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FreeHand MX Keyboard Shortcuts
Macromedia Standard
Menu Command Keyboard Shortcut Description
File: New Ctrl+N Creates a new document or template.
File: Open... Ctrl+O Opens an existing document or template.
File: Close Ctrl+W Prompts to save the document and then closes the
active window.
File: Save Ctrl+S Saves the active document or template.
File: Save As... Ctrl+Shift+S Saves a copy of the document in a separate file.
File: Revert Retrieves the last saved version of the document.
File: Import... Ctrl+R Imports a graphic file created in another application or in

an earlier version of FreeHand.
File: Export... Ctrl+Shift+R Saves your FreeHand file in a format best for opening or
importing into another application.
File: Export Again Saves your FreeHand file in the format last exported.
File: Send: Document Sends the active document as an e-mail attachment.
File: Send: All Open Sends all open documents as e-mail attachments.
Documents...
File: Printer Setup... Changes the layout, size, and orientation of the current
page.
File: Print... Ctrl+P Prints the active document.
File: Document Settings: Sets the angle of the invisible axis for drawing with the
Constrain... Rectangle and Ellipse tools.
File: Document Settings: Sets the distance in current document units that objects
Cursor Distance... move when using the left, right, up, and down arrow keys.
File: Document Settings: Use to control how your final document exports or prints
Output Options... to a PostScript output device.
File: Document Settings: Modifies the document level effect settings

Raster Effects Settings...
File: Report... Generates an on-screen report about the active

document.
File: Collect For Output... Collects all document elements for output.
File: Exit Ctrl+Q, Alt+F4 Closes all open windows and quits FreeHand.
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Edit: Undo Ctrl+Z Reverses the last command applied.
Edit: Redo Ctrl+Y, Ctrl+Shift+Z Cancels the last undo.
Edit: Cut Ctrl+X Cuts the selection and puts it on the Clipboard.
Edit: Copy Ctrl+C Copies the selection and puts it on the Clipboard.
Edit: Paste Ctrl+V Inserts the Clipboard contents at the insertion point.
Edit: Special: Copy Special... Copies the selection and puts it on the Clipboard in the
selected format.
Edit: Special: Paste Special... Inserts the Clipboard contents at the insertion point using
the selected format.
Edit: Special: Copy Attributes Copies the attributes of the selected objects or text.
Edit: Special: Paste Attributes Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V Applies previously copied attributes to selected objects.
Edit: Special: Paste In Front Pastes an object stored on the Clipboard in front of a
selected object in the stacking order.
Edit: Special: Paste Behind Pastes an object stored on the Clipboard just behind a
Edit: Clear Removes the selected object.
Edit: Cut Contents Ctrl+Shift+X Removes an object pasted inside a selected object and
places it back into the document.
Edit: Paste Contents Ctrl+Shift+V Pastes an object stored on the Clipboard inside a
selected, closed path.
Edit: Duplicate Ctrl+Alt+D Creates an exact copy and offsets it from the original.
Edit: Clone Ctrl+Shift+D Creates an exact copy and positions it on top of the
original.
Edit: Select: All Ctrl+A Selects all objects on unlocked, visible layers on the
active page.
Edit: Select: All In Document Ctrl+Shift+A Selects all objects in the current document.
Edit: Select: None Ctrl+D Deselects all selected objects.
Edit: Select: Invert Selection Selects all objects that are currently not selected and
deselects all selected objects.
Edit: Select: Superselect Selects the group that contains the subselected point or
object.
Edit: Select: Subselect Selects all objects within a selected group.
Edit: Find And Replace: Text Ctrl+Shift+F Opens the Find Text dialog box.
Edit: Find And Replace: Ctrl+F Opens the Find and Replace Graphics panel.
Graphics
Edit: Optimize in Fireworks Optimize original source PNG files with Fireworks 4 or
newer
Edit: Edit in External Editor... Opens an external editor such as a bitmap image editor.
Edit: Links... Opens the Links dialog box to make changes to the way
imported graphics behave.
Edit: Preferences... Ctrl+U Makes changes in the program settings to control how
various features behave.
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Edit: Keyboard Shortcuts... Opens the Customize dialog box with the Shortcuts tab
selected.
View: Fit Selection Ctrl+Alt+0 Changes the view so all selected objects fit inside the
document window.
View: Fit To Page Ctrl+Shift+W Changes the view so the entire active page fits inside the
document window.
View: Fit All Ctrl+0 Changes the view so all pages fit inside the document
window.
View: Custom: New... Creates a new custom view for this document.
View: Custom: Edit... Delete and/or redefine existing custom views.
View: Custom: Previous Change the current view to the most recent custom view.
View: Magnification: 25% Change magnification to 25%.
View: Magnification: 50% Ctrl+5 Change magnification to 50%.
View: Keyline Ctrl+K Displays the document onscreen as it will print.
View: Fast Mode Ctrl+Shift+K Optimizes onscreen display for quicker redraw. Does not
affect actual objects or printing.
View: Hide Selection Hides all selected objects.
View: Show All Shows all objects previously hidden by the Hide
Selection command.
View: Toolbars Ctrl+Alt+T Shows or hides all toolbars.
View: Panels F4, Ctrl+Shift+H Hides all panels.
View: Page Rulers: Show Ctrl+Alt+R Shows or hides the rulers.
View: Page Rulers: Edit... Opens the Edit Units dialog box.
View: Text Rulers Ctrl+/ Shows or hides the Text Ruler.
View: Guides: Show Ctrl+; Shows or hides non-printing lines or objects used for
alignment.
View: Guides: Edit... Opens the Guides dialog box to release, delete, and add
guides.
View: Guides: Lock Ctrl+Alt+; Freezes guides to prevent accidentally moving them.
Releases guides if already locked.
View: Guides: Snap To Guides Ctrl+Shift+; Snaps objects to the nearest guide.
View: Grid: Show Ctrl+Alt+G Shows or hides a non-printing grid.
View: Grid: Edit... Opens the Edit Grid dialog box.
View: Grid: Snap To Grid Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G Snaps objects to the nearest grid coordinate.
View: Perspective Grid: Show Show or hide non-printing perspective grid.
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View: Perspective Grid: Define Open the Define Grids dialog box.
Grids...
View: Perspective Grid: Change current grid view to the most recent grid view.
Previous
View: Perspective Grid: Removes perspective and all transformations from

Remove Perspective selected objects.
View: Perspective Grid: Release the objects from the grid but retains the
Release With Perspective transformations.
View: Snap To Point Ctrl+Shift+/, Ctrl+ 'Snaps objects to the nearest point.
View: Snap To Object Snaps objects to another object.
View: Transform Handles Activates transform handles.
Modify: Transform: Scale... Ctrl+F10 Reduces or enlarges selected objects.
Modify: Transform: Move... Moves objects by precise distances.
Modify: Transform: Rotate... Rotates a selected object around a fixed point.
Modify: Transform: Reflect... Flips a selected object horizontally or vertically.
Modify: Transform: Skew... Slants an object to an oblique angle.
Modify: Transform Again Ctrl+, Repeats the previous transformation.
Modify: Arrange: Bring To Ctrl+Shift+Up Brings the selected drawing objects to the front of the
Front current layer.
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+Up Moves the selected object one level forward.
Forward
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+Down Moves the selected object one level backward.
Backward
Modify: Arrange: Send To Ctrl+Shift+Down Sends the selected drawing objects to the back of the
Back current layer.
Modify: Align: Top Ctrl+Alt+4 Aligns selected objects to the top edge of the highest
object.
Modify: Align: Bottom Ctrl+Alt+6 Aligns selected objects to the bottom edge of the lowest
object.
Modify: Align: Center Ctrl+Alt+5 Aligns selected objects to the horizontal center of all
Horizontal objects.
Modify: Align: Center Vertical Ctrl+Alt+2 Aligns selected objects to the vertical center of all
objects.
Modify: Align: Left Ctrl+Alt+1 Aligns selected objects to the left edge of the leftmost
object.
Modify: Align: Right Ctrl+Alt+3 Aligns selected objects to the right edge of the rightmost
object.
Modify: Align Again Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A Repeats an alignment using the current Align panel
settings.
Modify: Join Ctrl+J Links two or more paths or connects two endpoints.
Modify: Split Ctrl+Shift+J Splits an object into smaller or component paths.
Modify: Combine: Blend Ctrl+Shift+B Creates a number of intermediate steps between two
paths.
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Modify: Combine: Join Blend Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B Attaches a blend along a path.

To Path
Modify: Combine: Union Creates a single path from two or more selected, closed
paths.
Modify: Combine: Divide Cuts selected paths into sections.
Modify: Combine: Intersect Creates a single path from the portions of selected paths
that overlap, removing the remaining portions of the
paths.
Modify: Combine: Punch Creates a hole in selected closed paths through which
other objects are visible.
Modify: Combine: Crop Cuts a bottom path in the stacking order to the shape of a
top path.
Modify: Alter Path: Correct Changes the direction of the selected paths.
Direction
Modify: Alter Path: Reverse Reverses the direction of one or more selected paths.
Direction
Modify: Alter Path: Remove Removes redundant portions of a selected, closed path
Overlap that crosses itself.
Modify: Alter Path: Simplify... Removes or adds points to a path to maintain the same
shape using the optimum number of points.
Modify: Alter Path: Expand Converts the perimeter of a specified stroke of a selected
Stroke... path into a closed path.
Modify: Alter Path: Inset Path... Expands or contracts one or more closed paths by the
specified amount.
Modify: Lock Ctrl+L Freezes selected objects in place to prevent accidentally

moving, cutting, or deleting them.
Modify: Unlock Ctrl+Shift+L Unlocks a selected, locked object.
Modify: Group Ctrl+G Collects two or more selected objects or path points
together.
Modify: Ungroup Ctrl+Shift+G Separates a group into individual objects.
Modify: Separate Attributes Separates the selection into individual strokes and fills.
Modify: Symbol: Edit Symbol Ctrl+E Shows the Symbol Edit window.
Modify: Symbol: Convert to F8 Creates a new Graphic symbol from the current selection
Symbol and replaces the current selection with an instance of
that symbol.
Modify: Symbol: Copy to Creates a new Graphic symbol from the current selection,
Symbol the current selection remains unchanged.
Modify: Symbol: Release Releases an instance from its association with the
Instance symbol library.
Modify: Brush: Create Brush... Creates a new brush from the selected object and adds it
to the Brush list.
Modify: Brush: Release Brush Releases a brushed path from its association to a brush.
Modify: Extrude: Release Converts the extrusion to a group of objects.

