Summary of shortcuts on the numeric keypad
+ |
Makes a copy while dragging, resizing, skewing, and so on. The original object doesn't change. |
/ |
Toggles leaving line widths unchanged during scaling and scaling with changing line widths. |
- |
Toggles leaving fills unchanged during moves, scaling, skewing, etc. |
* |
Toggles object magnetic snap on and off. |
2 |
Toggles snap to guides on and off. |
. |
Toggles snap to grid on and off. |
The tools
Selector Tool |
F2 or V or Alt + S |
Region Painter Tool |
Alt + F3 |
Freehand Region Tool |
Alt + F5 |
Rectangle Region Tool |
Alt + F6 |
Mask Painter Tool |
Alt + F7 |
Invert region or mask |
Ctrl + F1 |
Show/hide region or mask |
Ctrl + H |
Clear region or mask |
Alt + F1 |
Freehand & Brush Tool |
F3 or N |
Shape Tool |
F4 |
Erase background |
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + P |
Rectangle Tool |
Shift + F3 or M |
Ellipse Tool |
Shift + F4 or L |
QuickShape Tool |
Shift + F2 |
Text Tool |
F8 or T |
Fill Tool |
G |
Transparency Tool |
F6 |
Shadow Tool |
Ctrl + F2 |
Bevel Tool |
Ctrl + F3 |
Contour Tool |
Ctrl + F7 |
Blend Tool |
F7 or W |
Mold Tool |
Shift + F6 |
Live Effects Tool |
Ctrl + F5 |
Photo Tool |
P |
Extrude Tool |
E |
Push Tool |
Shift + F8 or H or Alt + X (or the Space bar when not in the Text Tool) |
Zoom Tool |
Shift + F7 or Z or Alt + Z |
The Galleries
Fonts Gallery |
Shift + F9 |
Designs Gallery |
Shift + F10 |
Fill Gallery |
Shift + F11 |
Frame Gallery |
Shift + F12 |
Color Gallery |
F9 |
Page & Layer Gallery |
F10 |
Bitmap Gallery |
F11 |
Line Gallery |
Ctrl + F9 |
Name Gallery |
Ctrl + Shift + F9 |
Zooming
Previous zoom |
Ctrl + R |
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Zoom to selection |
Ctrl + Shift + Z |
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Zoom to drawing |
Ctrl + Shift + J |
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Zoom to page |
Ctrl + Shift + P |
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Zoom in (enlarge) |
Ctrl + + on the numeric keypad |
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Zoom out (reduce) |
Ctrl + - on the numeric keypad |
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Zoom to 100% |
1 |
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Zoom to 200% |
2 |
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Zoom to 300% |
3 |
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Zoom to 400% |
4 |
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Zoom to 50% |
5 |
You can also zoom and slide the document using a mouse-wheel (Ctrl+Mouse-Wheel zooms in/out).
Manipulating documents
When in the Text Tool, shortcuts marked with a star (*) have a different action-see below.
New document |
Ctrl + N |
New animation document |
Ctrl + Shift + N |
Web animation dialog |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N |
Open document |
Ctrl + O |
Close document |
Ctrl + W* |
Switch document |
Ctrl + Tab |
Print document |
Ctrl + P |
Save document |
Ctrl + S |
Import |
Ctrl + Alt + I |
Import graphics from Web |
Ctrl + Alt + W |
Add Google fonts |
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + W |
Export |
Ctrl + Shift + E |
Time a document redraw |
Ctrl + Shift + T |
Show grid |
# |
Show guides |
1 on numeric keypad |
Snap to grid |
. on the numeric keypad |
Snap to guides |
2 on the numeric keypad |
Snap to objects |
* on the numeric keypad |
Select full screen |
8 on the numeric keypad |
Show rulers |
Ctrl + Shift + R or Ctrl + L* |
Undo |
Ctrl + Z or < or , |
Redo |
Ctrl + Y or > or . |
Manipulating objects
When in the Text Tool, shortcuts marked with a star (*) have a different action-see below.
