InDesign Windows Shortcuts

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InDesign Windows keyboard shortcuts
ActionWindows Shortcut
General
New DocumentCtrlN
Open DocumentCtrlO
Close DocumentCtrlW
SaveCtrlS
Save AsCtrlShiftS
PlaceCtrlD
ExportCtrlE
PrintCtrlP
Select Selection toolV
Select Direct Selection toolA
Toggle Selection and Direct Selection toolsCtrlTab
Select Page toolShiftP
Select Gap toolU
Select Pen toolP
Select Convert Direction Point toolShiftC
Select Type toolT
Select Type on a Path toolShiftT
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 activeAltSpace
Select Zoom toolZ
Toggle fill and stroke targetX
Swap fill and stroke colorsShiftX
Toggle container and text formatting targetJ
Select Gradient Feather toolShiftG
Temporarily select Zoom OutCtrlAltSpace
Edit And Type
UndoCtrlZ
RedoCtrlShiftZ
CutCtrlX
CopyCtrlC
PasteCtrlV
Paste In PlaceCtrlAltShiftV
Find ChangeCtrlF
Check SpellingCtrlI
Apply bold when font supports itCtrlShiftB
Apply italic when font supports itCtrlShiftI
Apply normal text styleCtrlShiftY
Underline textCtrlShiftU
Apply automatic leadingCtrlAltShiftA
Toggle alignment to baseline gridCtrlAltShiftG
Toggle automatic hyphenationCtrlAltShiftH
Clear manual kerning and reset trackingCtrlAltQ
Select all text in storyCtrlA
View And Layout
Zoom InCtrl=
Zoom OutCtrl-
Fit Page In WindowCtrl0
Fit Spread In WindowCtrlAlt0
Actual SizeCtrl1
Show Hide GuidesCtrl;
Show Hide Baseline GridCtrlAlt'
Preview ModeW
Switch current and previous zoom levelsCtrlAlt2
Cycle measurement unitsCtrlAltShiftU
Activate Control panelCtrl6
Toggle Character and Paragraph mode in Control panelCtrlAlt7
Open Character panelCtrlT
Open Paragraph panelCtrlAltT
Open Tabs panelCtrlShiftT
Enable Overprint PreviewCtrlAltShiftY
Show cyan separation plateCtrlAltShift1
Show magenta separation plateCtrlAltShift2
Show yellow separation plateCtrlAltShift3
Show black separation plateCtrlAltShift4
Objects
GroupCtrlG
UngroupCtrlShiftG
LockCtrlL
Unlock All On SpreadCtrlAltL
Bring To FrontCtrlShift]
Send To BackCtrlShift[
Bring ForwardCtrl]
Send BackwardCtrl[
Select content of selected containerShiftEsc
Toggle high-quality and fast displayCtrlAltShiftZ
Select all guidesCtrlAltG