Adobe InDesign CC

Secret Keyboard Shortcuts

Documents
New default document
Close all open documents
Rebuild Preferences (press during
program launch until Alert appears)
Document History & Plug-in Info
Toggle Measurement System

Object editing
zUN
zUXW
Ctrl z U X

Ctrl+Alt+N

Edit Original

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+W

Decrease size / scale by 1% 5%

Ctrl+Shift+Alt

Increase size / scale by 1% 5%

z About InDesign
zUXU

Ctrl+About InDesign
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+U

Tools panel
U Spacebar
z Spacebar

Alt+Spacebar

Apply default fill and stroke colors

Swap fill and stroke activation
Swap fill and stroke colors

D
X

XX

D
X
Shift+X

Toggle color affects text/its frame

Preview mode on/off

J
W

J
W

Temporary Hand Tool

Temporary Zoom Tool

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Ctrl+Spacebar

Text

Nudge by 1/10
Nudge by 10
Toggle Live Corners Mode
Override Master Page item

U doubleclick
z , z U ,
z . z U .
z X Arrow Keys
X Arrow Keys
4

z X click
esc, Xesc
zU4
zXM
z3
zU3

Select Container, Content

Transform Sequence Again
Transform: Move Item
Hide
Show All On Spread

Move to the start of the line

Move to the end of the line
Move to beginning of story

Home
End

z Home
z End
z X End
z Down Arrow
z Up Arrow
z U X Page Up
z U X Page Down
z U Page Down
z U Page Up
zX\

X F1
Load Find with selected text
z F1
Load Replace with selected text
z F2
Replace Change To text and Find Next X F3
Recompose all stories
zU/
Toggle Typographers Quotes Pref.
UXz
Create outlines (text remains)
zUXO
Align to baseline grid
zUXG
Auto-hyphenate on/off
zUXH

Move to end of story

Ctrl+F1

Select to end of story

Ctrl+F2

Move to the next paragraph

Shift+F3

Move to the previous paragraph

Ctrl+Alt+/

Go to first frame in thread

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+

Go to last frame in thread

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O

Go to next frame in thread

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+G

Go to previous frame in thread

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H

Select current line

Toggle Table Cell/Text Selection

Escape

z = Command (Apple), U = Option, X = Shift

Escape

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Ctrl+,Ctrl+Alt+,
Ctrl+.Ctrl+Alt+.
Ctrl+Shift+Arrows
Shift+Arrow Keys
4
Ctrl+Shift+ click
esc, Shift+esc
Ctrl+Alt+4
Ctrl+Shift+M
Ctrl+3
Ctrl+Alt+3

Text navigation

Shift+F1

Load Find and Find Next instance

Alt+doubleclick

Home
End
Ctrl+Home
Ctrl+End
Ctrl+Shift+End
Ctrl+Down Arrow
Ctrl+Up Arrow
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Pg Up
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Pg Dn
Ctrl+Alt+Page Down
Ctrl+Alt+Page Up
Ctrl+Shift+\

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Character formatting
Auto leading
Increase/Decrease Baseline shift
Increase/Decrease Baseline shift 5
Increase/Decrease Kerning/Tracking
Increase/Decrease Kerning/Tracking
5
Increase/Decrease Leading
Increase/Decrease Leading 5
Increase/Decrease Text point size
Increase/Decrease Text point size 5
Increase/Decrease Word space
Increase/Decrease Word space 5
Reset font style (to Regular)
Reset kerning and tracking to 0
Reset horizontal text scale to 100%
Reset vertical text scale to 100%

Display views
zUXA
U X Up/Down Arrow
z U X Up/Down Arrow
U Right/Left Arrow
z U Right/Left Arrow

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A

Fit Selection in Window

Alt+Shift+Up/Down Arr.

View Scale 50%, 200%, 400%

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Up/Down

Toggle current/previous view scale

Alt+Right/Left Arrow

Force screen redraw

Ctrl+Alt+Right/Left Arrow

Clear Object-Level Settings

U Down/Up Arrow
z U Down/Up Arrow
z X . or ,
z U X . or ,
z U \ or Delete
z U X \ or Delete
zXY
zUQ
zXX
zUXX

Alt+Down/Up Arrow

Presentation Background: Black/White B or W

Show/Hide Conveyor
UB

Ctrl+Alt+Down/Up Arrow
Ctrl+Shift+. or ,
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+. or ,
Ctrl+Alt+\ or Backspace
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+\ or Bckspc
Ctrl+Shift+Y

Copyright Symbol
Registration Symbol
Em Dash
En Dash
Ellipsis
Right Indent Tab
New index page reference
Add new index entry

Ctrl+Alt+=
Ctrl+5, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+4
Ctrl+Alt+2
Shift+F5
Ctrl+Shift+F2
B or W
Alt+B

Page navigation
Next window
Previous window
First Spread
Last Spread

Ctrl+Alt+Q

Next Spread

Ctrl+Shift+X

Previous Spread

Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X

z`
zX`
U X Page Up, Home
U X Page Dn., End
U Page Down
U Page Up

Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+ `

Tab

Tab
Shift+Tab

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

Panel tricks

Special characters
Bullet

zU=
z 5, z 2, z 4
zU2
X F5
z X F2

U8
UG
UR
UX
U
U;
X Tab
z7
zUX[

Alt+R

Show/Hide all panels

Show/Hide all panels except
Tools and Control
Open/Close all docked panels

Alt+Shift+

Activate last-used field in panel

Alt+

Jump to Control Panel

Alt+ ;

Switch Character and Paragraph

Modes in Control Panel

Alt+8
Alt+G

Shift+Tab

X Tab
z U Tab
zU`
z6
zU7

Ctrl+Alt+Tab
Ctrl+Alt+`
Ctrl+6
Ctrl+Alt+7

Ctrl+7
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+[

z= Command (Apple), U=Option, X=Shift

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