Extrude

Modify: Extrude: Remove Removes the extrusion and reverts the object to its
Extrude original state.
Modify: Extrude: Reset Resets a Rotated extruded object to the default position.
Extrude
Modify: Extrude: Share Resets the vanishing point of multiple selected extruded
Vanishing Points objects so that they all share the same vanishing point.
Modify: Extrude: Rotate Displays the rotate ring for an extruded object.
Extrude
Modify: Envelope: Create Applies default Envelope to selected objects.
Modify: Envelope: Save As Saves currently selected Envelope as an Envelope

Preset... preset.
Modify: Envelope: Delete Deletes the selected Envelope preset from the pop-up.
Preset
Modify: Envelope: Copy As Copies the selected Envelope as a path to the clipboard.
Path
Modify: Envelope: Paste As Pastes a path as an Envelope.

Envelope
Modify: Envelope: Release Releases Envelope but retains transformations of

selected objects.
Modify: Envelope: Remove Removes Envelope and all transformations from

selected objects.
Modify: Envelope: Show Map Displays Envelope mapping grid.
Modify: Convert to Image... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z Converts selected objects to a bitmap image.
Text: Size: Other... Opens the Type Size dialog box.
Text: Size: Smaller Ctrl+Shift+, Reduces selected text one point size.
Text: Size: Larger Ctrl+Shift+. Increases selected text one point size.
Text: Size: 8 Changes selected text to a point size of 8.
Text: Size: 9 Changes selected text to a point of 9.
Text: Font Style: Plain Sets selected text to plain type style.
Text: Font Style: Bold Ctrl+B Makes the selected text bold.
Text: Font Style: Italic Ctrl+I Makes the selected text italic.
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Text: Font Style: BoldItalic Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O Makes the selected text bold and italic.
Text: Effect: None Removes effects from selected text.
Text: Effect: Highlight... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H Applies a highlight effect to selected text.
Text: Effect: Inline... Applies an inline effect to selected text.
Text: Effect: Shadow... Applies a shadow effect to selected text.
Text: Effect: Strikethrough... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S Adds a strikethrough to selected text.
Text: Effect: Underline... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U Underlines selected text.
Text: Effect: Zoom... Applies a zoom effect to selected text.
Text: Align: Left Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L Aligns selected text to the left.
Text: Align: Right Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R Aligns selected text to the right.
Text: Align: Center Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C Centers selected text.
Text: Align: Justified Ctrl+Alt+Shift+J Justifies selected text.
Text: Leading: Other... Opens the Leading dialog box.
Text: Leading: Solid Applies solid leading to selected text (same as point
size).
Text: Leading: Auto Applies automatic leading to selected text (120% of

point size).
Text: Convert Case: Settings... Opens the Convert Case Settings dialog box.
Text: Convert Case: Upper Converts selected text to upper case.
Text: Convert Case: Lower Converts selected text to lower case.
Text: Convert Case: Small Converts selected text to small caps.

Caps
Text: Convert Case: Title Converts selected text to title case.
Text: Convert Case: Sentence Converts selected text to sentence case.
Text: Special Characters: End Forces text after insertion point to top of next column.
Of Column
Text: Special Characters: End Breaks the current text line, wrapping text following the
Of Line insertion point.
Text: Special Characters: Non- Inserts a space between words to be kept on the same
Breaking Space line.
Text: Special Characters: Em Ctrl+Shift+M Inserts a space the width of the current type size.
Space
Text: Special Characters: En Ctrl+Shift+N Inserts a space one-half the width of the current type
Space size.
Text: Special Characters: Thin Ctrl+Shift+T Inserts a space one-tenth the width of the current type
Space size.
Text: Special Characters: Em Inserts a dash the width of the current type size.
Dash
Text: Special Characters: En Inserts a dash one-half the width of the current type size.
Dash

Text: Special Characters: Ctrl+- Inserts a hyphen after the last letter before a break in the
Discretionary Hyphen text line.
Text: Editor... Ctrl+Shift+E Shows or Hides the Text Editor.
Text: Spelling... Shows or hides the Spelling panel.
Text: Flow Around Selection... Ctrl+Alt+W Makes text wrap around a selected object.
Text: Flow Inside Path Ctrl+Shift+U Flows a selected text block inside a selected, closed
path.
Text: Attach To Path Ctrl+Shift+Y Attaches a selected text block to a selected path.
Text: Detach From Path Separates text from a path when text is attached to or
flowing inside the path.
Text: Convert To Paths Ctrl+Shift+P Changes the selected text into editable vector objects.
Text: Remove Transforms Cancels all transformations applied to selected text.
Xtras: Repeat Ctrl+Shift+= Applies the Xtra last performed again.
Window: New Window Ctrl+Alt+N Opens an additional document window for the active
document.
Window: Toolbars: Main Shows or hides the Main toolbar.
Window: Toolbars: Text Shows or hides the Text toolbar.
Window: Toolbars: Controller Shows or hides the Controller toolbar.
Window: Toolbars: Status Shows or hides the Status toolbar.
Window: Toolbars: Info Shows or hides the Info toolbar.
Window: Toolbars: Xtra Shows or hides the Xtra Operations toolbar.

Operations
Window: Toolbars: Xtra Tools Shows or hides the Xtra Tools toolbar.
Window: Toolbars: Envelope Shows or hides the Envelope toolbar.
Window: Toolbars: Opens the Customize dialog box with the Toolbars tab
Customize... selected.
Window: Tools Ctrl+F2 Displays or hides the Tools panel.
Window: Object Ctrl+F3 Shows or hides the Object Inspector.
Window: Document Shows or hides the Document Inspector.
Window: Answers Alt+F1 Displays or hides the Answers Panel
Window: Layers F2, Ctrl+6 Displays or hides the Layers panel.
Window: Swatches Ctrl+F9 Displays or hides the Swatches panel.
Window: Styles Shift+F11, Ctrl+3 Shows or hides the Styles panel.
Window: Library F11 Shows/Hides the Library panel.
Window: Color Mixer Shift+F9, Ctrl+Shift+C Displays or hides the Color Mixer.
Window: Tints Displays or hides the Tint panel.
Window: Halftones Ctrl+H Displays or hides the Halftones panel.
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Window: Align Ctrl+Alt+A Shows or hides the Align panel, which aligns and
distributes objects in relation to one another.
Window: Transform Ctrl+M Displays the Transform panel.
Window: Navigation Displays or hides the navigation panel
Window: Movie: Stop Stops the animation in the Macromedia Flash (SWF)
window.
Window: Movie: Rewind Sets the animation in the Macromedia Flash (SWF)
window to the first frame of the movie.
Window: Movie: Step Sets the animation in the Macromedia Flash (SWF)
Backward window back one frame.
Window: Movie: Play Starts the animation in the Macromedia Flash (SWF)
window.
Window: Movie: Step Forward Sets the animation in the Macromedia Flash (SWF)
window forward one frame.
Window: Movie: Fast Forward Sets the animation in the Macromedia Flash (SWF)
window to the last frame of the movie.
Window: Movie: Test Ctrl+Enter Displays the current FreeHand document as a

Macromedia Flash (SWF) Movie.
Window: Movie: Export Brings up the Export Movie dialog to save the current
Window: Movie: Settings Ctrl+Shift+Enter Accesses the Macromedia Flash (SWF) export settings
dialog.
Window: Cascade Arranges the open document windows in a cascade.
Window: Tile Horizontally Arranges windows as tiles stacked top to bottom.
Window: Tile Vertically Arranges windows as side-by-side tiles.
Window: Arrange Icons Arranges the document window icons.
Tools / Commands: Add to Adds colors from the Color Mixer to the Color List.
Swatches
Tools / Commands: Pages: Ctrl+Page Up Displays the previous page.

Previous Page
Tools / Commands: Pages: Ctrl+Page Down Displays the next page.

Next Page
Tools / Commands: Pages: Adds a new page to the document.

Add Page
Tools / Commands: Pages: Removes the current page from the document.
Remove Page
Tools / Commands: Pages: Duplicates the current page.

Duplicate Page
Tools / Commands: Pages: Creates a new Master Page.

New Master Page
Tools / Commands: Pages: Creates a new Master Page from the current page and
Convert to Master Page moves all objects on the current page to the Master
Page.

Tools / Commands: Pages: Releases current child page(s) from their Master Page.
Release child page Objects on Master Page are copied onto the page(s).
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Left Places cursor before the current word.
Adjustments: Move to
Previous Word
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Right Places cursor after the current word.
Adjustments: Move to Next
Word
Tools / Commands: Text Places cursor at the start of the paragraph.

