================================================ Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) keyboard shortcuts ================================================ First published at 11/5/2020 on https://defkey.com/adobe-indesign-2020-shortcuts Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing software developed by Adobe. InDesign can be used to create posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and more. Initially released in August 1999, Adobe InDesign is still being actively developed as of 2020. Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) has 440 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. File menu --------- Alt + Ctrl + O Browse in Bridge... Ctrl + W Close Alt + Ctrl + P Document Setup... Ctrl + E Export... Alt + Shift + Ctrl + I File Info... Ctrl + N New: Document... Ctrl + O Open... Alt + Shift + Ctrl + P Package... Ctrl + D Place... Ctrl + P Print... Ctrl + S Save Shift + Ctrl + S Save As... Alt + Ctrl + S Save a Copy... Edit menu --------- Shift + Ctrl + F9 Check In Alt + Shift + Ctrl + F9 Check In All Ctrl + F9 Check Out Backspace Clear Ctrl + Backspace Clear Ctrl + C Copy Ctrl + X Cut Shift + Ctrl + A Deselect All Alt + Shift + Ctrl + D Duplicate Ctrl + Y Edit in Story Editor Alt + Ctrl + F Find Next Ctrl + F Find/Change... Ctrl + V Paste Alt + Ctrl + V Paste Into Alt + Shift + Ctrl + V Paste in Place Shift + Ctrl + V Paste without Formatting Ctrl + Enter Quick Apply... Shift + Ctrl + Z Redo Ctrl + A Select All Ctrl + I Spelling: Check Spelling... Alt + Ctrl + U Step and Repeat... Alt + Ctrl + Enter Toggle search direction Ctrl + Z Undo Ctrl + F5 Update Content Application menu ---------------- Ctrl + K Preferences: General... Type menu --------- Shift + Ctrl + O Create Outlines Alt + Shift + Ctrl + O Create outlines without deleting text Enter (Text) Insert Break Character: Column Break Shift + Enter (Text) Insert Break Character: Forced Line Break Shift + Enter (Text) Insert Break Character: Frame Break Ctrl + Enter (Text) Insert Break Character: Page Break Shift + Ctrl + - (Text) Insert Special Character: Hyphens and Dashes: Discretionary Hyphen Alt + Ctrl + - (Text) Insert Special Character: Hyphens and Dashes: Nonbreaking Hyphen Alt + Shift + Ctrl + N (Text) Insert Special Character: Markers: Current Page Number Ctrl + \ (Text) Insert Special Character: Other: Indent to Here Shift + Tab (Text) Insert Special Character: Other: Right Indent Tab Ctrl + Shift + ' (Text) Insert Special Character: Quotation Marks: Straight Double Quotation Marks Ctrl + ' (Text) Insert Special Character: Quotation Marks: Straight Single Quotation Mark (Apostrophe) Shift + Ctrl + M (Text) Insert White Space: Em Space Shift + Ctrl + N (Text) Insert White Space: En Space Alt + Ctrl + X (Text) Insert White Space: Nonbreaking Space Alt + Shift + Ctrl + M (Text) Insert White Space: Thin Space Ctrl + F8 (Text) Notes: Notes Mode Alt + Ctrl + I Show Hidden Characters Shift + Ctrl + T Tabs Ctrl + Page Down (Text) Track Changes: Next Change Ctrl + Page Up (Text) Track Changes: Previous Change Layout menu ----------- Shift + Ctrl + Page Up First Page Ctrl + Page Up Go Back Ctrl + Page Down Go Forward Ctrl + J Go to Page... Shift + Ctrl + Page Down Last Page Left arrow (Presentation Mode) Left Spread Shift + Page Down Next Page Shift + Page Down (Text) Next Page Alt + Page Down Next Spread Space (Presentation Mode) Next Spread Down arrow (Presentation Mode) Next Spread Enter (Presentation Mode) Next Spread Page Down (Presentation Mode) Next Spread Shift + Ctrl + P Pages: Add Page Shift + Page Up Previous Page Shift + Page Up (Text) Previous Page Alt + Page Up Previous Spread Shift + Space (Presentation Mode) Previous Spread Backspace (Presentation Mode) Previous Spread