InDesign macOS Shortcuts

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InDesign macOS keyboard shortcuts
ActionmacOS Shortcut
General
New Document⌘N
Open Document⌘O
Close Document⌘W
Save⌘S
Save As⌘⇧S
Place⌘D
Export⌘E
Print⌘P
Select Selection toolV
Select Direct Selection toolA
Toggle Selection and Direct Selection tools⌘⌃Tab
Select Page tool⇧P
Select Gap toolU
Select Pen toolP
Select Convert Direction Point tool⇧C
Select Type toolT
Select Type on a Path tool⇧T
Select Pencil toolN
Select Rectangle Frame toolF
Select Rectangle toolM
Select Ellipse toolL
Select Rotate toolR
Select Scale toolS
Select Shear toolO
Select Free Transform toolE
Select Eyedropper toolI
Select Measure toolK
Select Gradient Swatch toolG
Select Scissors toolC
Select Hand toolH
Temporary Hand tool with text cursor active⌥Space
Select Zoom toolZ
Toggle fill and stroke targetX
Swap fill and stroke colors⇧X
Toggle container and text formatting targetJ
Select Gradient Feather tool⇧G
Temporarily select Zoom Out⌘⌥Space
Edit And Type
Undo⌘Z
Redo⌘⇧Z
Cut⌘X
Copy⌘C
Paste⌘V
Paste In Place⌘⌥⇧V
Find Change⌘F
Check Spelling⌘I
Apply bold when font supports it⌘⇧B
Apply italic when font supports it⌘⇧I
Apply normal text style⌘⇧Y
Underline text⌘⇧U
Apply automatic leading⌘⌥⇧A
Toggle alignment to baseline grid⌘⌥⇧G
Toggle automatic hyphenation⌘⌥⇧H
Clear manual kerning and reset tracking⌘⌥Q
Select all text in story⌘A
View And Layout
Zoom In⌘=
Zoom Out⌘-
Fit Page In Window⌘0
Fit Spread In Window⌘⌥0
Actual Size⌘1
Show Hide Guides⌘;
Show Hide Baseline Grid⌘⌥'
Preview ModeW
Switch current and previous zoom levels⌘⌥2
Cycle measurement units⌘⌥⇧U
Activate Control panel⌘6
Toggle Character and Paragraph mode in Control panel⌘⌥7
Open Character panel⌘T
Open Paragraph panel⌘⌥T
Open Tabs panel⌘⇧T
Enable Overprint Preview⌘⌥⇧Y
Show cyan separation plate⌘⌥⇧1
Show magenta separation plate⌘⌥⇧2
Show yellow separation plate⌘⌥⇧3
Show black separation plate⌘⌥⇧4
Objects
Group⌘G
Ungroup⌘⇧G
Lock⌘L
Unlock All On Spread⌘⌥L
Bring To Front⌘⇧]
Send To Back⌘⇧[
Bring Forward⌘]
Send Backward⌘[
Select content of selected container⇧Esc
Toggle high-quality and fast display⌘⌥⇧Z
Select all guides⌘⌥G