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Keyboard Shortcuts

Use your keyboard to quickly complete many actions in iStudio Publisher. To find the keyboard shortcuts for common commands, look in the menus or in the table below. To complete an action, press the shortcut key combination.

Here's a list of symbols, which appear in the menus and the table below, together with their corresponding keyboard key names:

 ⌘  Command - also known as the Apple key

 ⌥  Option - also known as Alt key

 ⌃  Control - also known as Ctrl or Ctl key

 fn  Function

 ⇧  Shift

 ⇪  Caps Lock

 ⇥  Tab

 ←  Left Arrow

 →  Right Arrow

 ↑  Up Arrow

 ↓  Down Arrow

 ↵  Carriage Return

When allocating keyboard shortcuts we take into consideration standard macOS shortcuts, shortcuts used by other apps for common actions, groupings of related actions, and choice of letter to make shortcuts intuitive. Achieving the best balance between these various, often competing, requirements is challenging and something we do review from time to time. Please let us know if there's an addition or change you would like to suggest.

Want to specify your own keyboard shortcuts? macOS provides a standard mechanism for you to override existing keyboard shortcuts, or provide new ones, which is described at the end of this help page.

Action

Shortcut

 iStudio Publisher  menu items

 Preferences...  Open the Preferences panel

 ⌘,  Command-Comma

 Hide iStudio Publisher  Hide all iStudio Publisher windows

 ⌘H  Command-H

 Hide Others  Hide the windows of all other apps

 ⌥⌘H  Option-Command-H

 Quit iStudio Publisher  Quit the iStudio Publisher app

 ⌘Q  Command-Q

 File  menu items

 New Document...  Create a new document file

 ⌘N  Command-N

 Open Document...  Open an existing document

 ⌘O  Command-O

 Close Document  Close the current document and its document window(s)

 ⌘W  Command-W

 Close Window (or Tab)  Close the current document window (or tab, if your version of macOS supports app tabs and the current window has two or more tabs open)

 ⇧⌘W  Shift-Command-W

 Close All  Close all documents and all document windows

 ⌥⌘W  Option-Command-W

 Save Document  Save the current document

 ⌘S  Command-S

 Save Document As...  Save the current document to a new filename, close the existing file and open the new filename copy for editing

 ⇧⌘S  Shift-Command-S

 Save Document Copy As...  Save a copy of the current document to a new filename, but keep the existing file open

 ⌥⇧⌘S  Option-Shift-Command-S

 Save All  Save all documents

 ⌥⌘S  Option-Command-S

 Export as PDF...  Export as a PDF file using the default PDF settings

 ⌥⌘P  Option-Command-P

 Page Setup...  Open the standard macOS Page Setup dialog

 ⇧⌘P  Shift-Command-P

 Print...  Open the standard macOS Print dialog

 ⌘P  Command-P

 Edit  menu items

 Undo  Undo the last action (can be used repeatedly)

 ⌘Z  Command-Z

 Redo  Redo an "Undo action" (can be used repeatedly)

 ⇧⌘Z  Shift-Command-Z

 Cut  Cut the current selection to the clipboard

 ⌘X  Command-X

 Copy  Copy the current selection to the clipboard

See the Cut, Copy and Paste help page for details about what gets copied in different situations

 ⌘C  Command-C

 Copy Image  If shapes are selected: Copy all images from the current selection to the clipboard

 ⌃C  Control-C

 Copy Shape  If shapes are selected: Copy all outline paths from the current selection to the clipboard

 ⌃⇧C  Control-Shift-C

 Copy Shape Style  If a single non-grouped shape is selected: Copy shape style from the current selection to the clipboard

 ⌥⇧⌘C  Option-Shift-Command-C

 Copy Character Style  If there's a text cursor, but no text selection: Copy character style at the cursor to the clipboard

If text is selected: Copy character style of the first character in the selection to the clipboard

 ⇧⌘C  Shift-Command-C

 Copy Paragraph Style  If there's a text cursor, but no text selection: Copy paragraph style at the cursor to the clipboard

