Illustrator CC 2017 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts: Windows

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V...........Selection E........... Free Transform To get Hand Tool (while NOT editing Type)............................................. Spacebar
A...........Direct Selection Shift–M.. Shape Builder To get Hand tool (while editing Type)....................................................................
Y...........Magic Wand K........... Live Paint Bucket ........... Hold Ctrl, then Spacebar. Continue to hold Spacebar but let go of Ctrl
Q...........Lasso Shift–L... Live Paint Selection Zoom In tool................................................................................... Ctrl–Spacebar
P...........Pen Shift–P... Perspective Grid Zoom Out tool...........................................................................Ctrl–Alt–Spacebar
+...........Add Anchor Point Shift–V... Perspective Selection Zoom In to exact size.............................................................Ctrl–Spacebar–drag
-............Delete Anchor Point U........... Mesh Switch between Outline and Preview modes................................................Ctrl–Y
Shift–C...Anchor Point G...........Gradient Switch between GPU and CPU preview (if available)....................................Ctrl–E
Shift–`....Curvature I............ Eyedropper Hide/Show all tools and panels....................................................................... Tab
T...........Type W........... Blend Hide/Show all panels except Tools and Control.......................................Shift–Tab
Shift–T...Touch Type Shift–S... Symbol Sprayer Switch between horizontal/vertical guide.... hold Alt while dragging out a new guide
\............Line Segment J............ CC Charts Release guide (turns it into a regular path)........................ Shift–Ctrl–double–click
M...........Rectangle Shift–O...Artboard
L............Ellipse Shift–K... Slice TYPE
B...........Paintbrush H........... Hand Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 2 pts........................... Ctrl–Shift–> or <
Shift–B...Blob Brush Z........... Zoom Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 10 pts................... Ctrl–Shift–Alt–> or <
Shift–N..Shaper X........... Toggle between Fill & Stroke Increase/Decrease leading..................................................... Alt–Down/Up arrow
N...........Pencil Shift–X... Swap Fill & Stroke Increase/Decrease kerning/tracking........................................ Alt–Right/Left arrow
Shift–E...Eraser D...........Default Fill & Stroke Kerning/tracking x 5........................................................ Ctrl–Alt–Right/Left arrow
C...........Scissors (white fill/black stroke) Increase/Decrease baseline shift....................................Shift–Alt–Up/Down arrow
R...........Rotate <........... Fill or Stroke w/Color Baseline shift x 5.....................................................Ctrl–Alt–Shift–Up/Down arrow
O...........Reflect >........... Fill or Stroke w/Gradient Align text left/center/right..............................................................Ctrl–Shift–L/C/R
S...........Scale /............ Fill or Stroke w/None Justify with last line aligned left............................................................Ctrl–Shift–J
Shift–W..Width Shift–D...Cycle through Drawing Modes Justify all lines.................................................................................... Ctrl–Shift–F
Shift–R...Warp F........... Cycle through Screen Modes Reset horizontal/vertical scale to 100%............................................... Ctrl–Shift–X
Reset kerning or tracking to 0................................................................Ctrl–Alt–Q
Double–click tools to bring up options En Space...........................................................................................Ctrl–Shift–N
Press CAPS LOCK to change tool pointer to crosshair Em Space......................................................................................... Ctrl–Shift–M
Hold down Shift to constrain movement to 45°, 90°, 135°, or 180° Thin Space................................................................................. Ctrl–Alt–Shift–M
Superscript............................................................................ Ctrl–Shift–equal (=)
SELECTING & MOVING Subscript..........................................................................Ctrl–Alt–Shift–equal (=)
To access Selection or Direction Selection tool (whichever was used last) Discretionary Hyphen........................................................... Ctrl–Shift–hyphen (-)
at any time..............................................................................................Ctrl
Switch between Selection and Direct Selection tools..................................... Ctrl–` PANELS
Cycle through tools hidden behind another tool.................................Alt–click tool Show/Hide Brushes panel................................................................................F5
To make copy while dragging...........................................................................Alt Show/Hide Color panel.....................................................................................F6
Add to a selection......................................................................................... Shift Show/Hide Layers panel...................................................................................F7
Move selection (in 1-point increments)................................................ Arrow keys Show/Hide Info panel................................................................................Ctrl–F8
