Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

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Adobe InDesign
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Adobe InDesign keyboard shortcuts

Adobe InDesign · Windows, macOS

ActionWindowsmacOS
Selection and navigation tools
Selection toolVV
Selection tool while not editing textEscEsc
Direct Selection toolAA
Toggle Selection and Direct Selection toolsCtrl TabCmd Control Tab
Page toolShift PShift P
Gap toolUU
Hand toolHH
Temporarily use the Hand tool without a text insertion pointSpacebarSpacebar
Zoom toolZZ
Temporarily use Zoom InCtrl SpacebarCmd Spacebar
Zoom to 50 percentCtrl 5Cmd 5
Zoom to 200 percentCtrl 2Cmd 2
Zoom to 400 percentCtrl 4Cmd 4
Drawing and layout tools
Pen toolPP
Add Anchor Point tool==
Delete Anchor Point tool--
Convert Direction Point toolShift CShift C
Type toolTT
Type on a Path toolShift TShift T
Pencil toolNN
Line toolBackslashBackslash
Rectangle Frame toolFF
Rectangle toolMM
Ellipse toolLL
Horizontal Frame Grid toolYY
Vertical Frame Grid toolQQ
Rotate toolRR
Scale toolSS
Shear toolOO
Free Transform toolEE
Eyedropper toolII
Measure toolKK
Gradient Swatch toolGG
Gradient Feather toolShift GShift G
Scissors toolCC
Toggle fill and strokeXX
Swap fill and strokeShift XShift X
Toggle formatting between container and textJJ
Apply colorCommaComma
Apply gradientPeriodPeriod
Apply no colorSlashSlash
Switch between Normal and Preview modesWW
Objects and transformations
Select the container of selected contentEscEsc
Select the content of the selected containerShift EscShift Esc
Duplicate and offset the selection upwardAlt UpOption Up
Duplicate and offset the selection downwardAlt DownOption Down
Duplicate and offset the selection leftAlt LeftOption Left
Duplicate and offset the selection rightAlt RightOption Right
Move the selection upwardUpUp
Move the selection downwardDownDown
Move the selection leftLeftLeft
Move the selection rightRightRight
Move the selection up by ten incrementsShift UpShift Up
Move the selection down by ten incrementsShift DownShift Down
Select all guidesAlt Ctrl GOption Cmd G
Switch between High Quality and Fast DisplayCtrl Alt Shift ZCmd Option Shift Z
Type formatting and movement
Apply the font's bold faceShift Ctrl BShift Cmd B
Apply the font's italic faceShift Ctrl IShift Cmd I
Apply the font's normal faceShift Ctrl YShift Cmd Y
Toggle underlineShift Ctrl UShift Cmd U
Toggle strikethroughShift Ctrl SlashControl Shift Cmd Slash
Toggle all capsShift Ctrl KShift Cmd K
Toggle small capsShift Ctrl HShift Cmd H
Toggle superscriptShift Ctrl =Shift Cmd =
Toggle subscriptShift Alt Ctrl =Shift Option Cmd =
Apply auto leadingShift Alt Ctrl AShift Option Cmd A
Clear manual kerning and reset trackingAlt Ctrl QOption Cmd Q
Align the paragraph leftShift Ctrl LShift Cmd L
Align the paragraph rightShift Ctrl RShift Cmd R
Center the paragraphShift Ctrl CShift Cmd C
Justify all linesShift Ctrl FShift Cmd F
Toggle auto-hyphenationShift Alt Ctrl HShift Option Cmd H
Move right one wordCtrl RightCmd Right
Move left one wordCtrl LeftCmd Left
Move to the previous paragraphCtrl UpCmd Up
Move to the next paragraphCtrl DownCmd Down
Move to the start of the storyCtrl HomeCmd Home
Move to the end of the storyCtrl EndCmd End
Select the current lineShift Ctrl BackslashShift Cmd Backslash
Select all text in the storyCtrl ACmd A
Tables and document view
Move to the next table cellTabTab
Move to the previous table cellShift TabShift Tab
Move to the first cell in the columnAlt Page UpOption Page Up
Move to the last cell in the columnAlt Page DownOption Page Down
Move to the first cell in the rowAlt HomeOption Home
Move to the last cell in the rowAlt EndOption End
Open a new default documentCtrl Alt NCmd Option N
Go to the next document windowCtrl ~Cmd F6
Scroll up one screenPage UpPage Up
Scroll down one screenPage DownPage Down
Go back to the last viewed pageCtrl Page UpCmd Page Up
Go forward to the last viewed pageCtrl Page DownCmd Page Down
Go to the previous spreadAlt Page UpOption Page Up
Go to the next spreadAlt Page DownOption Page Down
Open the Go To commandCtrl JCmd J
Fit the selection in the windowCtrl Alt =Cmd Option =
Cycle measurement unitsShift Alt Ctrl UShift Option Cmd U
Panels and production
Show or hide all panelsTabTab
Show or hide panels except Tools and ControlShift TabShift Tab
Activate the Control panelCtrl 6Cmd 6
Toggle Character and Paragraph modes in ControlCtrl Alt 7Cmd Option 7
Open the Character panelCtrl TCmd T
Open the Paragraph panelCtrl Alt TCmd Option T
Open Paragraph StylesF11Cmd F11
Open Character StylesShift F11Cmd Shift F11
Open the Tabs panelShift Ctrl TShift Cmd T
Open the Layers panelF7F7
Open the Pages panelF12Cmd F12
Open the Color panelF6F6
Open the Swatches panelF5F5
Open the Stroke panelF10Cmd F10
Open the Drop Shadow panelAlt Ctrl MCmd Option M
Turn on Overprint PreviewCtrl Alt Shift YCmd Option Shift Y
Show all separation platesCtrl Alt Shift ~Cmd Option Shift ~
Open PreferencesNot documentedCmd K
Minimize the active application windowNot documentedCmd M
Hide InDesignNot documentedCmd H

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.