Mehandi Designs

Adobe Illustrator CS3

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Command

Selecting tools

V

Selection tool

A

Direct Selection tool

Y

Magic Wand tool

Q

Lasso tool

P

Pen tool

=+ (plus)

Add Anchor Point tool

=- (minus)

Delete Anchor Point tool

Shft + C

Convert Anchor Point tool

T

Type tool

\ (backslash)

Line Segment tool

M

Rectangle tool

L

Ellipse tool in Adobe Illustrator

B

Paintbrush tool

N

Pencil tool

R

Rotate tool

O

Reflect tool

S

Scale tool

Shft + R

Warp tool

E

Free Transform tool

Shft + S

Symbol Sprayer tool

J

Column Graph tool

U

Mesh tool in Adobe Illustrator

G

Gradient tool

I

Eyedropper tool

W

Blend tool

K

Live Paint Bucket tool

Shft + L

Live Paint Selection tool

Shft + O

Crop Area tool

Shft + K

Slice tool

Shft + E

Eraser tool

C

Scissors tool

H

Hand tool

Z

Zoom tool

F

Toggle between screen modes: Standard, Full,Full with menu bar, and Maximized

Double-click Hand tool

Fit imageable area in window

Double-click Zoom tool

Magnify 100%

Spacebar

Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode)

Ctrl + Spacebar

Switch to Zoom tool in magnify mode

Ctrl + Alt + Spacebar

Switch to Zoom tool in reduce mode

Spacebar

Move Zoom marquee while dragging with theZoom tool

Ctrl + Alt + Shft + 3

Hide unselected artwork

Alt-drag guide

Convert between horizontal and vertical guide in Adobe Illustrator

Ctrl + Shft-double-click guide

Release guide

Shft-drag

Constrain a shape's proportions or orientation to: equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles,ellipses, and grids Increments of 45º for line and arc segments Original orientation for polygons, stars, and flares

spacebar-drag

Move a shape while drawing it

Alt-drag

Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares)

Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Increase or decrease polygon sides, star points,arc angle, spiral winds, or flare rays

Start dragging, then hold down Ctrl

Keep the inner radius of a star constant

Start dragging, then hold down C

Switch between an open and closed arc

Start dragging, then hold down F

Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant

Alt-drag

Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral

Ctrl-drag

Change the decay rate of a spiral

Alt-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset.

Add or remove horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid

Start dragging, then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Add or remove vertical lines from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid

Start dragging, then press F

Decrease the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%

Start dragging, then press V

Increase the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%

Start dragging, then press X

Decrease the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%

Start dragging, then press C

Increase the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%

Alt-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset.

Create and expand a Live Trace object in one step

Ctrl

Switch to last-used selection tool (Selection tool,Direct Selection tool, or Group Selection tool) in Adobe Illustrator

Alt

Switch between Direct Selection tool and Group Selection tool

Shft-click

Add to a selection with Selection tool,Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, Live Paint Selection tool, or Magic Wand tool

Shft-click

Subtract a selection with Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, or Live Paint Selection tool

Alt-click

Subtract from selection with Magic Wand tool

Shft-drag

Add to selection with Lasso tool

Alt-drag

Subtract from selection with Lasso tool in Adobe Illustrator

Caps Lock

Change pointer to cross hair for selected tools

Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow

Move selection in user-defined increments

Shft + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow

Move selection in 10x user-defined increments in Adobe Illustrator

Ctrl + Alt + Shft + 2

Lock all deselected artwork

Hold down Shft

Constrain movement to 45º angle (except whenusing Reflect tool)

Alt

Switch Pen tool to Convert Anchor Point tool

Alt

Switch between Add Anchor Point tool and Delete Anchor Point tool

Alt

Switch Scissors tool to Add Anchor Point tool

Alt

Switch Pencil tool to Smooth tool in Adobe Illustrator

Spacebar-drag

Move current anchor point while drawing with Pen tool

Alt-drag

Cut a straight line with Knife tool

Shft + Alt-drag

Cut at 45º or 90º with Knife tool

Alt + Shape mode

Turn shape mode buttons in Pathfinder panelinto Pathfinder commands

Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow

Move selection in user-defined increments

Shft + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow

Move selection in 10x user-defined increments in Adobe Illustrator

Ctrl + Alt + Shft + 2

Lock all deselected artwork

Hold down Shft

Constrain movement to 45º angle (except whenusing Reflect tool)