If text is selected: Copy paragraph style of the first paragraph marker in the selection to the clipboard

 ⌥⌘C  Option-Command-C

 Paste  Text, Pointer, Reshaping, or Rotation Tool: Insert the current clipboard contents

See the Cut, Copy and Paste help page for details about what gets pasted in different situations

 ⌘V  Command-V

 Paste in Place  Pointer, Reshaping, or Rotation Tool: Insert the current clipboard contents (shapes) at their original locations, so if you are pasting on the same page as the original shapes, the pasted shapes will be superimposed on top of the originals

 ⌃⌘V  Control-Command-V

 Paste Image  Pointer, Reshaping, or Rotation Tool: Modify existing image of current selection or insert new images from the clipboard

See the Cut, Copy and Paste help page for details about what gets pasted in different situations

 ⌃V  Control-V

 Paste Shape  Pointer, Reshaping, or Rotation Tool: Modify shape of current selection or insert new shapes from the clipboard

See the Cut, Copy and Paste help page for details about what gets pasted in different situations

 ⌃⇧V  Control-Shift-V

 Paste Shape Style  Pointer, Reshaping, or Rotation Tool: Modify style of current shape selection to match the shape style on the clipboard

 ⌥⇧⌘V  Option-Shift-Command-V

 Paste and Match Style  Text Tool: Insert the current clipboard contents (text) at the cursor and apply the character and paragraph styles in operation at the insertion point.

 ⌃⌥V  Control-Option-V

 Paste Character Style  Text Tool: Modify character style of current text selection to match the character style on the clipboard

 ⇧⌘V  Shift-Command-V

 Paste Paragraph Style  Text Tool: Modify paragraph style of current text selection to match the paragraph style on the clipboard - the pasted style is applied to all paragraphs wholly or partially selected

 ⌥⌘V  Option-Command-V

 Duplicate  Duplicate the current selection

 ⌘D  Command-D

 Add/Edit Link...  Add new hyperlink to the current selection, or edit existing link

 ⌘L  Command-L

 Test Link  Test hyperlink in the current selection

 ⌥⌘L  Option-Command-L

 Remove Link(s)  Remove all hyperlinks from the current selection

 ⇧⌘L  Shift-Command-L

 Deselect All  Deselect the current selection

 ⇧⌘A  Shift-Command-A

 Check Spelling  Commence spelling check - display the standard macOS Spelling and Grammar panel if an error is found

 ⌘;  Command-Semicolon

 Start Dictation  Start dictation

 fn fn  Function-Function

 Emoji & Symbols  Open the Character Viewer

 ⌃⌘Space  Control-Command-Space

 Edit > Select Shapes  menu items

 All on Canvas  Select all shapes on the current canvas

 ⌥⌘A  Option-Command-A

 Inverse  Invert the shape selection on the current canvas

 ⌥⇧⌘A  Option-Shift-Command-A

 Previous  Select the previous shape on the current canvas.

If the current selection is NOT a single shape: select the most recently created shape

If the current selection is a single shape: cycle the single shape selection to the next shape in the sequence newest to oldest created

 ⇧⇥  Shift-Tab

 Next  Select the next shape on the current canvas.

If the current selection is NOT a single shape: select the most recently created shape

If the current selection is a single shape: cycle the single shape selection to the next shape in the sequence oldest to newest created

 ⇥  Tab

 Edit > Select Text  menu items

 Word  Select word at the current cursor position

 ⌃⇧W  Control-Shift-W

 Line  Select line at the current cursor position

 ⌃⇧L  Control-Shift-L

 Paragraph  Select paragraph at the current cursor position

 ⌃⇧P  Control-Shift-P

 All in Flow  Select all text in the current flow

 ⌘A  Command-A

 Forwards One Character  Change the current selection by moving the cursor forwards one character

 ⇧→  Shift-Right Arrow

 Backwards One Character  Change the current selection by moving the cursor backwards one character

