Illustrators and graphic designers use Adobe Illustrator to create scalable vector graphics for logos, animations, web, print, and mobile applications. Features include the ability to work with different types of text and symbols, various drawing tools that create natural lines, myriad colour management options, special effects such as blending brush strokes and adding perspective changes to images.

Here, we have provided a list of paint groups, objects, width points, and typography keyboard shorts for Adobe Illustrator so you can work faster with this application on your computer.

Live Paint Groups Keyboard Shortcuts

• Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke   Alt-click + Live Paint Bucket tool
• Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient  Alt + Shift-click + Live Paint Bucket tool
• Select opposite Live Paint Bucket tool options (if Paint Fills and Paint Strokes are currently selected, switch to Paint Fills only)  Shift + Live Paint Bucket tool
• Fill across unstroked edges into adjacent faces  Double-click + Live Paint Bucket tool
• Fill all faces that have same fill and stroke all edges that have same stroke  Triple-click + Live Paint Bucket tool
• Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke  Alt-click + Live Paint Selection tool
• Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient  Alt + Shift-click + Live Paint Selection tool
• Add to/subtract from a selection  Shift-click + Live Paint Selection tool
• Select all connected faces /edges with same fill/stroke  Double-click + Live Paint Selection tool
• Select all faces/edges with same fill/stroke  Triple-click + Live Paint Selection tool

Objects Keyboard Shortcuts

• Set origin point and open dialog box when using Rotate tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool  Alt-click
• Duplicate and transform selection when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool  Alt-drag
• Transform pattern (independent of object) when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool  Tilde (~)-drag
• Reapply a transformation to an object  Ctrl + D
• Apply last pathfinder effect to the selected object  Ctrl + 4
• Move an object  Shift + Ctrl + M
• Open the Transform Each dialog box  Alt + Shift + Ctrl + D
• Make a clipping mask  Ctrl + 7
• Release a clipping mask  Alt + Ctrl + 7
• Toggle between fill and stroke  X
• Set fill and stroke to default  D
• Swap fill and stroke  Shift + X
• Select gradient fill mode  >
• Hide gradient annotator (when using the Gradient tool)  Alt + Ctrl + G
• Select color fill mode  <
• Select no stroke/fill mode  / (forward slash)
• Sample color from an image or intermediate color from gradient  Shift + Eyedropper tool
• Sample style and append appearance of currently selected item  Alt + Shift-click + Eyedropper tool
• Add new fill  Ctrl + / (forward slash)
• Add new stroke  Ctrl + Alt + / (forward slash)
• Reset gradient to black and white  Ctrl-click gradient button in Tools panel or Gradient panel
• Make Live Paint (when using the Paint Bucket tool)  Alt + Ctrl + X
• Decrease Bristle brush size  [
• Increase Bristle brush size  ]

Create Variable Width Points Keyboard Shortcuts

• Select multiple width points  Shift+click
• Create non-uniform widths  Alt+drag
• Create a copy of the width point  Alt+drag the width point
• Change the position of multiple width points  Shift+drag
• Delete selected width point      Delete
• Deselect a width point Esc

Type Keyboard Shortcuts

Note: To change the increment value for type shortcuts, choose Edit > Preferences >Type . Enter the values you want in the Size/Leading, Baseline Shift, and Tracking text boxes, and click OK.

• Bold  Shift + Ctrl + B
• Italic  Shift + Ctrl + I
• Underline  Shift + Ctrl + U
• Move one character right or left  Right Arrow or Left Arrow
• Move up or down one line  Up Arrow or Down Arrow
• Move one word right or left  Ctrl + Right Arrow or Left Arrow
• Move up or down one paragraph  Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow
• Select one word right or left  Shift + Ctrl + Right Arrow or Left Arrow
• Select one paragraph before or after  Shift + Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow
• Extend existing selection  Shift-click
• Align paragraph left, right, or center  Ctrl + Shift + L, R, or C
• Justify text left  Ctrl + Shift + J
• Justify all lines  Shift + Ctrl + F
• Toggle line composer  Alt + Shift + Ctrl + C
• Insert soft return  Shift + Enter
• Highlight kerning  Ctrl + Alt + K
• Reset horizontal scale to 100%  Ctrl + Shift + X
• Increase or decrease font size  Ctrl + Shift + . or ,
• Increase or decrease font size by steps  Alt + Ctrl + Shift + . or ,
• Increase or decrease leading  Alt + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text)
• Select tracking value  Alt + Ctrl + K
• Reset tracking/kerning to 0  Ctrl + Alt + Q
• Increase or decrease kerning and tracking  Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text)
• Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times  Ctrl + Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text)
• Increase or decrease baseline shift  Alt + Shift + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text)
• Switch between Type and Vertical Type, Area Type and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and Vertical Path Type tools Shift
• Switch between Area Type and Path Type, Vertical Area Type and Vertical Path Type tools  Alt
• Create outlines  Shift + Ctrl + O
• Open the Character panel  Ctrl + T
• Open the Paragraph panel  Alt + Ctrl + T
• Open the Tabs panel  Shift + Ctrl + T
• Open the OpenType panel  Alt + Shift + Ctrl + T
• Insert bullets  Alt + 8
• Insert copyright symbol  Alt + G
• Insert ellipsis  Alt + ;
• Insert paragraph symbol  Alt + 7
• Insert section symbol  Alt + 6
• Insert trademark symbol  Alt + 2
• Insert registered trademark symbol  Alt + R
• Superscript  Shift + Ctrl + =
• Subscript  Alt + Shift + Ctrl + =
• Insert em dash  Alt + Shift + -
• Insert en dash  Alt + -
• Insert discretionary hyphen  Shift + Ctrl + -
• Toggle auto-hyphenation  Alt + Shift + Ctrl + H
• Insert double left quotation marks  Alt + [
• Insert double right quotation marks  Alt + Shift + [
• Insert single left quotation marks  Alt + ]
• Insert single right quotation marks  Alt + Shift + ]
• Insert em space  Shift + Ctrl + M
• Insert en space  Shift + Ctrl + N
• Insert thin space  Alt + Shift + Ctrl + M
• Show hidden characters  Alt + Ctrl + I