Adobe InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac

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Adjusting Font Size
Decrease or Increase by Increment set in Preferences	Cmd–Shift–< or >
Decrease or Increase by Increment x 5	Cmd–Option–Shift–< or >
Adjusting Leading
Decrease or Increase by Increment set in Preferences	Opt–Up or Down Arrow
Decrease or Increase by Increment x 5	Cmd–Opt–Up or Down Arrow
Revert to Auto Leading	Cmd–Option–Shift–A
Adjusting Kerning, Tracking, & WORD SPACING
Increase or Decrease by Increment set in Preferences	Opt–Right or Left Arrow
Increase or Decrease by Increment x 5	Cmd–Opt–Right or Left Arrow
Increase space between words	Cmd–Option–Shift–\
Decrease space between words	Cmd–Option–Shift–Delete
Adjusting Baseline shift
Move Up or Down by Increment set in Preferences	Opt–Shift–Up or Down Arrow
Move Up or Down by Increment x 5	Cmd–Opt–Shift–Up or Down Arrow
Scaling pictures
Make sure the picture content is selected (not the frame it’s inside)
Scale 1% Smaller or Bigger	Cmd–< or >
Scale 5% Smaller or Bigger	Cmd–Option–< or >
Fitting Content & pictures
Fit Content Proportionally	Cmd–Option–Shift–E
Fill Frame Proportionally	Cmd–Option–Shift–C
Center Content	Cmd–Shift–E
Fit Frame to Content	Cmd–Option–C
Nudging objects
Move by Increment (set in Preferences)	Arrow keys
Move by Increment x 10	Shift–Arrow keys
Move by Increment x 1/10	Cmd–Shift–Arrow keys
Flowing Text
Multi-Page Autoflow (creates additional pages)	Shift–click
Semi-Autoflow (keeps text in cursor so you can continue flowing)	Opt–click
Fixed-Page Autoflow (does not create additional pages)	Shift–Opt–click
Styling Text & Working with Styles
Bold	Cmd–Shift–B
Italic	Cmd–Shift–I
Normal	Cmd–Shift–Y
All Caps	Cmd–Shift–K
Edit Style Sheet without applying it	Cmd–Option–Shift–double–click style
Redefine a Paragraph Style	With style selected Cmd–Option–Shift–R
Redefine a Character Style	With style selected Cmd–Option–Shift–C
Working with Paragraph Styles
Remove local formatting (non style changes)	Option–click style name
Remove local formatting & Character Styles	Option–Shift–click style name
Working with Parent Pages
Override a single parent page item on a document page	Cmd–Shift–click it
Override several parent page items	Cmd–Shift–drag a marquee over them
Override all parent page items on pages selected in Pages panel	Cmd–Opt–Shift–L
Inserting Special characters
Indent to Here	Cmd–\
Right Indent Tab	Shift–Tab
Discretionary Hyphen	Cmd–Shift–hyphen (-)
Nonbreaking Hyphen	Cmd–Option–hyphen (-)
Type in Straight Single Quote (foot mark)	Control–'
Type in Straight Double Quote (inch mark)	Control–Shift–'
Current Page Number (auto page numbering)	Cmd–Option–Shift–N
Em space	Cmd–Shift–M
En space	Cmd–Shift–N
Nonbreaking space	Cmd–Option–X
Thin space	Cmd–Option–Shift–M
Column Break	Enter (on keypad)
Frame Break	Shift–Enter (on keypad)
Page Break	Cmd–Enter (on keypad)
Forced Line Break (or “soft return”)	Shift–Return
Moving text cursor
Move cursor to beginning or end of line	Home or End
Move cursor one word to the left/right	Cmd–Left/Right Arrow
Move cursor to Previous paragraph	Cmd–Up Arrow
Move cursor to Next paragraph	Cmd–Down Arrow
Selecting & working with text
Leave text frame and switch to Selection tool	Esc
Select from cursor to beginning or end of line	Shift–Home or Shift–End
Select from cursor to end of story	Cmd–Shift–End
Select from cursor to beginning of story	Cmd–Shift–Home
Select whole word	Double–click
Select line	Cmd–Shift–\ (or Triple–click)
Select one word to the left/right	Cmd–Shift–Left/Right Arrow
Navigating & scrolling through documents
Scroll using Hand tool	Option–Spacebar–drag
Go to the First Page	Cmd–Shift–Page Up
Go to the Last Page	Cmd–Shift–Page Down
Go to Page (then type in page number)	Cmd–J
Switch between open documents	Cmd–tilde(~)
Zooming
Get the Zoom In tool without selecting it	Hold Cmd then Spacebar
Get the Zoom Out tool without selecting it	Hold Cmd then Spacebar & Opt
Zoom In or Out	Cmd–plus(+) or Cmd–minus(–)
Fit Page in Window	Cmd–0 (zero)
Fit Spread in Window	Cmd–Option–0 (zero)
Access zoom percentage box so you can enter a zoom level	Cmd–Option–5
Toggle between current and previous zoom levels	Cmd–Option–2
Find/Change
Insert selected text into Find What box	Cmd–F1
Insert selected text into Find What box and then Find Next instance	Shift–F1
Find the next occurrence of Find What text	Shift–F2 or Cmd–Option–F
Insert selected text into Change To box	Cmd–F2
Replace found text with Change To text	Cmd–F3
Replace found text with Change To text and Find Next	Shift–F3
Working with panels
Highlight the first option in the Control panel	Cmd–6
Toggle Control panel between Character & Paragraph options	Cmd–Opt–7
Apply a value but keep it highlighted in panel	Shift–Return
Hide/Show all tools and panels	Tab (while not in a text frame)
Hide/Show all panels except Tools/Control	Shift–Tab (while not in a text frame)
Expand/Collapse panel stacks	Cmd–Option–Tab
Create new (style, swatches, etc) & display options	Opt–click New button
Working with Dialog boxes
Cycle through section of options displayed on the left	Page Up or Down
Jump to a section displayed on the left	Cmd–1 for 1st, Cmd–2 for 2nd, etc.
Choose Yes, No, Don’t Save, or Save	Y, N, D, or S
Miscellaneous Good Stuff
Select frame hidden behind another	Hold Cmd and keep clicking frame stack
Increase/Decrease a value in a field	Click in field, press Up/Down Arrow
Highlight the last used field (in a panel)	Cmd–Option–tilde(~)
In Tabs panel: Move Left Indent (triangle) without moving First Line Indent	Hold Shift while dragging the (bottom) triangle
Select all Guides	Cmd–Option–G
Select an individual table cell	With Type tool, click in cell and hit Esc
Quick Apply	Cmd–Return, type a style name, menu item... & hit Return to apply
Sort menus alphabetically	Hold Cmd–Option–Shift and click on Menu
Toggle Typographer’s Quotes preference	Cmd–Option–Shift–’