Illustrator!

1
Files
17
  Shortcut Key   Description
1 Ctrl+N New
2 Alt+Ctrl+N New File (No Dialog)
3 Shift+Ctrl+N New from Template
4 Ctrl+O Open
5 Ctrl+S Save
6 Shift+Ctrl+S Save As
7 Alt+Ctrl+S Save a Copy
8 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+S Save for Web
9 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+P Package
10 Ctrl+P Print
11 Ctrl+W Close
12 Alt+Ctrl+W Close All
13 Ctrl+Q Quit Illustrator
14 Alt+Ctrl+O Browse in Bridge
15 F12 Revert
16 Alt+Ctrl+P Document Setup
17 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+I File Info
2
Drawing
17
  Shortcut Key   Description
1 Shift+D Toogle Drawing Mode
2 Ctrl+J Join
3 Alt+Ctrl+J Average
4 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+J Average & Join
5 Ctrl+4 Repeat Pathfinder
6 Shift+Ctrl+F8 Edit Pattern
7 Alt+Ctrl+B Blend Make
8 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+B Blend Release
9 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+W Envelope Distort Make with Warp
10 Alt+Ctrl+M Envelope Distort Make with Mesh
11 Alt+Ctrl+C Envelope Distort Make with Top Object
12 Shift+Ctrl+P Envelope Distort Edit Contents
13 Alt+Ctrl+X Live Paint Make
14 Ctrl+7 Clipping Mask Make
15 Alt+Ctrl+7 Clipping Mask Release
16 Ctrl+8 Compound Path Make
17 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+8 Compound Path Release
3
View & Navigation
31
  Shortcut Key   Description
1 Ctrl+Y Preview
2 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+Y Overprint Preview
3 Alt+Ctrl+Y Pixel Preview
4 F Toggle Screen Mode
5 Ctrl+= Zoom In
6 Ctrl+- Zoom Out
7 Ctrl+0 Fit Artboard in Window
8 Alt+Ctrl+0 Fit All in Window
9 Ctrl+1 Actual Size
10 Ctrl+H Hide Edges
11 Shift+Ctrl+H Hide Artboards
12 Ctrl+F6 Navigate to Next Document
13 Shift+Ctrl+F6 Navigate to Previous Document
14 Alt+Ctrl+F6 Navigate to Next Document Group
15 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F6 Navigate to Previous Document Group
16 Shift+Ctrl+W Show Template
17 Ctrl+R Show Rulers
18 Alt+Ctrl+R Change to Artboard Rulers
19 Shift+Ctrl+B Hide Bounding Box
20 Shift+Ctrl+D Show Transparency Grid
21 Shift+Ctrl+Y Show text Threads
22 Alt+Ctrl+G Hide Gradient Annotator
23 Ctrl+; Hide Guides
24 Alt+Ctrl+; Lock Guides
25 Ctrl+5 Make Guides
26 Alt+Ctrl+5 Release Guides
27 Ctrl+U Smart Guides
28 Shift+Ctrl+I Show Grid
29 Ctrl+' Show Grid
30 Shift+Ctrl+' Snap to Grid
31 Alt+Ctrl+' Snap to Point
4
General Shortcuts
49
  Shortcut Key   Description
1 X Toggle Fill / Stroke
2 D Default
3 Shift+X Swap Fill / Stroke
4 , Color
5 . Gradient
6 / None
7 ] Increase Diameter
8 [ Decrease Diameter
9 Shift+} Symbolism Tools-Increase Intensity
10 Shift+{ Symbolism Tools-Decrease Intensity
11 Ctrl+F12 Other Script
12 Ctrl+Z Undo
13 Shift+Ctrl+Z Redo
14 Ctrl+X Cut
15 F2 Cut (Secondary)
16 Ctrl+C Copy
17 F3 Copy (Secondary)
18 Ctrl+V Paste
19 F4 Paste(Secondary)
20 Ctrl+F Paste in Front
21 Ctrl+B Paste In Back
22 Shift+Ctrl+V Paste In Place
23 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+V Paste on All Artboards
24 F8 New Symbol
25 Ctrl+/ Add New Fill
26 Alt+Ctrl+/ Add New stroke
27 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+U Switch Units
28 Ctrl+I Check Spelling
29 Shift+Ctrl+K Color Settings
30 Ctrl+D Transform Again
