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Undo |
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Redo |
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Cut |
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Copy |
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Paste |
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Paste in front |
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Paste at back |
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Paste in place |
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Paste on all artboards |
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Check spelling |
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Open the Color Settings dialog box |
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Open the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box |
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Open the Preferences dialog box |
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Create a document |
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Create a document from a template |
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Create a document without opening the New Document dialog box |
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Open a document |
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Place a file in the document |
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Open the File Information dialog box |
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Open the Document Setup dialog box |
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Browse in Adobe Bridge |
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Close the document window |
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Save changes made to the document |
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Open the Save As dialog box |
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Save a copy of the document |
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Save the document as script files |
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Open the Export for screens dialog box |
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Open the Save For Web dialog box |
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Package the document |
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Exit the application |
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Artboard tool |
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Selection tool |
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Direct Selection tool |
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Magic Wand tool |
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Lasso tool |
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Pen tool |
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Curvature tool |
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Blob Brush tool |
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Add Anchor Point tool |
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Delete Anchor Point tool |
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Switch to Anchor Point tool |
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Type tool |
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Touch Type tool |
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Line Segment tool |
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Rectangle tool |
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Ellipse tool |
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Paintbrush tool |
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Pencil tool |
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Shaper tool |
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Rotate tool |
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Reflect tool |
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Scale tool |
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Warp tool |
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Width tool |
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Free Transform tool |
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Shape Builder Tool |
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Perspective Grid Tool |
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Perspective Selection Tool |
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Symbol Sprayer tool |
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Column Graph tool |
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Mesh tool |
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Gradient tool |
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Eyedropper tool |
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Blend tool |
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Live Paint Bucket tool |
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Live Paint Selection tool |
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Slice tool |
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Eraser tool |
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Scissors tool |
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Hand tool |
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Zoom tool |
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Switch to Smooth tool while using Blob Brush tool |
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Toggle between screen modes: Normal Screen Mode, Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar, Full Screen Mode |
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(double click Hand tool) Fit imageable area in window |
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(double click Zoom tool) Magnify 100% |
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Magnify 100% |
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Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) |
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Switch to Zoom tool in magnify mode |
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Switch to Zoom tool in reduce mode |
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Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool |
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Hide bounding box |
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Hide unselected artwork |
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(drag guide) Convert between horizontal and vertical guide |
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(double click guide) Release guide |
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Show document template |
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Show/Hide artboards |
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Show/Hide artboard rulers |
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Show transparency grid |
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View all artboards in window |
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Paste in place on the active artboard |
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Exit Artboard tool mode |
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Create artboard inside another artboard |
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Select multiple artboards in the Artboards panel |
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Navigate to next document |
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Navigate to previous document |
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Navigate to next document group |
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Navigate to previous document group |
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Toggle between Outline and GPU Preview of the document |
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Toggle between GPU and CPU Preview of the document |
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View the document in Overprint Preview mode |
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View the document in Pixel Preview mode |
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Exit Full Screen mode |
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Zoom in |
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Zoom out |
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Hide guides |
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Lock guides |
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Make guides |
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Release guides |
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Show/ hide smart guides |
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Show/ hide perspective grid |
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Show grid |
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Snap to grid |
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Snap to point |
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Switch to last-used selection tool (Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, or Group Selection tool) |
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Switch between Direct Selection tool and Group Selection tool |
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Add to a selection with Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, Live Paint Selection tool, or Magic Wand tool |
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Subtract a selection with Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, or Live Paint Selection tool |
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Subtract from selection with Magic Wand tool |
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Add to selection with Lasso tool |
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Subtract from selection with Lasso tool |
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Change pointer to cross hair for Lasso tool |
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Select artwork in active artboard |
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Create crop marks around selected object |
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Select all |
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Deselect |
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Reselect |
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Select the object above the current selection |
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Select the object below the current selection |
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Select behind an object |
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Select behind in isolation mode |
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Group the selected artwork |
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Ungroup the selected artwork |
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Lock a selection |
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Unlock a selection |
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Hide a selection |
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Show all selections |
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Move selection in user-defined increments |
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Move selection in 10x user-defined increments |
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Lock all deselected artwork |
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(hold) Constrain movement to 45° angle (except when using Reflect tool) |
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Bring a selection forward |
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Move a selection to the front |
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Send a selection backward |
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Move a selection to the back |
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Note: Set keyboard increments in General Preferences (Ctrl/ Cmd + K).
