+Cmnd+/	Recompose all stories
Optn+Cmnd+N	Insert current page number
	*Press Shift to increase or decrease kerning between words by five times.
	**Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Units & Increments (Mac OS).
Keys for navigating through and selecting text
	This table isn't a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only those shortcuts that aren't displayed in menu commands or tool tips.
Mac OS Action	Result
Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Move to right or left one character
Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Move up or down one line
Cmnd+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Move to right or left one word
Home/End	Move to start or end of line
Cmnd+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Move to previous or next paragraph
Cmnd+Home/End	Move to start or end of story
Double-click word	Select one word
Shft+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Select one character right or left
Shft+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Select one line above or below
Shft+Home/End	Select start or end of line
Triple-click or quadruple-click paragraph, depending on Text Preferences setting	Select one paragraph
Shft+Cmnd+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Select one paragraph before or after
Shft+Cmnd+\	Select current line
Shft-click	Select characters from insertion point
Shft+Cmnd+Home/End	Select start or end of story
Cmnd+A	Select all in story
Shft+Optn+ Cmnd+Page Up/Page Down	Select first/last frame
Optn+Cmnd+Page Up/Page Down	Select previous/next frame
Cmnd+Delete or Del (numeric keypad)	Delete word in front of insertion point (Story Editor)
Cmnd+Optn+Shft+/	Update missing font list
Keys for viewing documents and document workspaces
Spacebar (with no text insertion point), Optn-drag (with text insertion point), or Optn+spacebar (in both text and nontext modes)	Temporarily select Hand tool
Cmnd+spacebar	Temporarily select Zoom In tool
Optn+Cmnd+spacebar or Optn+Zoom In tool	Temporarily select Zoom Out tool
Cmnd+5, 2, or 4	Zoom to 50%, 200%, or 400%
Shft+F5	Redraw screen
Cmnd+Optn+N	Open new default document
Optn+Cmnd+2	Switch between current and previous zoom levels
Cmnd+F6 or Cmnd+~ [tilde]/ Cmnd+Shft+~ [tilde]	Switch to next/previous document window
Page Up/Page Down	Scroll up/down one screen
Cmnd+Page Up/Page Down	Go back/forward to last-viewed page
Optn+Page Up/Page Down key	Go to previous/next spread
Double-click Hand tool	Fit spread in window
Cmnd+J	Activate the Go To command
Cmnd+Optn+(+) [plus sign]	Fit selection in window
Cmnd+J, type prefix of master, press Return	Go to master page while \ panel is closed
Shft+Optn+Cmnd+U	Cycle through units of measurement
Shft-drag guide	Snap guide to ruler increments
Cmnd-drag guide	Switch between page and spread guides (creation only)
Ctrl-drag object	Temporarily turn on/off snap to
Cmnd-drag from zero point	Create vertical and horizontal ruler guides for the spread
Optn+Cmnd+G	Select all guides
Ctrl-click zero point and choose an optn	Lock or unlock zero point
Optn-drag guide	Use current magnification for view threshold of new guide
Press first letter of button name	Select buttons in alert dialog boxes
Cmnd+InDesign menu > About InDesign	Show information on installed plug*'ins and InDesign components
Keys for working with XML
Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Expand/Collapse element
Optn+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Expand/Collapse element and child elements
Shft+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Extend XML selection up/down
Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Move XML selection up/down
Page Up/Page Down	Scroll structure pane up/down one screen
Home/End	Select first/last XML node
Shft+Home/End	Extend selection to first/last XML node
Cmnd+Left Arrow/Right Arrow	Go to previous/next validation error
Cmnd+Optn+Shft+F7	Automatically tag text frames and tables
Keys for indexing
Mac OS	Result
Shft+Cmnd+Optn+[	Create index entry without dialog box
Cmnd+7	Open index entry dialog box
Shft+Cmnd+Optn+]	Create proper name index entry (last name, first name)
Keys for panels
Optn-click Delete icon	Delete without confirmation
