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 Tools

Selection V

Direct Selection A

Group Selection

Magic Wand Y

Lasso Q

Artboard Shift+O

Pen P

Add Anchor Point =

Delete Anchor Point -

Anchor Point Shift+C

Curvature Tool Shift+~

Line Segment \

Rectangle M

Rounded Rectangle

Ellipse L

Paintbrush B

Blob Brush Shift+B

Pencil N

Shaper Tool Shift+N

Symbol Sprayer Shift+S

Column Graph J

Stacked Column Graph

Slice Shift+K

Slice Selection

Perspective Grid Shift+P

Perspective Selection Shift+V

Type T

Touch Type Shift+T

Gradient G

Mesh U

Shape Builder Shift+M

Live Paint Bucket K

Live Paint Selection Shift+L

Rotate R

Reflect O

Scale S

Width Shift+W

Warp Shift+R

Free Transform E

Eyedropper I

Blend W

Eraser Shift+E

Scissors C

Hand H

Zoom Z

Toggle Fill/Stroke X

Default D

Swap Fill/Stroke Shift+X

Color ,

Gradient .

None /

Toggle Screen Mode F

Show/Hide All Palettes Tab

Show/Hide All But Toolbox Shift+Tab

Increase Diameter ]

Decrease Diameter [

Symbolism Tools - Increase Intensity Shift+}

Symbolism Tools - Decrease Intensity Shift+{

Toggle Drawing Mode Shift+D

Presentation Mode Shift+F

Menu Commands

File

New Ctrl+N

New from Template Shift+Ctrl+N

Open Ctrl+O

Browse in Bridge Alt+Ctrl+O

Close Ctrl+W

Save Ctrl+S

Save As Shift+Ctrl+S

Save a Copy Alt+Ctrl+S

Save as Template

Save Selected Slices

Revert F12

Search Adobe Stock

Place Shift+Ctrl+P

Export

Export for Screens Alt+Ctrl+E

Export As

Save for Web (Legacy) Alt+Shift+Ctrl+S

Export Selection

Package Alt+Shift+Ctrl+P

Scripts

Other Script Ctrl+F12

Document Setup Alt+Ctrl+P

Document Color Mode

CMYK Color

RGB Color

File Info Alt+Shift+Ctrl+I

Print Ctrl+P

Exit Ctrl+Q

Edit

Undo Ctrl+Z

Redo Shift+Ctrl+Z

Cut Ctrl+X

Copy Ctrl+C

Paste Ctrl+V

Paste in Front Ctrl+F

Paste in Back Ctrl+B

Paste in Place Shift+Ctrl+V

Paste on All Artboards Alt+Shift+Ctrl+V

Check Spelling Ctrl+I

Color Settings Shift+Ctrl+K

Keyboard Shortcuts Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K

General Ctrl+K

Transform Again Ctrl+D

Move Shift+Ctrl+M

Transform Each Alt+Shift+Ctrl+D

Bring to Front Shift+Ctrl+]

Bring Forward Ctrl+]

Send Backward Ctrl+[

Send to Back Shift+Ctrl+[

Group Ctrl+G

Ungroup Shift+Ctrl+G

Selection Ctrl+2

Unlock All Alt+Ctrl+2

Selection Ctrl+3

Show All Alt+Ctrl+3

Join Ctrl+J

Average Alt+Ctrl+J

Make

Edit Pattern Shift+Ctrl+F8

Make Alt+Ctrl+B

Release Alt+Shift+Ctrl+B

Make with Warp Alt+Shift+Ctrl+W

Make with Mesh Alt+Ctrl+M

Make with Top Object Alt+Ctrl+C

Make Alt+Ctrl+X

Make Ctrl+7

Release Alt+Ctrl+7

Make Ctrl+8

Release Alt+Shift+Ctrl+8

Create Outlines Shift+Ctrl+O

Bullet Alt+8

Copyright Symbol Alt+G

Ellipsis Alt+;

Paragraph Symbol Alt+7

Registered Trademark Symbol Alt+R

Section Symbol Alt+6

Trademark Symbol Alt+2

Em Dash Alt+Shift+-

En Dash Alt+-

Discretionary Hyphen Shift+Ctrl+-

Quotation Marks

Double Left Quotation Marks Alt+[

Double Right Quotation Marks Alt+Shift+[

Single Left Quotation Marks Alt+]

Single Right Quotation Marks Alt+Shift+]

