| Selection tool | V, Esc |
| Direct Selection tool | A |
| Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool | Ctrl+Tab |
| Page tool | Shift+P |
| Gap tool | U |
| Pen tool | P |
| Add Anchor Point tool | = |
| Add Anchor Point tool | = |
| Delete Anchor Point tool | – |
| Convert Direction Point tool | Shift+C |
| Type tool | T |
| Type On A Path tool | Shift+T |
| Pencil tool (Note tool) | N |
| Line tool | \ |
| Rectangle Frame tool | F |
| Rectangle tool | M |
| Ellipse tool | L |
| Rotate tool | R |
| Scale tool | S |
| Shear tool | O |
| Free Transform tool | E |
| Eyedropper tool | I |
| Measure tool | K |
| Gradient tool | G |
| Scissors tool | C |
| Hand tool | H |
| Temporarily selects Hand tool | Spacebar (Layout mode), Alt (Text mode), or Alt+Spacebar (both) |
| Zoom tool | Z |
| Temporarily selects Zoom In tool | Ctrl+Spacebar |
| Toggle Fill and Stroke | X |
| Swap Fill and Stroke | Shift+X |
| Toggle between Formatting Affects Container and Formatting Affects Text | J |
| Apply Color | , [comma] |
| Apply Gradient | . [period] |
| Apply No Color | / |
| Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode | W |
| Frame Grid tool (horizontal) | Y |
| Frame Grid tool (vertical) | Q |
| Gradient Feather tool | Shift+G |
| Temporarily select Selection or Direct Selection tool (last used) | Any tool (except selection tools)+Ctrl |
| Temporarily select Group Selection tool | Direct Selection tool+Alt; or Pen, Add Anchor Point, or Delete Anchor Point tool+Alt+Ctrl |
| Select container of selected content | Esc or double-click |
| Select content of selected container | Shift+Esc or double-click |
| Add to or subtract from a selection of multiple objects | Selection, Direct Selection, or Group Selection tool+Shift–click (to deselect, click center point) |
| Duplicate selection | Selection, Direct Selection, or Group Selection tool+Alt–drag |
| Duplicate and offset selection | Alt+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow key |
| Duplicate and offset selection by 10 times | Alt+Shift+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key |
| Move selection | Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key |
| Move selection by 10th | Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down arrow key |
| Move selection by 10 times | Shift+Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow key |
| Select master page item from document page | Selection or Direct Selection tool+Ctrl+Shift–click |
| Select next object behind or in front | Selection tool+Ctrl–click, or Selection tool+Alt+Ctrl–click |
| Select next or previous frame in story | Alt+Ctrl+Page Down/ Alt+Ctrl+Page Up |
| Select first or last frame in story | Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Page Down/ Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Page Up |
| Duplicate and transform selection | Transformation tool+Alt–drag |
| Display Transform tool dialog box | Select object+double-click Scale tool, Rotate tool, or Shear tool in Toolbox |
| Decrease scale by 1% | Ctrl+, |
| Decrease scale by 5% | Ctrl+Alt+, |
| Increase scale by 1% | Ctrl+. |
| Increase scale by 5% | Ctrl+Alt+. |
| Resize frame and content | Selection tool+Ctrl–drag |
| Resize frame and content proportionately | Selection tool+Shift+Ctrl–drag |
| Constrain proportion | Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, or Rectangle tool+Shift–drag |
| Switch image from High Quality Display to Fast Display | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z |
| Temporarily select Convert Direction Point tool | Direct Selection tool+Alt+Ctrl, or Pen tool+Alt |
| Temporarily switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tool | Alt |
| Temporarily select Add Anchor Point tool | Scissors tool+Alt |
| Keep Pen tool selected when pointer is over path or anchor point | Pen tool+Shift |