Adjustments: Move to Top of
Paragraph
Tools / Commands: Text Places cursor at the start of the next paragraph.
Next Paragraph
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Num 7 Places cursor at the start of the sentence.
Beginning of Sentence
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Num 1 Places cursor at the end of the sentence.
Adjustments: Move to End of
Sentence
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Home Places cursor at the beginning of the story.
Beginning of Story
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+End Places cursor at the end of the story.
Story
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+Left Selects to the beginning of the current word.
Adjustments: Select Previous
Word
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+Right Selects to the end of the current word.
Adjustments: Select Next
Word
Tools / Commands: Text Selects to the start of the paragraph.

Adjustments: Select to Top of
Paragraph
Tools / Commands: Text Selects to the start of the next paragraph.

Next Paragraph
Tools / Commands: Text Selects to the beginning of the sentence.

Adjustments: Select to
Ctrl+Num 8
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Num 2 Selects to the end of the sentence.

Adjustments: Select to End of
Sentence
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+Home Selects to the start of the story.

Beginning of Story
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Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+End Selects to the end of the story.

Story
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+Backspace Deletes the previous word.

Adjustments: Delete Previous
Word
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+Delete Deletes the next word.

Adjustments: Delete Next
Word
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Num + Increases leading of hilighted text in 100% or 2 point
Adjustments: Increase increments.
Leading Greater
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Num + Increases leading of highlighted text in 50% or 1 point
Leading Lesser
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Num - Decreases leading of hilighted text in 100% or 2 point
Adjustments: Decrease increments.
Leading Greater
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Num - Decreases leading of highlighted text in 50% or 1 point
Leading Lesser
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Increases kerning of highlighted text by 10% em.
Adjustments: Increase Kerning
By 10% em
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Right Increases kerning of highlighted text by 1% em.

By 1% em
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Decreases kerning

Adjustments: Decrease
Kerning By 10% em
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Left Decreases kerning of highlighted text by 1% em.

Kerning By 1% em
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Up Increases baseline shift of highlighted text.

Adjustments: Increase
Baseline Shift
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Down Decreases baseline shift of highlighted text.

Baseline Shift
Tools / Commands: Text Increases horizontal scale of highlighted text by 5%.

Horizontal Scale by 5%
Ctrl+Num 6
Tools / Commands: Text Decreases horizontal scale of highlighted text by 5%.

Ctrl+Num 3
Tools / Commands: Tools: Shift+F10 Selects, moves, or resizes objects.

Pointer

Tools / Commands: Tools: Displays the Pointer Tool options dialog.

Pointer Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Select inside groups and composite paths.

Subselect
Tools / Commands: Tools: Selects and transforms pages on the pasteboard.

Page
Tools / Commands: Tools: Selects objects within a defined path.

Lasso
Tools / Commands: Tools: Displays the Lasso Tool options dialog.

Lasso Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Shift+F4 Draws straight lines.

Line
Tools / Commands: Tools: Pen Shift+F6 Draws paths by anchoring points.
Tools / Commands: Tools: Shift+F1 Draws rectangles, rounded rectangles, and squares.
Rectangle
Tools / Commands: Tools: Displays the Rectangle Tool options dialog.

Rectangle Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Ctrl+Shift+F9 Inserts a text block.

Text
Tools / Commands: Tools: Shift+F8 Draws polygons and stars.

Polygon
Tools / Commands: Tools: Displays the Polygon Tool options dialog.

Polygon Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Shift+F3 Draws ellipses and circles.

Ellipse
Tools / Commands: Tools: Shift+F5 Draws freeform paths.

Pencil
Tools / Commands: Tools: Displays the Pencil Tool options dialog.

Pencil Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Moves objects to perspective grids and manipulates the
Perspective grids.
Tools / Commands: Tools: F10 Resizes selected objects.

Scale
Tools / Commands: Tools: Reshapes paths without using points or point handles.
Freeform
Tools / Commands: Tools: Displays the Freeform Tool options dialog.

Freeform Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Rotates selected objects.

Rotate
Tools / Commands: Tools: F9 Flips selected objects.

Reflect
Tools / Commands: Tools: Ctrl+F11 Slants selected objects.

Skew
Tools / Commands: Tools: Converts bitmaps to editable paths.

Trace
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Tools / Commands: Tools: Displays the Trace Tool options dialog.

Trace Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Shift+F7 Cuts a path into two paths.

Knife
Tools / Commands: Tools: Displays the Knife Tool options dialog.

Knife Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Pan to see other parts of the document.

Hand
Tools / Commands: Tools: Magnifies a defined area of the current page.

Magnify
Tools / Commands: Tools: Creates and modifies blends.

Blend
Tools / Commands: Tools: Shift+F2 Draws paths using automatic curvature.

Bezigon
Tools / Commands: Tools: Crops bitmap images by hiding unwanted portions.

Crop
Tools / Commands: Tools: Cuts the selected path and deletes the segments within
Eraser the tool's path.
Tools / Commands: Tools: Define an area to be printed or exported.

Output Area
Tools / Commands: Tools: Converts an object into an extrusion or edits an existing

Extrude extrusion.
Tools / Commands: Tools: Creates and modifies connector lines.

Connector
Tools / Commands: Tools: Adds or modifies Flash actions on objects.

Action
Tools / Commands: Tools: Creates a variable width path

Variable Stroke Pen
Tools / Commands: Tools: Displays the Variable Stroke Pen Tool options dialog.
Variable Stroke Pen
Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Creates a calligraphic stroke path

Calligraphic Stroke Pen
Tools / Commands: Tools: Displays the Caligraphic Pen Tool options dialog.
Calligraphic Pen Properties
Tools / Commands: Units of Changes the unit of measure to points.

Measure: Points
Tools / Commands: Units of Changes the unit of measure to pixels.

Measure: Pixels
Tools / Commands: Units of Changes the unit of measure to centimeters.

Measure: Centimeters
Tools / Commands: Units of Changes the unit of measure to picas.

Measure: Picas
Tools / Commands: Units of Changes the unit of measure to inches.

Measure: Inches

Tools / Commands: Units of Changes the unit of measure to decimals.

Measure: Decimals
Tools / Commands: Units of Changes the unit of measure to millimeters.

Measure: Millimeters
Tools / Commands: Units of Changes the unit of measure to Kyus.

Measure: Kyus
Tools / Commands: Paths: Closes open paths.

Close Path
Tools / Commands: Paths: Opens closed paths.

Open Path
Tools / Commands: Points: Changes a selected point to a corner point.

Corner
Tools / Commands: Points: Changes a selected point to a curve point.

Curve
Tools / Commands: Points: Changes a selected point to a connector point.

Connector
Tools / Commands: Points: Retracts handles left for a selected point.

Retract Handles Left
Tools / Commands: Points: Retracts handles right for a selected point.

Retract Handles Right
Tools / Commands: Strokes: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+, Decrease stroke width one increment.

Thinner
Tools / Commands: Strokes: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+. Increase stroke width one increment.

Thicker
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Menu Command Keyboard Shortcut Menu Command
File: Close Ctrl+F4 Prompts to save the document and then closes the
active window.

Documents...
page.


document.
File: Exit Alt+F4 Closes all open windows and quits FreeHand.
Edit: Undo Ctrl+Z, Alt+Backspace Reverses the last command applied.
Edit: Redo Ctrl+Y, Cancels the last undo.

Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
Edit: Cut Ctrl+X, Shift+Delete Cuts the selection and puts it on the Clipboard.
Edit: Copy Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Insert Copies the selection and puts it on the Clipboard.
Edit: Paste Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert Inserts the Clipboard contents at the insertion point.
selected format.

Edit: Special: Copy Attributes Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C Copies the attributes of the selected objects or text.
Edit: Duplicate Ctrl+D Creates an exact copy and offsets it from the original.
Edit: Clone Ctrl+Shift+C Creates an exact copy and positions it on top of the
original.
active page.
Edit: Select: None Deselects all selected objects.
object.
Edit: Find And Replace: Ctrl+Alt+E Opens the Find and Replace Graphics panel.
Graphics
newer
Edit: Preferences... Ctrl+Shift+D Makes changes in the program settings to control how
Edit: Keyboard Shortcuts... Opens the Customize dialog box with the Shortcuts tab
selected.
View: Fit Selection Ctrl+0 Changes the view so all selected objects fit inside the
document window.
document window.
View: Fit All Ctrl+Alt+0 Changes the view so all pages fit inside the document
window.
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View: Custom: Previous Ctrl+Alt+Shift+1 Change the current view to the most recent custom view.
Selection command.
View: Panels Ctrl+Alt+H, F12 Hides all panels.
View: Page Rulers: Show Ctrl+Alt+M Shows or hides the rulers.
View: Text Rulers Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T Shows or hides the Text Ruler.
View: Guides: Show Shows or hides non-printing lines or objects used for
alignment.
guides.
View: Guides: Lock Freezes guides to prevent accidentally moving them.

View: Guides: Snap To Guides Ctrl+Alt+G Snaps objects to the nearest guide.
View: Grid: Show Shows or hides a non-printing grid.
View: Grid: Snap To Grid Snaps objects to the nearest grid coordinate.
Grids...
Previous

View: Snap To Point Ctrl+Shift+Z Snaps objects to the nearest point.

Modify: Transform: Move... Ctrl+E Moves objects by precise distances.
Modify: Transform: Rotate... Ctrl+F2 Rotates a selected object around a fixed point.
Modify: Transform: Reflect... Ctrl+F9 Flips a selected object horizontally or vertically.
Modify: Transform: Skew... Ctrl+F11 Slants an object to an oblique angle.
Modify: Transform Again Ctrl+Shift+G Repeats the previous transformation.
Modify: Arrange: Bring To Ctrl+F Brings the selected drawing objects to the front of the
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F Moves the selected object one level forward.
Forward
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K Moves the selected object one level backward.
Backward
Modify: Arrange: Send To Ctrl+B Sends the selected drawing objects to the back of the
Back current layer.
Modify: Align: Top Ctrl+Shift+Left, Aligns selected objects to the top edge of the highest
Ctrl+Alt+Num 8 object.
Modify: Align: Bottom Ctrl+Shift+Right, Aligns selected objects to the bottom edge of the lowest
Modify: Align: Center Ctrl+Alt+Num 7 Aligns selected objects to the horizontal center of all
Horizontal objects.
Modify: Align: Center Vertical Ctrl+Alt+Num 9 Aligns selected objects to the vertical center of all
objects.
Modify: Align: Left Ctrl+Alt+Num 4 Aligns selected objects to the left edge of the leftmost
object.
Modify: Align: Right Ctrl+Alt+Num 6 Aligns selected objects to the right edge of the rightmost
object.
settings.
paths.

