Adobe Illustrator 10 Keyboard Shortcuts

List of shortcut keys

Shortcut	Command	How useful(?)
File Adobe Illustrator 10
Ctrl + N	New	+ –
Ctrl + O	Open	+ –
F12	Revert	+ –
Ctrl + W	Close	+ –
Ctrl + S	Save	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + S	Save As	+ –
Ctrl + Alt + S	Save a Copy	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + Alt + S	Save for Web	+ –
Ctrl Alt p	Document Setup in Adobe Illustrator	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + P	Page [Print] Setup	+ –
Ctrl + P	Quit [Exit] Illustrator	+ –


Edit Adobe Illustrator 10
Ctrl + Z	Undo	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + Z	Redo	+ –
Ctrl + X	Cut	+ –
Ctrl + C	Copy	+ –
Ctrl + V	Paste	+ –
Ctrl + F	Paste in Front	+ –
Ctrl + B	Paste in Back	+ –
Delete	Clear	+ –

Ctrl Shft Alt K	Keyboard Shortcuts in Adobe Illustrator	+ –
Ctrl + K(under the illustrator menu for Mac OS X)	General Preference	+ –


Object Adobe Illustrator 10
Ctrl D	Transform -> Transform Again	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + M	Transform -> Move	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + Alt + D	Transform -> Transform Each	+ –
Ctrl Shft ]	Bring to Front ( in Adobe Illustrator)	+ –
Ctrl + ]	Bring Forward	+ –
Ctrl + [	Send Backward	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + [	Sent to Back	+ –
Ctrl + G	Group	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + G	Ungroup	+ –
Ctrl + 2	Lock -> Selection	+ –
Ctrl + Alt + 2	Unlock All	+ –
Ctrl + 3	Hide -> Selection	+ –
Ctrl Alt 3	Show All in Adobe Illustrator	+ –
Ctrl + J	Path -> Join	+ –
Ctrl + Alt + J	Path -> Average	+ –
Ctrl + Alt + B	Blend -> Make	+ –
Ctrl + Alt + Shft + B	Blend -> Release	+ –
Ctrl + Alt + W	Envelope Distort -> Make With Warp	+ –
Ctrl + Alt + M	Envelope Distort -> Make with Mesh	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + C	Envelope Distort -> Make with Top Object	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + V	Envelope Distort -> Edit Contents	+ –
Ctrl + 7	Clipping Mask -> Make	+ –
Ctrl + Alt + 7	Compound Mask -> Release	+ –
Ctrl 8	Compound Path -> Make ( in Adobe Illustrator)	+ –
Ctrl + Alt + 8	Compound Path -> Release	+ –


Select Adobe Illustrator 10
Ctrl + A	Select All	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + A	Deselect All	+ –
Ctrl + 6	Reselect	+ –
Ctrl Alt ]	Next Object Above in Adobe Illustrator	+ –
Ctrl + Alt + [	Next Object Below	+ –


Edit Adobe Illustrator 10
Ctrl + Shft + E	Apply Last Filter	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + Alt + E	Last Filter Dialog Box	+ –
Ctrl + Y (toggle)	Outline/Preview	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + Alt + Y	Over Print Preview	+ –
Ctrl Alt Y	Pixel Preview in Adobe Illustrator	+ –
Ctrl + + (Plus sign)	Zoom In	+ –
Ctrl + -	Zoom out	+ –
Ctrl + 0 (Zero)Double-click Zoom tool	Fit in Window	+ –
Ctrl + 1Double-click Zoom tool	Actual Size (100%)	+ –
Ctrl + H (toggle)	Hide Edges	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + W (toggle)	Hide Template	+ –
Ctrl + R (toggle)	Show/Hide Rulers	+ –
Ctrl Shft B (toggle)	Show/Hide Bounding Box in Adobe Illustrator	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + D (toggle)	Show/Hide Transparency Grid	+ –
Ctrl + ;(toggle)	Guides ? Show/Hide Guides	+ –
Ctrl + Alt + ;	Guides ? Lock Guides	+ –
Ctrl + 5	Guides ? Make Guides	+ –
Ctrl + Alt + 5	Guides ? Release Guides	+ –
Ctrl + U	Smart Guides	+ –
Ctrl + ''(toggle)	Show/Hide Grid	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + ''	Snap to Grid [Pixel]	+ –
Ctrl Alt ''	Snap to Point in Adobe Illustrator	+ –


Window Adobe Illustrator 10
Shft + F7 (toggle)	Show/Hide Align	+ –
Shft F6 (toggle)	Show/Hide Appearance in Adobe Illustrator	+ –
F11 (toggle)	Show/Hide Attributes	+ –
F5 (toggle)	Show/Hide Brushes	+ –
F6 (toggle)	Show/Hide Color	+ –
F9 (toggle)	Show/Hide Gradient in Adobe Illustrator	+ –
F8 (toggle)	Show/Hide Info	+ –
F7 (toggle)	Show/Hide Layers	+ –
Shft + F9 (toggle)	Show/Hide Pathfinder	+ –
F10 (toggle)	Show/Hide Stroke	+ –
Shft + F5 (toggle)	Show/Hide Styles	+ –
Shft + F11 (toggle)	Show/Hide Symbols	+ –
Shft F8 (toggle)	Show/Hide Transform in Adobe Illustrator	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + F10 (toggle)	Show/Hide Transparency	+ –
Ctrl + T (toggle)	Show/Hide Character Palette	+ –
Ctrl + M (toggle)	Show/Hide Paragraph Palette	+ –
Ctrl + Shft + T	Tab Ruler Palette	+ –

Adobe Illustrator 10 keyboard shortcuts