FOR WINDOWS

F7

ALT A

F9

F2

CTRL S

F8

F5

F11

CTRL N

CTRL Y

CTRL X

F4

F13

F3

CTRL T

CTRL R

CTRL P

CTRL F12

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Menu Commands

Dialog Box Commands

Palette Commands

Document Commands

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Item Commands

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Text Commands

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Picture Commands

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MENU COMMANDS FILE MENU COMMAND

New Document New Library New Web Document Open Close Save Save as Revert to last Auto Save Get Text/Picture Save Text Append Save Page as EPS Document Setup Page Setup Print Exit
EDIT MENU

Ctrl+N Ctrl+Alt+N Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N Ctrl+O Ctrl+F4 Ctrl+S Ctrl+Alt+S Alt+Revert to Saved Ctrl+E Ctrl+Alt+E Ctrl+Alt+A Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P Ctrl+Alt+P Ctrl+P Ctrl+Q
COMMAND

Undo/Redo Cut Copy Paste Select All Find/Change Close Find/Change Paragraph pane (Preferences dialog box) Trapping pane (Preferences dialog box) Tool pane (Preferences dialog box) Style Sheets Colors H&Js

Ctrl+Z Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+A Ctrl+F Ctrl+Alt+F Ctrl+Alt+Y Ctrl+Shift+F12 Double-click item creation or Zoom tool Z Shift+F11 Shift+F12 Ctrl+Shift+F11

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MENU COMMANDS STYLE MENU FOR TEXT COMMAND

Size & Other Type Styles Plain Bold Italic Underline Word Underline Strike Thru Outline Shadow All Caps Small Caps Superscript Subscript Superior Character Alignment Left Centered Right Justied Forced Leading Formats Tabs Rules Text to Box (anchor boxes and delete text)
STYLE MENU FOR PICTURES

Ctrl+Shift+\ Ctrl+Shift+P Ctrl+Shift+B Ctrl+Shift+I Ctrl+Shift+U Ctrl+Shift+W Ctrl+Shift+/ Ctrl+Shift+O Ctrl+Shift+S Ctrl+Shift+K Ctrl+Shift+H Ctrl+Shift+0 (zero) Ctrl+Shift+9 Ctrl+Shift+V Ctrl+Shift+D Ctrl+Shift+L Ctrl+Shift+C Ctrl+Shift+R Ctrl+Shift+J Ctrl+Alt+Shift+J Ctrl+Shift+E Ctrl+Shift+F Ctrl+Shift+T Ctrl+Shift+N Alt+Text to Box
COMMAND

Negative Contrast Halftone

STYLE MENU FOR LINES

Ctrl+Shift+ (hyphen) Ctrl+Shift+O Ctrl+Shift+H

COMMAND

Width & Other

Ctrl+Shift+\

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MENU COMMANDS ITEM MENU COMMAND

Modify Frame Clipping Runaround Duplicate Step and Repeat Delete Group Ungroup Lock/Unlock Bring to Front Bring Forward Send to Back Send Backward Space/Align Shape (convert Bzier line to lled-center Bzier box) Edit Shape Runaround Clipping Path Point/Segment Type Corner Point Smooth Point Symmetrical Point Straight Segment Curved Segment
PAGE MENU

Ctrl+M Ctrl+B Ctrl+Alt+T Ctrl+T Ctrl+D Ctrl+Alt+D Ctrl+K Ctrl+G Ctrl+U F6 F5 Ctrl+F5 Shift+F5 Ctrl+Shift+F5 Ctrl+, (comma) Alt+Item & Shape &

F10 Ctrl+F10 Ctrl+Shift+F10 Ctrl+F1 Ctrl+F2 Ctrl+F3 Ctrl+Shift+F1 Ctrl+Shift+F2

COMMAND

Go to Page Display [master pages] Display [next master page] Display [previous master page] Display Document (master page displayed) Page Properties [WEB]

Ctrl+J Shift+F4 Ctrl+Shift+F4 Ctrl+Shift+F3 Shift+F4 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A

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MENU COMMANDS VIEW MENU COMMAND

Fit in Window Fit largest spread in window Actual Size Thumbnails Show/Hide Guides Show/Hide Baseline Grid Snap to Guides Show/Hide Rulers Show/Hide Invisibles Show/Hide Tools Show/Hide Measurements Show/Hide Document Layout Show/Hide Style Sheets Show/Hide Colors Show/Hide Trap Information Show/Hide Lists
UTILITIES MENU

Ctrl+0 (zero) Alt+Fit in Window or Ctrl+Alt+0 (zero) Ctrl+1 (one) Shift+F6 F7 Ctrl+F7 Shift+F7 Ctrl+R Ctrl+I F8 F9 F4 F11 F12 Ctrl+F12 Ctrl+F11
COMMAND

