Adobe Illustrator - Short Cut Keys

Selecting & Moving
To access Selection or Direction Selection tool (whichever was used last) at any time	Control
To switch between Selection and Direct Selection tools	Ctrl–`
To cycle through tools behind column tool	Alt–click tool
To make copy while dragging	Alt
Add to a selection	Shift
Move selection (in 1-point increments)	Arrow keys
Move selection (in 10-point increments)	Shift–any Arrow keys
Lock selected artwork	Ctrl–2
Lock all deselected artwork	Ctrl–Alt–Shift–2
Unlock all artwork	Ctrl–Alt–2
Hide selected artwork	Ctrl–3
Hide all deselected artwork	Ctrl–Alt–Shift–3
Show all artwork	Ctrl–Alt–3
Path Editing
Join and Average at same time	Ctrl–Alt–Shift–J
To get Anchor Point tool while using Pen tool	Alt
Switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tools	Alt
To get Add Anchor Point tool while using Scissors tool	Alt
Move anchor point while drawing with Pen tool	Spacebar
Create closed path with Pencil or Paintbrush tool	When finished drawing, hold Alt and release mouse
Connect to an open (and selected) path with Pencil tool	Ctrl–drag
Painting & Transforming
To get Eyedropper tool while using Live Paint Bucket tool	Alt
Samples intermediate color from gradient, picture, etc. with Eyedropper	Shift
Sets center point and shows dialog	Alt–click with tool
Duplicates while transforming selection	Alt–drag
Transform pattern without transforming object	Tilde(~)–drag
Scale proportionally with Selection tool	Shift–drag bounding box
Scale from center with Selection tool	Alt–drag bounding box
Move mesh point along path with Mesh tool	Shift–drag
Add mesh point with Mesh tool without changing color	Shift–click
Remove mesh point with Mesh tool	Alt–click
Shapes (While Drawing)
Draw from center	Alt
Draw from center with dialog	Alt–click
Constrain proportion	Shift
Constrain orientation of polygons, stars, spirals	Shift
Move object while drawing	Hold Spacebar
Add/subtract sides, points, spiral segments	Up or Down Arrow
Decrease/Increase inner radius	Ctrl
Create continuous duplicates along mouse movement	Hold Tilde(~) while dragging
Viewing & Guides
To get Hand Tool (while NOT editing Type)	Spacebar
To get Hand Tool (while editing Type)	Hold Control, then Spacebar. (This will show the Zoom tool.) Let go of Control so you see the Hand tool and immediately start dragging the mouse so you don't end up typing spaces. Be sure to let go of the Spacebar while dragging so you again don't type more spaces.
Zoom In Tool	Ctrl–Spacebar
Zoom Out Tool	Ctrl–Alt–Spacebar
Zoom In to exact size	Ctrl–Spacebar–drag
Switch between Outline and Preview modes	Ctrl–Y
Switch between GPU and CPU preview (if available)	Ctrl–E
Hide/Show all tools and panels	Tab
Hide/Show all panels except Tools and Control	Shift–Tab
Switch between horizontal/vertical guide	Hold Alt while dragging out a new guide
Release Guide (turns it into a regular path)	Ctrl–Shift–double–click
Type
Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 2pts	Ctrl–Shift–> or <
Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 10pts	Ctrl–Alt–Shift–> or <
Increase/Decrease Leading by 2pts	Alt–Down/Up Arrow
Increase/Decrease kerning/tracking	Alt–Right/Left Arrow
Kerning/tracking x 5	Ctrl–Alt–Right/Left Arrow
Increase/Decrease baseline shift	Shift–Alt–Up/Down Arrow
Baseline shift x 5	Ctrl–Alt–Shift Up/Down Arrow
Align type left, right, center	Ctrl–Shift–L, R, C
Justify with last line left aligned	Ctrl–Shift–J
Justify last line	Ctrl–Shift–F
Reset horizontal/vertical scale to 100%	Ctrl–Shift–X
Reset kerning or tracking to 0	Ctrl–Alt–Q
Panels
Show/Hide Brushes panel	F5
Show/Hide Color panel	F6
Show/Hide Layers panel	F7
Show/Hide Info panel	Ctrl–F8
Show/Hide Gradient panel	Ctrl–F9
Show/Hide Stroke panel	Ctrl–F10
Show/Hide Attributes panel	Ctrl–F11
Show/Hide Graphic Styles panel	Shift–F5
Show/Hide Appearance panel	Shift–F6
Show/Hide Align panel	Shift–F7
Show/Hide Transform panel	Shift–F8
Show/Hide Pathfinder panel	Shift–Ctrl–F9
Show/Hide Transparency panel	Shift–Ctrl–F10
Show/Hide Symbols panel	Shift–Ctrl–F11
Layers Panel
To create new layer and edit properties	Alt–click New Layer button
Toggle layer between Preview/Outline mode	Ctrl–click on eye
Show layer while turning off all others	Alt–click on eye
Select all items on layer	Alt–click layer name
Copy selected item to different layer	Alt–drag selection square in Layers panel
To create the new layer at the top of list	Ctrl–click New Layer button
To create the new layer below selected layer	Ctrl–Alt–click New Layer button
Color Panel
Saturate/Desaturate current color	Shift–drag color slider
Change Color Mode	Shift–click color bar
Select compliment of current color	Ctrl–click color bar
Swatches Panel
Create a swatch as a global color	Crtl–Shift–click New Swatch button
Replace a swatch with another	Alt–drag new swatch over old
Miscellaneous Good Stuff
Create New Symbol	F8
Swap colors in a gradient	Alt–drag a color stop onto another
Revert file	F12