Optn-click New button	Create item and set options
Shft+Enter	Apply value and keep focus on option
Cmnd+Optn+~ [tilde]	Activate last-used option in last-used panel
Shft-click	Select range of styles, layers, links, swatches, or library objects in a panel
Cmnd-click	Select nonadjacent styles, layers, links, swatches, or library objects in a panel
Tab	Apply value and select next value
Esc	Move focus to selected object, text, or window
Tab	Show/Hide all panels, Toolbox, and Control panel (with no insertion point)
Shft+Tab	Show/Hide all panels except the Toolbox and Control panel (docked or not)
Cmnd+Optn+Tab	Open or close all stashed panels
Optn+drag any panel tab (in the group) to edge of window	Stash a panel group
Optn+Cmnd-click in list and then use keyboard to select item by name	Select item by name
Cmnd+Optn+M	Open the Drop Shadow panel
Keys for the Control panel
Cmnd+6	Toggle focus to/from Control panel
Cmnd+Optn+7	Toggle Character/Paragraph text attributes mode
Any key on the numeric keypad or keyboard numbers	Change reference point when proxy has focus
Optn-click Kerning icon	Open Units & Increments Preferences
Optn-click Number of Columns icon	Open the Text Frame Options dialog box
Optn-click X or Y icon	Open the Move dialog box
Optn-click Angle icon	Open the Rotate dialog box
Optn-click X or Y Scale icon	Open the Scale dialog box
Optn-click Shear icon	Open the Shear dialog box
Optn-click Superscript, Subscript, or Small Caps button	Open Text Preferences
Optn-click Underline button	Open the Underline Options dialog box
Optn-click Strikethrough button	Open the Strikethrough Options dialog box
Optn-click Align To Baseline Grid, or Do Not Align To Baseline Grid button	Open the Grids Preferences
Optn-click Drop Cap Number Of Lines, or Drop Cap One Or More Characters icon	Open the Drop Caps & Nested Styles dialog box
Optn-click Leading icon	Open the Justification dialog box
Keys for type panels and dialog boxes
Optn+Cmnd+Shft+J	Open Justification dialog box
Optn+Cmnd+J	Open Paragraph Rules dialog box
Optn+Cmnd+K	Open Keep Options dialog box
Cmnd+T	Activate Character panel
Cmnd+Optn+T	Activate Paragraph panel
Keys for the character and paragraph styles
Select text and press Shft+Optn+Cmnd+C	Make character style definition match text
Select text and press Shft+Optn+Cmnd+R	Make paragraph style definition match text
Shft+Optn+Cmnd-double-click style	Change options without applying style
Optn-click paragraph style name	Remove style and local formatting
Optn+Shft-click paragraph style name	Clear overrides from paragraph style
Cmnd+F11, Cmnd+Shft+F11	Show/hide Paragraph and Character Styles panels, respectively
Keys for the Tabs panel
Shft+Cmnd+T	Activate Tabs panel
Optn-click tab	Switch between alignment options
Keys for the Layers panel
Optn-click layer	Select all objects on layer
Optn-drag small square to new layer	Copy selection to new layer
Keys for the Pages panel
Optn-click master	Apply master to selected page
Optn-click the master you want to base the selected master on	Base another master page on selected master
Cmnd-click Create New Page button	Create master page
Optn-click New Page button	Display Insert Pages dialog box
Shft+Cmnd+P	Add new page after last page
Keys for the Color panel
Shft-drag slider	Move color sliders in tandem
Optn-click color bar	Select a color for the nonactive fill or stroke
Shft-click color bar	Switch between color modes (CMYK, RGB, LAB)
Keys for using the Separations Preview panel
Cmnd+Optn+Shft+Y	Turn on Overprint preview
Cmnd+Optn+Shft+~ [tilde]	Show all plates
Cmnd+Optn+Shft+1	Show Cyan plate
Cmnd+Optn+Shft+2	Show Magenta plate
Cmnd+Optn+Shft+3	Show Yellow plate
Cmnd+Optn+Shft+4	Show Black plate
Cmnd+Optn+Shft+5	Show 1st Spot plate
Cmnd+Optn+Shft+6	Show 2nd Spot plate
Cmnd+Optn+Shft+7	Show 3rd Spot plate
Keys for the Swatches panel
Optn-click New Swatch button	Create new swatch based on the current swatch
Optn+Cmnd-click New Swatch button	Create spot color swatch based on the current swatch
Shft+Optn+Cmnd-double-click swatch	Change options without applying swatch
Keys for the Transform panel
Optn+Enter	Apply value and copy object
Cmnd+Enter	Apply width, height, or scale value proportionally