The Adobe Illustrator®

CHEAT SHEET
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TOOL SHORTCUTS

Selection Tool (V) Direct Selection Tool (A)

Magic Wand Tool (Y) Lasso Tool (Q)

Pen Tool (P) Type Tool (T)

Line Segment Tool (\) Rectangle Tool (M)
Paintbrush Tool (B) Pencil Tool (N)
Blob Brush Tool (Shift+B) Eraser Tool (Shift+E)

Rotate Tool (R) Scale Tool (S)

Width Tool (Shift+W) Free Transform Tool (E)
Shape Builder Tool (Shift+M) Perspective Grid Tool (Shift+P)

Mesh Tool (U) Gradient Tool (G)

Eyedropper Tool (I) Blend Tool (W)

Symbol Sprayer Tool (Shift+S) Column Graph Tool (J)

Artboard Tool (Shift+O) Slice Tool (Shift+K)

Hand Tool (H) Zoom Tool (Z)

Toggle Fill/Stroke (X)
Fill Color
Stroke Color
Default Fill and Stroke (D)
Fill Options

Drawing Modes

Change Screen Mode (F)

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KEYBOARD SHORTCUT REFERENCE
Brushes Color Layers
Panel Panel Panel

F5 F6 F7

Delete/
` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Fit on
Screen
- Zoom
Out
= Zoom
In
Backspace

Lasso Tool Blend Tool Scale Tool Rotate Tool Type Tool Magic Mesh Tool Eyedropper Reflect Tool Pen Tool >Brush <Brush
Wand
Tab Q W Close E Merge R TCharacter YOutline U Smart ICheck OOpen P {[ Send ]} Bring \
Quit Layers Rulers Mode Guides Spelling Print Back Fwd

Direct Scale Tool Default Screen Gradient Hand Graph Live Paint Ellipse Tool
Select Colors Modes Tool Tool Bucket
; ‘Show/ Return/
Caps Lock A Select
All S Save D Repeat
Trans F Paste in
Front G Group
Objects H Hide
Edges J Join
Path K Prefs L New
Layer
Show/Hide
Guides Hide Grid Enter
Zoom Tool Toggle Crop Tool Move Tool Brush Tool Notes Marquee
Colors

Shift Z Undo/ X Cut C Copy V Paste B Paste in

N New
M Min
, . / New
Fill Shift
Redo Back Doc

Cmd/ Hold for Hand Tool Cmd/

Ctrl Alt Spacebar Alt Ctrl
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LAYERS PANEL: DECODED

Layers Panel Menu

Toggle Layer Visibility

Click to Target Object

Layer Name

Total Number of Layers Delete Selection

Create New Layer

Locate Object
Make/Release Clipping Mask Create New Sublayer
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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

FUNCTION SHORTCUT (MAC) SHORTCUT (PC)

CREATE A NEW DOCUMENT +N Ctrl+N

OPEN A DOCUMENT +O Ctrl+O

SAVE A DOCUMENT +S Ctrl+S

REVERT A DOCUMENT TO ORIGINAL STATE F12 F12

TOGGLE SCREEN MODES F F

DEFAULT FILL/STROKE COLORS D D

TOGGLE FILL/STROKE X X

ACCESS BRUSH TOOL B B

ACCESS TYPE TOOL T T

ACCESS PEN TOOL P P

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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

FUNCTION SHORTCUT (MAC) SHORTCUT (PC)

VIEW ARTWORK AT 100% MAGNIFICATION +1 Ctrl+1

FIT ARTWORK ON SCREEN +0 Ctrl+0

TEMPORARILY SWITCH TO HAND TOOL WHILE DRAWING Spacebar Spacebar

ZOOM IN ON DOCUMENT +(+) Ctrl+(+)

ZOOM OUT ON DOCUMENT +(-) Ctrl+(-)

LOCK SELECTED ARTWORK +2 Ctrl+2

LOCK ALL ARTWORK Shift+ +Opt+2 Shift+Ctrl+Alt+2

UNLOCK ALL ARTWORK +Opt+2 Ctrl+Alt+2

DUPLICATE AN OBJECT Opt+Drag Alt+Drag

CHANGE POINTER TO CROSSHAIR WHEN SELECTING CAPS LOCK CAPS LOCK

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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

FUNCTION SHORTCUT (MAC) SHORTCUT (PC)

MOVE ONE CHARACTER (Right or Left) Arrow Key(s) Arrow Key(s)

MOVE ONE WORD (Right or Left) +Arrow Key(s) Ctrl+Arrow Key(s)

ALIGN PARAGRAPH(S) (Left, Right, or Center) +Shift+L, R, or C Ctrl+Shift+L, R, or C

JUSTIFY PARAGRAPH(S) +Shift+J Ctrl+Shift+J

INSERT SOFT RETURN Shift+Return Shift+Enter

INCREASE TYPE SIZE Shift+ +(>) Shift+Ctrl+(>)

DECREASE TYPE SIZE Shift+ +(<) Shift+Ctrl+(<)

INCREASE/DECREASE LEADING Opt+Up/Down Arrow(s) Alt+Up/Down Arrow(s)

INCREASE/DECREASE TRACKING Opt+Left/Right Arrow(s) Alt+Left/Right Arrow(s)

RESET TRACKING/KERNING TO ZERO +Opt+Q Ctrl+Alt+Q