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SOME USEFUL KEYS USING mac – Adobe InDesign CS5-CC2017
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controlling text attributes
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Adjusting tracking or kerning option + left arrow for tighter spacing by increment* option + right arrow for looser spacing by increment* add (cmd) for 5 x increment* for tracking/kerning Adjusting leading option + up arrow for tighter leading by increment* option + down arrow for looser leading by increment* add (cmd) for 5 x increment* for leading Adjusting baseline shift* option + shift + up arrow to raise the position option + shift + down arrow to lower the position Adjusting word space option + cmd + delete for tighter space option + cmd + \ for looser space add (shift) for 5 x increment* for kerning
Fitting images to objects option + shift + cmd + e to fit in proportion option + shift + cmd + c to fill in proportion shift + cmd + e to centre in shape option + cmd + c to fit box to image
type size
type size
type size Applying kerning across a range of words the term u s e d i s t r a c k i n g.
pair ker|ning adjusting the leading adjusting the of the leading
the leading adjusting the leading adjusting the leading
adjusting the baseline adjusting the Baseline Shift adjusting the baseline adjusting the baseline
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Commy nos numsandit fghkeh pratuer word space utate doloreet iureetRostrud del duip er sequat.
word space
Setting the selected paragraph’s alignment left aligned right aligned shift + cmd + l to align left l type areas type areas center aligned shift + cmd + r to align right r type areas shift + cmd + l to align centre c and justified text Ilit volorti nimmu scinim quiscidunt odol oree veliquam exer senibh shift + cmd + l to align justify j and full justified text Ilit volorti nimmu scinim shift + cmd + f to align full justify f quiscidunt odol oree veliquam exer senibh As these are paragraph optionions, the cursor need only be somewhere in the paragraph. Altering genuine font style of selected text shift + cmd + b change font to bolder style shift + cmd + i change font to italic/oblique style shift + cmd + k change lowercase to uppercase shift + cmd + h change to smallcaps appearance
b i k h
bold italic
ALL CAPS
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Change image size cmd + > to enlarge image by 1% cmd + < to reduce image by 1% cmd + option + > to enlarge image by 5% cmd + option + < to reduce image by 5% The point of reference controls the direction of adjustment.
cmd + zero make current page fit in window option + cmd + zero make spread fit in window cmd + one view page @ 100% cmd + two view page @ 200% cmd + four view page @ 400% cmd + five view page @ 50% option +shift + cmd + zero 0 cmd + plus zoom closer to the page cmd + hyphen zoom away from the page option + space move around the page/screen cmd + space change to zoom tool temporarily
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option + page down option + page up cmd + j
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cmd + home cmd + end
spacebar spacebar
Align panel – show optionions for distribute evenly Glyphs panel– for finding special characters Info panel – word count/image resolution and colour space Links panel – image/text link tracking Scripts panel – pre-built actions for InDesign Table panel – show optionions for building tables Tabs panel – show optionions for distribute evenly Content Collector panel – hit ‘b’ again to switch between modes Text Wrap panel – object runaround
insert the ‘Current Page Number’ placeholder create a ‘New Page’ in the current document hide the selected object(s) show objects previously hidden repeat the object’s last transformations – move, scale, rotate etc. move the selected object to the front of the current layer move the selected object to the back of the current layer access the ‘Step and Repeat…’ dialogue ‘Paste’ the selected object remembering its original location deselect all objects and areas in the current page/spread access the ‘Text Frame Optionions…’ dialogue convert the selected text to outlines – no longer type redefine ‘Paragraph Style’ to match selected version access ‘Drop Shadow’ dialogue access the ‘Paragraph rules’ above/below dialogue
to move to the next page spread move to the previous page spread to go to a specific page by its number
pagedown pageup
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move to the start of the current story/flow move to the end of the current story/flow
home end
Selecting text within the currently active Story (flow of text) shift + cmd + home shift + cmd + end
Keys for panels (listed alphabetically)
option + shift + cmd + n shift + cmd + p cmd + 3 option + cmd + 3 option + cmd + 4 shift + cmd + } shift + cmd + { option + cmd + v option + shift + cmd + v shift + cmd + a cmd + b shift + cmd + o option + shift + cmd + r option + cmd + m option + cmd + j
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Moving though the currently active Story (flow of text)
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Useful and important keys used when building documents 7 6 tab tab
0 0 1 2 4 5 view entire pasteboard area
Navigating between pages in a document
accessing important panels shift + Function Key 7 option + shift + FKey 11 Function Key 8 shift + cmd + d option + cmd + FKey 11 shift + Function Key 9 shift + cmd + t b (in CS6 only) option + cmd + w
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Changing the document view sizes e c e c
controlling an object’s size Change object size but not the content cmd + > to enlarge image by 1% cmd + < to reduce image by 1% cmd + shift + > to enlarge image by 5% cmd + shift + < to reduce image by 5% The point of reference controls the direction of adjustment.
SOME USEFUL KEYS USING mac – Adobe InDesign CS5-CC2017
viewing and editing text and pages
keys with important construction uses
Small Caps
Keys for navigating panels/editable fields option + cmd + 7 to switch between character and paragraph settings cmd + 6 to highlight first field in the current ‘Control’ panel tab key to travel through all editable fields in a panel or dialogue shift + tab key to travel back through all editable fields up/down arrows to increase/decrease values of fields by ones shift + up/down arrows to increase/decrease values of fields by tens
= opt + shift +
controlling the relative size of an image
*The increments used are set in InDesign > Preferences > Units and Increments [ K]
Adjusting type size shift + cmd + < to reduce size by increment* shift + cmd + > to increase size by increment* option + shift + cmd + < to reduce size by 5 x inc.* option + shift + cmd + > to increase size by 5 x inc.*
SOME USEFUL KEYS USING mac – Adobe InDesign CS5-CC2017
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from cursor to start of story from cursor to end of story
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Accessing special typographic characters option + cmd + x non-breaking space [makes two words behave as one] shift + return new line, same paragraph shift + cmd + hyphen discretionary hyphen [control where hyphens occur] option + cmd + hyphen non-breaking hyphen [stops hyphens from breaking] option + shift + cmd + m non-breaking thin space [useful with punctuation] cmd + \ indent to here [align all subsequent lines to this character] enter send text to next column [if single column, next linked frame] shift + enter send next flow of text to start of new linked frame
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Accessing common, difficult, yet useful symbols option + 8 bullet point • (•) 8 option + g copyright (©) g option + 2 trademark ™ (™) 2 option + r registered tm (®) r option + shift + 8 degrees 30°C (°) 8 option + ; elipses (…) ; Useful and important key combinations option + cmd + i ctrl + cmd + h option + shift + cmd + h option + shift + cmd + j cmd + y option + cmd + y cmd + l option + cmd + l esc w shift + w
hide/show the viewing of ‘Hidden Characters’ in text hide/show the viewing of ‘Frame Edges’ for objects hide/show the ‘Hyphenate’ setting on/off access the ‘Justification’ optionions dialogue view the current story in ‘Story Editor’ window – view overset text hide/show the story ‘Text Threads’ ‘Lock Position’ of the selected objects ‘Unlock Position’ of all objects in the current spread to switch between an active Text Cursor and the ‘Selection Tool’ toggles between normal and preview views toggles between normal and presentation view
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