To Path
paths.
paths.
top path.
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Direction
Direction
specified amount.

together.
Modify: Ungroup Ctrl+U Separates a group into individual objects.
Modify: Symbol: Edit Symbol Shows the Symbol Edit window.
Modify: Symbol: Convert to Ctrl+F8 Creates a new Graphic symbol from the current selection
that symbol.
to the Brush list.

Extrude
Extrude
Extrude

Preset... preset.

Preset
Path

Envelope

selected objects.

selected objects.
Text: Size: Smaller Ctrl+Alt+1, Ctrl+Alt+Num 1, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Reduces

selected text one point size.
Text: Size: Larger Ctrl+Alt+2, Increases selected text one point size.
Ctrl+Alt+Num 2,
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up
Text: Font Style: Plain Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P, F5 Sets selected text to plain type style.
Text: Font Style: Bold Ctrl+Alt+B, F6 Makes the selected text bold.
Text: Font Style: Italic Ctrl+Alt+I, F7 Makes the selected text italic.
Text: Font Style: BoldItalic Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O, F8 Makes the selected text bold and italic.
Text: Effect: Strikethrough... Adds a strikethrough to selected text.
Text: Effect: Underline... Ctrl+Alt+U Underlines selected text.
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Text: Align: Center Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M Centers selected text.
size).

point size).

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Text: Special Characters: Non- Ctrl+Shift+H Inserts a space between words to be kept on the same
Space
Space size.
Space size.
Dash
Dash
Text: Special Characters: Inserts a hyphen after the last letter before a break in the
Text: Spelling... Ctrl+Alt+S Shows or hides the Spelling panel.
path.

Xtras: Repeat Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X Applies the Xtra last performed again.
document.
Window: Toolbars: Xtra Ctrl+Alt+O Shows or hides the Xtra Operations toolbar.
Operations
Window: Toolbars: Xtra Tools Ctrl+Alt+X Shows or hides the Xtra Tools toolbar.
Window: Tools Ctrl+7 Displays or hides the Tools panel.
Window: Object Shows or hides the Object Inspector.
Window: Answers Displays or hides the Answers Panel
Window: Layers Ctrl+6 Displays or hides the Layers panel.
Window: Swatches Ctrl+9 Displays or hides the Swatches panel.
Window: Styles Ctrl+3 Shows or hides the Styles panel.
Window: Library Shows/Hides the Library panel.
Window: Color Mixer Ctrl+Shift+9 Displays or hides the Color Mixer.
Window: Tints Ctrl+Shift+3 Displays or hides the Tint panel.
window.
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window.
Window: Movie: Test Ctrl+Enter Displays the current FreeHand document as a

Window: Movie: Export Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S Brings up the Export Movie dialog to save the current
Window: Movie: Settings Accesses the Macromedia Flash (SWF) export settings
dialog.
Window: Cascade Shift+F5 Arranges the open document windows in a cascade.
Window: Tile Vertically Shift+F4 Arranges windows as side-by-side tiles.
Swatches

Previous Page

Next Page

Add Page
Remove Page

Duplicate Page

New Master Page
Page.
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Left Places cursor before the current word.
Previous Word
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Right Places cursor after the current word.
Word
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Up Places cursor at the start of the paragraph.
Paragraph

Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Down Places cursor at the start of the next paragraph.
Next Paragraph
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Num 7 Places cursor at the start of the sentence.
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Num 1 Places cursor at the end of the sentence.
Sentence
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Home Places cursor at the beginning of the story.
Beginning of Story
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+End Places cursor at the end of the story.
Story
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+Left Selects to the beginning of the current word.
Word
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+Right Selects to the end of the current word.
Word
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+Up Selects to the start of the paragraph.

Paragraph

Next Paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+Down

Ctrl+Num 8
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Num 2 Selects to the end of the sentence.

Sentence
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+Home Selects to the start of the story.

Beginning of Story
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+End Selects to the end of the story.

Story
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+Backspace Deletes the previous word.

Word
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Shift+Delete Deletes the next word.

Word
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Num + Increases leading of hilighted text in 100% or 2 point
Leading Greater
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Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Num + Increases leading of highlighted text in 50% or 1 point
Leading Lesser
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Num - Decreases leading of hilighted text in 100% or 2 point
Leading Greater
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Num - Decreases leading of highlighted text in 50% or 1 point
Leading Lesser
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Increases kerning of highlighted text by 10% em.
By 10% em
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Right Increases kerning of highlighted text by 1% em.

By 1% em
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Decreases kerning

Kerning By 10% em
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Left Decreases kerning of highlighted text by 1% em.

Kerning By 1% em
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Up Increases baseline shift of highlighted text.

Baseline Shift
Tools / Commands: Text Ctrl+Alt+Down Decreases baseline shift of highlighted text.

Baseline Shift

Ctrl+Num 6

Ctrl+Num 3
Tools / Commands: Tools: Selects, moves, or resizes objects.

Pointer

Pointer Properties

Subselect

Page

Lasso

Lasso Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Draws straight lines.

Line

Tools / Commands: Tools: Pen Draws paths by anchoring points.
Tools / Commands: Tools: Draws rectangles, rounded rectangles, and squares.

Rectangle

Tools / Commands: Tools: Inserts a text block.

Text
Tools / Commands: Tools: Draws polygons and stars.

Polygon

Polygon Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Draws ellipses and circles.

Ellipse
Tools / Commands: Tools: Draws freeform paths.

Pencil

Pencil Properties
Perspective grids.

Scale
Freeform

Freeform Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: F2 Rotates selected objects.

Rotate

Reflect
Tools / Commands: Tools: F11 Slants selected objects.

Skew

Trace

Trace Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Cuts a path into two paths.

Knife

Knife Properties

Hand

Magnify

Blend
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Tools / Commands: Tools: Draws paths using automatic curvature.

Bezigon

Crop

Output Area

Extrude extrusion.

Connector

Action

Variable Stroke Pen
Variable Stroke Pen
Properties


Measure: Points

Measure: Pixels


Measure: Picas

Measure: Inches

Measure: Decimals


Measure: Kyus

Close Path

Open Path

Corner


Curve

Connector


Tools / Commands: Strokes: Ctrl+Shift+1 Decrease stroke width one increment.

Thinner
Tools / Commands: Strokes: Ctrl+Shift+2 Increase stroke width one increment.

Thicker
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FreeHand 8
active window.

Documents...
page.


document.
File: Exit Alt+F4 Closes all open windows and quits FreeHand.
Edit: Redo Ctrl+Y, Cancels the last undo.

Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
selected format.

Edit: Special: Copy Attributes Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C Copies the attributes of the selected objects or text.
Edit: Clone Ctrl+Shift+C Creates an exact copy and positions it on top of the
original.
active page.
object.
Edit: Find And Replace: Ctrl+Alt+E Opens the Find and Replace Graphics panel.
Graphics
newer
Edit: Preferences... Ctrl+Shift+D Makes changes in the program settings to control how
Edit: Keyboard Shortcuts... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Y Opens the Customize dialog box with the Shortcuts tab
selected.
document window.
document window.
View: Fit All Ctrl+Alt+0 Changes the view so all pages fit inside the document
window.
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View: Custom: Edit... Delete and/or redefine Delete and/or redefine existing custom views.
existing custom views.
View: Custom: Previous Ctrl+Alt+Shift+1 Change the current view to the most recent custom view.
View: Magnification: 50% Ctrl+Num 5, Ctrl+5 Change magnification to 50%.
Selection command.
View: Panels Ctrl+Alt+H, F12 Hides all panels.
View: Page Rulers: Show Ctrl+Alt+M Shows or hides the rulers.
View: Text Rulers Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T Shows or hides the Text Ruler.
alignment.
guides.

View: Guides: Snap To Guides Ctrl+Alt+G Snaps objects to the nearest guide.
Grids...
Previous

View: Snap To Point Ctrl+Shift+Z Snaps objects to the nearest point.

Modify: Transform: Move... Ctrl+E Moves objects by precise distances.
Modify: Transform: Rotate... Ctrl+F2 Rotates a selected object around a fixed point.
Modify: Transform: Reflect... Ctrl+F9 Flips a selected object horizontally or vertically.
Modify: Transform: Skew... Ctrl+F11 Slants an object to an oblique angle.
Modify: Transform Again Ctrl+Shift+G Repeats the previous transformation.
Modify: Arrange: Bring To Ctrl+F, Ctrl+Shift+Up Brings the selected drawing objects to the front of the
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F, Moves the selected object one level forward.
Forward Ctrl+Up
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K, Moves the selected object one level backward.
Backward Ctrl+Down
Modify: Arrange: Send To Ctrl+B, Sends the selected drawing objects to the back of the
Back Ctrl+Shift+Down current layer.
Modify: Align: Top Ctrl+Shift+Left, Aligns selected objects to the top edge of the highest
Modify: Align: Bottom Ctrl+Shift+Right, Aligns selected objects to the bottom edge of the lowest
Modify: Align: Center Ctrl+Alt+Num 7 Aligns selected objects to the horizontal center of all
Horizontal objects.
Modify: Align: Center Vertical Ctrl+Alt+Num 9 Aligns selected objects to the vertical center of all
objects.
Modify: Align: Left Ctrl+Left, Ctrl+Alt+Num Aligns selected objects to the left edge of the leftmost
4 object.
Modify: Align: Right Ctrl+Right, Aligns selected objects to the right edge of the rightmost
settings.
paths.

