Adjust Font Size
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Increase by Increment (set in Preferences)
| Ctrl-Shift->
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Decrease by Increment
| Ctrl-Shift-<
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(add Alt to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5)
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Adjust Leading
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Increase by Increment (set in Preferences)
| Alt-down arrow
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Decrease by Increment
| Alt-up arrow
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(add Control to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5)
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Revert to Auto Leading
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-A
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Adjust Kerning/Tracking & WORD SPACING
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Increase by Increment (set in Preferences)
| Alt-right arrow
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Decrease by Increment
| Alt-left arrow
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(add Control to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5)
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Increase between words
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-\
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Decrease between words
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Backspace
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Clear all manual kerning, tracking, and word spacing
| Ctrl-Alt-Q
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Adjust Baseline shift
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Move Up by Increment (set in Preferences)
| Alt-Shift-up arrow
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Move Down by Increment
| Alt-Shift-down arrow
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(add Control to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5)
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Scaling pictures
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Make sure the picture content is selected (not the frame that it’s inside)
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Scale 5% Bigger
| Ctrl-Alt->
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Scale 5% Smaller
| Ctrl-Alt-<
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Scale 1% Bigger
| Ctrl->
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Scale 1% Smaller
| Ctrl-<
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Fitting Content & pictures
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Fit Content Proportionally
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-E
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Fill Frame Proportionally
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-C
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Center Content
| Ctrl-Shift-E
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Fit Frame to Content
| Ctrl-Alt-C
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Nudging objects
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Move by Increment (set in Preferences)
| any arrow key
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Move by Increment x 10
| Shift-any arrow key
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Move by Increment x 1/10
| Ctrl-Shift-any arrow key
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Flowing Text
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Multi-Page Autoflow (creates additional pages)
| Shift-click
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Semi-autoflow (keeps text in cursor so you can continue flowing)
| Alt-click
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Fixed-Page Autoflow (does not create additional pages)
| Shift-Alt-click
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Styling text & Working with Styles
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Bold
| Ctrl-Shift-B
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Italic
| Ctrl-Shift-I
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Normal
| Ctrl-Shift-Y
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All Caps
| Ctrl-Shift-K
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Edit Style Sheet without Applying it
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Double click style
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Redefine a Paragraph Style
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R
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Redefine a Character Style
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-C
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Working with Paragraph Styles
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To remove local formatting (non Style changes)
| Alt-click Style Name
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To remove local formatting and Character Styles
| Alt-Shift-click Style Name
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Working with Styles
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Quick Apply a Style
| Ctrl-Return (start typing the style name, hit Return to apply)
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Redefine a Paragraph Style
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R
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Redefine a Character Style
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-C
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Working with Master Pages
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Override a single master page item on a document page
| Ctrl-Shift-click it
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Override several master page items
| Ctrl-Shift-drag a marquee over them
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Override all master page items on pages selected in Pages panel
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-L
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Insert Special characters
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Indent to Here
| Ctrl-\
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Right Indent Tab
| Shift-Tab
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Discretionary Hyphen
| Ctrl-Shift-hyphen (-)
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Nonbreaking Hyphen
| Ctrl-Alt-hyphen (-)
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Type in Single Straight Quote (Foot Mark)
| Alt-'
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Type in Double Straight Quote (Inch Mark)
| Alt-Shift-'
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Current Page Number (Auto Page Numbering)
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-N
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Insert White space
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Em space
| Ctrl-Shift-M
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En space
| Ctrl-Shift-N
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Nonbreaking space
| Ctrl-Alt-X
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Thin space
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-M
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Insert Break characters
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Column Break
| Enter (on keypad)
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Frame Break
| Shift-Enter (on keypad)
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Page Break
| Ctrl-Enter (on keypad)
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Forced Line Break (or “soft return”)
| Shift-Enter
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Moving text cursor
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Move cursor to beginning or end of line
| Home or End
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Move cursor one word to the left/right
| Ctrl-Left/right arrow
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Move cursor to Previous paragraph
| Ctrl-Up Arrow
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Move cursor to Next paragraph
| Ctrl-Down Arrow
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Selecting & working with text
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Leave Text Frame and switch to Selection tool
| Esc
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Select from cursor to beginning or end of line
| Shift-Home or Shift-End
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Select from cursor to end of story
| Ctrl-Shift-End
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Select from cursor to beginning of story
| Ctrl-Shift-Home
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Select whole word
| Double-click
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Select line
| Ctrl-Shift-\ (or Triple-click)
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Select one word to the left/right
| Ctrl-Shift-Left/Right arrow
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Navigating & scrolling through documents
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Scroll using Hand tool
| Alt-Spacebar-Drag
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Go to the First Page
| Ctrl-Shift-Page Up
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Go to the Last Page
| Ctrl-Shift-Page Down
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Go to Page (then type in page number)
| Ctrl-J
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Switch between open Documents
| Ctrl-tilde(~)
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Zooming
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Get the Zoom in tool without selecting it
| Hold Ctrl then Space
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Get the Zoom out tool without selecting it
| Hold Ctrl then Space and Alt
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Zoom In or Out
| Ctrl-plus(+) or Ctrl-minus(–)
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Fit Page in Window
| Ctrl-0 (zero)
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Fit Spread in Window
| Ctrl-Alt-0 (zero)
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Access zoom percentage box (so you can enter a zoom level)
| Ctrl-Alt-5
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Toggle between current and previous zoom levels
| Ctrl-Alt-2
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Find/Change
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Insert selected text into Find What box
| Ctrl-F1
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Insert selected text into Find What box and then Find Next instance
| Shift-F1
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Find the next occurrence of Find What text
| Shift-F2 or Ctrl-Alt-F
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Insert selected text into Change To box
| Ctrl-F2
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Replace selected text with Change To text
| Ctrl-F3
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Replace selected text with Change To text and Find Next
| Shift-F3
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Working with Panels
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Highlight the first option in the Control panel
| Ctrl-6
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Toggle Control panel between Character & Paragraph options
| Ctr-Alt-7
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Apply a value but keep it highlighted in panel
| Shift-Enter
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Show/Hide all Panels including Toolbox
| Tab (while not in a text frame)
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Show/Hide all Panels except the Toolbox
| Shift-Tab (while not in a text frame)
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Expand/Collapse Panel Stacks
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Tab (while not in a text frame)
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Create new (style, swatches, etc) & display options dialog
| Alt-click New button
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Working with Dialog boxes
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Rotate down through section of options displayed on the left
| Page Down
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Rotate up through section of options displayed on the left
| Page Up
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Jump to section of options displayed on the left
| Ctrl-1 for 1st, Ctrl-2 for 2nd, etc.
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Choose Yes or No
| Y or N
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Miscellaneous Good stuff
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Select frame hidden behind another
| Hold Ctrl and keep clicking frame stack
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Increase/decrease a value in a field
| click in field, press up/down arrow
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Tabs panel: Move Left Indent (triangle) without moving First Line Indent
| Hold Shift while dragging the (bottom) triangle
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Select all Guides
| Ctrl-Alt-G
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Select an Individual Table Cell
| With Type tool, click in cell and hit Esc
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Quick Apply
| Press Ctrl-Enter. Then start typing a style name, menu item, text variable, etc. Then press Enter to apply.
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Sort Menus Alphabetically
| Hold Ctrl-Alt-Shift and click on Menu
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Toggle Typographer’s Quotes preference
| Ctrl-Alt-Shift-'
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