Illustrator Windows Shortcuts
| Action | Windows Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Tools | |
| Selection tool | V |
| Direct Selection tool | A |
| Pen tool | P |
| Add Anchor Point | |
| Delete Anchor Point | - |
| Type tool | T |
| Line Segment tool | \ |
| Rectangle tool | M |
| Ellipse tool | L |
| Paintbrush tool | B |
| Pencil tool | N |
| Rotate tool | R |
| Scale tool | S |
| Reflect tool | O |
| Shear tool | W |
| Width tool | ShiftW |
| Eyedropper tool | I |
| Blend tool | W |
| Gradient tool | G |
| Hand tool | H |
| Zoom tool | Z |
| Edit | |
| Undo | CtrlZ |
| Redo | CtrlShiftZ |
| Cut | CtrlX |
| Copy | CtrlC |
| Paste | CtrlV |
| Paste in Front | CtrlF |
| Paste in Back | CtrlB |
| Paste in Place | CtrlShiftV |
| Select All | CtrlA |
| Deselect All | CtrlShiftA |
| Find / Replace | CtrlF |
| Object | |
| Group | CtrlG |
| Ungroup | CtrlShiftG |
| Bring to Front | CtrlShift] |
| Bring Forward | Ctrl] |
| Send Backward | Ctrl[ |
| Send to Back | CtrlShift[ |
| Lock | Ctrl2 |
| Unlock All | CtrlAlt2 |
| Hide | Ctrl3 |
| Show All | CtrlAlt3 |
| Transform Again | CtrlD |
| Make Clipping Mask | Ctrl7 |
| Release Clipping Mask | CtrlAlt7 |
| View | |
| Zoom In | Ctrl= |
| Zoom Out | Ctrl- |
| Fit to window | Ctrl0 |
| Actual size (100%) | Ctrl1 |
| Show / Hide Rulers | CtrlR |
| Show / Hide Grid | Ctrl' |
| Snap to Grid | CtrlShift' |
| Show / Hide Guides | Ctrl; |
| Lock Guides | CtrlAlt; |
| Outline / Preview mode | CtrlY |
| Type | |
| Increase font size | CtrlShift> |
| Decrease font size | CtrlShift< |
| Increase tracking | AltRight |
| Decrease tracking | AltLeft |
| Align left | CtrlShiftL |
| Align center | CtrlShiftC |
| Align right | CtrlShiftR |
| Justify | CtrlShiftJ |
| File | |
| New | CtrlN |
| Open | CtrlO |
| Save | CtrlS |
| Save As | CtrlShiftS |
| Export As | CtrlAltShiftS |
| Place | CtrlShiftP |
| CtrlP | |
| Close | CtrlW |