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Finding Shortcuts

As with QuarkXPress, keyboard shortcuts are typically listed adjacent to the commands in the pull-down menus (see Figure 6-1). Additionally, many keyboard shortcuts from Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and PageMaker work in InDesign, too. For example, the zoom in and zoom out shortcuts (Command-=/Ctrl-= and Command-hyphen/Ctrl-hyphen) that work in other Adobe programs also work here.

When looking for a key command, first try a Photoshop or Illustrator equivilant if you know it. If that doesn't work, look to see if the shortcut is listed in a menu. Finally, you can try the Keyboard Shortcuts command from the Edit menu (see Figure 6-2). First, use the Product Area popup menu to select the type of command you are looking to find (like Text and Tables or View Menu). Then use the Commands section to identify the feature for which you want a shortcut. When you click on the name of the command InDesign lists the shortcut in the Current Shortcuts field.

As we mentioned back in Chapter 1, each tool also has a keyboard shortcut associated with it. These shortcuts are shown by hovering your mouse over any tool.

Printing Shortcuts

Perhaps the best way to learn the keyboard shortcuts is to print a complete list of all the current keyboard shortcuts. To do this, select Keyboard Shortcuts from the Edit menu and then click the Show Set button. InDesign saves a file called "Default.txt" to disk and then opens it with the system's default text editor (like TextEdit, SimpleText, or Windows Notepad). This file (which you can print) contains not only a complete list of all possible keyboard shortcuts, but also every command which

could have a keyboard shortcut (see Figure 6-3).