# Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish numerous tasks in Artboard. In order to find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the menus (or see the keyboard shortcuts listed below). In order to complete an action in the left column, press the keys indicated in the right column.

## Show Hide Keyboard Shortcuts for Activating Drawing Tools

ACTION | SHORTCUT
Show Tools palette | ⌘Command-2
Activate Select tool while using any other drawing tool | [s] or Esc
Temporarily activate the Pan tool while any other drawing tool is active | [spacebar]
Pan tool | [h]
Ruler tool | [m]
Zoom tool | [z]
Reverse zoom in tool to zoom out | Option-click (with Zoom In tool active)
Reverse zoom out tool to zoom in | Option-click (with Zoom Out tool active)
Rectangle tool | [r]
Oval tool | [o]
Irregular Polygon tool | [p]
Regular Polygon tool | [g]
Wedge tool | [w]
Arc tool | [a]
Straight Line tool | [l]
Bezier Path tool | [b]
Freehand Path tool | [f]
Path Cutter tool | [u]
Text Box tool | [t]
Text Path tool | [e]
Insert Path Point tool | [+]
Delete Path Point tool | [–]
Stamp tool | [y]
Style Dropper tool | [d]

## Show Hide Keyboard Shortcuts for Manipulating Objects

ACTION | SHORTCUT
End path | Esc key (while drawing Irregular Polygon, Bezier Curve, Curved Track, and Polygonal Track)
Undo | ⌘Command-Z
Redo | Shift-⌘Command-Z
Cut selected object(s) | ⌘Command-X
Copy selected object(s) | ⌘Command-C
Paste selected object(s) | ⌘Command-V
Select all items in the active layer | ⌘Command-A
Select others (all objects currently unselected) | Shift-⌘Command-A
Duplicate object once | ⌘Command-D
Duplicate object and move it | Option- (press and drag object)
Duplicate object in place | Option- (click object)
Join endpoints of selected paths / tracks | ⌘Command-J
Convert shape object to Path | Shift-⌘Command-P or double-click object
Convert path object to Shape | Shift-⌘Command-S or double-click object
Constrain lines to straight segments at 15-degree angled increments | Shift- draw paths and tracks
Constrain the aspect ratio of a shape | Shift- (draw shapes)
Copy style | Option-Shift-⌘Command-C
Paste style | Option-Shift-⌘Command-V
Pick up style from existing object while another drawing tool is active | ⌘Command- (click on object with style to be picked up)
Bring forward | ⌘Command- (up arrow key)
Send Backward | ⌘Command- (down arrow key)

## Show Hide Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigating Drawing & Palettes

ACTION | SHORTCUT
Zoom in | Shift-⌘Command- +
Zoom out | Shift-⌘Command- – (underscore)
Zoom to 100% | ⌘Command-0
Zoom to fit | Shift-⌘Command-0
Constrain Guide placement on rulers to even, whole number increments | Shift-(drag Guide)
Minimize Window | ⌘Command-M
Show Tools palette | ⌘Command-2
Show Styles & Clip Art palette | ⌘Command-3
Show Style Inspector | ⌘Command-4
Show Library Manager | ⌘Command-5
Show Colors panel | Shift-⌘Command-C
Copy ruler | Control-⌘Command-C
Paste ruler | Control-⌘Command-V

## Show Hide Keyboard Shortcuts for Formatting Text

ACTION | SHORTCUT
Show Fonts panel | ⌘Command-T
Insert next line in text box | Return
End text edit mode | Esc
Insert Special Characters | Option-⌘Command-T
Bold | ⌘Command-B
Italicize | ⌘Command-I
Underline | ⌘Command-U
Make font size bigger | ⌘Command- + (equals)
Make font size smaller | ⌘Command- –
Edit text | ⌘Command-E
Align text flush left | ⌘Command- {
Align text center | ⌘Command- |
Align text flush right | ⌘Command- }
Tighten text kerning / tracking | Option-⌘Command- ←
Loosen text kerning / tracking | Option-⌘Command- →

## Show Hide Keyboard Shortcuts for Combining Objects through Boolean Operations

ACTION | SHORTCUT
Union (combine objects) | Shift-⌘Command-U
Intersect (combine objects) | Shift-⌘Command-I
Difference (combine objects)b | Shift-⌘Command-D
Append, or merge (combine objects) | Shift-⌘Command-M

## Show Hide Keyboard Shortcuts for Working with Layers

ACTION | SHORTCUT
Add new drawing layer | Shift-⌘Command-N
Activate layer # | Option-⌘Command- 0 through # (zero is top layer and they are numbered consecutively downward)

## Show Hide Keyboard Shortcuts for File Actions

ACTION | SHORTCUT
Open Preferences | ⌘Command- , (comma key)
Hide application | ⌘Command-H
Hide other applications | Option-⌘Command-H
Quit application | ⌘Command-Q
Open new drawing | ⌘Command-N
Open new drawing from template | Option-⌘Command-N
Open a file | ⌘Command-O
Close file | ⌘Command-W
Save file | ⌘Command-S
Print file | ⌘Command-P

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