See also – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual
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USING INDESIGN CS4
Keyboard shortcuts
See also
Reset horizontal or vertical scale to 100%
Shift+Ctrl+X or Shift+Alt+Ctrl+X
Shift+Command+X or
Shift+Option+Command+X
Align left, right, or center
Shift+Ctrl+L, R, or C
Shift+Command+L, R, or C
Justify all lines
Shift+Ctrl+F (all lines) or J (all but last line)
Shift+Command+F (all lines) or J (all but last
line)
Increase or decrease point size*
Shift+Ctrl+> or <
Shift+Command+> or <
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/Down Arrow
Option+Up Arrow/Down Arrow
Increase or decrease leading by five times
(horizontal text)*
Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/Down Arrow
Option+Command+Up Arrow/Down Arrow
Select or deselect preferences setting
for
typographer’s marks
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+“ [quote]
Shift+Option+Command+“ [quote]
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/Right Arrow
Option+Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by
five times (horizontal text)
Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Option+Command+Left Arrow/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/Down Arrow
Shift+Option+Up Arrow/Down Arrow
Increase or decrease baseline shift by five
times (horizontal text)
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow/Down Arrow
Shift+Option+Command+Up Arrow/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
Mac
OS
Updated 18 June 2009