To Path
paths.
paths.
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top path.
Direction
Direction
specified amount.

together.
Modify: Symbol: Convert to Creates a new Graphic symbol from the current selection
that symbol.
to the Brush list.

Extrude
Extrude
Extrude


Preset... preset.
Preset
Path

Envelope

selected objects.

selected objects.
Text: Size: Smaller Ctrl+Alt+1, Ctrl+Alt+Num 1, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Reduces

selected text one point size.
Text: Size: Larger Ctrl+Alt+2, Increases selected text one point size.
Ctrl+Alt+Num 2,
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up
Text: Font Style: Plain Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P, F5 Sets selected text to plain type style.
Text: Font Style: Bold Ctrl+Alt+B, F6 Makes the selected text bold.
Text: Font Style: Italic Ctrl+Alt+I, F7 Makes the selected text italic.
Text: Font Style: BoldItalic Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O, F8 Makes the selected text bold and italic.
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Text: Effect: Strikethrough... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S Adds a strikethrough to selected text.
Text: Effect: Underline... Ctrl+Alt+U Underlines selected text.
Text: Align: Center Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M Centers selected text.
size).

point size).

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Text: Special Characters: Non- Ctrl+Shift+H Inserts a space between words to be kept on the same
Space
Space size.
Space size.
Dash
Dash
Text: Spelling... Ctrl+Alt+S Shows or hides the Spelling panel.

path.
Xtras: Repeat Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X Applies the Xtra last performed again.
document.

Operations
Window: Tools Ctrl+7 Displays or hides the Tools panel.
Window: Layers Ctrl+6 Displays or hides the Layers panel.
Window: Swatches Ctrl+9 Displays or hides the Swatches panel.
Window: Styles Ctrl+3 Shows or hides the Styles panel.
Window: Color Mixer Ctrl+Shift+9 Displays or hides the Color Mixer.
Window: Tints Ctrl+Shift+3 Displays or hides the Tint panel.
window.
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window.
Window: Movie: Test Displays the current FreeHand document as a

dialog.
Window: Cascade Shift+F5 Arranges the open document windows in a cascade.
Window: Tile Vertically Shift+F4 Arranges windows as side-by-side tiles.
Swatches

Previous Page

Next Page

Add Page
Remove Page

Duplicate Page

New Master Page
Page.
Tools / Commands: Text Places cursor before the current word.

Previous Word
Tools / Commands: Text Places cursor after the current word.

Word


Paragraph
Next Paragraph
Tools / Commands: Text Places cursor at the start of the sentence.

Tools / Commands: Text Places cursor at the end of the sentence.

Sentence
Tools / Commands: Text Places cursor at the beginning of the story.

Beginning of Story
Tools / Commands: Text Places cursor at the end of the story.

Story
Tools / Commands: Text Selects to the beginning of the current word.

Word
Tools / Commands: Text Selects to the end of the current word.

Word

Paragraph

Next Paragraph

Tools / Commands: Text Selects to the end of the sentence.

Sentence
Tools / Commands: Text Selects to the start of the story.

Beginning of Story
Tools / Commands: Text Selects to the end of the story.

Story
Tools / Commands: Text Deletes the previous word.

Word
Tools / Commands: Text Deletes the next word.

Word
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Tools / Commands: Text Increases leading of hilighted text in 100% or 2 point

Leading Greater
Tools / Commands: Text Increases leading of highlighted text in 50% or 1 point

Leading Lesser
Tools / Commands: Text Decreases leading of hilighted text in 100% or 2 point

Leading Greater
Tools / Commands: Text Decreases leading of highlighted text in 50% or 1 point

Leading Lesser
Tools / Commands: Text Increases kerning of highlighted text by 10% em.

By 10% em

By 1% em
Tools / Commands: Text Decreases kerning of highlighted text by 10% em.

Kerning By 10% em

Kerning By 1% em
Tools / Commands: Text Increases baseline shift of highlighted text.

Baseline Shift
Tools / Commands: Text Decreases baseline shift of highlighted text.

Baseline Shift



Pointer

Pointer Properties

Subselect

Page

Lasso

Lasso Properties


Line

Rectangle


Text

Polygon

Polygon Properties

Ellipse

Pencil

Pencil Properties
Perspective grids.

Scale
Freeform

Freeform Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: Ctrl+F8 Rotates selected objects.

Rotate

Reflect
Tools / Commands: Tools: F10 Slants selected objects.

Skew
Tools / Commands: Tools: F11 Converts bitmaps to editable paths.

Trace

Trace Properties

Knife

Knife Properties

Hand

Magnify
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Blend

Bezigon

Crop

Output Area

Extrude extrusion.

Connector

Action

Variable Stroke Pen
Variable Stroke Pen
Properties


Measure: Points

Measure: Pixels


Measure: Picas

Measure: Inches

Measure: Decimals


Measure: Kyus

Close Path

Open Path


Corner

Curve

Connector


Tools / Commands: Strokes: Ctrl+Shift+1 Decrease stroke width one increment.

Thinner
Tools / Commands: Strokes: Ctrl+Shift+2 Increase stroke width one increment.

Thicker
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File: Close Prompts to save the document and then closes the
active window.
File: Save As... Saves a copy of the document in a separate file.
File: Import... Ctrl+I Imports a graphic file created in another application or in

File: Export... Ctrl+H Saves your FreeHand file in a format best for opening or
Documents...
page.


document.
File: Exit Closes all open windows and quits FreeHand.
Edit: Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z Cancels the last undo.
selected format.

Edit: Special: Paste Attributes Applies previously copied attributes to selected objects.
Edit: Cut Contents Removes an object pasted inside a selected object and
Edit: Paste Contents Pastes an object stored on the Clipboard inside a

Edit: Clone Creates an exact copy and positions it on top of the

original.
Edit: Select: All Selects all objects on unlocked, visible layers on the
active page.
Edit: Select: All In Document Selects all objects in the current document.
object.
Edit: Find And Replace: Text Opens the Find Text dialog box.
Edit: Find And Replace: Opens the Find and Replace Graphics panel.
Graphics
newer
Edit: Preferences... Ctrl+J Makes changes in the program settings to control how
Edit: Keyboard Shortcuts... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Y Opens Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Y Opens the Customize dialog box with
the Customize dialog the Shortcuts tab selected.
box with the Shortcuts
tab selected.
View: Fit Selection Shift+F2 Changes the view so all selected objects fit inside the
document window.
View: Fit To Page Shift+F4 Changes the view so the entire active page fits inside the
document window.
View: Fit All F4 Changes the view so all pages fit inside the document
window.
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View: Keyline F9 Displays the document onscreen as it will print.
View: Fast Mode Optimizes onscreen display for quicker redraw. Does not
Selection command.
View: Toolbars Shows or hides all toolbars.
View: Panels Hides all panels.
View: Page Rulers: Show Shows or hides the rulers.
View: Text Rulers Shows or hides the Text Ruler.
alignment.
guides.

View: Guides: Snap To Guides Snaps objects to the nearest guide.
View: Grid: Snap To Grid Ctrl+Y Snaps objects to the nearest grid coordinate.
Grids...
Previous

View: Snap To Point Snaps objects to the nearest point.

Modify: Transform: Scale... Reduces or enlarges selected objects.
Modify: Transform Again Repeats the previous transformation.
Modify: Arrange: Bring To Brings the selected drawing objects to the front of the
Modify: Arrange: Move Moves the selected object one level forward.
Forward
Modify: Arrange: Move Moves the selected object one level backward.
Backward
Modify: Arrange: Send To Sends the selected drawing objects to the back of the
Back current layer.
Modify: Align: Top Aligns selected objects to the top edge of the highest
object.
Modify: Align: Bottom Aligns selected objects to the bottom edge of the lowest
object.
Modify: Align: Center Aligns selected objects to the horizontal center of all
Horizontal objects.
Modify: Align: Center Vertical Aligns selected objects to the vertical center of all
objects.
Modify: Align: Left Aligns selected objects to the left edge of the leftmost
object.
Modify: Align: Right Aligns selected objects to the right edge of the rightmost
object.
Modify: Align Again Repeats an alignment using the current Align panel
settings.
Modify: Join Ctrl+L Links two or more paths or connects two endpoints.
Modify: Split Ctrl+K Splits an object into smaller or component paths.
Modify: Combine: Blend Creates a number of intermediate steps between two

paths.
Modify: Combine: Join Blend Attaches a blend along a path.

To Path
paths.
paths.
top path.
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Direction
Direction
specified amount.
Modify: Lock Freezes selected objects in place to prevent accidentally

Modify: Unlock Unlocks a selected, locked object.
together.
that symbol.
to the Brush list.

Extrude
Extrude
Extrude

Preset... preset.

Preset
Path

Envelope

selected objects.

selected objects.
Modify: Convert to Image... Converts selected objects to a bitmap image.
Text: Size: Smaller Reduces selected text one point size.
Text: Size: Larger Increases selected text one point size.
Text: Font Style: Bold Makes the selected text bold.
Text: Font Style: Italic Makes the selected text italic.
Text: Font Style: BoldItalic Makes the selected text bold and italic.
Text: Effect: Highlight... Applies a highlight effect to selected text.
Text: Effect: Underline... Underlines selected text.
Text: Align: Left Aligns selected text to the left.
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Text: Align: Right Aligns selected text to the right.
Text: Align: Center Centers selected text.
Text: Align: Justified Justifies selected text.
size).

point size).