Alt

Switch Pen tool to Convert Anchor Point tool

Alt

Switch between Add Anchor Point tool and Delete Anchor Point tool

Alt

Switch Scissors tool to Add Anchor Point tool

Alt

Switch Pencil tool to Smooth tool in Adobe Illustrator

Spacebar-drag

Move current anchor point while drawing with Pen tool

Alt-drag

Cut a straight line with Knife tool

Shft + Alt-drag

Cut at 45º or 90º with Knife tool

Alt + Shape mode

Turn shape mode buttons in Pathfinder panelinto Pathfinder commands

X

Toggle between fill and stroke in Adobe Illustrator

D

Set fill and stroke to default

Shft + X

Swap fill and stroke

> 

Select gradient fill mode

< 

Select color fill mode

/ (forward slash)

Select no stroke/fill mode

Shft + Eyedropper tool

Sample color from an image or intermediatecolor from gradient

Alt + Shft-click + Eyedropper tool

Sample style and append appearance of currentlyselected item

Ctrl + / (forward slash)

Add new fill

Ctrl + Alt + / (forward slash)

Add new stroke

Ctrl-click gradient button in Tools panel or Gradient panel

Reset gradient to black and white in Adobe Illustrator

Alt-click Live Paint Bucket tool

Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke

Alt Shft-click Live Paint Bucket tool

Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient

Shft Live Paint Bucket tool

Select opposite Live Paint Bucket tool options(if Paint Fills and Paint Strokes are currently selected, switch to Paint Fills only)

Double-click + Live Paint Bucket tool

Fill across unstroked edges into adjacent faces

Triple-click Live Paint Bucket tool

Fill all faces that have same fill and strok eall edges that have same stroke in Adobe Illustrator

Alt-click + Live Paint Selection tool

Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/orstroke

Alt + Shft-click + Live Paint Selectiontool

Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color froman image or intermediate color from a gradient

Shft-click + Live Paint Selection tool

Add to/subtract from a selection

Double-click + Live Paint Selection tool

Select all connected faces /edges with same fill/stroke

Triple-click Live Paint Selection tool

Select all faces/edges with same fill/stroke in Adobe Illustrator

Alt-click

Set origin point and open dialog box when using Rotate tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool

Alt-drag

Duplicate and transform selection when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool

Tilde (~)-drag

Transform pattern (independent of object) when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool in Adobe Illustrator

Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Move one character right or left

Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Move up or down one line

Ctrl + Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Move one word right or left

Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Move up or down one paragraph

Shft Ctrl Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Select one word right or left when working with Adobe Illustrator type

Shft + Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Select one paragraph before or after

Shft-click

Extend existing selection

Ctrl + Shft + L, R, or C

Align paragraph left, right, or center

Ctrl + Shft + J

Justify paragraph

Shft + Enter

Insertsoft return

Ctrl + Alt + K

Highlight kerning

Ctrl Shft X

Reset horizontal scale to 100% when working with Adobe Illustrator type

Ctrl + Shft + > or <

Increase or decrease type size

Alt + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text)

Increase or decrease leading

Double-click leading icon in the Character panel

Set leading to the type size

Ctrl + Alt + Q

Reset tracking/kerning to 0

Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text)

Add or remove space (kerning) between two characters

Ctrl + Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text)

Add or remove space (kerning) between charactersby five times the increment value

Alt + Shft + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text)

Increase or decrease baseline shift when working with Adobe Illustrator type

Shft

Switch between Type and Vertical Type, AreaType and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and Vertical Path Typetools

Alt-click Type tool

Switch between Area Type and Type, Path Typeand Area Type, and Vertical Path Type and Vertical Area Type tools

Alt-click New button

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

Alt-click Delete button

Delete without confirmation (except for Layerspanel)

