keyboard shortcuts

Question 1

New Document

Answer 1

Command N

Question 2

Open Existing Document

Answer 2

Command O

Question 3

Save

Answer 3

Command S

Question 4

Save As

Answer 4

Shift Command S

Question 5

Print active Document

Answer 5

Command P

Question 6

Close Active Document

Answer 6

Command W

Question 7

Quit InDesign

Answer 7

Command Q

Question 8

Package Active Document:

Answer 8

Command Option Shift P

Question 9

Place an Image or Text into a Document

Answer 9

Command D

Question 10

Export File

Answer 10

Command E

Question 11

Undo

Answer 11

Command Z

Question 12

Redo

Answer 12

Command Shift Z

Question 13

Select All

Answer 13

Command A

Question 14

Deselect All

Answer 14

Command Shift A

Question 15

Copy

Answer 15

Command C

Question 16

Cut

Answer 16

Command X

Question 17

Paste

Answer 17

Command V

Question 18

Selection Tool

Answer 18

V

Question 19

Direct Selection Tool

Answer 19

A

Question 20

Type Tool

Answer 20

T

Question 21

Rectangular Frame

Answer 21

F

Question 22

Rectangular Shape

Answer 22

M

Question 23

Pen Tool

Answer 23

P

Question 24

Free Transform

Answer 24

E

Question 25

Eyedropper

Answer 25

I

Question 26

Hand

Answer 26

H or Hold space bar

Question 27

Zoom

Answer 27

Z

Question 28

Show/Hide Rulers

Answer 28

Command R

Question 29

Show/hide Guides

Answer 29

Command ;

Question 30

Show/Hide Text and Object Frames

Answer 30

Command Control H

Question 31

Zoom in incrementally

Answer 31

Command +

Question 32

zoom Out incrementally

Answer 32

Command -

Question 33

Fit Page in the window

Answer 33

Command 0

Question 34

Show/Hide page preview

Answer 34

W (if you have a blinking cursor in a text frame, hit Esc first)

Question 35

Increase point size of selected type

Answer 35

Command Shift >

Question 36

Decrease Point size of selected type

Answer 36

Command Shift <

Question 37

Increase Leading of selected type

Answer 37

Option Down Arrow

Question 38

Decrease Leading of Selected type

Answer 38

Option Up Arrow

Question 39

Increase Kerning or Tracking

Answer 39

Option Right Arrow

Question 40

Decrease Kerning or Tracking

Answer 40

Option Left Arrow

Question 41

Shift Baseline of Selected Text up

Answer 41

Option Shift Up Arrow

Question 42

Shift Baseline of Selected Text down

Answer 42

Option Shift Down Arrow

Question 43

Left Align Selected text

Answer 43

Command Shift L

Question 44

Right Align Seleted Text

Answer 44

Command Shift R

Question 45

Center Align Selected Text

Answer 45

Command Shift C

Question 46

Justify Selected Text

Answer 46

Command Shift J

Question 47

Type a Soft Return

Answer 47

Shift Return (a soft return does not create a new paragraph)

Question 48

Show/Hide Hidden Characters

Answer 48

Command Option i

Question 49

Open Check Spelling Dialog Box

Answer 49

Command i

Question 50

Turns Auto Hyphenation on/Off

Answer 50

Command Option Shift H

Question 51

Gutter

Answer 51

space between columns

Question 52

Columns

Answer 52

used to create grid in a document. Indicate the number of columns you wish for teh document to have. if you want to create your columns manually, set this to 1

Question 53

Bleed

Answer 53

when the ink is meant to go to the edge of the page, this is set to 0.125 inches

Question 54

Margin

Answer 54

Keeps elements in a “safe zone” so they don’t get cropped off, can have different sizes on each size

Question 55

Slug

Answer 55

Name used to describe the area outside the printing and bleed areas of a document. It contains the registration marks and other printing instructions