CROSS PRODUCT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Lisa Jeans Trail, Sr.

Graphic Designer at
Adobe Systems, has put together a
listing of similar keyboard shortcuts to
for Adobe® Photoshop® 4.0, Adobe Illustrator® 7.0 and Adobe® PageMaker® 6.5 help you quickly navigate through
three of Adobe's products.

Result Mac Action Windows Action Result Mac Action Windows Action
Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker

File Menu Layer/Object/Element Menu

New N Ctrl+N Bring To Front NA ] NA Shift+Ctrl+]
Open O Ctrl+O Bring Forward NA ] NA Ctrl+]
Close W Ctrl+W Send Backward NA [ NA Ctrl+[
Save S Ctrl+S Send To Back NA [ NA Shift+Ctrl+[
Save As S Shift+Ctrl+S Group* G Ctrl+G
Save a Copy S NA Alt+Ctrl+S NA Ungroup* G Shift+Ctrl+G
Page/Document Setup P Shift+Ctrl+P * For Photoshop, groups layers, not objects

Print P Ctrl+P View Menu

Preferences K Ctrl+K Zoom In + Ctrl++
Quit/Exit Q Ctrl+Q Zoom Out - Ctrl+-
Fit In Window 0 Ctrl+0
Edit/Select Menu Actual Size 0 1 Alt+Ctrl+0 Ctrl+1
Undo Z Ctrl+Z Hide/Show Edges H NA Ctrl+H NA

Redo Z Z Z Ctrl+Z Shift+Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Z Hide/Show Rulers R Ctrl+R

Cut X Ctrl+X Hide/Show Guides ; Ctrl+;
Copy C Ctrl+C Lock Guides ; Alt+Ctrl+;
Paste V Ctrl+V Snap To Guides ; NA ; Shift+Ctrl+; NA Shift+Ctrl+;
Select All A Ctrl+A Show Grid " NA Ctrl+" NA

Deselect All D A Ctrl+D Shift+Ctrl+A Snap To Grid " NA Shift+Ctrl+" NA

Command key Option key Shift key Arrow keys

 Result Mac Action Windows Action Result Mac Action Windows Action
Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker

Type Palette Shortcuts

Character T+click T T+click Ctrl+T Hide/show all palettes Tab Tab
Paragraph NA M NA Ctrl+M Hide/show all but tool palette Tab Shift+Tab
Align left NA L NA Shift+Ctrl+L Collapse/expand palette Double-click palette tab Double-click palette tab
Align center NA C NA Shift+Ctrl+C Bring up tool options Double-click tool Double-click tool
Align right NA R NA Shift+Ctrl+R Hightlight next text field** Tab Tab
Justify NA J NA Shift+Ctrl+J Highlight previous text field** Tab Shift+Tab
Force justify NA F NA Shift+Ctrl+F Apply value, keep text box active Enter/Return Shift+Enter/Return
Decrease/increase point size NA <> NA Shift+Ctrl+< > ** Cursor must be in text field

Decrease/increase kerning NA NA Alt+ Layers Palette

Select paragraph NA Triple-click word NA Triple-click word Layer options Double-click layer Double-click layer
Select word* Double-click word Double-click word Hide/show layer Click eyeball column Click eyeball column
Move left/right one character* Hide/show others -click eyeball Alt-click eyeball
Move up/down one line* Lock/unlock layer NA Click pencil column NA Click pencil column
Move left/right one word* Ctrl+
Move up/down one paragraph NA NA Ctrl+ Other Shortcuts
* For Photoshop, must be in the Type Tool dialog Move selection
Viewing Constrain movement to multiples of 45º drag Shift+drag
Hand tool Spacebar drag Spacebar Alt+drag Copy selection drag NA Alt+drag NA

Zoom tool + Spacebar Ctrl+Spacebar Convert between horizontal/vertical NA Alt NA

guide when dragging guide from rulers
Zoom tool - Spacebar Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar
Set view to 100% Double-click Zoom tool Double-click Zoom tool
Fit artwork in window Double-click Hand tool Double-click Hand tool

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