Shft Enter

Apply value and keep text box active when using Adobe Illustrator panels

Shft-click

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

Ctrl-click

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

Tab

Show/Hide all panels when using Adobe Illustrator panels

Shft + Tab

Show/Hide all panels except the Tools panel andControl panel

Alt-click expansion triangle

Expand/Collapse entire hierarchy for action set

Double-click folder icon

Set options for action set

Alt-click Play button

Play a single command in Adobe Illustrator actions panel

Alt-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

Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Increase/decrease the selected value bya small increment

Shft + Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Increase/decreases the selected value bya large increment

Ctrl + Alt + Shft + F

Highlight the font name field in the Characterpanel

Ctrl-click color bar

Select the complement for the current color fill/stroke

Alt-click color bar

Change the nonactive fill/stroke in Adobe Illustrator color panel

Ctrl + Alt-click color bar

Select the complement for the nonactive fill/stroke

Ctrl + Shft-click color bar

Select the inverse for the current fill/stroke

Ctrl + Shft + Alt-click color bar

Select the inverse for the nonactive fill/stroke

Shft-click color bar

Change the color mode

Shft-drag color slider

Move color sliders in tandem in Adobe Illustrator color panel

Double-click to right of a numerical field

Switch between percentage and 0-255 valuesfor RGB

Ctrl-click New Swatch button

Create new spot color

Ctrl + Shft-click New Swatch button

Create new global process color

Alt-drag a swatch over another

Replace swatch with another

Ctrl Alt-click in the swatch color list

Select swatch by name (using keyboard) in Adobe Illustrator

Alt-click on mask thumbnail

Change mask to grayscale image for editing

Shft-click on mask thumbnail

Disable opacity mask

Shft-click on disabled mask thumbnail

Re-enable opacity mask in Adobe Illustrator Transparency panel

Click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Increase/decrease opacity in 1% increments

Shft-click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Increase/decrease opacity in 10% increments

Alt-click layer name

Select all objects on the layer in Adobe Illustrator

Alt-click eye icon

Show/hide all layers but the selected one

Ctrl-click eye icon

Select Outline/Preview view for the selected layer

Ctrl + Alt-click eye icon

Selects Outline/Preview view for all other layers

Alt-click lock icon

Lock/unlock all other layers

Alt-click expansion triangle

Expand all sublayers to display entire hierarchy

Alt-click New Layer button

Set options as you create new layer

Alt-click New Sublayer button

Set options as you create new sublayer

Ctrl Alt-click New Sublayer button

Place new sublayer at bottom of layer list in Adobe Illustrator

Ctrl-click New Layer button

Place layer at top of layer list

Ctrl + Alt-click New Layer button

Place layer below selected layer

Alt-drag selection

Copy the selection to a new layer, sublayer, orgroup

Alt-drag

Duplicate color stops

Alt-drag color stop onto another stop

Swap color stops

Alt-click swatch in the Swatches panel

Apply swatch color to active (or selected) colorstop

Alt-click on mask thumbnail

Change mask to grayscale image for editing

Shft-click on mask thumbnail

Disable opacity mask

Shft-click on disabled mask thumbnail

Re-enable opacity mask in Adobe Illustrator Transparency panel

Click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Increase/decrease opacity in 1% increments

Shft-click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Increase/decrease opacity in 10% increments

F1

Invoke Help

F2

Cut

F3

Copy

F4

Paste

F5

Show/hide Brushes panel

F6

Show/hide Color panel in Adobe Illustrator

F7

Show/hide Layers panel

F8

Create new symbol

Ctrl F8

Show/hide Info panel in Adobe Illustrator

Ctrl + F9

Show/hide Gradient panel

Ctrl + F10

Show/hide Stroke panel

Ctrl + F11

Show/hide Attributes panel

F12

Revert

Shft + F5

Show/hide Graphic Styles panel

Shft F6

Show/hide Appearance panel in Adobe Illustrator

Shft + F7

Show/hide Align panel

Shft + F8

Show/hide Transform panel

Shft + Ctrl + F9

Show/hide Pathfinder panel

Shft + Ctrl + F10

Show/hide Transparency panel

Shft + Ctrl + F11

Show/hide Symbols panel