Tools
V	Selection
A	Direct Selection
Y	Magic Wand
Q	Lasso
P	Pen
+	Add Anchor Point
-	Delete Anchor Point
Shift–C	Anchor Point
Shift–`	Curvature
T	Type
Shift–T	Touch Type
\	Line Segment
M	Rectangle
L	Ellipse
B	Paintbrush
Shift–B	Blob Brush
Shift–N	Shaper
N	Pencil
Shift–E	Eraser
C	Scissors
R	Rotate
O	Reflect
S	Scale
Shift–W	Width
Shift–R	Warp
E	Free Transform
Shift–M	Shape Builder
K	Live Paint Bucket
Shift–L	Live Paint Selection
Shift–P	Perspective Grid
Shift–V	Perspective Selection
U	Mesh
G	Gradient
I	Eyedropper
W	Blend
Shift–S	Symbol Sprayer
J	Column Graph
Shift–O	Artboard
Shift–K	Slice
H	Hand
Z	Zoom
X	Toggle between Fill & Stroke
Shift–X	Swap Fill & Stroke
D	Default Fill & Stroke (white fill/black stroke)
<	Fill or Stroke w/Color
>	Fill or Stroke w/Gradient
/	Fill or Stroke w/None
Shift–D	Cycle through Drawing Modes
F	Cycle through Screen Modes
Double–click tools to bring up options.
Press CAPS LOCK to change tool pointer to crosshair.
Hold down Shift to constrain movement to 45°, 90°, 135°, or 180°.

Keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10

Keyboard shortcuts are keys or combinations of keys that provide an alternate way to do something that you’d typically do with a mouse.

Copy, paste, and other general keyboard shortcuts

Press this key	To do this
Ctrl + X	Cut the selected item
Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert)	Copy the selected item
Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert)	Paste the selected item
Ctrl + Z	Undo an action
Alt + Tab	Switch between open apps
Alt + F4	Close the active item, or exit the active app
Windows logo key  + L	Lock your PC
Windows logo key  + D	Display and hide the desktop
F2	Rename the selected item
F3	Search for a file or folder in File Explorer
F4	Display the address bar list in File Explorer
F5	Refresh the active window
F6	Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F10	Activate the Menu bar in the active app
Alt + F8	Show your password on the sign-in screen
Alt + Esc	Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened
Alt + underlined letter	Perform the command for that letter
Alt + Enter	Display properties for the selected item
Alt + Spacebar	Open the shortcut menu for the active window
Alt + Left arrow	Go back
Alt + Right arrow	Go forward
Alt + Page Up	Move up one screen
Alt + Page Down	Move down one screen
Ctrl + F4	Close the active document (in apps that are full-screen and let you have multiple documents open at the same time)
Ctrl + A	Select all items in a document or window
Ctrl + D (or Delete)	Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin
Ctrl + R (or F5)	Refresh the active window
Ctrl + Y	Redo an action
Ctrl + Right arrow	Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word
Ctrl + Left arrow	Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word
Ctrl + Down arrow	Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph
Ctrl + Up arrow	Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph
Ctrl + Alt + Tab	Use the arrow keys to switch between all open apps
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + arrow keys	When a group or tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it in the direction specified
Ctrl + arrow key (to move to an item) + Spacebar	Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop
Ctrl + Shift with an arrow key	Select a block of text
Ctrl + Esc	Open Start
Ctrl + Shift + Esc	Open Task Manager
Ctrl + Shift	Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available
Ctrl + Spacebar	Turn the Chinese input method editor (IME) on or off
Shift + F10	Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
Shift with any arrow key	Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document
Shift + Delete	Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first
Right arrow	Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu
Left arrow	Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu
Esc	Stop or leave the current task

Windows 7 WordPad Keyboard shortcuts

Windows 7’s WordPad is a very good program for me. Now I had collected some useful keyboard shortcuts for WordPad.