 ⇧←  Shift-Left Arrow

 Forwards to Word End  Change the current selection by moving the cursor forwards to the nearest word end

 ⌥⇧→  Option-Shift-Right Arrow

 Backwards to Word Start  Change the current selection by moving the cursor backwards to the nearest word start

 ⌥⇧←  Option-Shift-Left Arrow

 Forwards to Next Line  Change the current selection by moving the cursor forwards one line

 ⇧↓  Shift-Down Arrow

 Backwards to Previous Line  Change the current selection by moving the cursor backwards one line

 ⇧↑  Shift-Up Arrow

 Forwards to Line End  Change the current selection by moving the cursor forwards to the nearest line end

 ⇧⌘→  Shift-Command-Right Arrow

 Backwards to Line Start  Change the current selection by moving the cursor backwards to the nearest line start

 ⇧⌘←  Shift-Command-Left Arrow

 Forwards to Paragraph End  Change the current selection by moving the cursor forwards to the nearest paragraph end

 ⌥⇧↓  Option-Shift-Down Arrow

 Backwards to Paragraph Start  Change the current selection by moving the cursor backwards to the nearest paragraph start

 ⌥⇧↑  Option-Shift-Up Arrow

 Forwards to Flow End  Change the current selection by moving the cursor forwards to the flow end

 ⇧⌘↓  Shift-Command-Down Arrow

 Backwards to Flow Start  Change the current selection by moving the cursor backwards to the flow start

 ⇧⌘↑  Shift-Command-Up Arrow

 Edit > Select Tool  menu items

 Pointer Tool  Select the Pointer Tool

 ⌃P  Control-P

 Image Tool  Select the Image Tool

 ⌃I  Control-I

 Reshaping Tool  Select the Reshaping Tool

 ⌃S  Control-S

 Rotation Tool  Select the Rotation Tool

 ⌃R  Control-R

 Text Tool  Select the Text Tool

 ⌃T  Control-T

 Text Box Tool  Select the Text Box Tool

 ⌃E  Control-E

 Text Flow Tool  Select the Text Flow Tool

 ⌃F  Control-F

 Text Along Path Tool  Select the Text Along Path Tool

 ⌃A  Control-A

 Straight Line Tool  Select the Straight Line Tool

 ⌃L  Control-L

 Multi-Line Tool  Select the Multi-Line Tool

 ⌃M  Control-M

 Bezier Curve Tool  Select the Bezier Curve Tool

 ⌃B  Control-B

 Freeform Scribble Tool  Select the Freeform Scribble Tool

 ⌃G  Control-G

 Zoom Tool  Select the Zoom Tool

 ⌃Z  Control-Z

 Edit > Moving Around in Text  menu items

 Forwards to Word End  Move the cursor forwards to the nearest word end

 ⌥→  Option-Right Arrow

 Backwards to Word Start  Move the cursor backwards to the nearest word start

 ⌥←  Option-Left Arrow

 Forwards to Line End  Move the cursor forwards to the nearest line end

 ⌘→  Command-Right Arrow

 Backwards to Line Start  Move the cursor backwards to the nearest line start

 ⌘←  Command-Left Arrow

 Forwards to Paragraph End  Move the cursor forwards to the nearest paragraph end

 ⌥↓  Option-Down Arrow

 Backwards to Paragraph Start  Move the cursor backwards to the nearest paragraph start

