Hold down Shift to constrain movement to 45°, 90°, 135°, or 180°. Press CAPS LOCK to change tool pointer to crosshair. Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 2pts Release Guide (turns it into a regular path) Hold Option while dragging out a new guide Hide/Show all panels except Tools and Control Switch between GPU and CPU preview (if available) Be sure to let go of the Spacebar while dragging so you again don't type more spaces. Create a slideshow with a gallery template: Command + Shift + P. Hold Cmd, then Spacebar. (This will show the Zoom tool.) Let go of Cmd so you see the Hand tool and immediately start dragging the mouse so you don't end up typing spaces. These shortcuts let you do that without fumbling for your mouse. To get Hand Tool (while NOT editing Type) Move mesh point along path with Mesh toolĪdd mesh point with Mesh tool without changing colorĬonstrain orientation of polygons, stars, spiralsĪdd/subtract sides, points, spiral segmentsĬreate continuous duplicates along mouse movement So, for example, Apple logo symbol can be typed on Macs by simultaneously holding Option, Shift and K keys. Transform pattern without transforming object Samples intermediate color from gradient, picture, etc. To get Eyedropper tool while using Live Paint Bucket tool When finished drawing, hold Option and release mouseĬonnect to an open (and selected) path with Pencil tool Move anchor point while drawing with Pen toolĬreate closed path with Pencil or Paintbrush tool To get Add Anchor Point tool while using Scissors tool Windows key + Alt + PrtScn: Capture screenshots or still image of your screen. Windows key + Alt + B: Switch HDR on or off. Windows key + Alt + G: Record the last 30 seconds of screen actions. Switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tools Windows key + Alt + M: Turn on or off audio recording. To get Anchor Point tool while using Pen tool To cycle through tools behind column tool

To switch between Selection and Direct Selection tools To access Selection or Direction Selection tool (whichever was used last) at any time

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