Top 100 Pagemaker Shortcut Keys
SELECTING
TOOLS |
Shortcuts |
Alt-drag selection |
Draw marquee
selection from the center |
Shift |
Add to a selection |
Alt |
Subtract from a
selection |
Shift–Alt |
Intersect with a
selection |
Alt-drag selection |
Make a copy of the
selection w/Move tool |
Ctrl–Alt-drag
selection |
Make a copy of the
selection when not in the Move tool |
Arrow keys
Move selection (in 10-pixel increments) |
Move selection (in
1-pixel increments) |
Shift–F6 |
Feather selection |
Hold Spacebar while
drawing a marquee |
Move marquee while
drawing selection |
Ctrl-click on layer
thumbnail (in the Layers panel) |
Shift–Arrow keys
Select all opaque pixels on the layer |
Ctrl-Shift–D |
Reselect last
selection |
VIEWING
Shortcuts |
TOOLS |
Double–click on Hand
tool or Ctrl–0 |
Fit on Screen |
Double–click on Zoom
tool or Ctrl–1 |
100% View Level
(Actual Pixels) |
Alt–Spacebar–click
or Ctrl–Minus (–) |
Zoom out |
Ctrl-Shift–Page
Up/Down |
Scroll image left or
right in the window |
Ctrl–drag in
Navigator panel |
Jump/Zoom to part of
an image |
Shift-Tab |
Hide/Show all tools
and panels |
Ctrl–Spacebar–click
or Ctrl–Plus (+) |
zoom in |
.\ |
Toggle layer
mask on/off as rubylith |
F |
Cycle through full
screen modes |
LAYERS
Shortcuts |
TOOLS |
Ctrl–Shift–N |
Create new layer |
Ctrl–click layers |
Select
non-contiguous layers |
Click one layer,
then Shift–click another layer |
Select contiguous
layers |
Delete key (while in
the Move tool) |
Delete layer |
Alt–click layer mask
icon |
View contents of
layer mask |
Shift–click layer
mask icon |
Temporarily turn off
layer mask |
Alt–drag |
Clone layer as you
move it |
Right–click on the
object w/Move tool |
Find/Select layer
containing object |
Number pad keys
(w/Move tool selected) |
Change layer opacity |
Shift–Plus (+) or
Minus (–) |
Cycle down or up
through blending modes |
(W/Move tool)
Shift–Alt–letter (N=Normal, M=multiply, etc.) |
Change to a specific
blending mode |
Alt–[or Alt–] |
Switch to layer
below/above current layer |
Ctrl–[or Ctrl–] |
Move layer
below/above current layer |
Double–click on T
thumbnail in Layers panel |
Select all text on
layer |
Ctrl–Shift–> or
< |
Increase/Decrease
size of selected text by 1 pt |
Ctrl–Shift–Alt–>
or < |
Increase/Decrease
size of selected text by 5 pts. |
Alt–Right/Left arrow |
Increase/Decrease
kerning/tracking |
Ctrl–Shift–L/C/R |
Align text
left/center/right |
PAINTING
Shortcuts |
TOOLS |
Ctrl–Backspace |
Fill selection with
Background color |
Alt–Backspace |
Fill selection with
Foreground color |
Shift–Alt–Backspace |
Fill selection with
Foreground color using Lock Transparent Pixels |
Ctrl–Alt–Backspace |
Fill selection with
source state in History panel |
Shift–Backspace |
Display Fill dialog
box |
Alt–click
w/Eyedropper tool to |
Sample as background
color |
While in any
painting/editing tool, hold Ctrl to get |
get Move tool |
Alt |
Eyedropper with
painting tools |
Number keys |
Change paint opacity
(with Airbrush OFF) |
Shift–Number keys |
Change paint opacity
(with Airbrush ON) |
Number keys |
Change Airbrush flow
(with Airbrush ON) |
Shift–Number keys |
Change Airbrush flow
(with Airbrush OFF) |
While in any
painting/editing tool, turn Caps Lock on |
to get Crosshair
cursor |
[Or] |
Decrease/Increase
brush size |
Shift–[or Shift–] |
Decrease/Increase
hardness of brush |
< or > |
Switch between
preset brushes |
Right–click in image
window |
Open Brushes pop-up
panel |
Alt–Eraser |
Erase to History
panel’s source state |
Shift–Plus (+) or
Minus (–) |
Cycle down or up
through blending modes |
Shift–Alt–letter
(N=Normal, M=multiply, etc.) |
Change to a specific
blending mode |
Shift–click in image
window |
Create fixed color
target from within a dialog box |
Alt–click on target
with Color Sampler tool |
Delete fixed color
target |
Ctrl–click on new
channel button in Channels panel |
Create new Spot
Color channel from current selection |
PEN TOOL & PATHS
Shortcuts |
TOOLS |
Ctrl |
To get Direct
Selection tool while using Pen tool |
Alt |
Switch between Add
Anchor and Delete Anchor Point tools |
Ctrl–Alt |
Switch from Path
Selection tool to Convert Point tool when pointer is over anchor point |
Alt– |
To select a whole
path w/Direct Selection tool |
Ctrl–click on path
name (in Paths panel) |
click Convert path
to a selection |
PANELS
Shortcuts |
TOOLS |
F5 |
Show/Hide Brush
panel |
F6 |
Show/Hide Color
panel |
F7 |
Show/Hide Layers
panel |
F8 |
Show/Hide Info panel |
Alt–F9 |
Show/Hide Actions
panel |
Ctrl–Alt–O |
Open Adobe Bridge |
General Tools
TOOLS |
Shortcuts |
Move and Artboard
tools |
V |
Marquee tools |
M |
Lasso tools |
L |
Quick Selection,
Magic Wand |
W |
Crop and Slice tools |
C |
Eyedropper, 3D
Material Eyedropper, Color Sampler, Ruler, Note, Count |
I |
Spot Healing Brush,
Healing Brush, Patch, Content-Aware Move, Red Eye |
J |
Brush, Pencil, Color
Replacement, Mixer Brush |
B |
Clone Stamp, Pattern
Stamp |
S |
History Brush, Art
History Brush |
Y |
Eraser tools |
E |
Gradient, Paint
Bucket, 3D Material Drop O Dodge, Burn, Sponge P Pen tools |
G |
Type tools |
T |
Path Selection,
Direct Selection |
A |
Rectangle, Rounded
Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Line, Custom Shape |
U |
Hand R Rotate View |
H |
Zoom D Default
colors |
Z |
Switch Foreground
and Background colors |
X |
Quick Mask Mode |
Q |
To switch between
all tools within groups, add the Shift key to the letters above. For example,
to switch between Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee …….. Shift–M |
SWITCHING TOOLS |
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