Up arrow (Presentation Mode) Previous Spread Page Up (Presentation Mode) Previous Spread Right arrow (Presentation Mode) Right Spread Object menu ----------- Ctrl + ] Arrange: Bring Forward Shift + Ctrl + ] Arrange: Bring to Front Ctrl + [ Arrange: Send Backward Shift + Ctrl + [ Arrange: Send to Back Alt + Shift + Ctrl + K Clipping Path: Options... Alt + Ctrl + M Effects: Drop Shadow... Shift + Ctrl + E Fitting: Centre Content Alt + Shift + Ctrl + C Fitting: Fill Frame Proportionally Alt + Shift + Ctrl + E Fitting: Fit Content Proportionally Alt + Ctrl + E Fitting: Fit Content to Frame Alt + Ctrl + C Fitting: Fit Frame to Content Ctrl + G Group Ctrl + 3 Hide Ctrl + L Lock Ctrl + 8 Paths: Make Compound Path Alt + Shift + Ctrl + 8 Paths: Release Compound Path Esc Select: Container Shift + Esc Select: Content Alt + Shift + Ctrl + ] Select: First Object Above Alt + Shift + Ctrl + [ Select: Last Object Below Alt + Ctrl + ] Select: Next Object Above Alt + Ctrl + [ Select: Next Object Below Alt + Ctrl + 3 Show All on Spread Ctrl + B Text Frame Options... Alt + Ctrl + 4 Transform Again: Transform Sequence Again Shift + Ctrl + M Transform: Move... Shift + Ctrl + G Ungroup Alt + Ctrl + L Unlock All on Spread Table menu ---------- Alt + Ctrl + B (Tables) Cell Options: Text... Alt + Shift + Ctrl + T Create Table... Alt + Shift + Ctrl + T (Text) Create Table... Shift + Backspace (Tables) ⌫: Column Ctrl + Backspace (Tables) ⌫: Row Alt + Ctrl + 9 (Tables) Insert: Column... Ctrl + 9 (Tables) Insert: Row... Ctrl + / (Tables) Select: Cell Alt + Ctrl + 3 (Tables) Select: Column Ctrl + 3 (Tables) Select: Row Alt + Ctrl + A (Tables) Select: Table Alt + Shift + Ctrl + B Table Options: Table Setup... View menu --------- Ctrl + 1 Actual Size Shift + Ctrl + F2 Display Performance: Clear Object-Level Display Settings Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Z Display Performance: Fast Display Ctrl + Alt + Ctrl + H Display Performance: High Quality Display Alt + Ctrl + Z Display Performance: Typical Display Alt + Shift + Ctrl + 0 Entire Pasteboard Alt + B Extras: Hide Conveyor Ctrl + Ctrl + H Extras: Hide Frame Edges Alt + Ctrl + Y Extras: Show Text Threads Ctrl + 0 Fit Page in Window Alt + Ctrl + 0 Fit Spread in Window Ctrl + ; Grids & Guides: Hide Guides Alt + Ctrl + ; Grids & Guides: Lock Guides Alt + Ctrl + ' Grids & Guides: Show Baseline Grid Ctrl + ' Grids & Guides: Show Document Grid Ctrl + U Grids & Guides: Smart Guides Shift + Ctrl + ' Grids & Guides: Snap to Document Grid Shift + Ctrl + ; Grids & Guides: Snap to Guides Ctrl + R Hide Rulers Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Y Overprint Preview Shift + E Preview on CPU Esc (Presentation Mode) Screen Mode: Presentation Shift + W (Presentation Mode) Screen Mode: Presentation Shift + W (Presentation Mode) Screen Mode: Presentation B (Presentation Mode) Screen Mode: Set Presentation Background to Black G (Presentation Mode) Screen Mode: Set Presentation Background to Grey W (Presentation Mode) Screen Mode: Set Presentation Background to White Alt + Ctrl + 1 Structure: Show Structure Ctrl + = Zoom In Ctrl + Num + Zoom In Ctrl + - Zoom Out Ctrl + Num - Zoom Out Window menu ----------- Ctrl + M Arrange: Minimize F6 Color: Colour F5 Color: Swatches Alt + Ctrl + 6 Control Shift + Ctrl + F10 Effects F8 Info Alt + Shift + Enter Interactive: EPUB Interactivity Preview Shift + Ctrl + Enter Interactive: SWF Preview F7 Layers Shift + Ctrl + D Links Shift + F7 Object & Layout: Align Alt + Shift + Ctrl + F Output: Preflight Shift + F6 Output: Separations Preview Ctrl + F12 Pages F12 Pages Ctrl + F10 Stroke F10 Stroke Shift + Ctrl + F11 Styles: Character Styles Shift + F11 Styles: Character Styles Ctrl + F7 Styles: Object Styles Ctrl + F11 Styles: