Illustrator is most wonderful Graphic Design software. Logo, 2D & 3D etc work done by this software. There are many short cut keys for Illustrator. Old men who are know about Illustrator & its function, this post is not for them. On the other hand who is new user of Illustrator, this post is for them. Who are use Illustrator as a new user I share Illustrator Shortcut Keys & Function. Let’s Learn about it. This shortcut keys save your valuable time. Otherwise it creates your work will easy to easiest. So it should be know about this Illustrator Shortcut Keys & Function.
Shortcut Keys |
Function or Work |
A |
Direct Selection Tool |
B |
Paintbrush Tool |
C |
Scissors Tool |
D |
Default Fill & Stroke |
E |
Free Transform Tool |
F |
Full Screen |
G |
Gradient Tool |
H |
Hand Tool |
I |
Eyedropper Tool |
J |
Column Graph Tool |
K |
Paint Bucket Tool |
L |
Ellipse Tool |
M |
Rectangle Tool |
N |
Pencil Tool |
O |
Reflect Tool |
P |
Pen Tool |
Q |
Lasso Tool |
R |
Rotate Tool |
S |
Scale Tool |
T |
Type Tool |
U |
Gradient Mesh Tool |
V |
Selection Tool |
W |
Blend Tool |
X |
Fill & Stroke Color |
Y |
Magic Wand Tool |
Z |
Zoom Tool |
+ |
Add Anchor Point Tool |
– |
Delete Anchor Point Tool |
Line Segment Tool | |
F1 |
Illustrator Help (Only Online) |
F7 |
Show & Hide Layer |
F8 |
Show & Hide Info |
F9 |
Show & Hide Gradient Palette |
F12 |
Revert |
Esc |
Exit Full Screen Mode |
Up Button |
Move Up For Selected Item |
Down Button |
Move Down For Selected Item |
Left Button |
Move Left For Selected Item |
Right Button |
Move Right For Selected Item |
Ctrl + A |
Select All Document |
Ctrl + B |
Paste on Copy Place |
Ctrl + C |
Copy Selected Item |
Ctrl + D |
Transform Again |
Ctrl + E |
Apply Last Filter |
Ctrl + F |
Past in Font as Copy Place |
Ctrl + G |
Group Make |
Ctrl + H |
Show & Hide Edges |
Ctrl + I |
Show & Hide Color palette |
Ctrl + J |
Join Selected 2 Anchor |
Ctrl + K |
Shown Preferences Dialog Box |
Ctrl + L |
Create Layer on Opened Page |
Ctrl + M |
Show & Hide Paragraph Palette |
Ctrl + N |
Shown New Document Dialog Box |
Ctrl + O |
Open a Stored File |
Ctrl + P |
Print Document |
Ctrl + Q |
Exit or Quit Illustrator |
Ctrl + R |
Show & Hide Rulers |
Ctrl + S |
Save Document |
Ctrl + T |
Show & Hide Character Palette |
Ctrl + U |
Smart Guides |
Ctrl + V |
Past Copied Thing |
Ctrl + W |
Close Document |
Ctrl + X |
Cut Selected Item |
Ctrl + Y |
Preview & Outline View |
Ctrl + Z |
Undo to Last Option |
Ctrl + ] |
Bring Forward |
Ctrl + [ |
Send Backward |
Ctrl + 2 |
Lock Selected Item |
Ctrl + / |
Add New Fill |
Ctrl + 5 |
Make Guides |
Ctrl + 8 |
Compound Path Make |
Ctrl + Spacebar + Click |
Zoom In |
Ctrl + Enter |
Apply Value & Scale Option For Height & Width |
Ctrl + F8 |
Show & Hide Info Panel |
Ctrl + F9 |
Show & Hide Gradient Panel |
Ctrl + F10 |
Show & Hide Stroke Panel |
Ctrl + F11 |
Show & Hide Attributes Panel |
Shift + B |
Blob Brush Tool |
Shift + C |
Convert Anchor Point Tool |
Shift + D |
Switch Through Drawing Modes |
Shift + E |
Eraser Tool |
Shift + K |
Slice Tool |
Shift + L |
Live Paint Selection Tool |
Shift + M |
Shape Builder Tool |
Shift + O |
Artboard Tool |
Shift + P |
Perspective Grid Tool |
Shift + R |
Warp Tool |
Shift + S |
Symbol Sprayer Tool |
