Keys for working with type

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Windows

Mac OS

 

Bold (only for fonts with bold face)

Shift+Ctrl+B

Shift+Command+B

 

Italic (only for fonts with italic face)

Shift+Ctrl+I

Shift+Command+I

 

Normal

Shift+Ctrl+Y

Shift+Command+Y

 

Underline

Shift+Ctrl+U

Shift+Command+U

 

Strikethrough

Shift+Ctrl+/

Control+Shift+Command+/

 

All caps (on/off)

Shift+Ctrl+K

Shift+Command+K

 

Asian language hyphenation

Shift+Ctrl+K

Shift+Command+K

 

Small caps (on/off)

Shift+Ctrl+H

Shift+Command+H

 

Tate-chu-yoko setting

Shift+Ctrl+H

Shift+Command+H

 

Superscript

Shift+Ctrl+(+) [plus sign]

Shift+Command+(+) [plus sign]

 

Subscript

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+(+) [plus sign]

Shift+Option+Command+(+) [plus sign]

 

Reset horizontal or vertical scale to 100%

Shift+Ctrl+X or Shift+Alt+Ctrl+X

Shift+Command+X or Shift+Option+Command+X

 

Basic letter group setting or detail setting

Shift+Ctrl+X or Shift+Alt+Ctrl+X

Shift+Command+X or Shift+Option+Command+X

 

Align left, right, or center

Shift+Ctrl+L, R, or C

Shift+Command+L, R, or C

 

Justify all lines

Shift+Ctrl+F (all lines) or J (all but last line)

Shift+Command+F (all lines) or J (all but last line)

 

Align both ends or equal spacing

Shift+Ctrl+F (align both end) or J (equal spacing)

Shift+Command+F (align both ends) or J (equal spacing)

 

Increase or decrease point size*

Shift+Ctrl+> or <

Shift+Command+> or <

 

Increase or decrease point size by five times*

Shift+Ctrl+Alt+> or <

Shift+Command+ Option+> or <

 

Increase or decrease leading (horizontal text)*

Alt+Up Arrow/ Alt+Down Arrow

Option+Up Arrow/ Option+Down Arrow

 

Increase or decrease leading (vertical text)*

Alt+Right Arrow/ Alt+Left Arrow

Option+Right Arrow/ Option+Left Arrow

 

Increase or decrease leading by five times (horizontal text)*

Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow

Option+Command+Up Arrow/ Option+Command+Down Arrow

 

Increase or decrease leading by five times (vertical text)*

Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow

Option+Command+Right Arrow/ Option+Command+Left Arrow

 

Auto leading

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+A

Shift+Option+Command+A

 

Align to grid (on/off)

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+G

Shift+Option+Command+G

 

Auto-hyphenate (on/off)

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+H

Shift+Option+Command+H

 

Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (horizontal text)

Alt+Left Arrow/Alt+Right Arrow

Option+Left Arrow/ Option+Right Arrow

 

Increase or decrease kerning and tracking (vertical text)

Alt+Up Arrow/ Alt+Down Arrow

Option+Up Arrow/ Option+Down Arrow

 

Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (horizontal text)

Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow

Option+Command+Left Arrow/ Option+Command+Right Arrow

 

Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times (vertical text)

Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow

Option+Command+Up Arrow/ Option+Command+Down Arrow

 

Increase kerning between words*

Alt+Ctrl+\

Option+Command+\

 

Decrease kerning between words*

Alt+Ctrl+Backspace

Option+Command+Delete

 

Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to 0

Alt+Ctrl+Q

Option+Command+Q

 

Increase or decrease baseline shift** (horizontal text)

Shift+Alt+Up Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Down Arrow

Shift+Option+Up Arrow/ hift+Option+Down Arrow

 

Increase or decrease baseline shift** (vertical text)

Shift+Alt+Right Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Left Arrow

Shift+Option+Right Arrow/ Shift+Option+Left Arrow

 

Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times (horizontal text)

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow

Shift+Option+Command+Up Arrow/ Shift+Option+Command+Down Arrow

 

Increase or decrease baseline shift by five times (vertical text)

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow

Shift+Option+Command+Right Arrow/ hift+Option+Command+Left Arrow

 

Automatically flow story

Shift–click loaded text icon

Shift–click loaded text icon

 

Semi-automatically flow story

Alt–click loaded text icon

Option–click loaded text icon

 

Recompose all stories

Alt+Ctrl+/

Option+Command+/

 

Insert current page number

Alt+Ctrl+N

Option+Command+N

 

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