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Adobe Illustrator

R E S U LT WINDOWS M AC O S

Artboard tool Shift + O Shift + O

Selection tool V V

Direct Selection tool A A

Pen tool P P

+ (plus) + (plus) + (plus)

Delete Anchor Point tool - (minus) - (minus)

Type tool T T

Rectangle tool M M

Ellipse tool L L

Eyedropper tool I I

Zoom tool Z Z

Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) Spacebar Spacebar

Paste in place on the active artboard Ctrl+Shift+V Command+Shift+V

Constrain a shape’s proportion Shift-drag Shift-drag

Copy Ctrl+C Command+C

Paste Ctrl+V Command+V

Transform pattern Tilde (~)-drag Tilde (~)-drag

Increase or decrease type size Ctrl + Shift + > or < Cmnd + Shift + > or <

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R E S U LT WINDOWS M AC O S

Alt + Up or Option + Up or
Increase or decrease leading
Down Arrow Down Arrow

Alt + Right or Alt + Right or

Increase or decrease kerning and tracking
Left Arrow Left Arrow

Smart Guides Ctrl+U Command+U

Undo Ctrl+Z Command+Z

Redo Shift+Ctrl+Z Command+Shift+Z

Constrain orientation as you draw shape Shift Shift

Select All Ctrl+A Command+A

Deselect All Ctrl+Shift+A Command+Shift+A

Fill/Stroke box toggle X X

Swap fill/stroke Shift+X Shift+X

Bring To Front Ctrl+Shift+] Command+Shift+]

Bring To Back Ctrl+Shift+[ Command+Shift+[

Create clipping mask Ctrl+7 Command+7

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