Shift + V |
Perspective Selection Tool |
Shift + W |
Width Tool |
Shift + X |
Swap Fill & Stroke |
Shift + F5 |
Show & Hide Graphic Styles Panel |
Shift + F6 |
Show & Hide Appearance Panel |
Shift + F7 |
Show & Hide Align Panel |
Shift + F8 |
Show & Hide Transform Panel |
Shift + Enter |
Insert Soft Return |
Shift + Tab |
Show & Hide Panels & Control Panel |
Shift + Up Arrow |
Increase Selected Item With Large Space (1o pts) |
Shift + Down Arrow |
Decreases Selected Item With Large Space (1o pts) |
Shift + Left Arrow |
Left Selected Item With Large Space (1o pts) |
Shift + Right Arrow |
Right Selected Item With Large Space (1o pts) |
Alt + Enter |
Apply Value & Copy Object |
Ctrl + Shift + A |
Deselect All Selected Item |
Ctrl + Shift + B |
Show & Hide Bounding Box |
Ctrl + Shift + C |
Align Center For Paragraph |
Ctrl + Shift + D |
Show & Hide Transparency Grid |
Ctrl + Shift + E |
Apply Last Effect |
Ctrl + Shift + F |
Justify Last Line |
Ctrl + Shift + G |
Ungroup |
Ctrl + Shift + H |
Show & Hide Artboards |
Ctrl + Shift + I |
Perspective Grid |
Ctrl + Shift + J |
Justify Paragraph |
Ctrl + Shift + L |
Align Left For Paragraph |
Ctrl + Shift + O |
Create Outlines |
Ctrl + Shift + P |
Page Setup & Print Setup dialog box |
Ctrl + Shift + Q |
Reset Kerning & Tracking to 0 |
Ctrl + Shift + R |
Align Right For Paragraph |
Ctrl + Shift + S |
Show Save as Dialog Box |
Ctrl + Shift + T |
Show & Hide Tab For Ruler Palette |
Ctrl + Shift + W |
Show & Hide Template |
Ctrl + Shift + X |
Reset Horizontal Scale to 100% |
Ctrl + Shift + Z |
Redo Last… Undo Item |
Ctrl + Shift + ] |
Bring To Front |
Ctrl + Shift + [ |
Send To Back |
Ctrl + Shift + F6 |
Navigate Previous Document |
Ctrl + Shift + F9 |
Show & Hide Pathfinder Panel |
Ctrl + Shift + F10 |
Show & Hide Transparency Panel |
Ctrl + Shift + F11 |
Show & Hide Symbols Panel |
Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow |
Selected Word Right |
Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow |
Selected Word Left |
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + B |
Blend Release or Remove |
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + J |
Average & Join 2 Selected Anchor |
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + 2 |
Lock Deselected Item |
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + 3 |
Hide Deselected Item |
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + F6 |
Navigate Previous Document Group |
Ctrl + Alt + A |
Select Artwork in Active Artboard |
Ctrl + Alt + B |
Blend Making |
Ctrl + Alt + D |
Show Transform Each Dialog Box |
Ctrl + Alt + E |
Show Last Filter Dialog box (reopen) |
Ctrl + Alt + G |
Show & Hide Gradient Arrow |
Ctrl + Alt + J |
Average Selected 2 Anchor |
Ctrl + Alt + P |
Show Page Setup Dialog Box |
Ctrl + Alt + S |
Show Save As Dialog Box |
Ctrl + Alt + Y |
Pixel Preview |
Ctrl + Alt + / |
Add New Stroke |
Ctrl + Alt + 3 |
Show Hided Deselected Item |
Ctrl + Alt + 7 |
Send Backward |
Ctrl + Alt + 8 |
Compound Path Release |
Ctrl + Alt + F6 |
Navigate Next Document Group |
Ctrl + Alt + Spacebar + Click |
Zoom Out |
Ctrl + Alt + Tab |
Switch Between Selection & Direct Selection tools |
Shift + Alt + Drag |
Cut at 45° or 90° With Knife Tool |