F1 Open WordPad Help
F3 Find the next instance of that text
F10 Display keytips
F12 Save the document as a new file

Ctrl+A: Select the entire document
Ctrl+B: Make selected text bold
Ctrl+D: Insert a Microsoft Paint drawing
Ctrl+F: Find text in a document
Ctrl+I: Italicize selected text
Ctrl+U: Underline selected text
Ctrl+N: Create a new document
Ctrl+O: Open an existing document
Ctrl+S: Save changes to a document
Ctrl+H Replace text in a document
Ctrl+Y: Redo a change
Ctrl+P: Print a document
Ctrl+L: Align text left
Ctrl+E: Align text center
Ctrl+R: Align text right
Ctrl+J: Justify text
Ctrl+X: Cut a selection
Ctrl+C: Copy a selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl+V: Paste a selection from the Clipboard
Ctrl+Z: Undo a change
Ctrl+1 Set single line spacing
Ctrl+2 Set double line spacing
Ctrl+5 Set line spacing to 1.5

Ctrl+= Make selected text subscript
Ctrl+Shift+= Make selected text superscript
Ctrl+Shift+> Increase the font size
Ctrl+Shift+< Decrease the font size
Ctrl+Shift+A Change characters to ALL CAPITALS
Ctrl+Shift+L Change the bullet style

Ctrl+Left Arrow Move the cursor one word to the left
Ctrl+Right Arrow Move the cursor one word to the right
Ctrl+Up Arrow Move the cursor to the line above
Ctrl+Down Arrow Move the cursor to the line below
Ctrl+Home Move to the beginning of the document
Ctrl+End Move to the end of the document
Ctrl+Page Up Move up one page
Ctrl+Page Down Move down one page
Ctrl+Delete Delete the next word

Alt+F4 Close WordPad
Shift+F10 Show the current shortcut menu

PowerPoint Shortcut Keys

Action	PowerPoint shortcut
Bold	Ctrl-B
Close	Ctrl-W
Close	Ctrl-F4
Copy	Ctrl-C
Find	Ctrl-F
Italics	Ctrl-I
Menu bar	F10
New slide	Ctrl-N
Next window	Ctrl-F6
Open	Ctrl-O
Paste	Ctrl-V
Print	Ctrl-P
Repeat Find	Shift-F4
Repeat/Redo	Ctrl-Y
Replace	Ctrl-H
Save	Ctrl-S
Slide Show: Begin	F5
Slide Show: Black screen show/hide	B
Slide Show: End	Esc
Slide Show: Erase annotations	E
Slide Show: Go to next hidden slide	H
Slide Show: Hide pointer and button always	Ctrl-L
Slide Show: Hide pointer and button temporarily	Ctrl-H
Slide Show: Mouse pointer to arrow	Ctrl-A
Slide Show: Mouse pointer to pen	Ctrl-P
Slide Show: Next slide	N
Slide Show: Previous slide	P
Slide Show: Set new timings while rehearsing	T
Slide Show: Stop/restart automatic slide show	S
Slide Show: Use mouse-click to advance (rehearsing)	M
Slide Show: Use original timings	O
Slide Show: White screen show/hide	W
Spelling and Grammar check	F7
Switch to the next presentation window	Ctrl-F6
Switch to the next tab in a dialog box	Ctrl-Tab / Ctrl-Page Down
Switch to the previous presentation window	Ctrl-Shift-F6
Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box	Ctrl-Shift-Tab / Ctrl-Page Up
Turn character formatting on or of	Num /
Underline	Ctrl-U
Undo	Ctrl-Z

21 Desktop Shortcut Keys To Ever Use

• Windows key + E = Explorer
• Windows key + Break = System properties
• Windows key + F = Search
• Windows key + D = Hide/Display all windows
• Windows key + R = Run command pop-ups
• ALT + Tab = Switch between windows
• ALT, Space, X = Maximize window
• CTRL + Shift + Esc = Task Manager
• CTRL + C = Copy
• CTRL + X = Cut
• CTRL + V = Paste
• CTRL + Z   = Undo an action
• CTRL + Y  = Redo an action
• CTRL + A  =Select all items in a document or window
• F1 = Display Help
• F2 = Rename the selected item
• F3 = Search for a file or folder
• F4 = Display the Address bar list in Windows Explorer
• F5 = Refresh the active window
• F6 = Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop
• F10 = Activate the menu bar in the active program

These commands are very useful to day to day life, keep using and then you'll automatically remember when you want

Inserting Symbol

If there is an unusual symbol that you happen to use often, you can make things easier by assigning that symbol a keyboard shortcut that can be used to insert it.

Do as follows

1. Select Symbol on the Insert menu.



2. Find your symbol and click Shortcut key.

3. Enter the key combination you want to use in the Enter new shortcut field.

4. Click Assign, then click Close.

5. Click Cancel to close the Symbol dialog box.

Now you can use your new shortcut key to insert the symbol you chose.

Using a keyboard shortcut to insert a bookmark

You can use bookmarks to set positions in a document. Bookmarks are named, hidden symbols that can be displayed as needed.

Keyboard shortcut to insert a bookmark:

Ctrl+Shift+F5


Do as follows to display bookmarks

1. Select Options on the Tools menu.

2. Click the View tab.

3. Activate the Bookmark option.



4. Click OK.

Now you'll see where the bookmarks are in your document.

Keyboard shortcut for dates

To insert the date in a document, place the insertion point where you want the date and press ALT +Shift + D. If the date inserted is not correct, the Windows date settings of your PC is wrong.