Paragraph Styles F11 Styles: Paragraph Styles Alt + Ctrl + W Text Wrap Ctrl + T Type & Tables: Character Alt + Shift + F11 Type & Tables: Glyphs Shift + F8 Type & Tables: Index Alt + Ctrl + T Type & Tables: Paragraph Shift + F9 Type & Tables: Table Alt + Ctrl + F11 Utilities: Scripts Object editing -------------- Ctrl + , Decrease scale by 1% Alt + Ctrl + , Decrease scale by 5% Enter End Path Drawing Ctrl + . Increase scale by 1% Alt + Ctrl + . Increase scale by 5% Down arrow Nudge down Shift + Ctrl + Down arrow Nudge down 1/10 Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Down arrow Nudge down 1/10 duplicate Alt + Down arrow Nudge down duplicate Shift + Down arrow Nudge down x10 Alt + Shift + Down arrow Nudge down x10 duplicate Left arrow Nudge left Shift + Ctrl + Left arrow Nudge left 1/10 Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Left arrow Nudge left 1/10 duplicate Alt + Left arrow Nudge left duplicate Shift + Left arrow Nudge left x10 Alt + Shift + Left arrow Nudge left x10 duplicate Right arrow Nudge right Shift + Ctrl + Right arrow Nudge right 1/10 Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Right arrow Nudge right 1/10 duplicate Alt + Right arrow Nudge right duplicate Shift + Right arrow Nudge right x10 Alt + Shift + Right arrow Nudge right x10 duplicate Up arrow Nudge up Shift + Ctrl + Up arrow Nudge up 1/10 Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Up arrow Nudge up 1/10 duplicate Alt + Up arrow Nudge up duplicate Shift + Up arrow Nudge up x10 Alt + Shift + Up arrow Nudge up x10 duplicate Alt + Ctrl + Down arrow Pin Bottom Edge Alt + Ctrl + Left arrow Pin Left Edge Alt + Ctrl + Right arrow Pin Right Edge Alt + Ctrl + Up arrow Pin Top Edge Alt + Shift + H Resize Horizontally Alt + Shift + V Resize Vertically Alt + Ctrl + G Select all Guides 4 Toggle Live Edit Mode Panel menus ----------- Alt + Shift + Ctrl + C (Text) Character Styles: Redefine Style Shift + Ctrl + K Character: All Caps Shift + Ctrl + H Character: Small Caps Shift + Ctrl + / Character: Strikethrough Alt + Shift + Ctrl + = Character: Subscript Shift + Ctrl + = Character: Superscript Shift + Ctrl + U Character: Underline Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Enter EPUB Interactivity Preview: Preview Document Alt + Shift + Ctrl + [ (Text) Index: Add new index entry Alt + Shift + Ctrl + ] (Text) Index: Add new index entry (reversed) Ctrl + 7 Index: New Page Reference... Alt + Shift + Ctrl + L Pages: Override All Master Page Items Alt + Shift + Ctrl + R (Text) Paragraph Styles: Redefine Style Alt + Ctrl + R Paragraph: Drop Caps and Nested Styles... Alt + Shift + Ctrl + J Paragraph: Justification... Alt + Ctrl + K Paragraph: Keep Options... Alt + Ctrl + J Paragraph: Paragraph Rules... Alt + Shift + Ctrl + F7 (Text) Tags: Autotag Structure navigation -------------------- Commands in this section will only work in XML selection. Left arrow Collapse element Alt + Left arrow Collapse element and child elements Right arrow Expand element Alt + Right arrow Expand element and child elements Shift + Down arrow Extend XML selection down Shift + Up arrow Extend XML selection up Down arrow Move XML selection down Up arrow Move XML selection up Page Down Scroll structure pane down one screen Page Up Scroll structure pane up one screen Home Select first XML node End Select last XML node Shift + Home Select through first XML node Shift + End Select through last XML node Ctrl + Right arrow View next validation error Ctrl + Left arrow View previous validation error Tools ----- = Add Anchor Point Tool , Apply Colour . Apply Gradient / Apply None Num / Apply None D Apply default fill and stroke colours Shift + I Colour Theme Tool Shift + C Convert Direction Point Tool ⌫ Anchor Point Tool A