Check Spelling & Word/Selection Check Spelling & Story Check Spelling & Document Suggested Hyphenation
WINDOWS MENU

Ctrl+W Ctrl+Alt+W Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W Ctrl+H

COMMAND

Cascade or Tile to Actual Size Cascade or Tile to Fit in Window Cascade or Tile to Thumbnails

Ctrl+Alt Ctrl Alt

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DIALOG BOX COMMANDS TABS IN DIALOG BOXES COMMAND

Display next tab Display previous tab

FIELDS

Ctrl+Tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab
COMMAND

Select next eld Select previous eld Select eld with Text Insertion bar Cut Copy Paste Undo Revert elds to original values Perform math by combining operators

Tab Shift+Tab Double-click Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z + (addition) (subtraction) * (multiplication) (division)
COMMAND

BUTTONS

OK (or bordered button) Cancel Apply Yes No Set button in Tabs tab (in Paragraph Attributes)
LISTS (IN DIALOG BOXES)

Enter Escape Alt+A Y N Alt+S

COMMAND

Select consecutive items in list Select nonconsecutive items in list Compare two selected items

Shift+click Ctrl+click Alt+click Append button (Import in Print Styles)

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PA L E T T E C O M M A N D S TOOL PALETTE COMMAND

Display/Hide palette Select next tool (or display palette) Select previous tool (or display palette) Keep a tool selected Open Tool pane of Preferences dialog box
MEASUREMENTS PALETTE

F8 Ctrl+Alt+Tab Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Tab Alt+click tool Double-click item creation tool or Zoom tool Z
COMMAND

Display palette Select rst eld (or display palette) Select font eld (or display palette) Select next eld Select previous eld Exit/Apply Exit/Cancel
DOCUMENT LAYOUT PALETTE

F9 Ctrl+Alt+M Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M Tab Shift+Tab Enter Escape

COMMAND

Display palette Open Section dialog box for selected page Open Insert Pages dialog box
STYLE SHEETS PALETTE

F4 Click lower-left corner of palette Alt+drag master page into document area
COMMAND

Display palette Display edit style sheet context menu Open Edit Style Sheet dialog box Apply No Style, then style sheet
COLORS PALETTE

F11 Right-click style sheet name Ctrl+click style sheet Alt+click style sheet name
COMMAND

Display palette Open Colors dialog box

F12 Ctrl+click color name

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PA L E T T E C O M M A N D S TRAP INFORMATION PALETTE ACTION COMMAND

Display palette
LISTS PALETTE

Ctrl+F12
COMMAND

Display palette
INDEX PALETTE

Ctrl+F11
COMMAND

Select Text eld (or display palette) Click Add button Edit selected index entry
FIND/CHANGE PALETTE

Ctrl+Alt+I Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I Double-click

COMMAND

Display palette Close palette Change Find Next button to Find First

Ctrl+F Ctrl+Alt+F Alt+Find Next

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DOCUMENT COMMANDS DISPLAYING PAGES COMMAND

Go to Page dialog box Display [master pages] Display [next master page] Display [previous master page] Display Document (master page displayed)
CHANGING VIEWS

Ctrl+J Shift+F4 Ctrl+Shift+F4 Ctrl+Shift+F3 Shift+F4

COMMAND

Access view percentage eld Any view to Actual Size Any view to Fit in Window Any view to 200% 200% to Actual Size Fit largest spread in window Zoom in Zoom out
SCROLLING

Ctrl+Alt+V Ctrl+1 (one) Ctrl+0 (zero) Ctrl+Alt+click Ctrl+Alt+click Alt+Fit in Window or Ctrl+Alt+0 (zero) Ctrl+Space+click/drag Ctrl+Alt+Space+click/drag
COMMAND

With Page Grabber Hand H To start of document To end of document Up one screen Down one screen To rst page To last page To previous page To next page To previous spread To next spread

Alt+drag Ctrl+Home Ctrl+End Page Up Page Down Ctrl+Page Up Ctrl+Page Down Shift+Page Up Shift+Page Down Alt+Page Up Alt+Page Down

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DOCUMENT COMMANDS REDRAWING THE SCREEN COMMAND

Halt redraw Force redraw

DELETING RULER GUIDES

Escape Shift+Escape
COMMAND

Delete horizontal ruler guides Delete vertical ruler guides

CLOSING DOCUMENTS

Alt+click horizontal ruler Alt+click vertical ruler

COMMAND

Close document window

Ctrl+F4

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ITEM COMMANDS SELECTING/DESELECTING ITEMS COMMAND

Select item in back or behind Select multiple items or points Deselect all items
CREATING, RESIZING, AND ROTATING ITEMS

