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1
Q

Select All

A

Ctrl + A

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2
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Move Selection 10 pixels

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Shift down arrow

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3
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paste to all artboards

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ctrl + Shift + alt + v

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4
Q

Want Document setup

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Ctrl + Alt + P

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5
Q

Artboard Tool

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Shift + O

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6
Q

Want to revert

A

F12

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7
Q

Want to have smart guides on

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Ctrl + U

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8
Q

Want to cycle through artboards that are on top of each other

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press Alt + click

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9
Q

Want to draw an art board in another artboard

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Hold Shift while you create it

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10
Q

Want to clone

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Alt + Drag

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11
Q

Want Fit all in window

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Ctrl + Alt + 0

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12
Q

Paste in front

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Ctrl + F

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13
Q

Go to next or previous page

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Shift + Page Down or Shift + Page Up

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14
Q

Want to zoom to 100%

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Ctrl + 1

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15
Q

Want to zoom so everything fits

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Ctrl + Alt + 0

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16
Q

Want to zoom in on art board

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Ctrl + 0

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17
Q

Want temporary zoom and zoomout tool

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Zoom in Ctrl + Space, Zoom out Ctrl + Alt + Space

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18
Q

Want temporary hand tool

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Hold Space

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19
Q

Faster Scrolling

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Shift + Scroll

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20
Q

Want to switch between tabs

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Ctrl + Tab

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21
Q

Change Screen mode

A

F

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22
Q

Want to make something a guide

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Ctrl + 5

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23
Q

Hide Guides

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Ctrl + ;

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24
Q

Want to join a path

A

Select then press Ctrl + J

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25
Want to resize from the center
Hold Alt as you drag
26
Change draw mode
Shift + D
27
Toggle layers panel
F7
28
Line segment tool
/
29
Transform again
Ctrl + D
30
Group
Ctrl + G
31
Want to move while re sizing
Hold Space
32
Want to reflect a spiral
R
33
Paste in back
Ctrl + B
34
Want to make a compound path
Ctrl + 8
35
Want to draw an american star
Press Alt while re sizing
36
Wan tot make spikes on a star sharper
Ctrl + Drag
37
Want to give a shape a center point
Go to the attributes panel click the square with a dot in the middle
38
Reflect tool
O
39
Want to hide bounding box
Shift + Ctrl + B
40
General prefrences
Ctrl + K
41
Want to add anchor points to a shape half between each side
Object-Path -Add anchor path
42
Want to create multiple repetitions
Hold the ~ while you drag
43
Deselect
Ctrl + Shift + A
44
Toggle right side panels
Shift + Tab
45
The word expand means what
Converting something to path outlines
46
Ungroup
Ctrl + Shift + G
47
Want to reduce the number of anchor points paths have
Go to object-path-simplify
48
Shape builder tool
Shift + M
49
Want to select all the artwork of a layer
Press the corner marker to the right of the layer
50
Scale tool
S
51
Rotate tool
R
52
Want to switch back to the last used arrow tool
press Ctrl
53
Want to have only the outline of all your paths
Ctrl + Y
54
Want to switch to the default colors
D
55
Rectangle tool
M
56
Want to select a letter at a time
Shift + right or left arrow
57
Want to select an entire word
Shift + right or left arrow
58
Want to select an entire line
Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow or up
59
Want to switch back to the arrow tool from the text tool
Press the Esc or Press Ctrl + Enter
60
Want text to incremently make it smaller or bigger
Ctrl + Shift + . or ,
61
Want to decrease or increase leading
Alt + Up or Down
62
Want to align text to right, left, or center
press Ctrl + Shift + whichever letter c,l,r
63
Want to adjust kerning
Alt + Right or Left
64
Want illustrator to do the kerning
click down arrow for kerning and select optical
65
Want to find symbols for your font
go to Type - glyphs
66
Spell check
Ctrl + I
67
Want to have a path have round corners
effect-stylize-round corners
68
Want to create a cusp point with the pen tool
hold Alt and drag
69
Convert anchor point tool
Shift + C
70
Want a certain layer to go into outline mode
Ctrl click the eye next to it
71
want to access anchor points on top of each other and no others
Click the path with Shift + Alt and then keep the keys down and then click again to deselect
72
Want to create a new layer u can name, keyboard shortcut
Ctrl + Alt + L
73
Want to create outlines for text
Shift + Ctrl + O
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Want to outline stroke
Go to Object - path - outline stroke
75
Want to name a layer as you create it
Hold Alt as you click new layer
76
Want to create a clipping mask
Ctrl + 7
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Eye dropper tool
I
78
toggle fill / stroke
X
79
switch fill and stroke
Shift + X
80
select layers on the way down
hold Ctrl click and click for each layer
81
If you want to save a ghost of a shape when using pathfinders
Hold alt and click

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