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Constrain a shape’s proportions or orientation to: equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles, ellipses, and grids |
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Increments of 45° for line and arc segments |
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Original orientation for polygons, stars, and flares |
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Move a shape while drawing it |
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Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares) |
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Keep the sides of a star straight |
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Start dragging, then press one of these shortcuts:
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Increase or decrease polygon sides, star points, arc angle, spiral winds, or flare rays |
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(hold down) Keep the inner radius of a star constant |
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(hold down) Switch between an open and closed arc |
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(hold down) Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant |
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Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral |
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Change the decay rate of a spiral |
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Add or remove horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid |
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Add or remove vertical lines from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid |
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Decrease the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% |
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Increase the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% |
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Decrease the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% |
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Increase the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% |
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Increase size of Blob Brush |
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Decrease size of Blob Brush |
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Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically |
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Switch through drawing modes |
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Select the paths, then use those shortcuts:
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Join two or more paths |
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Average two or more paths |
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Create corner or smooth join |
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Create a compound path |
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Release a compound path |
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Edit a pattern |
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Perspective Grid Tool |
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Perspective Selection Tool |
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Perspective Grid |
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(drag object) Moving objects perpendicularly |
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Use the Perspective Selection tool and then press 1 for left grid, 2 for horizontal grid, 3 for right grid, or 4 for no active grid.
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Copying objects in perspective |
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Repeat transforming objects in perspective |
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Switching between drawing modes |
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Switch Pen tool to Convert Anchor Point tool |
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Switch between Add Anchor Point tool and Delete Anchor Point tool |
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Switch Scissors tool to Add Anchor Point tool |
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Switch Pencil tool to Smooth tool |
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Move current anchor point while drawing with Pen tool |
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Cut a straight line with Knife tool |
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Cut at 45° or 90° with Knife tool |
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(click Shape mode) Use shape mode buttons in Pathfinder panel to create compound paths |
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(click the closed region) Erase unwanted closed regions created using Shape Builder tool |
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Select the Shape Builder tool |
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Display rectangular marquee to easily merge multiple paths (when using Shape Builder tool) |
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Increase the intensity of symbols (when using Symbolism tool) |
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Decrease the intensity of symbols (when using Symbolism tool) |
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Blend objects |
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Finish adding objects to the blend |
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Distort objects using a warp-shaped envelope |
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Distort objects using a mesh as the shape of the envelope |
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Distort objects using another object as the shape of the envelope |
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(click Live Paint Bucket tool) Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke |
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(click Live Paint Bucket tool) Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient |
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(click Live Paint Bucket tool) Select opposite Live Paint Bucket tool options (if Paint Fills and Paint Strokes are currently selected, switch to Paint Fills only) |
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(click Live Paint Bucket tool) Fill across unstroked edges into adjacent faces |
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(click Live Paint Bucket tool) Fill all faces that have same fill and stroke all edges that have same stroke |
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(click Live Paint Selection tool) Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke |
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(click Live Paint Selection tool) Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient |
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(click Live Paint Selection tool) Add to/subtract from a selection |
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(click Live Paint Selection tool) Select all connected faces /edges with same fill/stroke |
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(click Live Paint Selection tool) Select all faces/edges with same fill/stroke |
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Set origin point and open dialog box when using Rotate tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool |
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Duplicate and transform selection when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool |
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Transform pattern (independent of object) when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool |
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Reapply a transformation to an object |
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Apply last pathfinder effect to the selected object |
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Move an object |
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Open the Transform Each dialog box |
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Make a clipping mask |
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Release a clipping mask |
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Toggle between fill and stroke |
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Set fill and stroke to default |