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Text: Special Characters: Em Inserts a space the width of the current type size.
Space
Text: Special Characters: En Inserts a space one-half the width of the current type
Space size.
Text: Special Characters: Thin Inserts a space one-tenth the width of the current type
Space size.
Dash
Dash
Text: Editor... Ctrl+Shift+T Shows or Hides the Text Editor.
Text: Spelling... Ctrl+F12 Shows or hides the Spelling panel.
Text: Flow Around Selection... Makes text wrap around a selected object.
Text: Flow Inside Path Flows a selected text block inside a selected, closed
path.
Text: Attach To Path Attaches a selected text block to a selected path.
Text: Convert To Paths Changes the selected text into editable vector objects.

Xtras: Repeat Applies the Xtra last performed again.
Window: New Window Opens an additional document window for the active
document.

Operations
Window: Tools Displays or hides the Tools panel.
Window: Layers Ctrl+F3 Displays or hides the Layers panel.
Window: Swatches Shift+F11 Displays or hides the Swatches panel.
Window: Styles Shows or hides the Styles panel.
Window: Color Mixer Displays or hides the Color Mixer.
Window: Halftones Displays or hides the Halftones panel.
Window: Align Shows or hides the Align panel, which aligns and
Window: Transform Displays the Transform panel.
window.
window.
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dialog.
Swatches
Tools / Commands: Pages: Displays the previous page.

Previous Page
Tools / Commands: Pages: Displays the next page.

Next Page

Add Page
Remove Page

Duplicate Page

New Master Page
Page.

Previous Word

Word

Paragraph
Next Paragraph



Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Paragraph

Next Paragraph


Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Leading Greater

Leading Lesser

Leading Greater
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Leading Lesser

By 10% em

By 1% em

Kerning By 10% em

Kerning By 1% em

Baseline Shift

Baseline Shift



Pointer

Pointer Properties

Subselect

Page

Lasso

Lasso Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: F7 Draws straight lines.

Line
Tools / Commands: Tools: F8 Draws rectangles, rounded rectangles, and squares.

Rectangle


Text

Tools / Commands: Tools: F6 Draws polygons and stars.

Polygon

Polygon Properties

Ellipse

Pencil

Pencil Properties
Perspective grids.
Tools / Commands: Tools: Resizes selected objects.

Scale
Freeform

Freeform Properties

Rotate
Tools / Commands: Tools: Alt+F9 Flips selected objects.

Reflect
Tools / Commands: Tools: Slants selected objects.

Skew

Trace

Trace Properties

Knife

Knife Properties

Hand

Magnify

Blend

Bezigon
Tools / Commands: Tools: Alt+F8 Crops bitmap images by hiding unwanted portions.
Crop

Output Area
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Extrude extrusion.

Connector

Action

Variable Stroke Pen
Variable Stroke Pen
Properties


Measure: Points

Measure: Pixels


Measure: Picas

Measure: Inches

Measure: Decimals


Measure: Kyus

Close Path

Open Path

Corner

Curve

Connector



Tools / Commands: Strokes: Decrease stroke width one increment.

Thinner
Tools / Commands: Strokes: Increase stroke width one increment.

Thicker
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active window.
File: Save As... Saves a copy of the document in a separate file.
File: Import... Ctrl+I Imports a graphic file created in another application or in

File: Export... Ctrl+E Saves your FreeHand file in a format best for opening or
Documents...
page.


document.
File: Exit Closes all open windows and quits FreeHand.
Edit: Undo Ctrl+Z, Alt+Backspace Reverses the last command

applied.
selected format.



original.
active page.
object.
Edit: Find And Replace: Text Alt+F3 Opens the Find Text dialog box.
Graphics
newer
Edit: Preferences... Ctrl+J Makes changes in the program settings to control how
selected.
View: Fit Selection Shift+F2 Changes the view so all selected objects fit inside the
document window.
View: Fit To Page Shift+F4 Changes the view so the entire active page fits inside the
document window.
View: Fit All F4 Changes the view so all pages fit inside the document
window.
View: Custom: Edit... Ctrl+F2 Delete and/or redefine existing custom views.
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View: Custom: Previous Shift+F9 Change the current view to the most recent custom view.
View: Keyline F9 Displays the document onscreen as it will print.
Selection command.
View: Page Rulers: Show Shows or hides the rulers.
alignment.
guides.

View: Grid: Snap To Grid Ctrl+Y Snaps objects to the nearest grid coordinate.
Grids...
Previous


Modify: Transform: Scale... Alt+F9 Reduces or enlarges selected objects.
Modify: Transform: Move... Alt+F7 Moves objects by precise distances.
Modify: Transform: Rotate... Alt+F8 Rotates a selected object around a fixed point.
Modify: Arrange: Bring To Shift+Page Up Brings the selected drawing objects to the front of the
Forward
Backward
Modify: Arrange: Send To Shift+Page Down Sends the selected drawing objects to the back of the
Back current layer.
object.
object.
Horizontal objects.
objects.
object.
object.
settings.
Modify: Join Ctrl+L Links two or more paths or connects two endpoints.
Modify: Split Ctrl+K Splits an object into smaller or component paths.

paths.

To Path
paths.
paths.
top path.
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Direction
Direction
specified amount.
Modify: Lock Freezes selected objects in place to prevent accidentally

together.
Modify: Separate Attributes Ctrl+Shift+Q Separates the selection into individual strokes and fills.
that symbol.
to the Brush list.

Extrude
Extrude
Extrude
Modify: Envelope: Create Ctrl+F7 Applies default Envelope to selected objects.

Preset... preset.

Preset
Path

Envelope

selected objects.

selected objects.
Text: Size: Smaller Ctrl+Down Reduces selected text one point size.
Text: Size: Larger Ctrl+Up Increases selected text one point size.
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Text: Align: Right Ctrl+R Aligns selected text to the right.
Text: Align: Center Centers selected text.
Text: Align: Justified Ctrl+H Justifies selected text.
size).

point size).
Text: Convert Case: Settings... Shift+F3 Opens the Convert Case Settings dialog box.
Text: Convert Case: Small Ctrl+Shift+K Converts selected text to small caps.
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Space
Space size.
Space size.
Dash
Dash
Text: Editor... Ctrl+Shift+T Shows or Hides the Text Editor.
Text: Spelling... Ctrl+F12 Shows or hides the Spelling panel.
path.
Text: Convert To Paths Ctrl+Q Changes the selected text into editable vector objects.

document.

Operations
Window: Object Ctrl+Enter, Alt+Enter Shows or hides the Object

Inspector.
Window: Layers Ctrl+F3 Displays or hides the Layers panel.
Window: Styles Ctrl+F5, Ctrl+Shift+S Shows or hides the Styles panel.
Window: Color Mixer Shift+F12 Displays or hides the Color Mixer.
window.
window.
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dialog.
Swatches

Previous Page

Next Page

Add Page
Remove Page

Duplicate Page

New Master Page
Page.

Previous Word

Word

Paragraph
Next Paragraph



Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Paragraph

Next Paragraph


Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Leading Greater

Leading Lesser
66

Leading Greater

Leading Lesser

By 10% em

By 1% em

Kerning By 10% em

Kerning By 1% em

Baseline Shift

Baseline Shift



Pointer

Pointer Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: F10 Select inside groups and composite paths.
Subselect

Page

Lasso

Lasso Properties

Line
Tools / Commands: Tools: Pen F12 Draws paths by anchoring points.
Tools / Commands: Tools: F6 Draws rectangles, rounded rectangles, and squares.

Rectangle


Tools / Commands: Tools: F8 Inserts a text block.

Text

Polygon

Polygon Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: F7 Draws ellipses and circles.

Ellipse
Tools / Commands: Tools: F5 Draws freeform paths.

Pencil

Pencil Properties
Perspective grids.

Scale
Freeform

Freeform Properties

Rotate
Tools / Commands: Tools: Flips selected objects.

Reflect

Skew

Trace

Trace Properties

Knife

Knife Properties

Hand

Magnify

Blend

Bezigon

Crop
68

Output Area

Extrude extrusion.

Connector

Action

Variable Stroke Pen
Variable Stroke Pen
Properties


Measure: Points

Measure: Pixels


Measure: Picas

Measure: Inches

Measure: Decimals


Measure: Kyus

Close Path

Open Path

Corner

Curve

Connector




Thinner

Thicker
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Illustrator 7
active window.
File: Revert F12 Retrieves the last saved version of the document.
File: Import... Imports a graphic file created in another application or in

File: Export... Saves your FreeHand file in a format best for opening or
Documents...
File: Printer Setup... Ctrl+Shift+P Changes the layout, size, and orientation of the current
page.


document.
File: Exit Ctrl+Q Closes all open windows and quits FreeHand.
Edit: Cut Ctrl+X, F2 Cuts the selection and puts it on the Clipboard.
Edit: Copy Ctrl+C, F3 Copies the selection and puts it on the Clipboard.
Edit: Paste Ctrl+V, F4 Inserts the Clipboard contents at the insertion point.
selected format.

