keyboard shortcuts Flashcards
(55 cards)
1
Q
New Document
A
Command N
2
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Open Existing Document
A
Command O
3
Q
Save
A
Command S
4
Q
Save As
A
Shift Command S
5
Q
Print active Document
A
Command P
6
Q
Close Active Document
A
Command W
7
Q
Quit InDesign
A
Command Q
8
Q
Package Active Document:
A
Command Option Shift P
9
Q
Place an Image or Text into a Document
A
Command D
10
Q
Export File
A
Command E
11
Q
Undo
A
Command Z
12
Q
Redo
A
Command Shift Z
13
Q
Select All
A
Command A
14
Q
Deselect All
A
Command Shift A
15
Q
Copy
A
Command C
16
Q
Cut
A
Command X
17
Q
Paste
A
Command V
18
Q
Selection Tool
A
V
19
Q
Direct Selection Tool
A
A
20
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Type Tool
A
T
21
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Rectangular Frame
A
F
22
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Rectangular Shape
A
M
23
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Pen Tool
A
P
24
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Free Transform
A
E
25
Eyedropper
I
26
Hand
H or Hold space bar
27
Zoom
Z
28
Show/Hide Rulers
Command R
29
Show/hide Guides
Command ;
30
Show/Hide Text and Object Frames
Command Control H
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Zoom in incrementally
Command +
32
zoom Out incrementally
Command -
33
Fit Page in the window
Command 0
34
Show/Hide page preview
W (if you have a blinking cursor in a text frame, hit Esc first)
35
Increase point size of selected type
Command Shift >
36
Decrease Point size of selected type
Command Shift <
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Increase Leading of selected type
Option Down Arrow
38
Decrease Leading of Selected type
Option Up Arrow
39
Increase Kerning or Tracking
Option Right Arrow
40
Decrease Kerning or Tracking
Option Left Arrow
41
Shift Baseline of Selected Text up
Option Shift Up Arrow
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Shift Baseline of Selected Text down
Option Shift Down Arrow
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Left Align Selected text
Command Shift L
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Right Align Seleted Text
Command Shift R
45
Center Align Selected Text
Command Shift C
46
Justify Selected Text
Command Shift J
47
Type a Soft Return
Shift Return (a soft return does not create a new paragraph)
48
Show/Hide Hidden Characters
Command Option i
49
Open Check Spelling Dialog Box
Command i
50
Turns Auto Hyphenation on/Off
Command Option Shift H
51
Gutter
space between columns
52
Columns
used to create grid in a document. Indicate the number of columns you wish for teh document to have. if you want to create your columns manually, set this to 1
53
Bleed
when the ink is meant to go to the edge of the page, this is set to 0.125 inches
54
Margin
Keeps elements in a "safe zone" so they don't get cropped off, can have different sizes on each size
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Slug
Name used to describe the area outside the printing and bleed areas of a document. It contains the registration marks and other printing instructions
