See also: Mouse Usage Hints Note: Keyboard Short Cuts are completely customizable and can be exported for use on other machines under the Keyboard Preferences.
| Function | Shortcut |
| Show Help Manual | F1 |
| Show Properties Palette | F2 |
| Edit Styles | F3 |
| Show Layers Palette | F6 |
| Toggle All Guides | F11 |
| Toggle All Palettes | F12 |
| Function | Shortcut |
| File | |
| New | Ctrl+N |
| New from Template | Ctrl+Alt+N |
| Open | Ctrl+O |
| Close | Ctrl+W |
| Save | Ctrl+S |
| Save As | Ctrl+Shift+S |
| Get Text or Image depending on selection | Ctrl+I |
| Ctrl+P | |
| Print Preview | Ctrl+Alt+P |
| Quit | Ctrl+Q |
| Edit | |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo | Ctrl+Shift+Z |
| Cut | Ctrl+X |
| Copy | Ctrl+C |
| Paste | Ctrl+V |
| Copy Contents (Images Only) | Ctrl+Shift+C |
| Paste Contents (Images Only) | Ctrl+Shift+V |
| Paste Absolute Contents (Images Only) | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V |
| Select All | Ctrl+A |
| Advanced Select All | Ctrl+Alt+A |
| Deselect All | Ctrl+Shift+A |
| Search/Replace | Ctrl+F |
| Edit Text | Ctrl+T |
| Styles | F3 |
| Image Effects | Ctrl+E |
| Item | |
| Duplicate | Ctrl+D |
| Multiple Duplicate | Ctrl+Shift+D |
| Delete Item | Ctrl+K |
| Group | Ctrl+G |
| Ungroup | Ctrl+Shift+G |
| Is Locked | Ctrl+L |
| Size is Locked | Ctrl+Shift+L |
| Raise | Ctrl+Home |
| Lower | Ctrl+End |
| Raise to top | Home |
| Lower to bottom | End |
| Insert | |
| Text Frame | T |
| Image Frame | I |
| Shape | S |
| Polygon | P |
| Line | L |
| Bezier Curve | B |
| Freehand Line | F |
| Render Frame | D |
| Soft Hyphen | Ctrl+Shift+(-) |
| Non Breaking Dash | Ctrl+Alt+(-) |
| Non Breaking Space | Ctrl+Space |
| Page Number | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P |
| New Line | Shift+Return |
| Frame Break | Ctrl+Return |
| Column Break | Ctrl+Shift+Return |
| View | |
| Fit to Height | Ctrl+0 (zero) |
| Zoom to 100% | Ctrl+1 |
| Preview Mode | Ctrl+Alt+P |
| Show Rulers | Ctrl+Shift+R |
| Plugin Menu Items | |
| Save as Template | Ctrl+Alt+S |
| Save as Image | Ctrl+Shift+E |
| Others | |
| Select Tool | C |
| Rotate Tool | R |
| Zoom Tool | Z |
| Zoom In | Ctrl+(+) |
| Zoom Out | Ctrl+(-) |
| Edit Contents Mode | E |
| Link Frames | L |
| Unlink Frames | U |
| Eye Dropper | Y |
| Insert Unicode Character Value | Ctrl+Shift+U |
| Stacked Objects, next in Z-order* | Ctrl+Shift+LMouse |
| Resize proportionally | Ctrl+drag** |
| Move frame/group with X/Y constrained*** | Ctrl+drag |
| Rotate a line or when creating a line, constrain the angle of rotation | Ctrl+drag and rotate |
| Rotate an existing item on the page other than a line and constrain the angle of rotation**** | Ctrl+drag and rotate |
You can constrain objects when re-sizing them with Ctrl+drag. Constraining keeps the aspect ratio the same as the original shape.
| Esc | Closes Story Editor |
| Ctrl+W | Save Changes and Close Story Editor |
| Ctrl+S | Save File While Editing in Story Editor |
| The following are for points, millimeters, picas*, centimeters, ciceros | |
| Arrow keys | Move item 1 unit |
| Ctrl+Arrow | Move item 10 units |
| Shift+Arrow | Move item 0.1 units |
| Ctrl+Shift+Arrow | Move item 0.01 units |
| * Movement units for picas are points | |
| The following are for inches | |
| Arrow keys | Move item 0.139 units** |
| Ctrl+Arrow | Move item 1 unit |
| Shift+Arrow | Move item 0.1 units |
| Ctrl+Shift+Arrow | Move item 0.01 units |
| Enlarging/Shrinking Frames*** | |
| Alt+Right Arrow | Enlarges by moving right side outward |
| Alt+Left Arrow | Enlarges by moving left side outward |
| Alt+Up Arrow | Enlarges by moving top side outward |
| Alt+Down Arrow | Enlarges by moving bottom side outward |
| Shift+Alt+Right Arrow | Shrinks by moving left side inward |
| Shift+Alt+Left Arrow | Shrinks by moving right side inward |
| Shift+Alt+Up Arrow | Shrinks by moving bottom side inward |
| Shift+Alt+Down Arrow | Shrinks by moving top side inward |
| Shift | Ctrl | Shift+Ctrl | |
| Movement: | 0.1 × Scaling | 0.01 × Scaling | 0.001 × Scaling |
| Example | |||
| 48.1% Scale: | 4.81 units | 0.481 units | 0.0481 units |
Clearly, with units of inches, one would need to be careful. Furthermore, note that if your X-Scale is different from Y-Scale, the movement will be different in each direction, again according to this calculation.
Holding Shift while Left clicking adds objects to current selection, for multiple selection.
Shift+Right/Left Arrow selects Characters
Ctrl+Shift+Right/Left Arrow selects Words
Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down selects to beginning/end of paragraph
Shift+Home selects Text back to the beginning of the line
Shift+End selects Text to the end of the line
Ctrl+Right/Left Arrow moves to the next/previous Word
Ctrl+Up/Down Arrow moves to the beginning/end of current paragraph or the previous/next paragraph
PgUp/PgDn moves to beginning/end of current frame.
Ctrl+Alt+Click selects a single Object out of a Groups