Illustrator CS4

Keyboard shortcut

Menu Commands File

New New from Template Open Browse in Bridge Close Save Save As Save a Copy Save for Web & Devices Revert Other Script Document Setup File Info Print Exit Ctrl+N Shift+Ctrl+N Ctrl+O Alt+Ctrl+O Ctrl+W Ctrl+S Shift+Ctrl+S Alt+Ctrl+S Alt+Shift+Ctrl+S F12 Ctrl+F12 Alt+Ctrl+P Alt+Shift+Ctrl+I Ctrl+P Ctrl+Q Ctrl+Z Shift+Ctrl+Z Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+F Ctrl+B Ctrl+I Shift+Ctrl+K Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K Ctrl+K Ctrl+D Shift+Ctrl+M Shift+Ctrl+] Ctrl+] Ctrl+[ Shift+Ctrl+[ Ctrl+G Shift+Ctrl+G Ctrl+2 Alt+Ctrl+2 Ctrl+3

Tools
Selection Direct Selection Magic Wand Lasso Pen Add Anchor Point Delete Anchor Point Convert Anchor Point Type Line Segment Rectangle Ellipse Paintbrush Pencil Blob Brush Eraser Scissors Rotate Reflect Scale Warp Free Transform Symbol Sprayer Column Graph Mesh Gradient Tool Eyedropper Blend Live Paint Bucket Live Paint Selection Artboard Slice Hand Zoom Toggle Fill/Stroke Default V A Y Q P = Shift+C T \ M L B N Shift+B Shift+E C R O S Shift+R E Shift+S J U G I W K Shift+L Shift+O Shift+K H Z X D

Edit
Undo Redo Cut Copy Paste Paste in Front Paste in Back Check Spelling Color Settings Keyboard Shortcuts General

Object
Transform Again Move Bring to Front Bring Forward Send Backward Send to Back Group Ungroup Selection Unlock All Selection

Swap Fill/Stroke Color Gradient None Toggle Screen Mode Show/Hide All Palettes Show/Hide All But Toolbox Increase Diameter Decrease Diameter Symbolism Tools - Increase Intensity Symbolism Tools - Decrease Intensity

Shift+X , . / F Tab Shift+Tab ] [ Shift+} Shift+{

Show All Join Average Make Release Make with Warp Make with Mesh Make with Top Object Edit Contents Make Make Release Make Release

Alt+Ctrl+3 Ctrl+J Alt+Ctrl+J Alt+Ctrl+B Alt+Shift+Ctrl+B Alt+Shift+Ctrl+W Alt+Ctrl+M Alt+Ctrl+C Shift+Ctrl+V Alt+Ctrl+X Ctrl+7 Alt+Ctrl+7 Ctrl+8 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+8

Type
Create Outlines Show Hidden Characters Shift+Ctrl+O Alt+Ctrl+I Ctrl+A Alt+Ctrl+A Shift+Ctrl+A Ctrl+6 Alt+Ctrl+] Alt+Ctrl+[ Shift+Ctrl+E Alt+Shift+Ctrl+E Ctrl+Y Alt+Shift+Ctrl+Y Alt+Ctrl+Y Ctrl+= Ctrl+Ctrl+0 Alt+Ctrl+0 Ctrl+1 Ctrl+H Shift+Ctrl+H Shift+Ctrl+W Ctrl+R Alt+Ctrl+R Shift+Ctrl+B Shift+Ctrl+D Shift+Ctrl+Y Alt+Ctrl+G Ctrl+; Alt+Ctrl+; Ctrl+5 Alt+Ctrl+5 Ctrl+U Ctrl+' Shift+Ctrl+' Alt+Ctrl+'

Select
All All in Active Artboard Deselect Reselect Next Object Above Next Object Below

Transparency Character OpenType Paragraph Tabs

Shift+Ctrl+F10 Ctrl+T Alt+Shift+Ctrl+T Alt+Ctrl+T Shift+Ctrl+T F1 Alt+Ctrl+Tab Shift+Ctrl+Shift+Ctrl+. Shift+Ctrl+, Alt+Shift+Ctrl+. Alt+Shift+Ctrl+, Shift+Ctrl+] Shift+Ctrl+[ Alt+Ctrl+K Alt+Ctrl+Q Alt+Shift+Ctrl+O Shift+Ctrl+X Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M Shift+Ctrl+L Shift+Ctrl+C Shift+Ctrl+R Shift+Ctrl+J Shift+Ctrl+F Alt+Shift+Ctrl+H Alt+Shift+Ctrl+C Alt+Shift+Ctrl+2 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+3 Ctrl+4 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+J F8 Ctrl+/ Alt+Ctrl+/ Ctrl+L

Help
Illustrator Help

Other Select
Switch Selection Tools

Other Text
Insert Hyphen Point Size Up Point Size Down Font Size Step Up Font Size Step Down Kern Looser Kern Tighter Tracking Clear Tracking Spacing Uniform Type Highlight Font Highlight Font (Secondary) Left Align Text Center Text Right Align Text Justify Text Left Justify All Lines Toggle Auto Hyphenation Toggle Line Composer

Effect
Apply Last Effect Last Effect

View
Preview Overprint Preview Pixel Preview Zoom In Zoom Out Fit Artboard in Window Fit All in Window Actual Size Hide Edges Hide Artboards Show Template Show Rulers Show Artboard Rulers Hide Bounding Box Show Transparency Grid Show Text Threads Hide Gradient Annotator Hide Guides Lock Guides Make Guides Release Guides Smart Guides Show Grid Snap to Grid Snap to Point

Other Object
Lock Others Hide Others Repeat Pathfinder Average & Join

Other Panel
New Symbol Add New Fill Add New Stroke New Layer

Window

Align Appearance Attributes Brushes Color Color Guide Gradient Graphic Styles Info Layers Pathfinder Stroke Symbols Transform

Shift+F7 Shift+F6 Ctrl+F11 F5 F6 Shift+F3 Ctrl+F9 Shift+F5 Ctrl+F8 F7 Shift+Ctrl+F9 Ctrl+F10 Shift+Ctrl+F11 Shift+F8

New Layer with Dialog

Alt+Ctrl+L Alt+Shift+Ctrl+U Alt+Ctrl+N Alt+Ctrl+W F2 F3 F4 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F12 Ctrl+F6 Shift+Ctrl+F6 Alt+Ctrl+F6 Alt+Shift+Ctrl+F6

Other Misc
Switch Units New File (No Dialog) Close All Cut (Secondary) Copy (Secondary) Paste (Secondary) Debug Panel Navigate to Next Document Navigate to Previous Document Navigate to Next Document Group Navigate to Previous Document Group