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+click where items overlap Shift+click Tab (Item tool e)

COMMAND

Constrain rectangle to square, or oval to circle Constrain item rotation to 0/45/90 Constrain straight line angle to 0/45/90
EDITING BZIER ITEMS AND PATHS

Shift+while creating or resizing Shift+while rotating Shift+while creating, resizing, or rotating

COMMAND

Delete Bzier point Delete Bzier point while creating item Add Bzier point Corner to smooth point Smooth to corner point Smooth to corner point while creating item Edit Bzier while creating item Retract curve handles Expose curve handles Select all Bzier points in active item (single path) Select all Bzier points in active path (multiple paths) Constrain active point to 45 movement Constrain active curve handle to 45 movement Convert Bzier line to lled-center Bzier box

Alt+click point or Backspace (Item tool e) Backspace Alt+click segment Ctrl+Shift+drag curve handle Ctrl+Shift+drag curve handle Ctrl+click point, then press Ctrl+F1 Ctrl+create item Ctrl+Shift+click point Ctrl+Shift+drag point Ctrl+Shift+A or double-click point Ctrl+Shift+A or triple-click point Shift+drag point Shift+drag curve handle Alt+Item & Shape &

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ITEM COMMANDS OPENING MODIFY DIALOG BOX COMMAND

Open Modify dialog box for selected item

MODIFYING LINE WIDTH

Double-click item with Item tool e

COMMAND

Increase Preset range 1 point Decrease Preset range 1 point

MOVING ITEMS

Ctrl+Shift+> Ctrl+Alt+Shift+> Ctrl+Shift+< Ctrl+Alt+Shift+<

COMMAND

With no constraints With horizontal/vertical constraints

Drag (Item tool) or Ctrl+drag (Content tool) Shift+drag (Item tool) or Ctrl+Shift+drag (Content tool)
COMMAND

NUDGING ITEMS (ITEM TOOL e)

Left 1 point Left 110 point Right 1 point Right 110 point Up 1 point Up 110 point Down 1 point Down 110 point

7 Alt+7 8 Alt+8 9 Alt+9 0 Alt+0

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TEXT COMMANDS ADDING AUTOMATIC PAGE NUMBERS IN TEXT BOX COMMAND

Previous box page number character Current page number character Next box page number character
UPDATING TEXT FLOW

Ctrl+2 Ctrl+3 Ctrl+4

COMMANDS

Reow text in current version of QuarkXPress

CHANGING FONT

Alt+Open in Open dialog box

COMMAND

Font eld in Measurements palette Previous font Next font

ENTERING ONE FONT CHARACTER

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M Ctrl+Shift+F9 Ctrl+F9

COMMAND

Symbol font character

MODIFYING FONT SIZE

Ctrl+Shift+Q
COMMAND

Increase Preset range 1 point Decrease Preset range 1 point Resize interactively Proportional Constrained Nonproportional

Ctrl+Shift+> Ctrl+Alt+Shift+> Ctrl+Shift+< Ctrl+Alt+Shift+< Ctrl+Alt+Shift+drag handle Ctrl+Shift+drag handle Ctrl+drag handle

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TEXT COMMANDS MODIFYING HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL SCALING COMMAND

Increase 5% 1% Decrease 5% 1%
MODIFYING KERNING/TRACKING

Ctrl+] Ctrl+Alt+] Ctrl+[ Ctrl+Alt+[

COMMAND

Increase 1 20 em 1 200 em Decrease 1 20 em 1 200 em

MODIFYING BASELINE SHIFT

Ctrl+Shift+} Ctrl+Alt+Shift+} Ctrl+Shift+{ Ctrl+Alt+Shift+{

COMMAND

Up 1 point Down 1 point

MODIFYING LEADING (AUTO TO ABSOLUTE)

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+) Ctrl+Alt+Shift+(
COMMAND

Increase 1 point 1 10 point Decrease 1 point 1 10 point

COPYING PARAGRAPH ATTRIBUTES

Ctrl+Shift+" Ctrl+Alt+Shift+" Ctrl+Shift+: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+:

COMMAND

Copy formats to selected paragraphs in text chain

Alt+Shift+click

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TEXT COMMANDS DRAGGING AND DROPPING TEXT COMMAND

Drag-copy text (Interactive Preference on)

SEARCHING FOR TEXT

Shift+drag
ENTER IN FIND WHAT FIELD

Wild card (Find only) Tab New paragraph New line New column New box Previous box page number character Current page number character Next box page number character Punctuation space Flex space Backslash
CLICKING BUTTONS IN CHECK SPELLING

