Adobe InDesign Shortcut Key

A

Direct Selection tool

Ctrl+Tab

Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tool

Shift+P

Page tool

U

Gap tool

P

Pen tool

=

Add Anchor Point tool

Shift+C

Convert Direction Point tool

T

Type tool

Shift+T

Type On A Path tool

N

Pencil tool (Note tool)

\

Line tool

F

Rectangle Frame tool

M

Rectangle tool

L

Ellipse tool

R

Rotate tool

S

Scale tool

O

Shear tool

E

Shear tool

E

Free Transform tool

I

Eyedropper tool

K

Measure tool

G

Gradient tool

C

Scissors tool

H

Hand tool

Z

Zoom tool

X

Toggle Fill and Stroke

Shift+X

Swap Fill and Stroke

J

Toggle between Formatting Affects Container and Formatting Affects Text

, [comma]

Apply Color

/

Apply No Color

W

Switch between Normal View and Preview Mode

Y

Frame Grid tool (horizontal)

Q

Frame Grid tool (vertical)

Shift+G

Gradient Feather tool

Transformation tool+Alt–drag*

Duplicate and transform selection

Ctrl+,

Decrease scale by 1%

Ctrl+Alt+,

Decrease scale by 5%

Ctrl+.

Increase scale by 1%

Ctrl+Alt+.

Increase scale by 5%

Selection tool+Ctrl–drag

Resize frame and content

Selection tool+Shift+Ctrl–drag

Resize frame and content proportionately

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z

Switch image from High Quality Display to Fast Display

Direct Selection tool+Alt+Ctrl, or Pen tool+Alt

Temporarily select Convert Direction Point tool

Alt

Temporarily switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tool

Scissors tool+Alt

Temporarily select Add Anchor Point tool

Pen tool+Shift

Keep Pen tool selected when pointer is over path or anchor point

Pen tool+spacebar

Move anchor point and handles while drawing

F10

Display the Stroke panel

Tab/Shift+Tab

Move to next/previous cell

Alt+Page Up/ Alt+Page Down

Move to first/last cell in column

Alt+Home/ Alt+End

Move to first/last cell in row