 ⌥↑  Option-Up Arrow

 Forwards to Flow End  Move the cursor forwards to the flow end

 ⌘↓  Command-Down Arrow

 Backwards to Flow Start  Move the cursor backwards to the flow start

 ⌘↑  Command-Up Arrow

 Text  menu items

 Bold  Embolden the current selection

 ⌘B  Command-B

 Italic  Italicize the current selection

 ⌘I  Command-I

 Underline  Underline the current selection

 ⌘U  Command-U

 Text > Size  menu items

 Increase  Increase the font size to the next standard size in the font table

 ⌘>  Command-Greater Than

 Decrease  Decrease the font size to the next standard size in the font table

 ⌘<  Command-Less Than

 Increase by 1 Point  Increase the font size by one point

 ⌥⌘>  Option-Command-Greater Than

 Decrease by 1 Point  Decrease the font size by one point

 ⌥⌘<  Option-Command-Less Than

 Text > Alignment and Justification  menu items

 Left  Left align the current selection

 ⌘[  Command-Left Square Bracket

 Center  Center align the current selection

 ⌘↵  Command-Carriage Return

 Right  Right align the current selection

 ⌘]  Command-Right Square Bracket

 Justify [Full]  Justify (including the last line) the current selection

 ⌘\  Command-Backslash

 Justify [Last Left]  Justify with the last line left aligned the current selection

 ⌥⌘[  Option-Command-Left Square Bracket

 Justify [Last Center]  Justify with the last line center aligned the current selection

 ⌥⌘↵  Option-Command-Carriage Return

 Justify [Last Right]  Justify with the last line right aligned the current selection

 ⌥⌘]  Option-Command-Right Square Bracket

 Insert  menu items

 Image...  Insert an image file

 ⇧⌘E  Shift-Command-E

 PDF, EPS, AI...  Insert a Portable Document File, Encapsulated PostScript, or Adobe Illustrator file

 ⌥⌘E  Option-Command-E

 Text, RTF...  Insert a plain text file, or RTF (Rich Text Format) file

 ⌘E  Command-E

 Page Number at Text Cursor  Text Tool: Insert a page number at the text cursor (on the master pages to display a page number on every page)

 ⌃N  Control-N

 Lorem Ipsum Placeholder Text  Text Tool: Insert lorem ipsum placeholder text at the text cursor

 ⇧⌘T  Shift-Command-T

 Arrange  menu items

 Bring to Front  Bring to the front the current selection

 ⌃⌘↑  Control-Command-Up Arrow

 Send to Back  Send to the back the current selection

 ⌃⌘↓  Control-Command-Down Arrow

 Bring Forward  Bring forward the current selection

 ⌃⌘←  Control-Command-Left Arrow

 Send Backward  Send backward the current selection

 ⌃⌘→  Control-Command-Right Arrow

 Flip Shape Horizontally  Transform by reflecting about its horizontal mid-line the current selection

 ⌃⌥F  Control-Option-F

 Flip Shape Vertically  Transform by reflecting about its vertical mid-line the current selection

 ⌃⌥⇧F  Control-Option-Shift-F

 Rotate Clockwise 90°  Rotate clockwise 90 degrees the current selection

 ⌃⇧→  Control-Shift-Right Arrow

 Rotate Anticlockwise 90°  Rotate anticlockwise 90 degrees the current selection

 ⌃⇧←  Control-Shift-Left Arrow

 Rotate Clockwise 5°  Rotate clockwise 5 degrees the current selection

 ⌃⇧⌘→  Control-Shift-Command-Right Arrow

 Rotate Anticlockwise 5°  Rotate anticlockwise 5 degrees the current selection

 ⌃⇧⌘←  Control-Shift-Command-Left Arrow

 Group  Group the current selection

 ⌘G  Command-G

 Ungroup  Ungroup the current selection

 ⇧⌘G  Shift-Command-G

 Arrange > Align Shapes  menu items

 Left  Vertically align the left edges of the current selection

 ⌃⌥L  Control-Option-L

 Horizontal Center  Horizontally align the centers of the current selection

 ⌃⌥H  Control-Option-H

 Right  Vertically align the right edges of the current selection

 ⌃⌥R  Control-Option-R

 Top  Horizontally align the top edges of the current selection

 ⌃⌥T  Control-Option-T

 Vertical Center  Vertically align the centers of the current selection

 ⌃⌥C  Control-Option-C

 Bottom  Horizontally align the bottom edges of the current selection

 ⌃⌥B  Control-Option-B

 Arrange > Distribute Shapes  menu items

 Left Edge  Horizontally distribute evenly the left edges of the current selection