| Move anchor point and handles while drawing | Pen tool+spacebar |
| Display the Stroke panel | F10 |
| Insert or delete rows or columns while dragging | Begin dragging row or column border, and then hold down Alt as you drag |
| Resize rows or columns without changing the size of the table | Shift–drag interior row or column border |
| Resize rows or columns proportionally | Shift–drag right or bottom table border |
| Move to next/previous cell | Tab/Shift+Tab |
| Move to first/last cell in column | Alt+Page Up/ Alt+Page Down |
| Move to first/last cell in row | Alt+Home/ Alt+End |
| Move to first/last row in frame | Page Up/Page Down |
| Move up/down one cell | Up Arrow/Down Arrow |
| Move left/right one cell | Left Arrow/Right Arrow |
| Select cell above/below the current cell | Shift+Up Arrow/ Shift+Down Arrow |
| Select cell to the right/left of the current cell | Shift+Right Arrow/ Shift+Left Arrow |
| Start row on next column | Enter (numeric keypad) |
| Start row on next frame | Shift+Enter (numeric keypad) |
| Toggle between text selection and cell selection | Esc |
| Insert selected text into Find What box | Ctrl+F1 |
| Insert selected text into Find What box and finds next | Shift+F1 |
| Find next occurrence of Find What text | Shift+F2 or Alt+Ctrl+F |
| Insert selected text into Change To box | Ctrl+F2 |
| Replace selection with Change To text | Ctrl+F3 |
| Bold (only for fonts with bold face) | Shift+Ctrl+B |
| Italic (only for fonts with italic face) | Shift+Ctrl+I |
| Normal | Shift+Ctrl+Y |
| Underline | Shift+Ctrl+U |
| Strikethrough | Shift+Ctrl+/ |
| All caps (on/off) | Shift+Ctrl+K |
| Asian language hyphenation | Shift+Ctrl+K |
| Small caps (on/off) | Shift+Ctrl+H |
| Tate-chu-yoko setting | Shift+Ctrl+H |
| Superscript | Shift+Ctrl+(+) [plus sign] |
| Subscript | Shift+Alt+Ctrl+(+) [plus sign] |
| Reset horizontal or vertical scale to 100% | Shift+Ctrl+X or Shift+Alt+Ctrl+X |
| Basic letter group setting or detail setting | Shift+Ctrl+X or Shift+Alt+Ctrl+X |
| Align left, right, or center | Shift+Ctrl+L, R, or C |
| Justify all lines | Shift+Ctrl+F (all lines) or J (all but last line) |
| Align both ends or equal spacing | Shift+Ctrl+F (align both end) or J (equal spacing) |
| Increase or decrease point size | Shift+Ctrl+> or < |
| Increase or decrease point size by five times | Shift+Ctrl+Alt+> or < |
| Increase or decrease leading (horizontal text) | Alt+Up Arrow/ Alt+Down Arrow |
| Increase or decrease leading (vertical text) | Alt+Right Arrow/ Alt+Left Arrow |
| Increase or decrease leading by five times (horizontal text) | Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow |
| Increase or decrease leading by five times (vertical text) | Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow |
| Auto leading | Shift+Alt+Ctrl+A |
| Align to grid (on/off) | Shift+Alt+Ctrl+G |
| Auto-hyphenate (on/off) | Shift+Alt+Ctrl+H |
| Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (horizontal text) | Alt+Left Arrow/Alt+Right Arrow |
| Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (vertical text) | Alt+Up Arrow/ Alt+Down Arrow |
| Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (horizontal text) | Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow |
| Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (vertical text) | Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow |
| Increase kerning between words | Alt+Ctrl+\ |
| Decrease kerning between words | Alt+Ctrl+Backspace |
| Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0 | Alt+Ctrl+Q |
| Increase or decrease baseline shift (horizontal text) | Shift+Alt+Up Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Down Arrow |
| Increase or decrease baseline shift (vertical text) | Shift+Alt+Right Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Left Arrow |
| Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times (horizontal text) | Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow |
| Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times (vertical text) | Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow |
| Automatically flow story | Shift–click loaded text icon |
| Semi-automatically flow story | Alt–click loaded text icon |
| Recompose all stories | Alt+Ctrl+/ |
| Insert current page number | Alt+Ctrl+N |
| Move to right or left one character | Right Arrow/ Left Arrow |
| Move up or down one line | Up Arrow/ Down Arrow |
| Move to right or left one word | Ctrl+Right Arrow/ Ctrl+Left Arrow |
| Move to start or end of line | Home/End |
| Move to previous or next paragraph | Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Ctrl+Down Arrow |
| Move to start or end of story | Ctrl+Home/ Ctrl+End |
| Select one word | Double-click word |
| Select one character right or left | Shift+Right Arrow/ Shift+Left Arrow |
| Select one line above or below | Shift+Up Arrow/ Shift+Down Arrow |
| Select start or end of line | Shift+Home/ Shift+End |
| Select one paragraph | Triple-click or quadruple-click paragraph, depending on Text Preferences setting |
| Select one paragraph before or after | Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Shift+Ctrl+Down Arrow |
| Select current line | Shift+Ctrl+\ |
| Select characters from insertion point | Shift–click |
| Select start or end of story | Shift+Ctrl+Home/ Shift+Ctrl+End |
| Select all in story | Ctrl+A |
| Select first/last frame | Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Page Up/ Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Page Down |
| Select previous/next frame | Alt+Ctrl+Page Up/ Alt+Ctrl+Page Down |
| Delete word in front of insertion point (Story Editor) | Ctrl+Backspace or Delete |
| Update missing font list | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+/ |
| Temporarily select Hand tool | Spacebar (with no text insertion point), Alt-drag (with text insertion point), or Alt+spacebar (in both text and non-text modes) |
| Temporarily select Zoom In tool | Ctrl+spacebar |
| Temporarily select Zoom Out tool | Alt+Ctrl+spacebar or Alt+Zoom In tool |
| Zoom to 50%, 200%, or 400% | Ctrl+5, 2, or 4 |
| Redraw screen | Shift+F5 |
| Open new default document | Ctrl+Alt+N |
| Switch between current and previous zoom levels | Alt+Ctrl+2 |
| Switch to next/previous document window | Ctrl+~ [tilde]/ Shift+Ctrl+F6 or Ctrl+Shift+~ [tilde] |
| Scroll up/down one screen | Page Up/Page Down |
| Go back/forward to last-viewed page | Ctrl+Page Up/ Ctrl+Page Down |
| Go to previous/next spread | Alt+Page Up/ Alt+Page Down |
| Fit spread in window | Double-click Hand tool |
| Activate the Go To command | Ctrl+J |
| Fit selection in window | Ctrl+Alt+(+) [plus sign] |
| Display the entire object | Ctrl+Alt+(+) [plus sign] |
| Go to master page while \ panel is closed | Ctrl+J, type prefix of master, press Enter |
| Cycle through units of measurement | Shift+Alt+Ctrl+U |
| Snap guide to ruler increments | Shift–drag guide |
| Switch between page and spread guides (creation only) | Ctrl–drag guide |
| Temporarily turn on/off snap to | |
| Create vertical and horizontal ruler guides for the spread | Ctrl–drag from zero point |
| Select all guides | Alt+Ctrl+G |
| Lock or unlock zero point | Right-click zero point and choose an option |
| Use current magnification for view threshold of new guide | Alt–drag guide |
| Select buttons in alert dialog boxes | Press first letter of button name, if underlined |
| Show information on installed plug‑ins and InDesign components | Ctrl+Help > About Design |
| Toggle focus to/from Control panel | Ctrl+6 |
| Toggle Character/Paragraph text attributes mode | Ctrl+Alt+7 |
| Change reference point when proxy has focus | Any key on the numeric keypad or keyboard numbers |
| Display the pop-up menu that has focus | Alt+Down Arrow |