31 Shift+Ctrl+M Move
32 Shift+Ctrl+] Bring to Front
33 Ctrl+] Bring Forward
34 Ctrl+[ Send Backward
35 Shift+Ctrl+[ Send to Back
36 Ctrl+G Group
37 Shift+Ctrl+G Ungroup
38 Ctrl+2 Lock Selection
39 Alt+Ctrl+2 Unlock All
40 Ctrl+3 Hide Selection
41 Alt+Ctrl+3 Show All
42 Ctrl+A Select All
43 Alt+Ctrl+A Select All on Active Artboard
44 Shift+Ctrl+A Deselect
45 Ctrl+6 Reselect
46 Alt+Ctrl+] Select Next Object Above
47 Alt+Ctrl+[ Select Next Object Below
48 Shift+Ctrl+E Apply Last Effect
49 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+E Last Effect
5
Layers
4
  Shortcut Key   Description
1 Ctrl+L New Layer
2 Alt+Ctrl+L New Layer with Dialog
3 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+2 Lock Others
4 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+3 Hide Others
6
Tools
8
  Shortcut Key   Description
1 V Selection
2 A Direct Selection
3 Y Magic Wand
4 Q Lasso
5 P Pen
6 = Add Anchor Point
7 - Delete Anchor Point
8 Shift+C Convert Anchor Point
9 Shift+T Touch Type
10 T Type
11 \ Line Segment
12 M Rectangle
13 L Ellipse
14 B Paint Brush
15 N Pencil
16 Shift+B Blob Brush
17 Shift+E Eraser
18 C Scissors
19 R Rotate
20 O Reflect
21 S Scale
22 Shift+W Width
23 Shift+R Warp
24 E Free Transform
25 Shift+M Shape Builder
26 K Live Paint Bucket
27 Shift+L Live Paint Selection
28 Shift+P Perspective Grid
29 Shift+V Perspective Selection
30 U Mesh
31 G Gradient
32 I Eyedropper
33 W Blend
34 Shift+S Symbol Sprayer
35 J Column Graph
36 Shift+O Artboard
37 Shift+K Slice
38 H Hand
39 Z Zoom
40 Tab Show / Hide All Panels
35 Shift+Tab Show / Hide All But Toolbox
7
Working with Type
23
  Shortcut Key   Description
1 Ctrl+' Switch Selection Tools
2 Shift+Ctrl+- Insert Hyphen
3 Shift+Ctrl+. Point Size Up
4 Shift+Ctrl+, Point Size Down
5 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+. Front Size Step Up
6 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+, Front Size Step Down
7 Shift+Ctrl+] Kern Looser
8 Shift+Ctrl+[ Kern Tighter
9 Alt+Ctrl+K Tracking
10 Alt+Ctrl+Q Clear Tracking
11 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+O Spacing
12 Shift+Ctrl+X Uniform Type
13 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F Highilight Font
14 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M Highlight Font (Secondary)
15 Shift+Ctrl+L Left Align Text
16 Shift+Ctrl+C Center Text
17 Shift+Ctrl+J Justify Text Left
18 Shift+Ctrl+F Justify All Lines
19 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+H Toggle Auto Hyphenation
20 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+C Toggle Line Composer
21 Shift+Ctrl+O Create Outlines
22 Alt+Ctrl+I Show Hidden Characters
23 Shift+Ctrl+R Right Align Text
8
Panels
21
  Shortcut Key   Description
1 Shift+F7 Align
2 Shift+F6 Appearance
3 Ctrl+F11 Attributes
4 F5 Brushes
5 F6 Color
6 Shift+F3 Color Guide
7 Ctrl+F9 Gradient
8 Shift+F5 Graphic Styles
9 Ctrl+F8 Info
10 F7 Layers
11 Shift+Ctrl+F9 Pathfinder
12 Ctrl+F10 Stroke
13 Shift+Ctrl+F11 Symbols
14 Shift+F8 Transform
15 Shift+Ctrl+F10 Transparency
16 Ctrl+T Character
17 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+T OpenType
18 Alt+Ctrl+T Paragraph
19 Shift+Ctrl+T Tabs
20 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K Keyboard Shortcuts
21 Ctrl+K Preferences