 ⌃⌥⌘L  Control-Option-Command-L

 Horizontal Center  Horizontally distribute evenly the horizontal centers of the current selection

 ⌃⌥⌘H  Control-Option-Command-H

 Right Edge  Horizontally distribute evenly the right edges of the current selection

 ⌃⌥⌘R  Control-Option-Command-R

 Top Edge  Vertically distribute evenly the top edges of the current selection

 ⌃⌥⌘T  Control-Option-Command-T

 Vertical Center  Vertically distribute evenly the vertical centers of the current selection

 ⌃⌥⌘C  Control-Option-Command-C

 Bottom Edge  Vertically distribute evenly the bottom edges of the current selection

 ⌃⌥⌘B  Control-Option-Command-B

 View  menu items

 Show All Tabs  Shows a thumbnail of each tab - click a thumbnail to select a tab

 ⇧⌘\  Shift-Command-Backslash

 Body Pages  Select Body Page View (rather than Master Page View)

 ⌃⌘B  Control-Command-B

 Master Pages  Select Master Page View (rather than Body Page View)

 ⌃⌘M  Control-Command-M

 Normal View  Select Normal View (deselects Text View or Preview)

 ⌃⌘N  Control-Command-N

 Text View  Select Text View (deselects Normal View or Preview)

 ⌃⌘T  Control-Command-T

 Preview  Select Preview (deselects Normal View or Text View)

 ⌃⌘P  Control-Command-P

 Snap to Grid  Select/deselect snapping to the grid

 ⌥⌘G  Option-Command-G

 Snap to Margins  Select/deselect snapping to the page margins

 ⌥⌘M  Option-Command-M

 Grid  Show/hide the grid

 ⌃⌘G  Control-Command-G

 Margins & Bleed  Show/hide the page margins and bleed

 ⌃⌘K  Control-Command-K

 Shape Outlines  Show/hide shape outlines

 ⌃⌘O  Control-Command-O

 Columns & Gutters  Show/hide columns and gutters

 ⌃⌘C  Control-Command-C

 Runarounds  Show/hide runarounds

 ⌃⌘R  Control-Command-R

 Invisible Flow Items  Show/hide invisible flow items

 ⌃⌘I  Control-Command-I

 Mouse X-Hair  Show/hide mouse crosshair

 ⌃⌘X  Control-Command-X

 Links  Show/hide hyperlinks

 ⌃⌘L  Control-Command-L

 Rulers  Show/hide the rulers

 ⌃⇧R  Control-Shift-R

 Show/Hide Toolbar  Show/hide the toolbar

 ⌥⌘T  Option-Command-T

 Hide All  Hide all of the Toolkit, Shape Library, rulers and toolbar

 ⌥⌘J  Option-Command-J

 Enter Full Screen  Enter full screen view

 ⌃⌘F  Control-Command-F

 View > Zoom  menu items

 Zoom In 10%  Zoom in the current view by 10%

 ⌘+  Command-Plus

 Zoom Out 10%  Zoom out the current view by 10%

 ⌘-  Command-Minus

 Zoom to 100%  Zoom the current view to 100%

 ⌘1  Command-1

 Zoom to 200%  Zoom the current view to 200%

 ⌘2  Command-2

 Zoom to 300%  Zoom the current view to 300%

 ⌘3  Command-3

 Zoom to 400%  Zoom the current view to 400%

 ⌘4  Command-4

 Zoom to 500%  Zoom the current view to 500%

 ⌘5  Command-5

 Zoom to 750%  Zoom the current view to 750%

 ⌘6  Command-6

 Zoom to 1000%  Zoom the current view to 1000%

 ⌘7  Command-7

 Zoom to 2500%  Zoom the current view to 2500%

 ⌘8  Command-8

 Zoom to 5000%  Zoom the current view to 5000%

 ⌘9  Command-9

 Zoom to Selected Shape(s)  Zoom to fill the current view with the current selection

