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Documents Object editing

New default document zUN Ctrl+Alt+N Edit Original U doubleclick Alt+doubleclick
Close all open documents zUXW Ctrl+Shift+Alt+W Decrease size / scale by 1% 5% z , z U , Ctrl+,Ctrl+Alt+,
Rebuild Preferences (press during Ctrl z U X Ctrl+Shift+Alt Increase size / scale by 1% 5% z . z U . Ctrl+.Ctrl+Alt+.
program launch until Alert appears) Nudge by 1/10 z X Arrow Keys Ctrl+Shift+Arrows
Document History & Plug-in Info z About InDesign Ctrl+About InDesign Nudge by 10 X Arrow Keys Shift+Arrow Keys
Toggle Measurement System zUXU Ctrl+Shift+Alt+U Toggle Live Corners Mode 4 4
Override Master Page item z X click Ctrl+Shift+ click
Tools panel Select Container, Content esc, Xesc esc, Shift+esc
Temporary Hand Tool U Spacebar Alt+Spacebar Transform Sequence Again zU4 Ctrl+Alt+4
Temporary Zoom Tool z Spacebar Ctrl+Spacebar Transform: Move Item zXM Ctrl+Shift+M
Apply default fill and stroke colors D D Hide z3 Ctrl+3
Swap fill and stroke activation X X
Show All On Spread zU3 Ctrl+Alt+3
Swap fill and stroke colors XX Shift+X
Toggle color affects text/its frame J J
Text navigation
Preview mode on/off W W
Move to the start of the line Home Home
Move to the end of the line End End
Text Move to beginning of story z Home Ctrl+Home
Load Find and Find Next instance X F1 Shift+F1 Move to end of story z End Ctrl+End
Load Find with selected text z F1 Ctrl+F1 Select to end of story z X End Ctrl+Shift+End
Load Replace with selected text z F2 Ctrl+F2 Move to the next paragraph z Down Arrow Ctrl+Down Arrow
Replace Change To text and Find Next X F3 Shift+F3 Move to the previous paragraph z Up Arrow Ctrl+Up Arrow
Recompose all stories zU/ Ctrl+Alt+/ Go to first frame in thread z U X Page Up Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Pg Up
Toggle Typographers Quotes Pref. UXz Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ Go to last frame in thread z U X Page Down Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Pg Dn
Create outlines (text remains) zUXO Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O Go to next frame in thread z U Page Down Ctrl+Alt+Page Down
Align to baseline grid zUXG Ctrl+Shift+Alt+G Go to previous frame in thread z U Page Up Ctrl+Alt+Page Up
Auto-hyphenate on/off zUXH Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H Select current line zX\ Ctrl+Shift+\
Toggle Table Cell/Text Selection Escape Escape z = Command (Apple), U = Option, X = Shift

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 Character formatting Display views
Auto leading zUXA Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A Fit Selection in Window zU= Ctrl+Alt+=
Increase/Decrease Baseline shift U X Up/Down Arrow Alt+Shift+Up/Down Arr. View Scale 50%, 200%, 400% z 5, z 2, z 4 Ctrl+5, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+4
Increase/Decrease Baseline shift 5 z U X Up/Down Arrow Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Up/Down Toggle current/previous view scale zU2 Ctrl+Alt+2
Increase/Decrease Kerning/Tracking U Right/Left Arrow Alt+Right/Left Arrow Force screen redraw X F5 Shift+F5
Increase/Decrease Kerning/Tracking z U Right/Left Arrow Ctrl+Alt+Right/Left Arrow Clear Object-Level Settings z X F2 Ctrl+Shift+F2
5 Presentation Background: Black/White B or W B or W
Increase/Decrease Leading U Down/Up Arrow Alt+Down/Up Arrow Show/Hide Conveyor UB Alt+B
Increase/Decrease Leading 5 z U Down/Up Arrow Ctrl+Alt+Down/Up Arrow
Increase/Decrease Text point size z X . or , Ctrl+Shift+. or ,
Page navigation
Increase/Decrease Text point size 5 z U X . or , Ctrl+Shift+Alt+. or ,
Next window z` Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+ `
Increase/Decrease Word space z U \ or Delete Ctrl+Alt+\ or Backspace Previous window zX` Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Increase/Decrease Word space 5 z U X \ or Delete Ctrl+Shift+Alt+\ or Bckspc First Spread U X Page Up, Home Home
Reset font style (to Regular) zXY Ctrl+Shift+Y Last Spread U X Page Dn., End End
Reset kerning and tracking to 0 zUQ Ctrl+Alt+Q Next Spread U Page Down Alt+Page Down
Reset horizontal text scale to 100% zXX Ctrl+Shift+X Previous Spread U Page Up Alt+Page Up
Reset vertical text scale to 100% zUXX Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X

Panel tricks
Special characters Show/Hide all panels Tab Tab
Bullet U8 Alt+8 Show/Hide all panels except X Tab Shift+Tab
Copyright Symbol UG Alt+G Tools and Control
Registration Symbol UR Alt+R Open/Close all docked panels z U Tab Ctrl+Alt+Tab
Em Dash UX Alt+Shift+ Activate last-used field in panel zU` Ctrl+Alt+`
En Dash U Alt+ Jump to Control Panel z6 Ctrl+6
Ellipsis U; Alt+ ; Switch Character and Paragraph zU7 Ctrl+Alt+7
Modes in Control Panel
Right Indent Tab X Tab Shift+Tab
New index page reference z7 Ctrl+7
Add new index entry zUX[ Ctrl+Shift+Alt+[

z= Command (Apple), U=Option, X=Shift

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