| Tools |
|---|
| Selection tool | V |
| Direct Selection tool | A |
| Pen tool | P |
| Add Anchor Point | + |
| Delete Anchor Point | - |
| Type tool | T |
| Line Segment tool | \ |
| Rectangle tool | M |
| Ellipse tool | L |
| Paintbrush tool | B |
| Pencil tool | N |
| Rotate tool | R |
| Scale tool | S |
| Reflect tool | O |
| Shear tool | W |
| Width tool | ⇧W |
| Eyedropper tool | I |
| Blend tool | W |
| Gradient tool | G |
| Hand tool | H |
| Zoom tool | Z |
| Select Artboard tool | ⇧O |
| Select Magic Wand tool | Y |
| Select Lasso tool | Q |
| Select Blob Brush tool | ⇧B |
| Select Anchor Point tool | ⇧C |
| Select Touch Type tool | ⇧T |
| Select Shaper tool | ⇧N |
| Select Warp tool | ⇧R |
| Select Free Transform tool | E |
| Select Perspective Grid tool | ⇧P |
| Select Perspective Selection tool | ⇧V |
| Select Symbol Sprayer tool | ⇧S |
| Select Column Graph tool | J |
| Select Mesh tool | U |
| Select Live Paint Bucket tool | K |
| Select Live Paint Selection tool | ⇧L |
| Select Slice tool | ⇧K |
| Select Eraser tool | ⇧E |
| Select Scissors tool | C |
| Edit |
|---|
| Undo | ⌘Z |
| Redo | ⌘⇧Z |
| Cut | ⌘X |
| Copy | ⌘C |
| Paste | ⌘V |
| Paste in Front | ⌘F |
| Paste in Back | ⌘B |
| Paste in Place | ⌘⇧V |
| Select All | ⌘A |
| Deselect All | ⌘⇧A |
| Find / Replace | ⌘F |
| Check spelling | ⌘I |
| Open Color Settings | ⌘⇧K |
| Open Keyboard Shortcuts settings | ⌘⌥⇧K |
| Open Preferences | ⌘K |
| Object |
|---|
| Group | ⌘G |
| Ungroup | ⌘⇧G |
| Bring to Front | ⌘⇧] |
| Bring Forward | ⌘] |
| Send Backward | ⌘[ |
| Send to Back | ⌘⇧[ |
| Lock | ⌘2 |
| Unlock All | ⌘⌥2 |
| Hide | ⌘3 |
| Show All | ⌘⌥3 |
| Transform Again | ⌘D |
| Make Clipping Mask | ⌘7 |
| Release Clipping Mask | ⌘⌥7 |
| Toggle Lasso precision cursor | CapsLock |
| Select artwork on active artboard | ⌘⌥A |
| Reselect previous selection | ⌘6 |
| Lock all unselected artwork | ⌘⌥⇧2 |
| Make compound path | ⌘8 |
| Release compound path | ⌘⌥⇧8 |
| Blend objects | ⌘⌥B |
| Make warp envelope distortion | ⌘⌥⇧W |
| Make mesh envelope distortion | ⌘⌥M |
| Make envelope from top object | ⌘⌥C |
| Repeat last Pathfinder effect | ⌘4 |
| Open Transform Each | ⌘⌥⇧D |
| Toggle fill and stroke target | X |
| Reset fill and stroke to defaults | D |
| Swap fill and stroke colors | ⇧X |
| Create Live Paint with Paint Bucket active | ⌘⌥X |
| Add layer | ⌘L |
| Add layer using New Layer dialog | ⌘⌥L |
| Apply Transform value and copy object | ⌥Enter |
| Apply proportional width or height value | ⌘Enter |
| Apply last effect to selected object | ⌘⇧E |
| Apply last effect with settings dialog | ⌘⌥⇧E |
| View |
|---|
| Zoom In | ⌘= |
| Zoom Out | ⌘- |
| Fit to window | ⌘0 |
| Actual size (100%) | ⌘1 |
| Show / Hide Rulers | ⌘R |
| Show / Hide Grid | ⌘' |
| Snap to Grid | ⌘⇧' |
| Show / Hide Guides | ⌘; |
| Lock Guides | ⌘⌥; |
| Outline / Preview mode | ⌘Y |
| Cycle screen modes | F |
| Temporarily select Zoom In | ⌘Space |
| Temporarily select Zoom Out | ⌘⌥Space |
| Hide bounding box | ⌘⇧B |
| Hide unselected artwork | ⌘⌥⇧3 |
| Toggle artboards | ⌘⇧H |
| Show transparency grid | ⌘⇧D |
| Fit all artboards in window | ⌘⌥0 |
| Toggle GPU and CPU Preview | ⌘E |
| Show Overprint Preview | ⌘⌥⇧Y |
| Show Pixel Preview | ⌘⌥Y |
| Make guides | ⌘5 |
| Toggle Smart Guides | ⌘U |
| Cycle measurement units | ⌘⌥⇧U |
| Toggle all panels | Tab |
| Toggle panels except Tools and Control | ⇧Tab |
| Type |
|---|
| Increase font size | ⌘⇧> |
| Decrease font size | ⌘⇧< |
| Increase tracking | ⌥Right |
| Decrease tracking | ⌥Left |
| Align left | ⌘⇧L |
| Align center | ⌘⇧C |
| Align right | ⌘⇧R |
| Justify | ⌘⇧J |
| Move caret one word right | ⌘→ |
| Select one word right | ⌘⇧→ |
| Select to previous paragraph | ⌘⇧↑ |
| Justify all paragraph lines | ⌘⇧F |
| Reset horizontal text scale to 100% | ⌘⇧X |
| Increase font size by larger steps | ⌘⌥⇧. |
| Decrease leading in horizontal text | ⌥↑ |
| Reset tracking and kerning to zero | ⌘⌥Q |
| Increase kerning or tracking fivefold | ⌘⌥→ |
| Raise baseline in horizontal text | ⌥⇧↑ |
| Create text outlines | ⌘⇧O |
| Open Character panel | ⌘T |
| Open Paragraph panel | ⌘⌥T |
| Open Tabs panel | ⌘⇧T |
| Open OpenType panel | ⌘⌥⇧T |
| Toggle automatic hyphenation | ⌘⌥⇧H |
| Insert thin space | ⌘⌥⇧M |
| Show hidden characters | ⌘⌥I |
| Focus font name in Character panel | ⌘⌥⇧F |
| File |
|---|
| New | ⌘N |
| Open | ⌘O |
| Save | ⌘S |
| Save As | ⌘⇧S |
| Export As | ⌘⌥⇧S |
| Place | ⌘⇧P |
| Print | ⌘P |
| Close | ⌘W |
| Create document without dialog | ⌘⌥N |
| Open File Information | ⌘⌥⇧I |
| Open Document Setup | ⌘⌥P |
| Browse in Adobe Bridge | ⌘⌥O |
| Save a copy of the document | ⌘⌥S |
| Open Export for Screens | ⌘⌥E |
| Package document | ⌘⌥⇧P |
| Quit Illustrator | ⌘Q |