Direct Selection Tool L Ellipse Tool I Eyedropper Tool E Free Transform Tool U Gap Tool Shift + G Gradient Feather Tool G Gradient Swatch Tool H Hand Tool \ Line Tool K Measure Tool Shift + P Page Tool P Pen Tool N Pencil Tool F Rectangle Frame Tool M Rectangle Tool R Rotate Tool S Scale Tool C Scissors Tool V Selection Tool Esc (Text) Selection Tool O Shear Tool X Swap fill and stroke activation Shift + X Swap fill and stroke colours B Toggle Content Collector and Content Placer J Toggle Text and Object Control W Toggle view setting between default and preview T Type Tool Shift + T Type on a Path Tool Z Zoom Tool Text and tables --------------- Shift + Ctrl + C Align centre Shift + Ctrl + F Align force justify Shift + Ctrl + J Align justify Shift + Ctrl + L Align left Shift + Ctrl + R Align right Alt + Shift + Ctrl + G Align to baseline grid Shift + Ctrl + B Apply bold Shift + Ctrl + I Apply italic Shift + Ctrl + Y Apply normal Alt + Shift + Ctrl + A Auto leading Alt + Shift + Ctrl + H Auto-hyphenate on/off Backspace (Tables) Clear Text: Alt + Shift + Down arrow (Text) Decrease baseline ⇧ Text: Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Down arrow (Text) Decrease baseline ⇧ x 5 Text: Alt + Shift + Left arrow (Text) Decrease kerning/tracking Text: Alt + Left arrow (Text) Decrease kerning/tracking Text: Alt + Ctrl + Left arrow (Text) Decrease kerning/tracking x 5 Text: Alt + Up arrow (Text) Decrease leading Text: Alt + Ctrl + Up arrow (Text) Decrease leading x 5 Shift + Ctrl + , Decrease point size Alt + Shift + Ctrl + , Decrease point size x 5 Alt + Ctrl + Backspace Decrease word space Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Backspace Decrease word space x 5 Backspace (Tables) Delete Backspace (Text) Delete one character to the left Shift + Backspace (Text) Delete one character to the left Backspace (Text) Delete one character to the right Shift + Backspace (Text) Delete one character to the right Ctrl + Backspace (Text) Delete one word to the left Ctrl + Backspace (Text) Delete one word to the right Shift + F2 (Text) Find Next Alt + Shift + Up arrow (Text) Increase baseline shift Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Up arrow (Text) Increase baseline shift x 5 Alt + Shift + Right arrow (Text) Increase kerning/tracking Alt + Right arrow (Text) Increase kerning/tracking Alt + Ctrl + Right arrow (Text) Increase kerning/tracking x 5 Alt + Down arrow (Text) Increase leading Alt + Ctrl + Down arrow (Text) Increase leading x 5 Shift + Ctrl + . Increase point size Alt + Shift + Ctrl + . Increase point size x 5 Alt + Ctrl + \ Increase word space Alt + Shift + Ctrl + \ Increase word space x 5 Shift + F1 (Text) Load Find and Find Next instance Ctrl + F1 (Text) Load Find with selected text Ctrl + F2 (Text) Load Replace with selected text Down arrow (Tables) Move Down Left arrow (Tables) Move Left Right arrow (Tables) Move Right Up arrow (Tables) Move Up Down arrow (Text) Move down one line Alt + Page Up (Tables) Move to First Cell in Column Alt + Home (Tables) Move to First Cell in Row Page Up (Tables) Move to First Row in Frame Alt + Page Down (Tables) Move to Last Cell in Column Alt + End (Tables) Move to Last Cell in Row Page Down (Tables) Move to Last Row in Frame Tab (Tables) Move to Next Cell Shift + Tab (Tables) Move to Previous Cell Ctrl + Home (Text) Move to beginning of story Ctrl + End (Text) Move to end of story End (Text) Move to the end of the line Left arrow (Text) Move to the left one character Ctrl + Left arrow (Text) Move to the left one word Ctrl + Down arrow (Text) Move to the next paragraph Ctrl + Up arrow (Text) Move to the previous paragraph Right arrow (Text) Move to the right one character Ctrl + Right arrow (Text) Move to the right one word