Affinity Publisher 2 keyboard shortcuts 

Affinity Publisher 2  

Zeynel -
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- Shortcuts
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↑  Shift +

Select multiple objects

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Alt +

Select overlapped object

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.

Cycle Selection Box

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Ctrl + .

Set Selection Box

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[

Decrease/increase shape's/curve's stroke width by percentage

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or ]
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↑  Shift + [

Decrease/increase shape's/curve's stroke width by absolute values

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↑  Shift + ]

Change opacity for selected layer

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X

Switch between Stroke/Fill color selectors (Color and Swatches panels)

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↑  Shift + X

Swap Stroke/Fill color selectors

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D

Set Stroke/Fill color selectors and any vector objects that are selected to black and white, respectively

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/

Set No fill on Stroke/Fill color selectors

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;

Toggle Snapping

Curve drawing

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Ctrl

Edit line strokes as you draw

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Alt +
+

(drag control handle) Creates cusp node (sharp corner)

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↑  Shift +
+

(drag control handle) Snap a line's control handle to 45° intervals

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+

Create a straight line segment as you draw

Curve editing with Node Tool

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Convert to Smooth node

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Alt +

Convert to Sharp node

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]

Select next node on a curve

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[

Select previous node on a curve

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Alt +

(click a segment) Straighten a segment

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\ +

(click a segment) Delete a segment

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Backspace

Delete a node (retaining curve's geometry)

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Alt + Backspace

Delete a node (for 'best-fitting' reshaped curve)

Transforming

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↑  Shift +
+

(drag from within object's bounding box) Move with horizontal, vertical or diagonal constraint

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↑  Shift +
+

(drag rotation/corner handle) Rotate in 15° intervals

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+
(
corner handle then hold

down right mouse button) Rotate around opposite corner

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Esc

Cancel a sizing, moving, or creating operation

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↑  Shift +
+

(drag from a corner handle) Resize vector objects, maintaining aspect ratio

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Ctrl +
+

(drag from a corner handle) Resize an object from its center

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Ctrl +
+

Mirror shearing

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Nudge

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↑  Shift +

Nudge (by modified distance)

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Ctrl + N

New Document

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Ctrl + O

Open Document

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Ctrl + W

Close Document/Close App (when no documents open)

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Ctrl + Alt + W

Close All Documents

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Ctrl + Tab

Switch Document/View

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Ctrl + S

Save

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + S

Save As

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + M

Place image

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + S

Export

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + P

Document Setup

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Ctrl + P

Print

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V

Move Tool

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A

Node Tool

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T

Artistic and Frame Text and Table Tools cycle

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P

Pen tool

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M

Rectangle, Ellipse, and Rounded Rectangle Tools cycle

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F

Picture Frame Rectangle and Picture Frame Ellipse Tools cycle

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G

Gradient Tool

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Y

Transparency Tool

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I

Color Picker Tool

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H

View Tool

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Z

Zoom Tool

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Ctrl + Shift + Page Down

Add Page

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Ctrl + Page Up

Previous Page

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Ctrl + Page Down

Next Page

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Ctrl + G

Group

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + G

Ungroup

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + ]

Move to Front

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Ctrl + ]

Move Forward One

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Ctrl + [

Move Back One

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + [

Move to Back

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Ctrl + J

Duplicate

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + H

Show All

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + A

Select All on Current Layer

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Ctrl + L

Lock

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + L

Unlock

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + L

Unlock All

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + R

Rename Layer

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + D

Edit Detached

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Ctrl + T

Show Character panel

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + T

Show Typography panel

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + ;

Spelling Options

Navigation

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Moves insertion point one character left

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Moves insertion point one character right

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Ctrl +

Moves insertion point to start of word

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Ctrl +

Moves insertion point to end of word

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Home

Moves insertion point to start of line

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End

Moves insertion point to end of line

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Ctrl + Home

Moves insertion point to start of text frame/linked text frames

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Ctrl + End

Moves insertion point to end of text frame/linked text frames

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Ctrl +

Moves insertion point to start of current paragraph

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Ctrl +

Moves insertion point to start of next paragraph

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Ctrl + F

Find

Deleting

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Backspace

Delete character to left of insertion point

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Del

Delete character to right of insertion point

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Ctrl + Backspace

Delete from insertion point to start of word

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Ctrl + Del

Delete from insertion point to end of word

Formatting

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Ctrl + >

Bigger text

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Ctrl + <

Smaller text

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Ctrl + Alt + >

Precise bigger text

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Ctrl + Alt + <

Precise smaller text

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Ctrl + B

Bold

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Ctrl + L

Italic

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Ctrl + U

Underline

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + =

Superscript

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Ctrl + Alt + -

Subscript

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Alt + ↑  Shift + 1

Increase Level

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Alt + ↑  Shift + [

Decrease Level

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Ctrl + Alt + L

Align Left

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Ctrl + Alt + C

Align Center

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Ctrl + Alt + R

Align Right

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Ctrl + Alt + L

Justify Left

Typography

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Alt +

Tighten (Tracking/Kerning, 10‰ decrement)

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Alt +

Loosen (Tracking/Kerning, 10‰ increment)

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

Tighten More (Tracking/Kerning, 50‰ decrement)

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

Loosen More (Tracking/Kerning, 50‰ increment)

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

Raise Baseline

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

Lower Baseline

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift +

Precise Raise Baseline

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Ctrl + AIt + ↑  Shift +

Precise Lower Baseline

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Alt +

Increase Paragraph Leading

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Alt +

Decrease Paragraph Leading

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Ctrl + AIt +

Precise Increase Paragraph Leading

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Ctrl + Alt +

Precise Decrease Paragraph Leading

Special characters

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↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

Line Break

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Alt + Space

Non-Breaking Space

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + -

Soft Hyphen

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + -

Non-Breaking Hyphen

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↑  Shift + Tab

Right Indent Tab

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Ctrl + \

Indent to Here

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Alt + -

En Dash

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Alt + ↑  Shift + -

Em Dash

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Alt + U

Toggle Unicode

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Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + [

Insert index mark

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Alt +

Rotate document view (about cursor)


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Program name: Affinity Publisher 2 Affinity Publisher 2 (Productivity)

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