ID SHORTCUT KEYS

Question 1

How to display/hide the Control Panel?

(the CP is the main menu, at the top)

Answer 1

Option+Command+6

Question 2

How to import text?

Answer 2

Shift + Command + P

NOTE:

1. Without a text window open, you get a loaded cursor,
   but if a text window IS open, then the text is poured in.
2. Watch out for the tiny black arrow in the cursor: as you get very close to the margin mark, it’ll turn white, signalling that you are bang on target, and you can click to pour in your text.
3. If the page you’re pouring text into is the last page in your document as it stands, you CAN augment you the loaded cursor action to Shift + Click ( a wavy arrow in the cursor signals the upgrade), and now, when you click, Indesign automatically creates as many additional pages as are needed to accommodate all the text held in the loaded cursor.

(or, in the menu, File/Place)

Question 3

- Text -

​What’s the keyboard shortcut to show that two text boxes are linked?

Answer 3

Shift + Command + Y

The action causes a red line to be drawn between the originating text box, at the out-port level, and the receiving text box, at the in-port level.

Question 4

- Text -

‘Text Frame Options’ - how to display the dialog?

Answer 4

Command + B

The ‘Insert Spacing’ area of the dialog (see pic) controls the text boundaries above, below, left and right of the text.

This dialog is worth visiting from time to time, to explore the range of possibilities.

Question 5

Zoom in on text with intent to edit…

Answer 5

1. x2-click on text = make active
2. Command + 1 (or 2 etc.)

This way, you’re both zoomed in and ready to type!

Question 6

open the Story Editor

Answer 6

Command + Y
toggles between SE and ID

• As a text editor, the only text properties SE shows are bold and italics
• The left column displays paragraph styles.
• Overset text shows a red bar to its left.
• If you don’t like the default font or its size, or the background just go to:

Indesign / Preferences / Story Editor Display…

Question 7

Check Spelling

Answer 7

Command + i

There’s an alternative to ‘Check Spelling’
- it’s called ‘Dynamic Spelling’
​In the menu bar: Edit / Spelling / Dynamic Spelling

NO KEYBOARD SHORTCUT FOR THAT COMMAND

Spotted a typo in DS? right-click the word and a dropdown suggests a range of alternatives - neat.

Question 8

Find / Change

Answer 8

Command + F

The word that you are looking up may mistakenly appear as part of a word - like you’re looking up the word ‘end’ and then the Find/Change function presents you with the word ‘tremendously’ - with ‘end’ inside.

To avoid that, select the icon pointed at in the pic.

Question 9

edit graphic in original app - how?

Answer 9

Option + x2-click the graphic

ATTENTION!

It can happen that the wrong app gets opened when you Option+2x-click a graphic - say, ‘image preview’ opens rather than Ai or Ps.

When that happens, simply select the image and, under the Edit bit of the menu bar select ‘Edit With’ / and select the correct app to use from the listing.

Question 10

place

Answer 10

Shift + Command + P

Question 11

fit spread to window

Answer 11

Option+Command+0