Edit: Special: Paste Behind Ctrl+B Pastes an object stored on the Clipboard just behind a

Edit: Duplicate Creates an exact copy and offsets it from the original.

original.
active page.
Edit: Select: None Ctrl+Shift+A Deselects all selected objects.
object.
Graphics
newer
Edit: Preferences... Ctrl+K Makes changes in the program settings to control how
Edit: Keyboard Shortcuts... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Y Opens the Customize dialog box with
the Shortcuts tab selected.
View: Fit Selection Changes the view so all selected objects fit inside the
document window.
View: Fit To Page Ctrl+0 Changes the view so the entire active page fits inside the
document window.
View: Fit All Changes the view so all pages fit inside the document
window.
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View: Keyline Ctrl+Y Displays the document onscreen as it will print.
Selection command.
View: Page Rulers: Show Ctrl+R Shows or hides the rulers.
alignment.
View: Guides: Edit... Ctrl+5 Opens the Guides dialog box to release, delete, and add
guides.
View: Grid: Show Ctrl+ 'Shows or hides a non-printing grid.
View: Grid: Snap To Grid Ctrl+Shift+ 'Snaps objects to the nearest grid coordinate.
Grids...
Previous


Modify: Transform Again Ctrl+D Repeats the previous transformation.
Modify: Arrange: Bring To Ctrl+Shift+] Brings the selected drawing objects to the front of the
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+] Moves the selected object one level forward.
Forward
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+[ Moves the selected object one level backward.
Backward
Modify: Arrange: Send To Ctrl+Shift+[ Sends the selected drawing objects to the back of the
Back current layer.
object.
object.
Horizontal objects.
objects.
object.
object.
settings.
Modify: Split Splits an object into smaller or component paths.

paths.

To Path
paths.
paths.
top path.
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Direction
Direction
specified amount.

together.
that symbol.
to the Brush list.

Extrude
Extrude
Extrude

Preset... preset.

Preset
Path

Envelope

selected objects.

selected objects.
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Text: Align: Right Ctrl+Shift+R Aligns selected text to the right.
Text: Align: Center Ctrl+Shift+C Centers selected text.
Text: Align: Justified Ctrl+Shift+J Justifies selected text.
size).

point size).

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Of Column
Space
Space size.
Space size.
Dash
Dash
Text: Editor... Shows or Hides the Text Editor.
path.

document.

Operations
Window: Object F8 Shows or hides the Object Inspector.
Window: Layers F7 Displays or hides the Layers panel.
Window: Swatches F5 Displays or hides the Swatches panel.
Window: Styles F11 Shows or hides the Styles panel.
Window: Color Mixer F6 Displays or hides the Color Mixer.
window.
window.
78

dialog.
Swatches

Previous Page

Next Page

Add Page
Remove Page

Duplicate Page

New Master Page
Page.

Previous Word

Word

Paragraph
Next Paragraph



Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Paragraph

Next Paragraph


Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Leading Greater

Leading Lesser

Leading Greater
80

Leading Lesser

By 10% em

By 1% em

Kerning By 10% em

Kerning By 1% em

Baseline Shift

Baseline Shift



Pointer

Pointer Properties

Subselect

Page

Lasso

Lasso Properties

Line

Rectangle


Text


Polygon

Polygon Properties

Ellipse

Pencil

Pencil Properties
Perspective grids.

Scale
Freeform

Freeform Properties

Rotate

Reflect

Skew

Trace

Trace Properties

Knife

Knife Properties

Hand

Magnify

Blend

Bezigon

Crop

Output Area
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Extrude extrusion.

Connector

Action

Variable Stroke Pen
Variable Stroke Pen
Properties


Measure: Points

Measure: Pixels


Measure: Picas

Measure: Inches

Measure: Decimals


Measure: Kyus

Close Path

Open Path

Corner

Curve

Connector




Thinner

Thicker
84
Illustrator 10
File: New Ctrl+N, Ctrl+Alt+N Creates a new document or template.
active window.
File: Revert F12 Retrieves the last saved version of the document.
File: Import... Imports a graphic file created in another application or in

Documents...
File: Printer Setup... Ctrl+Shift+P Changes the layout, size, and orientation of the current
page.


document.
Edit: Cut Ctrl+X, F2 Cuts the selection and puts it on the Clipboard.
Edit: Copy Ctrl+C, F3 Copies the selection and puts it on the Clipboard.
Edit: Paste Ctrl+V, F4 Inserts the Clipboard contents at the insertion point.
selected format.

Edit: Special: Paste In Front Ctrl+F Pastes an object stored on the Clipboard in front of a
Edit: Special: Paste Behind Ctrl+B Pastes an object stored on the Clipboard just behind a
Edit: Cut Contents Ctrl+Alt+7 Removes an object pasted inside a selected object and


original.
active page.
Edit: Select: All In Document Ctrl+Alt+A Selects all objects in the current document.
Edit: Select: None Ctrl+Shift+A Deselects all selected objects.
object.
Graphics
newer
Edit: Preferences... Ctrl+K Makes changes in the program settings to control how
Edit: Keyboard Shortcuts... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K Opens the Customize dialog box with the Shortcuts tab
selected.
document window.
document window.
window.
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View: Keyline Ctrl+Y Displays the document onscreen as it will print.
View: Hide Selection Ctrl+3 Hides all selected objects.
View: Show All Ctrl+Alt+3 Shows all objects previously hidden by the Hide
Selection command.
View: Panels Shift+Tab Hides all panels.
View: Text Rulers Ctrl+Shift+T Shows or hides the Text Ruler.
alignment.
View: Guides: Edit... Ctrl+5 Opens the Guides dialog box to release, delete, and add
guides.
View: Grid: Show Ctrl+ 'Shows or hides a non-printing grid.
View: Grid: Snap To Grid Ctrl+Shift+ 'Snaps objects to the nearest grid coordinate.
Grids...
Previous

View: Snap To Point Ctrl+Alt+ 'Snaps objects to the nearest point.
View: Transform Handles Ctrl+Shift+B Activates transform handles.

Modify: Transform: Move... Ctrl+Shift+M Moves objects by precise distances.
Modify: Transform Again Ctrl+D Repeats the previous transformation.
Modify: Arrange: Bring To Ctrl+Shift+] Brings the selected drawing objects to the front of the
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+] Moves the selected object one level forward.
Forward
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+[ Moves the selected object one level backward.
Backward
Modify: Arrange: Send To Ctrl+Shift+[ Sends the selected drawing objects to the back of the
Back current layer.
object.
object.
Horizontal objects.
objects.
object.
object.
settings.
Modify: Join Ctrl+J, Ctrl+8 Links two or more paths or connects two endpoints.
Modify: Split Ctrl+Alt+8 Splits an object into smaller or component paths.
Modify: Combine: Blend Ctrl+Alt+B Creates a number of intermediate steps between two
paths.

To Path
paths.
paths.
top path.
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Direction
Direction
specified amount.
Modify: Lock Ctrl+L, Ctrl+2 Freezes selected objects in place to prevent accidentally
together.
that symbol.
to the Brush list.

Extrude
Extrude
Extrude

Preset... preset.

Preset
Path

Envelope

selected objects.

selected objects.
Text: Effect: Highlight... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F Applies a highlight effect to selected text.
Text: Align: Left Ctrl+Shift+L Aligns selected text to the left.
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size).

point size).

Caps
Of Column
Space
Space size.
Space size.
Dash
Dash
Text: Special Characters: Ctrl+Shift+- Inserts a hyphen after the last letter before a break in the
path.
Text: Convert To Paths Ctrl+Shift+O Changes the selected text into editable vector objects.

document.

Operations
Window: Object F8, Shift+F6, F11 Shows or hides the Object Inspector.
Window: Layers F7 Displays or hides the Layers panel.
Window: Swatches F5 Displays or hides the Swatches panel.
Window: Styles Shift+F5 Shows or hides the Styles panel.
Window: Color Mixer F6, Ctrl+I Displays or hides the Color Mixer.
Window: Align Shift+F7 Shows or hides the Align panel, which aligns and
Window: Transform Shift+F8 Displays the Transform panel.
window.
window.
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dialog.
Swatches

Previous Page

Next Page

Add Page
Remove Page

Duplicate Page

New Master Page
Page.

Previous Word

Word

Paragraph
Next Paragraph



Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Paragraph

Next Paragraph


Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Leading Greater

Leading Lesser

Leading Greater
94

Leading Lesser

By 10% em

By 1% em

Kerning By 10% em

Kerning By 1% em

Baseline Shift

Baseline Shift



Pointer

Pointer Properties

Subselect

Page

Lasso

Lasso Properties

Line

Rectangle


Text


Polygon

Polygon Properties

Ellipse

Pencil

Pencil Properties
Perspective grids.

Scale
Freeform

Freeform Properties

Rotate

Reflect

Skew

Trace

Trace Properties

Knife

Knife Properties

Hand

Magnify

Blend

Bezigon

Crop

Output Area
96

Extrude extrusion.

Connector

Action

Variable Stroke Pen
Variable Stroke Pen
Properties


Measure: Points

Measure: Pixels


Measure: Picas

Measure: Inches

Measure: Decimals


Measure: Kyus

Close Path

Open Path

Corner

Curve

Connector




Thinner

Thicker
98
Quark XPress 3.3
active window.
File: Save As... Ctrl+Alt+S Saves a copy of the document in a separate file.
File: Import... Ctrl+E Imports a graphic file created in another application or in

Documents...
File: Printer Setup... Ctrl+Alt+P Changes the layout, size, and orientation of the current
page.


document.
Edit: Redo Cancels the last undo.
selected format.



original.
active page.
object.
Edit: Find And Replace: Text Ctrl+F Opens the Find Text dialog box.
Graphics
newer
Edit: Preferences... Ctrl+Y Makes changes in the program settings to control how
selected.
document window.
document window.
window.
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View: Keyline Displays the document onscreen as it will print.
Selection command.
alignment.
guides.

Grids...
Previous


Modify: Arrange: Bring To Brings the selected drawing objects to the front of the
Forward
Backward
Modify: Arrange: Send To Sends the selected drawing objects to the back of the
Back current layer.
object.
object.
Horizontal objects.
objects.
object.
object.
settings.
Modify: Join Links two or more paths or connects two endpoints.

paths.

