Selecting tools V A Y Q P Selection tool Direct Selection tool Magic Wand tool Lasso tool Pen tool =+ (plus) Add Anchor Point tool =- (minus) Delete Anchor Point tool Shift + C T Convert Anchor Point tool Type tool \ (backslash) Line Segment tool M L B N R O S Shift + R E Shift + S J U G I W K Shift + L Shift + O Shift + K Shift + E C H Z Rectangle tool Ellipse tool in Adobe Illustrator Paintbrush tool Pencil tool Rotate tool Reflect tool Scale tool Warp tool Free Transform tool Symbol Sprayer tool Column Graph tool Mesh tool in Adobe Illustrator Gradient tool Eyedropper tool Blend tool Live Paint Bucket tool Live Paint Selection tool Crop Area tool Slice tool Eraser tool Scissors tool Hand tool Zoom tool Viewing artwork F Double-click Hand tool Toggle between screen modes: Standard, Full,Full with menu bar, and Maximized Fit imageable area in window Double-click Zoom tool Magnify 100% Spacebar Ctrl + Spacebar Ctrl + + Spacebar Spacebar Ctrl + + Shift + 3 guide Ctrl + Shift-double-click guide Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) Switch to Zoom tool in magnify mode Switch to Zoom tool in reduce mode Move Zoom marquee while dragging with thezoom tool Hide unselected artwork Convert between horizontal and vertical guide in Adobe Illustrator Release guide Drawing Shift-drag Constrain a shape's proportions or orientation to: equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles,ellipses, and grids Increments of 45º for line and arc segments
Original orientation for polygons, stars, and flares spacebar-drag Move a shape while drawing it Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares) 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 Start dragging, then hold down C Start dragging, then hold down F Ctrl-drag -click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down and select a tracing preset. Start dragging, then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow Start dragging, then press F Start dragging, then press V Start dragging, then press X Start dragging, then press C -click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down and select a tracing preset. Keep the inner radius of a star constant Keep the sides of a star straight Switch between an open and closed arc Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral Change the decay rate of a spiral Add or remove horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid 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% Create and expand a Live Trace object in one step Selecting Ctrl -click Shift-drag Caps Lock Switch to last-used selection tool (Selection tool,direct Selection tool, or Group Selection tool) in Adobe Illustrator Switch between Direct Selection tool and Group Selection tool Add to a selection with Selection tool,direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, Live Paint Selection tool, or Magic Wand tool Subtract a selection with Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, or Live Paint Selection tool Subtract from selection with Magic Wand tool Add to selection with Lasso tool Subtract from selection with Lasso tool in Adobe Illustrator Change pointer to cross hair for selected tools Moving selections Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Shift + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Ctrl + + Shift + 2 Hold down Shift Move selection in user-defined increments Move selection in 10x user-defined increments in Adobe Illustrator Lock all deselected artwork Constrain movement to 45º angle (except whenusing Reflect tool) Editing shapes Spacebar-drag Switch Pen tool to Convert Anchor Point tool Switch between Add Anchor Point tool and Delete Anchor Point tool Switch Scissors tool to Add Anchor Point tool Switch Pencil tool to Smooth tool in Adobe Illustrator Move current anchor point while drawing with Pen tool
Cut a straight line with Knife tool Shift + + Shape mode Cut at 45º or 90º with Knife tool Turn shape mode buttons in Pathfinder panelinto Pathfinder commands Painting objects X D Shift + X Toggle between fill and stroke in Adobe Illustrator Set fill and stroke to default Swap fill and stroke > Select gradient fill mode Select color fill mode / (forward slash) Select no stroke/fill mode Shift + Eyedropper tool + + Eyedropper tool Ctrl + / (forward slash) Ctrl + + / (forward slash) Sample color from an image or intermediatecolor from gradient Sample style and append appearance of currentlyselected item Add new fill Add new stroke Ctrl-click gradient button in Tools panel Reset gradient to black and white in Adobe Illustrator or Gradient panel Working with Live Paint groups -click Live Paint Bucket tool Live Paint Bucket tool Shift Live Paint Bucket tool Double-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Triple-click Live Paint Bucket tool -click + Live Paint Selection tool + + Live Paint Selectiontool + Live Paint Selection tool Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient 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 fill and/orstroke 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 Select all faces/edges with same fill/stroke in Adobe Illustrator Transforming objects -click Tilde (~)-drag Set origin point and open dialog box when using Rotate tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool Duplicate and transform selection when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool Transform pattern (independent of object) when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool in Adobe Illustrator Working with type Right Arrow or Left Arrow Up Arrow or Down Arrow Ctrl + Right Arrow or Left Arrow Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Shift Ctrl Right Arrow or Left Arrow Shift + Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Ctrl + Shift + L, R, or C Ctrl + Shift + J Shift + Enter Ctrl + + K Ctrl Shift X Ctrl + Shift + > or Move one character right or left Move up or down one line Move one word right or left Move up or down one paragraph Select one word right or left when working with Adobe Illustrator type Select one paragraph before or after Extend existing selection Align paragraph left, right, or center Justify paragraph Insertsoft return Highlight kerning Reset horizontal scale to 100% when working with Adobe Illustrator type Increase or decrease type size + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) Increase or decrease leading
