Keys for navigating through and selecting text – Adobe InDesign User Manual

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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 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

Increase or decrease baseline shift by
five times (vertical text)

Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow/
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow

Shift+Option+Command+Right Arrow/
hift+Option+Command+Left Arrow

Automatically flow story

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

Move up or down one line

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

Move to previous or next paragraph

Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Ctrl+Down Arrow

Command+Up Arrow/
Command+Down Arrow

Move to start or end of story

Ctrl+Home/ Ctrl+End

Command+Home/ Command+End

Select one word

Double-click word

Select one character right or left

Shift+Right Arrow/ Shift+Left Arrow

Select one line above or below

Shift+Up Arrow/ Shift+Down Arrow

Select start or end of line

Shift+Home/ Shift+End

Select one paragraph

Triple-click or quadruple-click
paragraph, depending on Text
Preferences setting

Select one paragraph before or after

Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow/ Shift+Ctrl+Down
Arrow

Shift+Command+Up Arrow/
Shift+Command+Down Arrow

Select current line

Shift+Ctrl+\

Shift+Command+\

Select characters from insertion point

Shift–click

Select start or end of story

Shift+Ctrl+Home/ Shift+Ctrl+End

Shift+Command+Home/
Shift+Command+End

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This manual is related to the following products:

InDesign CS6