Ctrl+? \t Ctrl+Enter Ctrl+Shift+Enter \c \b Ctrl+2 Ctrl+3 Ctrl+4 Ctrl+. (period) Ctrl+Shift+F Ctrl+\
COMMAND

Lookup Skip Add Add all suspect words to auxiliary dictionary

SPECIAL CHARACTERS

Alt+L Alt+S Alt+A Alt+Shift+click Close button

COMMAND

Indent here Discretionary new line New paragraph New line New column New box Right-indent tab

Ctrl+\ Ctrl+Enter Enter Shift+Enter Keypad Enter Shift+Keypad Enter Shift+Tab

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TEXT COMMANDS HYPHENS AND DASHES COMMAND

Breaking standard hyphen Nonbreaking standard hyphen Discretionary (soft) hyphen Nonbreaking en dash Breaking em dash Nonbreaking em dash
SPACES

Hyphen Ctrl+= Ctrl+hyphen Ctrl+Alt+Shift+hyphen Ctrl+Shift+= Ctrl+Alt+Shift+=

COMMAND

Breaking standard space Nonbreaking standard space Breaking en space Nonbreaking en space Breaking exible space Nonbreaking exible space Breaking punctuation space Nonbreaking punctuation space
MOVING THE TEXT INSERTION POINT TO

Space Ctrl+5 Ctrl+Shift+6 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+6 Ctrl+Shift+5 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+5 Shift+Space Ctrl+Shift+Space

COMMAND

Previous character Next character Previous line Next line Previous word Next word Previous paragraph Next paragraph Start of line End of line Start of story End of story

7 8 9 0 Ctrl+7 Ctrl+8 Ctrl+9 Ctrl+0 Ctrl+Alt+7 or Home Ctrl+Alt+8 or End Ctrl+Alt+9 or Ctrl+Home Ctrl+Alt+0 or Ctrl+End

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TEXT COMMANDS SELECTING CHARACTERS COMMAND

Previous character Next character Previous line Next line Previous word Next word Previous paragraph Next paragraph Start of line End of line Start of story End of story
CLICKING THE MOUSE TO SELECT TEXT

Shift+7 Shift+8 Shift+9 Shift+0 Ctrl+Shift+7 Ctrl+Shift+8 Ctrl+Shift+9 Ctrl+Shift+0 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+7 or Shift+Home Ctrl+Alt+Shift+8 or Shift+End Ctrl+Alt+Shift+9 or Ctrl+Shift+Home Ctrl+Alt+Shift+0 or Ctrl+Shift+End
COMMAND

Position Text Insertion point Select word Select word and its period, comma, etc. Select line Select paragraph Select story
DELETING CHARACTERS

One click Two clicks in the word Two clicks between word and punctuation Three clicks Four clicks Five clicks
COMMAND

Previous character Next character Previous word Next word Selected characters

Backspace Delete or Shift+Backspace Ctrl+Backspace Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+Shift+Backspace Delete or Backspace

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PICTURE COMMANDS IMPORTING PICTURES COMMAND

Import picture at 36 dpi Import color TIFF as grayscale Import grayscale TIFF as B&W Import EPS without adding spot colors Reimport all pictures in document
SCALING PICTURES

Shift+Open in Get Picture dialog box Ctrl+Open in Get Picture dialog box Ctrl+Open in Get Picture dialog box Ctrl+Open in Get Picture dialog box Ctrl+Open in Open dialog box
COMMAND

Increase 5% Decrease 5%
RESIZING BOXES AND PICTURES

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+> Ctrl+Alt+Shift+<
COMMAND

Resize box constraining box shape Resize box maintaining aspect ratio Resize box and scale picture Resize box and scale picture constraining box shape Resize box and scale picture maintaining proportions
CENTERING AND FITTING PICTURES

Shift+drag Alt+Shift+drag Ctrl+drag Ctrl+Shift+drag Ctrl+Alt+Shift+drag

COMMAND

Center Fit to box

NUDGING PICTURES (CONTENT TOOL E)

Ctrl+Shift+M Ctrl+Shift+F
COMMAND

Left 1 point Left 110 point Right 1 point Right 110 point Up 1 point Up 110 point Down 1 point Down 110 point
MODIFYING PICTURES

7 Alt+7 8 Alt+8 9 Alt+9 0 Alt+0

COMMAND

Negative Picture Contrast Specications dialog box Picture Halftone Specications dialog box

Ctrl+Shift+ (hyphen) Ctrl+Shift+C Ctrl+Shift+H

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