Em Space Shift+Ctrl+M

En Space Shift+Ctrl+N

Hair Space

Thin Space Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M

Show Hidden Characters Alt+Ctrl+I

Select

All Ctrl+A

All on Active Artboard Alt+Ctrl+A

Deselect Shift+Ctrl+A

Reselect Ctrl+6

Next Object Above Alt+Ctrl+]

Next Object Below Alt+Ctrl+[

Apply Last Effect Shift+Ctrl+E

Last Effect Alt+Shift+Ctrl+E

Preview Ctrl+Y

GPU Preview Ctrl+E

Overprint Preview Alt+Shift+Ctrl+Y

Pixel Preview Alt+Ctrl+Y

Zoom In Ctrl+=

Zoom Out Ctrl+-

Fit Artboard in Window Ctrl+0

Fit All in Window Alt+Ctrl+0

Actual Size Ctrl+1

Hide Edges Ctrl+H

Hide Artboards Shift+Ctrl+H

Hide Print Tiling

Show Template Shift+Ctrl+W

Hide Bounding Box Shift+Ctrl+B

Show Transparency Grid Shift+Ctrl+D

Rulers

Show Rulers Ctrl+R

Change to Artboard Rulers Alt+Ctrl+R

Show Video Rulers

Hide Gradient Annotator Alt+Ctrl+G

Show Text Threads Shift+Ctrl+Y

Smart Guides Ctrl+U

Show Grid Shift+Ctrl+I

Hide Guides Ctrl+;

Lock Guides Alt+Ctrl+;

Make Guides Ctrl+5

Release Guides Alt+Ctrl+5

Clear Guides

Show Grid Ctrl+'

Snap to Grid Shift+Ctrl+'

Snap to Pixel

Snap to Point Alt+Ctrl+'

Align Shift+F7

Appearance Shift+F6

Attributes Ctrl+F11

Brushes F5

Color F6

Color Guide Shift+F3

Gradient Ctrl+F9

Graphic Styles Shift+F5

Image Trace

Info Ctrl+F8

Layers F7

Pathfinder Shift+Ctrl+F9

Stroke Ctrl+F10

SVG Interactivity

Symbols Shift+Ctrl+F11

Transform Shift+F8

Transparency Shift+Ctrl+F10

Type

Character Ctrl+T

OpenType Alt+Shift+Ctrl+T

Paragraph Alt+Ctrl+T

Paragraph Styles

Tabs Shift+Ctrl+T

Illustrator Help F1

Switch Selection Tools Ctrl+`

Point Size Up Shift+Ctrl+.

Point Size Down Shift+Ctrl+,

Font Size Step Up Alt+Shift+Ctrl+.

Font Size Step Down Alt+Shift+Ctrl+,

Kern Looser Shift+Ctrl+]

Kern Tighter Shift+Ctrl+[

Tracking Alt+Ctrl+K

Clear Tracking Alt+Ctrl+Q

Spacing Alt+Shift+Ctrl+O

Uniform Type Shift+Ctrl+X

Highlight Font Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F

Highlight Font (Secondary) Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M

Left Align Text Shift+Ctrl+L

Center Text Shift+Ctrl+C

Right Align Text Shift+Ctrl+R

Justify Text Left Shift+Ctrl+J

Justify Text Center

Justify Text Right

Justify All Lines Shift+Ctrl+F

Toggle Auto Hyphenation Alt+Shift+Ctrl+H

Toggle Line Composer Alt+Shift+Ctrl+C

Subscript Alt+Shift+Ctrl+=

Superscript Shift+Ctrl+=

Other Object

Lock Others Alt+Shift+Ctrl+2

Hide Others Alt+Shift+Ctrl+3

Repeat Pathfinder Ctrl+4

Average & Join Alt+Shift+Ctrl+J

New Symbol         F8

Add New Fill         Ctrl+/

Add New Stroke Alt+Ctrl+/

New Layer         Ctrl+L

New Layer with Dialog Alt+Ctrl+L

Switch Units Alt+Shift+Ctrl+U

New File (No Dialog) Alt+Ctrl+N

Close All Alt+Ctrl+W

Cut (Secondary) F2

Copy (Secondary) F3

Paste (Secondary) F4

Zoom In (Secondary) Ctrl++

Navigate to Next Document Ctrl+F6

Navigate to Previous Document Shift+Ctrl+F6

Navigate to Next Document Group Alt+Ctrl+F6

Navigate to Previous Document Group Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F6

Subscript (Secondary) Alt+Shift+Ctrl++

Superscript (Secondary) Shift+Ctrl++