Adobe Illustrator Shortcut Keys - Everest Guru

Adobe Illustrator Shortcut Keys:

Adobe Illustrator Shortcut Keys: Are you a vector graphic designer, if yes then you are at a correct destination. It is because the article you are going to read will guide you with all the shortcut keys of Adobe illustrator. Adobe Illustrator is the best vector graphic software around that helps to convert your dreams into reality at a digital canvas. Short cut commands help to make your work at illustrator easy.

So following are the list of shortcut keys for adobe illustrator:

Adobe illustrator shortcut keys- Keyboard Short cuts:

Convert Anchor Point	Shift+C
Type	T
Rectangle	M
Ellipse	L
Paintbrush	B
Pencil	N
Rotate	R
Reflect	O
Scale	S
Warp	Shift + R
Free Transform	E
Symbol Sprayer	Shift + S
Column Graph	J
Mesh	U
Gradient	G
Eye Dropper	I
Paint Bucket	K
Slice	Shift + K
Scissors	C
Hand	H
Zoom	Z
Toogle Fill/Stroke	X
Swap Fill/Stroke	Shift + X

   

EDIT MENU

Paste  In Front	Ctrl + F
Paste In Back	Ctrl + B
Check Spelling	Ctrl + I
Color Settings	Shift+ctrl+K
Keyboard Shortcuts	Opt+shift+ctrl+K
Transform Again	Ctrl+D
Move	Shift+Ctrl+M
Transform Each	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+D
Bring to Front	Shift+Ctrl+]
Bring Forward	Ctrl+]
Send Backward	Ctrl+[
Send to Back	Shift+ctrl+[
Group	Ctrl+G
Ungroup	Shift+ctrl+G
Selection	Ctrl+2
Unlock All	Opt+ctrl+2
Selection	Ctrl+2
Show All	Opt+Ctrl+3

OBJECT MENU 

Path Sub-Menu: Join	Ctrl+J
Path Sub-Menu: Average	Opt+ctrl+J
Blend Sub-Menu: Make	Opt+Ctrl+B
Blend Sub-Menu: Release	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+B

ENVELOPE DISTORT SUB MENU

Make With Warp	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+W
Make With Mesh	Opt+Ctrl+M
Make With Top Object	Opt+Ctrl+C
Edit Contents	Shift+Ctrl+V

CLIPPING MASK SUB MENU

Make

Ctrl+7

COMPOUND PATH SUB-MENU

Make	Ctrl+8
Release	Opt+Ctrl+8

TYPE MENU:

Create Outlines	Shift+Ctrl+O
Show Hidden Characters	Opt+Ctrl+I

SELECT MENU

All	Ctrl+A
Deselect	Shift+Ctrl+A
Reselect	Ctrl+6

FILTER MENU

Apply Last Filter	Ctrl+E
Last Filter	Opt+Ctrl+E

VIEW MENU

Preview	Ctrl+Y
Overprint Preview	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+Y
Pixel Preview	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+Y
Zoom In	Ctrl+=
Zoom Out	Ctrl+-
Fit In Window	Ctrl+0
Actual  Size	C trl+1
Hide Edge	Ctrl+H
Show Template	Shift+Ctrl+W
Show Rulers	Ctrl+R
Hide Bounding Box	Shift+Ctrl+B
Show Text threads	Shift+Ctrl+Y

GUIDES SUB-MENU

Hide Guides	Ctrl+;
Lock Guides	Opt+Ctrl+;
Make Guides	Ctrl+5
Release Guides	Opt+Ctrl+5
Smart Guides	Ctrl+U
Show Grid	Ctrl+’
Snap To Grid	Shift+Ctrl+’
Snap To Point	Opt+ctrl+’

WINDOW MENU

Minimize Window	Ctrl+M
Align	Shift+F7
Attributes	F11
Brushes	F5
Color	F6
Gradient	F9
Info	F8
Layers	F9
Pathfinder	Shift+F9
Stroke	F10
Symbols	Shift+F11
Transform	Shift+F8
Transparency	Shift+F10
Character	Ctrl+T
Open Type	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+T
Paragraph	Opt+Ctrl+T
Tabs	Shift+Ctrl+T

TYPE SHORTCUTS:

Insert Hyphen	Shift+Ctrl+-
Point Size Up	Shift+Ctrl+.
Point Size Down	Shift+Ctrl+,
Front Size Step Up	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+.
Front Size Step Down	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+,
Kern Looser	Shift+Ctrl+]
Kern Tighter	Shift+Ctrl+[
Tracking	Opt+Ctrl+K
Clear Tracking	Opt+Ctrl+Q
Spacing	Opt+Ctrl+O
Uniform Type	Shift+Ctrl+X
Highlight Front	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+F
Highlight Front (Secondary)	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+M
Left Align Text	Shift+Ctrl+L
Centre Text	Shift+Ctrl+C
Right Align Text	Shift+Ctrl+R
Justify Text Left	Shift+Ctrl+J
Justify All Lines	Shift+Ctrl+F
Toogle Line Composer	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+C

OBJECT SHORTCUTS:

Lock Others	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+2
Hide Others	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+3
Repeat Pathfinder	Ctrl+4
Average & Join	Opt+Shift+Ctrl+J

It concludes our article about the top shortcut keys for adobe illustrator. Everest Guru will be back soon with the next article, we hope to get your company.
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