or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) Double-click leading icon in the Set leading to the type size Character panel Ctrl + + Q Reset tracking/kerning to 0 + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) Add or remove space (kerning) between two characters or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text) Ctrl + + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text) + Shift + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) Shift -click Type tool Add or remove space (kerning) between charactersby five times the increment value Increase or decrease baseline shift when working with Adobe Illustrator type 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 -click New button -click Delete button Shift Enter Ctrl-click Tab Shift + Tab Set options (except for Actions, Brushes, Swatches,and Symbols panels) Delete without confirmation (except for Layerspanel) Apply value and keep text box active when using Adobe Illustrator panels Select range of actions, brushes, layers, links,styles, or swatches Select noncontiguous actions, brushes, layers(same level only), links, styles, or swatches Show/Hide all panels when using Adobe Illustrator panels Show/Hide all panels except the Tools panel andcontrol panel Actions panel -click expansion triangle Double-click folder icon -click Play button -click New Action button Expand/Collapse entire hierarchy for action set Set options for action set Play a single command in Adobe Illustrator actions panel Begin recording actions without confirmation Brushes panel Double-click brush Drag brush to New Brush button Open Brush Options dialog box Duplicate brush Character and Paragraph panels Up Arrow or Down Arrow Shift + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Ctrl + + Shift + F Increase/decrease the selected value bya small increment Increase/decreases the selected value bya large increment Highlight the font name field in the Characterpanel Color panel Ctrl-click color bar -click color bar Ctrl + -click color bar Ctrl + color bar Ctrl + Shift + -click color bar color bar Shift-drag color slider Select the complement for the current color fill/stroke Change the nonactive fill/stroke in Adobe Illustrator color panel Select the complement for the nonactive fill/stroke Select the inverse for the current fill/stroke Select the inverse for the nonactive fill/stroke Change the color mode Move color sliders in tandem in Adobe Illustrator color panel Double-click to right of a numerical field Switch between percentage and 0-255 valuesfor RGB Gradient panel color stop onto another stop -click swatch in the Swatches panel Duplicate color stops Swap color stops Apply swatch color to active (or selected) colorstop Layers panel
-click layer name Select all objects on the layer in Adobe Illustrator -click eye icon Ctrl-click eye icon Ctrl + -click eye icon -click lock icon -click expansion triangle -click New Layer button -click New Sublayer button Ctrl -click New Sublayer button Ctrl-click New Layer button Ctrl + -click New Layer button selection Show/hide all layers but the selected one Select Outline/Preview view for the selected layer Selects Outline/Preview view for all other layers Lock/unlock all other layers Expand all sublayers to display entire hierarchy Set options as you create new layer Set options as you create new sublayer Place new sublayer at bottom of layer list in Adobe Illustrator Place layer at top of layer list Place layer below selected layer Copy the selection to a new layer, sublayer, orgroup Swatches panel Ctrl-click New Swatch button Ctrl + New Swatch button a swatch over another Ctrl -click in the swatch color list Create new spot color Create new global process color Replace swatch with another Select swatch by name (using keyboard) in Adobe Illustrator Transform panel Shift + Enter Enter Ctrl Enter Apply a value and keep focus in edit field Apply a value and copy object when using Adobe Illustrator transform panel Apply a value and scale option proportionately for width or height Transparency panel -click on mask thumbnail on mask thumbnail Change mask to grayscale image for editing Disable opacity mask on disabled mask thumbnail Re-enable opacity mask in Adobe Illustrator Transparency panel Click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Increase/decrease opacity in 1% increments Increase/decrease opacity in 10% increments Function keys F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 Ctrl F8 Ctrl + F9 Ctrl + F10 Ctrl + F11 F12 Shift + F5 Shift F6 Shift + F7 Shift + F8 Shift + Ctrl + F9 Shift + Ctrl + F10 Invoke Help Cut Copy Paste Show/hide Brushes panel Show/hide Color panel in Adobe Illustrator Show/hide Layers panel Create new symbol Show/hide Info panel in Adobe Illustrator Show/hide Gradient panel Show/hide Stroke panel Show/hide Attributes panel Revert Show/hide Graphic Styles panel Show/hide Appearance panel in Adobe Illustrator Show/hide Align panel Show/hide Transform panel Show/hide Pathfinder panel Show/hide Transparency panel
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