Common Adobe keyboard shortcuts

Description

Adobe Creative Cloud applications, such as Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, offer a variety of keyboard shortcuts to help you work more efficiently. Using these shortcuts can speed up your workflow and improve your productivity.

Information

Here are some common Adobe keyboard shortcuts:

  1. Ctrl + N (Cmd + N on Mac): New document
  2. Ctrl + O (Cmd + O on Mac): Open document
  3. Ctrl + S (Cmd + S on Mac): Save document
  4. Ctrl + Shift + S (Cmd + Shift + S on Mac): Save As
  5. Ctrl + Z (Cmd + Z on Mac): Undo
  6. Ctrl + Y (Cmd + Y on Mac): Redo
  7. Ctrl + X (Cmd + X on Mac): Cut
  8. Ctrl + C (Cmd + C on Mac): Copy
  9. Ctrl + V (Cmd + V on Mac): Paste
  10. Ctrl + A (Cmd + A on Mac): Select all
  11. Ctrl + Shift + A (Cmd + Shift + A on Mac): Deselect all
  12. Ctrl + D (Cmd + D on Mac): Duplicate
  13. Ctrl + T (Cmd + T on Mac): Transform (resize, rotate, skew)
  14. Ctrl + Shift + I (Cmd + Shift + I on Mac): Invert selection
  15. Ctrl + Shift + C (Cmd + Shift + C on Mac): Copy merged (copies a merged copy of all visible layers)
  16. Ctrl + Shift + V (Cmd + Shift + V on Mac): Paste in place
  17. Ctrl + Alt + Z (Cmd + Option + Z on Mac): Step backward (in history)
  18. Ctrl + Shift + Z (Cmd + Shift + Z on Mac): Step forward (in history)
  19. Ctrl + 0 (Cmd + 0 on Mac): Fit to screen
  20. Ctrl + + (Cmd + + on Mac): Zoom in
  21. Ctrl + - (Cmd + - on Mac): Zoom out

These are just a few of the many keyboard shortcuts available in Adobe Creative Cloud applications. You can find a complete list of keyboard shortcuts in the help documentation for each application.

More information

  • Using keyboard shortcuts can significantly speed up your workflow and make working in Adobe Creative Cloud applications more efficient.
  • It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts for the applications you use frequently.
  • Customization Option: In most Adobe applications, you can customize keyboard shortcuts to suit your preferences. Go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts to access the keyboard shortcuts settings.