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Design Tips
This is where you will find some of the shortcuts for Adobe, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator and InDesign. I will try to put fresh and useful information up with the hopes of saving you time and energy. By no means is this list complete, but I have picked the most common and useful ones for me. I am going to assume you already know copy and paste, so that is why they are not listed. Cheers!
Know your Adobe Photoshop Shortcut keys
Adobe Photoshop keyboard shortcuts
| action | pc | mac |
| select all | ctrl+A | cmd+A |
| duplicate layer | ctrl+J | cmd+J |
| flip through windows | ctrl+tab | cmd+tab |
| hand/move tool | spacebar | spacebar |
| switch foreground/background color | X | X |
| view actual pixels | ctrl+alt+0 | cmd+option+0 |
| undo once | ctrl+Z | cmd+Z |
| undo multiple times | ctrl+alt+Z | cmd+alt+Z |
| new layer | ctrl+N | cmd+N |
| show/hide guides | ctrl+; | cmd+; |
| show/hide grid | ctrl+' | cmd+' |
| transform | ctrl+T | cmd+T |
Adobe Illustrator keyboard shortcuts
| action | pc | mac |
| select all | ctrl+A | cmd+A |
| group objects | ctrl+G | cmd+G |
| ungroup objects | shift+ctrl+G | shift+cmd+G |
| switch fill/stroke colors | shift+X | shift+X |
| make a copy while dragging | alt | option |
| add selection | shift | shift |
| undo | ctrl+Z | cmd+Z |
| show/hide grid | ctrl+" | cmd+" |
| snap to grid | ctrl+shift+' | cmd+shift+' |
| transform | ctrl+T | cmd+T |
Adobe InDesign keyboard shortcuts
| action | pc | mac |
| select all | ctrl+A | cmd+A |
| deselect all | shift+ctrl+A | shift+cmd+A |
| place | ctrl+D | cmd+D |
| fit content proportionally | alt+shift+ctrl+E | option+shift+cmd+E |
| insert page | shift+ctrl+P | shift+cmd+P |
| group | ctrl+G | cmd+G |
| ungroup | shift+ctrl+G | shift+cmd+G |
| show/hide grid | ctrl+' | cmd+' |
| snap to grid | ctrl+shift+" | cmd+shift+" |
Adobe Dreamweaver keyboard shortcuts
| action | pc | mac |
| refresh design view | F5 | F5 |
| view in browser | F12 | F12 |
| insert image | ctrl+alt+I | cmd+option+I |
| hide panels | F4 | F4 |
| find and replace | ctrl+F | cmd+F |
| validate | shift+F6 | shift+F6 |