Home (Text) Move to the start of the line Up arrow (Text) Move up one line Shift + Ctrl + X Normal horizontal text scale Alt + Shift + Ctrl + X Normal vertical text scale Down arrow (Table Object Context) Object Down Esc (Table Object Context) Object Esc Left arrow (Table Object Context) Object Left Tab (Table Object Context) Object Move to Next Cell Shift + Tab (Table Object Context) Object Move to Prev Cell Right arrow (Table Object Context) Object Right Up arrow (Table Object Context) Object Up Alt + Ctrl + / Recompose all stories Ctrl + F3 (Text) Replace with Change To text Shift + F3 (Text) Replace with Change To text and Find Next Alt + Ctrl + Q (Text) Reset kerning and tracking Shift + Up arrow (Tables) Select Cells Above Shift + Down arrow (Tables) Select Cells Below Shift + Left arrow (Tables) Select Cells to the Left Shift + Right arrow (Tables) Select Cells to the Right Shift + Ctrl + \ (Text) Select line Shift + Left arrow (Text) Select one character to the left Shift + Right arrow (Text) Select one character to the right Shift + Up arrow (Text) Select one line above Shift + Down arrow (Text) Select one line below Shift + Ctrl + Up arrow (Text) Select one paragraph before Shift + Ctrl + Down arrow (Text) Select one paragraph forward Shift + Ctrl + Left arrow (Text) Select one word to the left Shift + Ctrl + Right arrow (Text) Select one word to the right Shift + Ctrl + Home (Text) Select to beginning of story Shift + Ctrl + End (Text) Select to end of story Shift + End (Text) Select to the end of the line Shift + Home (Text) Select to the start of the line Enter (Tables) Start Row on Next Column Shift + Enter (Tables) Start Row on Next Frame Esc (Tables) Toggle Cell/Text Selection Alt + Shift + Ctrl + ' Toggle Typographer's Quotes Preference Alt + Shift + Ctrl + / Update missing font list Views and Navigation -------------------- Ctrl + 2 200% size Ctrl + 4 400% size Ctrl + 5 50% size Alt + Ctrl + 5 Access zoom percentage box Alt + Ctrl + ` Activate last-used field in panel Alt + Shift + Ctrl + W Close all Shift + Ctrl + W Close document Home First Spread Alt + Shift + Page Up First Spread Home (Presentation Mode) First Spread Alt + Ctrl + = Fit Selection in Window Shift + F5 Force redraw Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Page Up Go to first frame in thread Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Page Down Go to last frame in thread Alt + Ctrl + Page Down Go to next frame in thread Alt + Ctrl + Page Up Go to previous frame in thread End Last Spread Alt + Shift + Page Down Last Spread End (Presentation Mode) Last Spread Alt + Ctrl + N New default document Ctrl + Tab (Presentation Mode) Next window Ctrl + ` (Presentation Mode) Next window Alt + Ctrl + Tab Open/Close all panels in side tabs Shift + Ctrl + Tab (Presentation Mode) Previous window Shift + Ctrl + ` (Presentation Mode) Previous window Alt + Shift + Ctrl + S Save all Page Down Scroll down one screen Page Down (Text) Scroll down one screen Page Up Scroll up one screen Page Up (Text) Scroll up one screen Alt + Shift + Ctrl + 5 Show 1st spot plate Alt + Shift + Ctrl + 6 Show 2nd spot plate Alt + Shift + Ctrl + 7 Show 3rd spot plate Alt + Shift + Ctrl + 4 Show Black plate Alt + Shift + Ctrl + 1 Show Cyan plate Alt + Shift + Ctrl + 2 Show Magenta plate Alt + Shift + Ctrl + 3 Show Yellow plate Alt + Shift + Ctrl + ` Show all plates Tab Show/Hide all panels Shift + Tab Show/Hide all panels except toolbox Alt + Ctrl + 7 Toggle Character and Paragraph Modes in Control Panel Ctrl + 6 Toggle Keyboard Focus in Control Panel Alt + Shift + Ctrl + U Toggle Measurement System Alt + Ctrl + 2 Toggle between current and previous views Last modified on (UTC): Thursday, November 5, 2020 Defkey © All rights reserved.