 ⌃0  Control-0

 Zoom to Page  Zoom to fill the current view with the current page

 ⌘0  Command-0

 Zoom to Page Width  Zoom to fill the current view with the width of the current page

 ⌘)  Command-Right Parenthesis

 Zoom to Spread  Zoom to fill the current view with the current spread

 ⌃⌥0  Control-Option-0

 Zoom to Canvas  Zoom to fill the current view with the current canvas

 ⌃⌘0  Control-Command-0

 View > Page  menu items

 First Page  Change the current view to the first page

 ⌃⌥↑  Control-Option-Up Arrow

 Last Page  Change the current view to the last page

 ⌃⌥↓  Control-Option-Down Arrow

 Previous Page  Change the current view to the previous page

 ⌃⌥←  Control-Option-Left Arrow

 Next Page  Change the current view to the next page

 ⌃⌥→  Control-Option-Right Arrow

 Previous Spread  Change the current view to the previous spread

 ⌃⌥⇧←  Control-Option-Shift-Left Arrow

 Next Spread  Change the current view to the next spread

 ⌃⌥⇧→  Control-Option-Shift-Right Arrow

 Window  menu items

 New Document Window  Open a new document window

 ⇧⌘N  Shift-Command-N

 Show Previous Tab  Change the current view to the previous tabbed window

 ⌃⇧⇥  Control-Shift-Tab

 Show Next Tab  Change the current view to the next tabbed window

 ⌃⇥  Control-Tab

 Show/Hide Inspectors  Show/hide the Inspectors window

 ⌥⌘I  Option-Command-I

 Show/Hide Thumbnails  Show/hide the Thumbnails window

 ⌃⇧T  Control-Shift-T

 Minimize  Minimize the current document window

 ⌘M  Command-M

 Window > Arrangements  menu items

 Document, Inspectors  Resize and reposition the current document window, and Inspectors to fill the screen

 ⌥⌘0  Option-Command-0

 Document, Thumbnails  Resize and reposition the current document window, and Thumbnails to fill the screen

 ⌥⌘1  Option-Command-1

 Document, Inspectors, Colors  Resize and reposition the current document window, Inspectors, and Color panel to fill the screen

 ⌥⌘2  Option-Command-2

 Document, Thumbnails, Inspectors  Resize and reposition the current document window, Thumbnails, and Inspectors to fill the screen

 ⌥⌘3  Option-Command-3

 Document, Thumbnails, Inspectors, Colors  Resize and reposition the current document window, Thumbnails, Inspectors, and Color panel to fill the screen

 ⌥⌘4  Option-Command-4

 Document, Thumbnails, Colors, Inspectors  Resize and reposition the current document window, Thumbnails, Color panel, and Inspectors to fill the screen

 ⌥⌘5  Option-Command-5

 Help  menu items

 iStudio Publisher Help  Open iStudio Publisher help pages in the Help Viewer

 ⌥⌘?  Option-Command-Question Mark

 Task Chooser  Open the Task Chooser

 ⌘T  Command-T


To override an existing keyboard shortcut, or provide a new one:

Step 1

Choose menu option  > System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts.

Step 2

Click the + button to start adding a new shortcut.

System preferences dialog to add a new keyboard shortcut

Step 3

On the Application pop-up list, either leave this set to All Applications (if you want the shortcut to apply across all applications), or choose iStudio Publisher.app (as shown in the above example).

Step 4

Next to Menu Title type the exact name of the menu option item you wish to create a keyboard shortcut for (it's "Export as Booklet PDF..." from the File menu in the above example).

Step 5

Click into the Keyboard Shortcut field and press down the exact keystroke combination you wish to use for the keyboard shortcut (in this example it's Option+Command+B).

Step 6

Click the Add button to add the new keyboard shortcut.

The new keyboard shortcut should become available immediately, without restarting iStudio Publisher.