Move selection (in 10-point increments)......................................Shift–Arrow keys Show/Hide Gradient panel.........................................................................Ctrl–F9
Lock selected artwork..................................................................................Ctrl–2 Show/Hide Stroke panel..........................................................................Ctrl–F10
Lock all deselected artwork.......................................................... Ctrl–Alt–Shift–2 Show/Hide Attributes panel.....................................................................Ctrl–F11
Unlock all artwork................................................................................. Ctrl–Alt–2 Show/Hide Graphic Styles panel.............................................................. Shift–F5
Hide selected artwork..................................................................................Ctrl–3 Show/Hide Appearance panel................................................................. Shift–F6
Hide all deselected artwork.......................................................... Ctrl–Alt–Shift–3 Show/Hide Align panel............................................................................ Shift–F7
Show all artwork.................................................................................... Ctrl–Alt–3 Show/Hide Transform panel.................................................................... Shift–F8
Show/Hide Pathfinder panel............................................................. Shift–Ctrl–F9
PATH EDITING Show/Hide Transparency panel...................................................... Shift–Ctrl–F10
Join and Average at same time......................................................Ctrl–Alt–Shift–J Show/Hide Symbols panel.............................................................. Shift–Ctrl–F11
To get Anchor Point tool while using Pen tool....................................................Alt
Switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tools......................Alt LAYERS PANEL
To get Add Anchor Point tool while using Scissors tool......................................Alt To create new layer and edit properties........................ Alt–click New Layer button
Move anchor point while drawing with Pen tool...................................... Spacebar Toggle layer between Preview/Outline mode.................................Ctrl–click on eye
Create closed path with Pencil or Paintbrush tool.................................................. Show layer while turning off all others........................................... Alt–click on eye
......................................When finished drawing, hold Alt and release mouse Select all items on layer......................................................... Alt–click layer name
Connect to an open (and selected) path with Pencil tool......................... Ctrl–drag Copy selected item to different layer........ Alt–drag selection square in Layers panel
To create new layer at the top of list............................ Ctrl–click New Layer button
PAINTING & TRANSFORMING To create new layer below selected layer............... Ctrl–Alt–click New Layer button
To get Eyedropper tool while using Live Paint Bucket tool..................................Alt
Sample intermediate color from gradient, picture, etc. with Eyedropper.......... Shift COLOR PANEL
Set center point and show dialog............................................... Alt–click with tool Saturate/Desaturate current color........................................Shift–drag color slider
Duplicate while transforming selection..................................................... Alt–drag Change Color Mode................................................................Shift–click color bar
Transform pattern without transforming object.................................. ~(tilde)–drag Select compliment of current color...........................................Ctrl–click color bar
Scale proportionally with Selection tool............................Shift–drag bounding box
Scale from center with Selection tool................................. Alt–drag bounding box SWATCHES PANEL
Move mesh point along path with Mesh tool......................................... Shift–drag Create a swatch as a global color.....................Ctrl–Shift–click New Swatch button
Add mesh point with Mesh tool without changing color......................... Shift–click Replace a swatch with another.................................Alt–drag new swatch over old
Remove mesh point with Mesh tool......................................................... Alt–click
MISCELLANEOUS GOOD STUFF
SHAPES (WHILE DRAWING) Create New Symbol..........................................................................................F8
Draw from center.............................................................................................Alt Swap colors in a gradient..................................Alt–drag a color stop onto another
Draw from center with dialog................................................................... Alt–click Revert file......................................................................................................F12
Constrain proportions.................................................................................... Shift
Constrain orientation of polygons, stars, spirals.............................................. Shift
Move object while drawing............................................................ Hold Spacebar
Add/subtract sides, points, spiral segments.................................. Up/Down arrow
Decrease/Increase inner radius.......................................................................Ctrl
Create continuous duplicates along mouse movement.........Hold ~ while dragging

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