adobe illustrator cc keyboard shortcuts

 

tools
v	selection
a	direct selection
y	magic wand
q	lasso
shift + o	artboard
p	pen
=	add anchor point
-	delete anchor point
shift + c	anchor point
shift + ~	curvature tool
\	line segment

 

m	rectangle
l	ellipse
b	paintbrush
shift + b	blob brush
n	pencil
shift + n	shaper tool
shift + s	symbol sprayer
j	column graph
shift + k	slice
shift + p	slice selection
shift + v	perspective selection
t	type
shift + t	touch type
g	gradient
u	mesh
shift + m	shape builder
k	live paint bucket
shift + l	live paint selection
r	rotate
o	reflect
s	scale
shift + w	width
shift + r	warp
e	free transform
i	eyedropper
w	blend
shift + e	eraser
c	scissors
h	hand
z	zoom
x	toggle fill or stroke
d	default fill & stroke color
shift + x	swap fill or stroke
,	color
.	gradient
/	none
f	toggle screen mode
tab	show or hide all palettes
shift + tab	show or hide without toolbox
]	increase diameter
[	decrease diameter
shift + }	symbolism tools - increase intensity
shift + {	symbolism tools - decrease intensity
shift + d	toggle drawing mode
shift + f	presentation mode

 

file menu
ctrl + n	new
shift + ctrl + n	new from template
ctrl + o	open
alt + ctrl + o	browse in bridge
ctrl + w	close
ctrl + s	save
shift + ctrl + s	save as
alt + ctrl + s	save a copy
f12	revert
shift + ctrl + p	place
alt + ctrl + e	export for screens
alt + shift + ctrl + s	save for web (legacy)
alt + shift + ctrl + p	package
ctrl + f12	other script
alt + ctrl + p	document setup
alt + shift + ctrl + i	file info
ctrl + p	print
ctrl + q	exit

 

edit menu
ctrl + z	undo
shift + ctrl + z	redo
ctrl + x	cut
ctrl + c	copy
ctrl + v	paste
ctrl + f	paste in front
ctrl + b	paste in back
shift + ctrl + v	paste in place
alt + shift + ctrl + v	paste on all artboards
ctrl + i	check spelling
shift + ctrl + k	color settings
alt + shift + ctrl + k	keyboard shortcuts
ctrl + k	preferences (general)

object menu
ctrl + d	transform again
shift + ctrl + m	move
shift + ctrl + ]	bring to front
ctrl + ]	bring forward
ctrl + [	send backward
shift + ctrl + [	send to back
ctrl + g	group
shift + ctrl + g	ungroup
ctrl + 2	lock (selection)
alt + ctrl + 2	unlock all
ctrl + 3	hide selection
alt + ctrl + 3	show all
ctrl + j	join path
alt + ctrl + j	average
shift + ctrl + f8	edit pattern
alt + ctrl + b	blend make
alt + shift + ctrl + b	blend release
alt + shift + ctrl + w	make with warp
alt + ctrl + m	make with mesh
alt + ctrl + c	make with top object
alt + ctrl + x	make live paint
ctrl + 7	make clipping mask
alt + ctrl + 7	release clipping mask
ctrl + 8	make compound path
alt + shift + ctrl + 8	release compound path

 

type menu
shift + ctrl + o	create outlines
alt + 8	bullet
alt + g	copyright symbol
alt + ;	ellipsis
alt + 7	paragraph symbol
alt + r	registered trademark symbol
alt + 6	section symbol
alt + 2	trademark symbol
alt + shift + -	em dash
alt + -	en dash
shift + ctrl + -	discretionary hyphen
alt + [	double left quotation marks
alt + shift + [	double right quotation marks
alt + ]	single left quotation marks
alt + shift + ]	single right quotation marks
shift + ctrl + m	em space
shift + ctrl + n	en space
alt + shift + ctrl + m	thin space
alt + ctrl + i	show or hidden characters

select menu
ctrl + a	select all
alt + ctrl + a	all on active artboard
shift + ctrl + a	deselect
ctrl + 6	reselect
alt + ctrl + ]	next object above
alt + ctrl + [	next object below

effect menu
shift + ctrl + e	apply last effect
alt + shift + ctrl + e	last effect

 

view menu
ctrl + y	preview
ctrl + e	gpu preview
alt + shift + ctrl + y	overprint preview
alt + ctrl + y	pixel preview
ctrl + =	zoom in
ctrl + -	zoom out
ctrl + 0	fit artboard in window
alt + ctrl + 0	fit all in window
ctrl + 1	actual size
ctrl + h	hide or show edges
shift + ctrl + h	hide artboards
shift + ctrl + w	show template
shift + ctrl + b	hide bounding box
shift + ctrl + d	show transparency grid
ctrl + r	show or hide rulers
alt + ctrl + r	change to artboard rulers
alt + ctrl + g	hide gradient annotator
shift + ctrl + y	show text threads
ctrl + u	smart guides
shift + ctrl + i	show grid
ctrl + ;	hide guides
alt + ctrl + ;	lock guides
ctrl + 5	make guides
alt + ctrl + 5	release guides
ctrl + '	show grid
shift + ctrl + '	snap to grid
alt + ctrl + '	snap to point

window menu
shift + f7	align
shift + f6	appearance
ctrl + f11	attributes
f5	brushes
f6	color
shift + f3	color guide
ctrl + f9	gradient
shift + f5	graphic styles
ctrl + f8	info
f7	layers
shift + ctrl + f9	pathfinder
ctrl + f10	stroke
shift + ctrl + f11	symbols
shift + f8	transform
shift + ctrl + f10	transparency
ctrl + t	character
alt + shift + ctrl + t	opentype
alt + ctrl + t	paragraph
shift + ctrl + t	tabs

 

help menu
f1	illustrator help

 

other
ctrl + `	switch selection tools
shift + ctrl + .	point size up
shift + ctrl + ,	point size down
alt + shift + ctrl + .	font size step up
alt + shift + ctrl + ,	font size step down
shift + ctrl + ]	kern looser
shift + ctrl + [	kern tighter
alt + ctrl + k	tracking
alt + ctrl + q	clear tracking
alt + shift + ctrl + o	spacing
shift + ctrl + x	uniform type
alt + shift + ctrl + f	highlight font
alt + shift + ctrl + m	highlight font (secondary)
shift + ctrl + l	left align text
shift + ctrl + c	center text
shift + ctrl + r	right align text
shift + ctrl + j	justify text left
shift + ctrl + f	justify all lines
alt + shift + ctrl + h	toggle auto hyphenation
alt + shift + ctrl + c	toggle line composer
alt + shift + ctrl + =	subscript
shift + ctrl + =	superscript
alt + shift + ctrl + 2	lock others
alt + shift + ctrl + 3	hide others
ctrl + 4	repeat pathfinder
alt + shift + ctrl + j	average & join
f8	new symbol
ctrl + /	add new fill
alt + ctrl + /	add new stroke
ctrl + l	new layer
alt + ctrl + l	new layer with dialog
alt + shift + ctrl + u	switch units
alt + ctrl + n	new file (no dialog)
alt + ctrl + w	close all
f2	cut (secondary)
f3	copy (secondary)
f4	paste (secondary)
ctrl +  +	zoom in (secondary)
ctrl + f6	navigate to next document
shift + ctrl + f6	navigate to previous document
alt + ctrl + f6	navigate to next document group
alt + shift + ctrl + f6	navigate to previous document group
alt + shift + ctrl +  +	subscript (secondary)
shift + ctrl +  +	superscript (secondary)