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Writer's pictureCasper Andersen

Illustrator keyboard shortcuts

I made a quick overview of the most essential Adobe Illustrator keyboard shortcuts. It is part of my series of productivity enhancement keyboard shortcuts for creative software. They work on both windows and mac.

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General Shortcuts:

  • New Document: Ctrl/⌘ + N

  • Open: Ctrl/⌘ + O

  • Save: Ctrl/⌘ + S

  • Undo: Ctrl/⌘ + Z

  • Redo: Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + Z

  • Copy: Ctrl/⌘ + C

  • Paste: Ctrl/⌘ + V

  • Paste in Place: Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + V

  • Group: Ctrl/⌘ + G

  • Ungroup: Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + G

  • Lock Selection: Ctrl/⌘ + 2

  • Unlock All: Ctrl/⌘ + Alt + 2


View & Navigation:

  • Fit Artboard in Window: Ctrl/⌘ + 0

  • Zoom In: Ctrl/⌘ + +

  • Zoom Out: Ctrl/⌘ + -

  • Actual Size (100%): Ctrl/⌘ + 1

  • Toggle Rulers: Ctrl/⌘ + R

  • Show/Hide Grid: Ctrl/⌘ + ' (Apostrophe)

  • Show/Hide Guides: Ctrl/⌘ + ; (Semicolon)


Selection Tools:

  • Selection Tool: V

  • Direct Selection Tool: A

  • Magic Wand Tool: Y

  • Lasso Tool: Q

  • Select All: Ctrl/⌘ + A

  • Deselect All: Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + A


Drawing & Editing:

  • Pen Tool: P

  • Add Anchor Point Tool: +

  • Delete Anchor Point Tool: -

  • Line Segment Tool: \ (Backslash)

  • Rectangle Tool: M

  • Ellipse Tool: L

  • Paintbrush Tool: B

  • Pencil Tool: N

  • Eraser Tool: Shift + E

  • Rotate Tool: R

  • Scale Tool: S

  • Free Transform Tool: E

  • Shape Builder Tool: Shift + M


Type Tools:

  • Type Tool: T

  • Area Type Tool: Shift + T

  • Increase Font Size: Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + >

  • Decrease Font Size: Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + <


Color & Appearance:

  • Default Fill and Stroke: D

  • Swap Fill and Stroke: Shift + X

  • Color Panel: F6

  • Gradient Tool: G

  • Eyedropper Tool: I


Layers:

  • New Layer: Ctrl/⌘ + L

  • Duplicate Layer: Ctrl/⌘ + Alt + L


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