Cross Prod

CROSS PRODUCT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Lisa Jeans Trail, Sr. Graphic Designer at Adobe Systems, has put together a listing of similar keyboard shortcuts to help you quickly navigate through three of Adobe's products.

for Adobe® Photoshop® 4.0, Adobe Illustrator® 7.0 and Adobe® PageMaker® 6.5 Result

Mac Action

Windows Action

Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker

Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker

File Menu

Result

Mac Action

Windows Action

Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker

Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker

Layer/Object/Element Menu

New

N

Ctrl+N

Bring To Front

NA

Open

O

Ctrl+O

Bring Forward

NA

Close

W

Ctrl+W

Send Backward

NA

Save

S

Ctrl+S

Send To Back

NA

Save As

S

Save a Copy

NA

Page/Document Setup

Alt+Ctrl+S

P

NA

NA

Shift+Ctrl+]

]

NA

Ctrl+]

[

NA

Ctrl+[

NA

Shift+Ctrl+[

[

Group*

Shift+Ctrl+S

S

]

G

Ungroup*

Ctrl+G

G

Shift+Ctrl+G * For Photoshop, groups layers, not objects

Shift+Ctrl+P View Menu

Print

P

Ctrl+P

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

Undo Redo

Z Z

Z

Z

Hide/Show Rulers

R

Ctrl+R

;

Ctrl+;

Hide/Show Guides

Copy

C

Ctrl+C

Lock Guides

Paste

V

Ctrl+V

Snap To Guides

Select All

A

Ctrl+A

Show Grid

A

Ctrl+1

Ctrl+Z Shift+Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Z Ctrl+X

Ctrl+D

Shift+Ctrl+A

H

Alt+Ctrl+0

Hide/Show Edges

X

D

1

Ctrl+Z

Cut

Deselect All

0

Ctrl+H

NA

; ;

Snap To Grid

"

Command key

Alt+Ctrl+; ;

NA

"

Option key

NA

Shift+Ctrl+;

NA

Shift+Ctrl+;

NA

Ctrl+"

NA

NA

Shift+Ctrl+"

NA

Shift key

Arrow keys

Result

Mac Action

Windows Action

Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker

Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker

Type

Result

Mac Action

Windows Action

Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker

Photoshop • Illustrator • PageMaker

Tab

Tab

Palette Shortcuts

Character

T+click

T

T+click

Ctrl+T

Hide/show all palettes

Paragraph

NA

M

NA

Ctrl+M

Hide/show all but tool palette

Align left

NA

L

NA

Shift+Ctrl+L

Collapse/expand palette

Align center

NA

C

NA

Shift+Ctrl+C

Bring up tool options

Align right

NA

R

NA

Shift+Ctrl+R

Hightlight next text field**

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+< >

Decrease/increase kerning

NA

Select paragraph

NA

Triple-click word

Select word*

NA

Double-click word

Triple-click word Double-click word

Layer options Hide/show layer Hide/show others

Move up/down one line*

Lock/unlock layer

Move up/down one paragraph

NA

Zoom tool -

Double-click tool

Double-click tool

Tab

Tab

Double-click layer

Double-click layer

Click eyeball column

Click eyeball column

-click eyeball NA

Alt-click eyeball

Click pencil column

NA

Click pencil column

Other Shortcuts

Ctrl+

NA

Viewing

Zoom tool +

Double-click palette tab

Ctrl+

* For Photoshop, must be in the Type Tool dialog

Hand tool

Double-click palette tab

** Cursor must be in text field

Move left/right one character*

Move left/right one word*

Shift+Tab

Layers Palette

Alt+

NA

Tab

Move selection Constrain movement to multiples of 45º

Spacebar

drag

Spacebar Spacebar

Spacebar

Alt+drag

Ctrl+Spacebar

Copy selection

drag drag

Convert between horizontal/vertical guide when dragging guide from rulers

Shift+drag NA

Alt+drag

NA

NA

Alt

NA

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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