Adobe CS: My Custom Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)
Custom shortcuts I have set up in the Adobe CS suite for Mac.
Posted on 2005-03-15 16:35 by Jørn Støylen [permalink]
This article is another one that will be updated several times as I remember or create new shortcuts. Each time I’ll try and remember to reset the posting time and make a note here at the beginning about what’s been added.
Indesign
Change kerning/tracking and leading while not in text editing mode
Product Area: Text and Tables
Commands: Decrease/Increase kerning/tracking/leading (x 5)
New Shortcuts:
Default�Opt+[Direction] Arrow
Default�Opt+Cmd+[Direction] Arrow
The Default+Opt+[Direction] Arrow shortcuts are originally assigned to Nudge [Direction] Duplicate (x10 if you add Shift, /10 if you add both Shift and Cmd), which I never use. I would in fact frequently accidentally duplicate a text block while what I really wanted to do was change kerning/tracking/leading while out of text editing mode.
So I have just copied the already existing shortcuts in Text context and added them for the Default context. Default+Opt+Cmd+[Direction] Arrow are unassigned by default, so no conflict there.
Switch to selection tools while editing text
Product Area: Tools
Commands and new shortcuts:
Direct Selection Tool: Text+Opt+Cmd+A
Selection Tool: Text+Opt+Cmd+V
The fact that there was no keyboard shortcut to get out of text editing mode bugged me for a long time, until I took matters into my own hands and set up my own. A and V select the two selection tools in Default context. Since Cmd-A/V are taken and Opt-A/V correspond to characters (although they’re extremely seldom used, I wouldn’t want to create some future situation where I’ve forgotten about creating the shortcuts and wondering why Indesign behaves weird when I try to type special characters), I chose Opt+Cmd as modifiers. It’s not ideal, but it’s better than nothing.
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