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Swap fill and stroke |
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Select gradient fill mode |
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Hide gradient annotator (when using the Gradient tool) |
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Select color fill mode |
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Select no stroke/fill mode |
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(click Eyedropper tool) Sample color from an image or intermediate color from gradient |
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(click Eyedropper tool) Sample style and append appearance of currently selected item |
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Add new fill |
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Add new stroke |
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(click gradient button in Tools panel or Gradient panel) Reset gradient to black and white |
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Make Live Paint (when using the Paint Bucket tool) |
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Decrease Bristle brush size |
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Increase Bristle brush size |
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Move one character left or right |
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Move up or down one line |
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Move one word left or right |
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Move up or down one paragraph |
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Select one word left or right |
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Select one paragraph before or after |
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Extend existing selection |
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Align paragraph left |
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Align paragraph right |
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Align paragraph center |
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Justify text left |
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Justify all lines |
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Toggle line composer |
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Insert soft return |
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Highlight kerning |
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Reset horizontal scale to 100% |
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or , Increase or decrease font size |
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Increase or decrease font size by steps |
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Increase or decrease leading (horizontal text) |
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Increase or decrease leading (vertical text) |
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Select tracking value |
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Reset tracking/kerning to 0 |
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Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (horizontal text) |
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Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (vertical text) |
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Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (horizontal text) |
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Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (vertical text) |
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Increase or decrease baseline shift (horizontal text) |
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Increase or decrease baseline shift (vertical text) |
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Switch between Type and Vertical Type, Area Type and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and Vertical Path Type tools |
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Switch between Area Type and Path Type, Vertical Area Type and Vertical Path Type tools |
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Create outlines |
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Open the Character panel |
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Open the Paragraph panel |
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Open the Tabs panel |
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Open the OpenType panel |
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Insert bullets |
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Insert copyright symbol |
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Insert ellipsis |
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Insert paragraph symbol |
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Insert section symbol |
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Insert trademark symbol |
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Insert registered trademark symbol |
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Superscript |
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Subscript |
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Insert em dash |
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Insert en dash |
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Insert discretionary hyphen |
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Toggle auto-hyphenation |
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Insert double left quotation marks |
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Insert double right quotation marks |
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Insert single left quotation marks |
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Insert single right quotation marks |
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Insert em space |
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Insert en space |
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Insert thin space |
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Show hidden characters |
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Note: To change the increment value for type shortcuts, choose Edit > Preferences >Type(Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences >Type (macOS). Enter the values you want in the Size/Leading, Baseline Shift, and Tracking text boxes, and click OK.
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(click New button) Set options (except for Actions, Brushes, Swatches, and Symbols panels) |
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Switch units of measurement |
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(click Delete button) Delete without confirmation (except for Layers panel) |
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Apply value and keep text box active |
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Select range of actions, brushes, layers, links, styles, or swatches |
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Select noncontiguous actions, brushes, layers (same level only), links, styles, or swatches |
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Show/Hide all panels |
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Show/Hide all panels except the Tools panel and Control panel |
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Increase/ decrease values in logical fractions of the measurement unit |
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Increase/ decrease measurement unit by 10x |
(double click brush) Open Brush Options dialog box |
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(drag brush to New Brush button) Duplicate brush |
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Open the Character panel |
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Open the Paragraph panel |
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Increase/decrease the selected value by a small increment |
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Increase/decreases the selected value by a large increment |
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Increase/decrease the selected value by a fraction |
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Highlight the font name field in the Character panel |
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(click color bar) Select the complement for the current color fill/stroke |
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