| Open Units & Increments Preferences | Alt-click Kerning icon |
| Open the Text Frame Options dialog box | Alt-click Number Of Columns icon |
| Open the Move dialog box | Alt-click X or Y icon |
| Open the Rotate dialog box | Alt-click Angle icon |
| Open the Scale dialog box | Alt-click X or Y Scale icon |
| Open the Shear dialog box | Alt-click Shear icon |
| Open Text Preferences | Alt-click Superscript, Subscript, or Small Caps button |
| Open the Underline Options dialog box | Alt-click Underline button |
| Open the Strikethrough Options dialog box | Alt-click Strikethrough button |
| Open the Grids Preferences | Alt-click Align To Baseline Grid, or Do Not Align To Baseline Grid button |
| Open the Drop Caps & Nested Styles dialog box | Alt-click Drop Cap Number Of Lines, or Drop Cap One Or More Characters icon |
| Open the Justification dialog box | Alt-click Leading icon |
| Open Named Grid dialog box | Double-click Named Grid icon |
| Open New Named Grid Options dialog box | Alt-click Named Grid icon |
| Open Frame Grid Options dialog box | Alt-click Number of characters Horizontal, Number of Characters Vertical, Character Aki, Line Aki, Vertical Scale, Horizontal Scale, Grid View, Font Size, Number of Columns, or Column Gutter icon |
| Open Justification dialog box | Alt+Ctrl+Shift+J |
| Open Paragraph Rules dialog box | Alt+Ctrl+J |
| Open Keep Options dialog box | Alt+Ctrl+K |
| Activate Character panel | Ctrl+T |
| Activate Paragraph panel | Ctrl+Alt+T |
| Open Justification dialog box | Alt+Ctrl+Shift+J |
| Open Paragraph Rules dialog box | Alt+Ctrl+J |
| Open Keep Options dialog box | Alt+Ctrl+K |
| Activate Character panel | Ctrl+T |
| Activate Paragraph panel | Ctrl+Alt+T |
| Activate Tabs panel | Shift+Ctrl+T |
| Switch between alignment options | Alt-click tab |
| Select all objects on layer | Alt-click layer |
| Copy selection to new layer | Alt-drag small square to new layer |
| Add new layer below selected layer | Ctrl-click Create New Layer |
| Add new layer to the top of the layer list | Shift+Ctrl-click Create New Layer |
| Add new layer to the top of the layer list and open New Layer dialog box | Shift+Alt+Ctrl-click Create New Layer |
| Add new layer and open New Layer dialog box | Alt-click Create New Layer |
| Apply master to selected page | Alt-click master |
| Base another master page on selected master | Alt-click the master you want to base the selected master on |
| Create master page | Ctrl-click Create New Page button |
| Display Insert Pages dialog box | Alt-click New Page button |
| Add new page after last page | Shift+Ctrl+P |
| Move color sliders in tandem | Shift-drag slider |
| Select a color for the nonactive fill or stroke | Alt-click color bar |
| Switch between color modes (CMYK, RGB, LAB) | Shift-click color bar |
| Turn on Overprint preview | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Y |
| Show all plates | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+~ [tilde] |
| Show Cyan plate | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+1 |
| Show Magenta plate | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+2 |
| Show Yellow plate | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+3 |
| Show Black plate | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+4 |
| Show 1st Spot plate | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+5 |
| Show 2nd Spot plate | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+6 |
| Show 3rd Spot plate | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+7 |
| Create new swatch based on the current swatch | Alt-click New Swatch button |
| Create spot color swatch based on the current swatch | Alt+Ctrl-click New Swatch button |
| Change options without applying swatch | Shift+Alt+Ctrl-double-click swatch |
- Apply value and copy object: Alt+Enter
- Apply width, height, or scale value proportionally; Ctrl+Enter