Select all |
Ctrl + A * |
Select next object |
Tab |
Delete the selection |
Delete * |
Clear selection/Reset current attributes |
Esc |
Bring object to front |
Ctrl + F |
Put object to back |
Ctrl + B * |
Move object forwards |
Ctrl + Shift + F |
Move object backwards |
Ctrl + Shift + B |
Move object to layer in front (drawing documents) |
Ctrl + Shift + U |
Move object to layer behind (drawing documents) |
Ctrl + Shift + D |
Move to next frame (animation documents) |
Ctrl + Shift + U |
Move to previous frame (animation documents) |
Ctrl + Shift + D |
Group objects |
Ctrl + G |
Ungroup objects |
Ctrl + U |
Apply Soft Group |
Ctrl + Shift + G |
Remove Soft Group |
Ctrl + Shift + U |
Clone object |
Ctrl + K |
Duplicate object with offset |
Ctrl + Alt+ D |
Copy object to clipboard |
Ctrl + C |
Cut selection to clipboard |
Ctrl + X |
Paste object from clipboard |
Ctrl + V |
Paste object in original position |
Ctrl + Shift + V |
Paste opacity mask |
Ctrl + Shift + M |
Paste attributes |
Ctrl + Shift + A |
Create bitmap copy |
Ctrl + Shift + C |
Export sliced image |
Ctrl + I * |
Add shapes |
Ctrl + 1 |
Subtract shapes |
Ctrl + 2 |
Intersect shapes |
Ctrl + 3 |
Intersect all shapes |
Ctrl + 5 |
Slice shapes |
Ctrl + 4 |
Join Shapes |
Ctrl + J |
Apply ClipView |
Q |
Line width adjust |
Ctrl + Shift + mousewheel |
Remove ClipView |
Alt + Q |
Create opacity mask |
O |
Ungroup opacity mask |
Alt + O |
Convert to editable shapes |
Ctrl + Shift + S |
Open the alignment dialog box |
Ctrl + Shift + L* |
Web address |
Ctrl + Shift + W |
Repeat on all pages |
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + R |
Stop repeating |
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + O |
Move the selected objects cursor (arrow) keys with the Selector Tool (see Nudging objects )
Move the selected handles cursors (arrow) keys in tools other than the selector.
Text Tool
Cursor keys |
Move the text cursor up up, down, left or right one character at a time. |
Home |
Move the text cursor to the start of the line. |
End |
Move the text cursor to the end of the line. |
Ctrl + left/right cursor |
Move the text cursor left/right one word. |
Ctrl + Home |
Move the text cursor to the start of the first line in a text object. |
Ctrl + End |
Move the text cursor to the end of the last line in a text object. |
Ctrl + A |
Selects all characters in a text object. |
Ctrl + B |
Apply the bold attribute. |
Ctrl + I |
Apply the italic attribute. |
Ctrl + C |
Copy the selected region of text to the clipboard. |
Ctrl + L |
Select all characters in the line containing the text cursor. |
Ctrl + Return |
Insert page break |
Ctrl + Shift + Return |
Insert column break |
Ctrl + Shift + L |
Insert 'Lorem ipsum' dummy text |
Ctrl + V |
Paste text at the text cursor position (if the clipboard contains text). |
Ctrl + W |
Swap the case of the character to the right of the text cursor. |
Ctrl + Shift + F1 |
Toggle text selection between uppercase and lowercase. |
Ctrl + - |
Insert Soft Hyphen (appears only when wrapping at line end). |
Ctrl + Shift + - |
Insert hard hyphen (dash) to prevent a dash being misinterpreted as a hyphen at line end. |
Ctrl + < Ctrl + > |
Increase/Decrease font size of selected text (only if the selection is all the same point size) |
Alt + cursor keys |
Increase/Decrease kerning/tracking. |
¿ |
Start a new line of text. |
Delete |
Delete the character to the right of the text cursor. If the cursor is on the end of a text line, join this line to the line below. |
Backspace |
Delete the character to the left of the text cursor. If the cursor is at the start of a text line, join this line to the line above. |
Shift + cursor keys |
Select all text between the cursor position and the beginning of the line. |
Shift + End |
Select all text between the cursor position and the end of the line. |
Special characters (in Text Tool)
Ctrl + Space |
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Hard space (words with hard spaces between will not wrap at the end of a line) |
Ctrl + NumPad – |
– |
EN dash (An EN dash is longer than a minus, and is a more correct 'dash') |
Ctrl + Alt + NumPad – |
— |
EM dash (An EM dash is a long dash) |
Ctrl + Alt +.(Full stop) |
… |
Ellipsis (An ellipsis is three dots) |
Ctrl + Alt + C |
© |
Copyright |
Ctrl + Alt + R |
® |
Registered |
Ctrl + Alt + T |
™ |
Trademark |
Ctrl + Alt + B |
• |
Bullet |
Feather Tool
You can control the feather slider with your mouse and keyboard. When the feather text box or slider are selected:
Mouse wheel up/down |
increases or decreases feathering |
Ctrl + Mouse wheel up/down |
increases or decreases in larger increments. |
Page up/page down keys |
increases or decreases in larger increments. |
Home/end keys select |
minimum or maximum feather values. |
Other
Color Editor |
Ctrl + E (opens and closes) |
Options dialog |
Ctrl + Shift + O |
Xara Help |
F1 |
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