Insert em dash

Insert en dash

Insert discretionary hyphen

Toggle auto-hyphenation

Insert double left quotation marks

Insert double right quotation marks

Insert single left quotation marks

Insert single right quotation marks

Insert em space

Insert en space

Insert thin space

Show hidden characters

(click New button) Set options (except for Actions, Brushes, Swatches, and Symbols panels)

Switch units of measurement

(click Delete button) Delete without confirmation (except for Layers panel)

Apply value and keep text box active

Select range of actions, brushes, layers, links, styles, or swatches

Select noncontiguous actions, brushes, layers (same level only), links, styles, or swatches

Show/Hide all panels

Show/Hide all panels except the Tools panel and Control panel

Increase/ decrease values in logical fractions of the measurement unit

Increase/ decrease measurement unit by 10x

(click expansion triangle) Expand/Collapse entire hierarchy for action set

(double click folder icon) Set options for action set

(click Play Current Selection button) Play a single command

(click New Action button) Begin recording actions without confirmation

(double click brush) Open Brush Options dialog box

(drag brush to New Brush button) Duplicate brush

Open the Character panel

Open the Paragraph panel

Increase/decrease the selected value by a small increment

Increase/decreases the selected value by a large increment

Increase/decrease the selected value by a fraction

Highlight the font name field in the Character panel

(click color bar) Select the complement for the current color fill/stroke

(click color bar) Change the nonactive fill/stroke

(click color bar) Select the complement for the nonactive fill/stroke

(click color bar) Select the inverse for the current fill/stroke

(click color bar) Select the inverse for the nonactive fill/stroke

Open Color Guide

(click color bar) Change the color mode

(drag color slider) Move color sliders in tandem

(double click to right of a numerical field) Switch between percentage and 0-255 values for RGB

Duplicate color stops

(drag color stop onto another stop) Swap color stops

(click swatch in the Swatches panel) Apply swatch color to active (or selected) color stop

(click Gradient Fill box in the Gradient panel) Reset the gradient fill to default black and white linear gradient

Show/Hide gradient arrow

(drag end point of gradient annotator) Modify angle and end-point together

Constrain Gradient tool or Gradient annotator while dragging

View Gradient annotator in selected gradient filled object

Add a layer

Add a layer while opening the New Layer dialog box

(click layer name) Select all objects on the layer

(click eye icon) Show/hide all layers but the selected one

(click eye icon) Select Outline/Preview view for the selected layer

(click eye icon) Select Outline/Preview view for all other layers

(click lock icon) Lock/unlock all other layers

(click expansion triangle) Expand all sublayers to display entire hierarchy

(click New Layer button) Set options as you create new layer

(click New Sublayer button) Set options as you create new sublayer

(click New Sublayer button) Place new sublayer at bottom of layer list

(click New Layer button) Place layer at top of layer list

(click New Layer button) Place layer below selected layer

(drag selection) Copy the selection to a layer, sublayer, or group

(click New Swatch button) Create new spot color

(click New Swatch button) Create new global process color

(drag a swatch over another) Replace swatch with another

Apply a value and keep focus in edit field

Apply a value and copy object

Apply a value and scale option proportionately for width or height

Apply last effect to the selected object

Apply last effect to the selected object by adjusting the values in the effects dialog box

(click on mask thumbnail) Change mask to grayscale image for editing

(click on mask thumbnail) Disable opacity mask

(click on disabled mask thumbnail) Re-enable opacity mask

(click opacity field then up or down) Increase/decrease opacity in 1% increments

(Shift + click opacity field then up or down) Increase/decrease opacity in 10% increments

Invoke Help

Cut

Copy

Paste

Show/hide Brushes panel

Show/hide Color panel

Show/hide Layers panel

Create new symbol

Show/hide Info panel

Show/hide Gradient panel

Show/hide Stroke panel

Show/hide Attributes panel

Revert

Show/hide Graphic Styles panel

Show/hide Appearance panel

Show/hide Align panel

Show/hide Transform panel

Show/hide Pathfinder panel

Show/hide Transparency panel

Show/hide Symbols panel