| 1. Drawing Shortcuts | |
|---|---|
| Shift+Drag | Constrain Shape proportion/orientation |
| Alt+Drag | Draw from center of shape/Keep the sides of star straight |
| Drag+Hold Ctrl | Keep inner radius of star constant |
| Drag+Up Arrow | Increase/Decrease polygon side,star points,arc angle,spiral,flare rays |
| Drag+Hold C | Switch Open/Closed arc |
| Drag+Hold F | Flip arc |
| Spacebar+Drag | Move shape while drawing |
| Drag+F | Decrease skew value for horizontal dividers in rectangular grid/radial divider in polar grid by 10% |
| Drag+V | Increase skew value for horizontal dividers in rectangular grid/radial divider in polar grid by 10% |
| Drag+X | Decrease skew value for vertical dividers in rectangular grid/concentric divider in polar grid by 10% |
| Drag+C | Increase skew value for vertical dividers in rectangular grid/concentric divider in polar grid by 10% |
| Drag+Up Arrow/down arrow | Add/Remove horizontal lines from grid |
| Drag+Right Arrow/Left Arrow | Add/Remove vertical lines from grid |
| Drag then Ctrl+Drag | Change decay rate of spiral |
| Drag then Alt+Drag | Add/Subtract winds from spiral while increasing length |
| ] | Increase size of Blob brush |
| [ | Decrease size of Blob brush |
| Shift | Constrain Blob brush horizontal/vertical |
| Shift+D | Switch through drawing modes |
| Select Path then Ctrl+J | Join two or more path |
| Select Path then Shift+Ctrl+Alt+J | Create corner/smooth join |
| Shift+P | Perspective Grid Tool |
| Shift+V | Perspective Selection Tool |
| Ctrl+Shift+I | Perspective Grid |
| Ctrl+Alt+Drag | Copying objects in perspective |
| 5 then Click+Drag | Moving objects perpendicularly |
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| 2. Selecting Shortcuts | |
|---|---|
| Ctrl | Switch to last used selection tools |
| Alt | Switch Direct/Group selection tools |
| Shift+Click | Add/Subtract with various tools |
| Alt+Click | Subtract from selection with magic wand tool |
| Shift+Drag | Add to selection with Lasso tool |
| Alt+Drag | Subtract from selection with Lasso tool |
| Caps | Change pointer to cross hair for Lasso tool |
| Ctrl+Alt+A | Select artwork in active artboard |
| Ctrl+C+O | Create crop marks around selected object |
| PressCtrl+Click twicw | Select behind an object |
| Ctrl+Click twice | Select behind in isolation mode |
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| 3. Selectiong Tool | |
|---|---|
| V | Selection tool |
| A | Direct selection tool |
| Y | magic wind tool |
| Q | Lasso tool |
| P | Pen tool |
| Shift+B | Blob brush tool |
| +/- | Add/Delete anchor point tool |
| Shift+C | Convert anchor point tool |
| T | Type tool |
| Line segment tool | |
| M | Rectangle tool |
| L | Ellipse tool |
| B | Paintbrush tool |
| N | Pencil tool |
| R | Rotate tool |
| O | Reflect tool |
| S | Scale tool |
| Shift+R | Warp tool |
| Shift+W | Width tool |
| E | Free Transform tool |
| Shift+M | Shape builder tool |
| Shift+P | Perspective grid tool |
| Shift+V | Perspective selection tool |
| Shift+S | Symbol sprayer tool |
| J | Column graph tool |
| U | Mesh tool |
| G | Gradient tool |
| I | Eyedropper tool |
| W | Blend tool |
| Z | Zoom tool |
| H | Hand tool |
| C | Scissors tool |
| Shift+E | Eraser tool |
| Shift+K | Slice tool |
| Shift+L | Live paint selection tool |
| K | Live Paint selection tool |
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| 4. Viewing Artwork | |
|---|---|
| DoubleClick Hand tool | Fit imageable area in window |
| DoubleClick Zoom tool | Magnify to double |
| Spacebar | Move zoom marquee while dragging |
| Ctrl+Shift+H | Show/Hide artboards |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | Show/hide artboard rulers |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift+3 | Hide unselected network |
| Esc | Exit fullscreen mode |
| Ctrl+F6 | Go to next document |
| Ctrl+Shift+F6 | Go to previous document |
| Ctrl+Alt+F6 | Next document group |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F6 | Previous document group |
| Alt+V | Save Artboard to Illustrator format |
| Shift+Drag | Create artboard in other artboard |
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| 5. Editing Shapes | |
|---|---|
| Alt | Switch between various tool |
| Spacebar+Drag | Move current anchor point |
| Alt+Drag | Cut a straight line with knife tool |
| Shift+Alt+Drag | Cut 45/90 with knife tool |
| Shift+M | Select shape builder tool |
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| 6. Painting Objects | |
|---|---|
| X | Switch fill/stroke |
| D | Set fill and stroke to default |
| Shift+X | Swap fill/stroke |
| > | Select gradient fill mode |
| < | Select color fill mode |
| / | Select no stroke/fill mode |
| Ctrl+/ | Add new fill |
| Ctrl+Alt+/ | Add new stroke |
| ]/[ | Incrase/Decrase bristle brush size |
| 1/0 | Set Bristle brush paint opacity value(1 increase 10% where 0 increase 100%) |
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| 7. Panel Shortcuts | |
|---|---|
| Alt+Click New | Set Options |
| Alt+Click Del | Delete without confirm |
| Tab | Show/hide panel |
| Shift+Tab | Show/hide panels except Tools and Control |
| Shift+Enter | Apply value and keep textbox active |
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| 8. Function Key Shortcuts | |
|---|---|
| F1 | Help |
| F2 | Cut |
| F3 | Copy |
| F4 | Paste |
| F5 | Show/hide brushes panel |
| F6 | Show/hide color panel |
| F7 | Show/hide layers panel |
| F8 | Create new symbol |
| Ctrl+F8 | Show/hide Info panel |
| Ctrl+F9 | Show/hide gradient panel |
| Ctrl+F10 | Show/hide stroke panel |
| Ctrl+F11 | Show/hide attributes panel |
| F12 | Revert |
| Shift+F5 | Show/hide Graphics styles panel |
| Shift+F6 | Show/hide appearence panel |
| Shift+F7 | Show/hide align panel |
| Shift+F8 | Show/hide transform panel |
| Shift+Ctrl+F9 | Show/hide pathfinder panel |
| Shift+Ctrl+F10 | Show/hide Transparency panel |
| Shift+Ctrl+F11 | Show/hide Symbols panel |
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