Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 703)

697 USING INDESIGN
Keyboard shortcuts
Last updated 11/16/2011
Keys for navigating through and selecting text
This table isn’t a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. It lists only those shortcuts that aren’t displayed in menu
commands or tool tips.
Increase or decrease point size by five times* Shift+Ctrl+Alt+> or < Shift+Command+ Option+> or <
Increase or decrease leading (horizontal
text)* Alt+Up Arrow/ Alt+Down Arrow Option+Up Arrow/ Option+Down Arrow
Increase or decrease leading by five times
(horizontal text)* Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow Option+Command+Up Arrow/
Option+Command+Down Arrow
Auto leading Shift+Alt+Ctrl+A Shift+Option+Command+A
Align to grid (on/off) Shift+Alt+Ctrl+G Shift+Option+Command+G
Auto-hyphenate (on/off) Shift+Alt+Ctrl+H Shift+Option+Command+H
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking
(horizontal text) Alt+Left Arrow/Alt+Right Arrow Option+Left Arrow/ Option+Right Arrow
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by
five times (horizontal text) Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow/ Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow Option+Command+Left Arrow/
Option+Command+Right Arrow
Increase kerning between words* Alt+Ctrl+\ Option+Command+\
Decrease kerning between words* Alt+Ctrl+Backspace Option+Command+Delete
Clear all manual kerning and reset tracking to
0 Alt+Ctrl+Q Option+Command+Q
Increase or decrease baseline shift**
(horizontal text) Shift+Alt+Up Arrow/ Shift+Alt+Down Arrow Shift+Option+Up Arrow/ hift+Option+Down
Arrow
Increase or decrease baseline shift by five
times (horizontal text) Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow Shift+Option+Command+Up Arrow/
Shift+Option+Command+Down Arrow
Automatically flow story Shift–click loaded text icon Shift–click loaded text icon
Semi-automatically flow story Alt–click loaded text icon Option–click loaded text icon
Recompose all stories Alt+Ctrl+/ Option+Command+/
Insert current page number Alt+Ctrl+N Option+Command+N
*Press Shift to increase or decrease kerning between words by five times.
**Amount is set in Edit > Preferences > Units & Increments (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Units & Increments (Mac OS).
Result Windows Action Mac OS Action
Move to right or left one character Right Arrow/ Left Arrow Right Arrow/ Left Arrow
Move up or down one line Up Arrow/ Down Arrow Up Arrow/ Down Arrow
Move to right or left one word Ctrl+Right Arrow/ Ctrl+Left Arrow Command+Right Arrow/ Command+Left
Arrow
Move to start or end of line Home/End Home/End
Move to previous or next paragraph Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Ctrl+Down Arrow Command+Up Arrow/ Command+Down
Arrow
Result Windows Mac OS