Appendix . Keyboard Shortcuts

As you become more familiar with the various InDesign features, you should start to use the keyboard shortcuts for the commands you use most often. For instance, rather than use the mouse to choose File > Place, it is much faster and easier to press the keyboard shortcut Cmd/Ctrl-D.

This appendix lists the shortcuts for the Default set of menu commands. This is the set that is turned on when you first open InDesign. As shown on pages 478480, you can change these keyboard commands. However, I find it difficult to search through that dialog box to find a specific command. It’s much easier to look through this list in order to find a specific command.

Many of the commands are listed as unassigned. This means that you ...

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