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Art Text Keyboard Shortcuts

Documents

Cmd-S Save the current document.
Cmd-Shift-S Save a copy of the current document.
Cmd-Opt-S Save the active layer to the library of styles into the custom section.
Cmd-O Open a document.
Cmd-N Create a new document.
Cmd-Shift-N Open a library of pre-designed documents.
Cmd-E Export the current document to a graphic file.
Cmd-W Close the active document window.
Cmd-Q Exit the application.
Cmd-Z Reverse the last operation you performed.
Cmd-Shift-Z Reverse the last Undo operation.
Cmd-= Zoom in the current view.
Cmd-“-” Zoom out the current view.
Cmd-Y Open the Document Size dialog box.

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Windows and Panels

Cmd-“,” Bring up the program preferences dialog.
Cmd-Shift-C Display the Colors pane.
Cmd-Opt-T Open the Special Characters palette.
Cmd-M Minimize the currently active window.
Cmd-Shift-P Open the standard Page Setup dialog for changing the size, orientation and other parameters of the page.
Cmd-P Bring up the standard Print dialog.
Cmd-Shift-I Show or hide the Layer Content window.
Cmd-L Show or hide the Layers panel.
Cmd-1 Open the Effects panel.
Cmd-2 Open the Geometry panel.
Cmd-3 Open the Styles panel.

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Layers and Objects

Cmd-Shift-L Add a new layer to the top of layer stack.
Cmd-Backspace Delete the active layer.
Cmd-C Copy selected layer(s) into the Clipboard.
Cmd-Opt-C Copy all layers into the Clipboard.
Cmd-V Paste the content of the Clipboard into a new layer.
Cmd-X Cut selected layer(s).
Cmd-A Select all layers.
Cmd-D Duplicate the current layer.
Cmd-Shift-H Center the selected object horizontally.
Cmd-Shift-V Center the selected object vertically.
Cmd
while moving an object		 Disable the snap function.
Cmd-J Merge layers using the join operation.
Cmd-U Merge layers using the union operation.
Cmd-] Move the layer selection to the right in the layer bar. The layer located in front of the current will be selected.
Cmd-[ Move the layer selection to the left in the layer bar. The layer located behind the current will be selected.
Cmd-Ctrl-Opt-T Put each character of the selected text layer into a separate layer.
Cmd-Ctrl-Opt-E Put the selected part of the selected text layer into a separate layer.

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Text Editing and Formatting

Cmd-V Paste text from the Clipboard into the edit box.
Cmd-A Select all text in the text editor of the Layer Content window.
Cmd-{ Align left.
Cmd-| Center text.
Cmd-} Align right.
Cmd-T Display the Font panel.
Cmd-B Make text bold.
Cmd-I Turn text to italic.
Cmd-Opt-= Increase the font size.
Cmd-Opt-“-” Decrease the font size.

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Vector Editor

Opt-L Activate the Straight Segment tool.
Opt-C Activate the Curved Segment tool.
Opt-R Activate the Rectangle tool.
Opt-O Activate the Ellipse tool.
Opt-+ Add a point.
Backspace Remove a point.
Opt-Space Remove all.
Cmd-A Select all.

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Other

Cmd-? Open the built-in Help.

 

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