To Path
paths.
paths.
top path.
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Direction
Direction
specified amount.

together.
that symbol.
to the Brush list.

Extrude
Extrude
Extrude

Preset... preset.

Preset
Path

Envelope

selected objects.

selected objects.
Text: Size: Other... Ctrl+Shift+\ Opens the Type Size dialog box.
Text: Size: Smaller Ctrl+Alt+Shift+, Reduces selected text one point size.
Text: Size: Larger Ctrl+Alt+Shift+. Increases selected text one point size.
Text: Font Style: Plain Ctrl+Shift+P Sets selected text to plain type style.
Text: Font Style: Bold Ctrl+Shift+B Makes the selected text bold.
Text: Font Style: Italic Ctrl+Shift+I Makes the selected text italic.
Text: Effect: Shadow... Ctrl+Shift+S Applies a shadow effect to selected text.
Text: Effect: Underline... Ctrl+Shift+U Underlines selected text.
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size).
Text: Leading: Auto Ctrl+Shift+E Applies automatic leading to selected text (120% of
point size).

Caps
Of Column
Space
Text: Special Characters: En Ctrl+Shift+6 Inserts a space one-half the width of the current type
Space size.
Space size.
Text: Special Characters: Em Ctrl+Alt+Shift+= Inserts a dash the width of the current type size.
Dash
Text: Special Characters: En Ctrl+= Inserts a dash one-half the width of the current type size.
Dash
Text: Spelling... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W Shows or hides the Spelling panel.
Text: Flow Around Selection... Ctrl+T Makes text wrap around a selected object.
path.

document.

Operations
Window: Tools Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+Shift+Tab Displays or hides the Tools

panel.
Window: Layers Displays or hides the Layers panel.
Window: Swatches Displays or hides the Swatches panel.
window.
window.
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dialog.
Swatches

Previous Page

Next Page

Add Page
Remove Page

Duplicate Page

New Master Page
Page.

Previous Word

Word

Paragraph
Next Paragraph



Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Paragraph

Next Paragraph


Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Leading Greater

Leading Lesser
108

Leading Greater

Leading Lesser

By 10% em

By 1% em

Kerning By 10% em

Kerning By 1% em

Baseline Shift

Baseline Shift



Pointer

Pointer Properties

Subselect

Page

Lasso

Lasso Properties

Line

Rectangle



Text

Polygon

Polygon Properties

Ellipse

Pencil

Pencil Properties
Perspective grids.

Scale
Freeform

Freeform Properties
Tools / Commands: Tools: F9 Rotates selected objects.

Rotate

Reflect

Skew

Trace

Trace Properties

Knife

Knife Properties

Hand

Magnify

Blend

Bezigon

Crop
110

Output Area

Extrude extrusion.

Connector

Action

Variable Stroke Pen
Variable Stroke Pen
Properties


Measure: Points

Measure: Pixels


Measure: Picas

Measure: Inches

Measure: Decimals


Measure: Kyus

Close Path

Open Path

Corner

Curve

Connector



Tools / Commands: Strokes: Ctrl+Shift+, Decrease stroke width one increment.

Thinner
Tools / Commands: Strokes: Ctrl+Shift+. Increase stroke width one increment.

Thicker
112
Quark XPress 4
active window.
File: Import... Ctrl+Alt+E Imports a graphic file created in another application or in

File: Export... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S Saves your FreeHand file in a format best for opening or
Documents...
page.


document.
selected format.

Edit: Clear Ctrl+K Removes the selected object.
Edit: Paste Contents Ctrl+Alt+T, Pastes an object stored on the Clipboard inside a
Ctrl+Shift+F10 selected, closed path.

original.
active page.
Edit: Select: All In Document Ctrl+A Selects all objects in the current document.
object.
Graphics
newer
Edit: Preferences... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P, Makes changes in the program settings to control how
Ctrl+Alt+P, Ctrl+Y, various features behave.
Ctrl+Alt+Y
selected.
document window.
View: Fit To Page Changes the view so the entire active page fits inside the
document window.
View: Fit All Ctrl+Shift+0 Changes the view so all pages fit inside the document
window.
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View: Keyline Ctrl+Shift+F7 Displays the document onscreen as it will print.
Selection command.
View: Guides: Show F7 Shows or hides non-printing lines or objects used for
alignment.
guides.

View: Guides: Snap To Guides Shift+F7 Snaps objects to the nearest guide.
Grids...
Previous


Modify: Arrange: Bring To F5 Brings the selected drawing objects to the front of the
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+F5 Moves the selected object one level forward.
Forward
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+Shift+F5 Moves the selected object one level backward.
Backward
Modify: Arrange: Send To Shift+F5 Sends the selected drawing objects to the back of the
Back current layer.
object.
object.
Horizontal objects.
objects.
object.
object.
settings.

paths.

To Path
paths.
paths.
116
top path.
Direction
Direction
specified amount.
Modify: Lock F6 Freezes selected objects in place to prevent accidentally

together.
that symbol.
to the Brush list.

Extrude
Extrude
Extrude


Preset... preset.
Preset
Path

Envelope

selected objects.

selected objects.
Text: Effect: Inline... Ctrl+Shift+O Applies an inline effect to selected text.
Text: Effect: Strikethrough... Ctrl+Shift+/ Adds a strikethrough to selected text.
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Text: Leading: Other... Ctrl+Shift+E Opens the Leading dialog box.
size).

point size).
Text: Convert Case: Upper Ctrl+Shift+K Converts selected text to upper case.
Text: Convert Case: Small Ctrl+Shift+H Converts selected text to small caps.
Caps
Of Column
Text: Special Characters: Non- Ctrl+5 Inserts a space between words to be kept on the same
Space
Text: Special Characters: En Ctrl+Shift+6 Inserts a space one-half the width of the current type
Space size.
Space size.
Text: Special Characters: Em Ctrl+Shift+= Inserts a dash the width of the current type size.
Dash
Text: Special Characters: En Ctrl+Alt+Shift+- Inserts a dash one-half the width of the current type size.
Dash
Text: Spelling... Ctrl+W, Ctrl+Shift+W, Shows or hides the Spelling panel.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W
Text: Flow Around Selection... Ctrl+T, Ctrl+F10 Makes text wrap around a selected object.
path.

document.

Operations
Window: Tools F8 Displays or hides the Tools panel.
Window: Document F4 Shows or hides the Document Inspector.
Window: Color Mixer F12 Displays or hides the Color Mixer.
Window: Align Ctrl+, Shows or hides the Align panel, which aligns and
window.
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window.

dialog.
Swatches
Tools / Commands: Pages: Ctrl+Shift+F3, Displays the previous page.

Previous Page Ctrl+Page Up,
Shift+Page Up,
Alt+Page Up
Tools / Commands: Pages: Ctrl+J, Ctrl+Shift+F4, Ctrl+Page Down, Alt+Page Down,

Next Page Shift+Page Down Displays the next page.

Add Page
Remove Page

Duplicate Page

New Master Page
Page.

Previous Word

Word

Paragraph

Next Paragraph


Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Paragraph

Next Paragraph


Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Leading Greater
122

Leading Lesser

Leading Greater

Leading Lesser

By 10% em

By 1% em

Kerning By 10% em

Kerning By 1% em

Baseline Shift

Baseline Shift



Pointer

Pointer Properties

Subselect

Page

Lasso

Lasso Properties

Line


Rectangle


Text

Polygon

Polygon Properties

Ellipse

Pencil

Pencil Properties
Perspective grids.

Scale
Freeform

Freeform Properties

Rotate

Reflect

Skew

Trace

Trace Properties

Knife

Knife Properties

Hand

Magnify

Blend

Bezigon
124

Crop

Output Area

Extrude extrusion.

Connector

Action

Variable Stroke Pen
Variable Stroke Pen
Properties


Measure: Points

Measure: Pixels


Measure: Picas

Measure: Inches

Measure: Decimals


Measure: Kyus

Close Path

Open Path

Corner

Curve


Connector


Tools / Commands: Strokes: Ctrl+Shift+,, Decrease stroke width one increment.

Thinner Ctrl+Alt+Shift+,
Tools / Commands: Strokes: Ctrl+Shift+., Increase stroke width one increment.

Thicker Ctrl+Alt+Shift+.
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Quark XPress 5
active window.
File: Import... Ctrl+E Imports a graphic file created in another application or in

File: Export... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S Saves your FreeHand file in a format best for opening or
Documents...
File: Printer Setup... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P Changes the layout, size, and orientation of the current
page.


document.
selected format.

Edit: Clear Ctrl+K Removes the selected object.
Edit: Paste Contents Ctrl+Alt+T, Pastes an object stored on the Clipboard inside a
Ctrl+Shift+F10 selected, closed path.
Edit: Duplicate Ctrl+D, Ctrl+Alt+D Creates an exact copy and offsets it from the original.

original.
active page.
Edit: Select: All In Document Ctrl+A Selects all objects in the current document.
object.
Graphics
newer
Edit: Preferences... Ctrl+Alt+P, Ctrl+Y, Makes changes in the program settings to control how
Ctrl+Alt+Y various features behave.
selected.
document window.
document window.
View: Fit All Ctrl+Alt+0, Shift+F6 Changes the view so all pages fit inside the document
window.
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View: Keyline Ctrl+Shift+F7 Displays the document onscreen as it will print.
View: Show All Ctrl+I Shows all objects previously hidden by the Hide
Selection command.
View: Guides: Show F7 Shows or hides non-printing lines or objects used for
alignment.
guides.

View: Guides: Snap To Guides Shift+F7 Snaps objects to the nearest guide.
View: Grid: Show Ctrl+F7 Shows or hides a non-printing grid.
Grids...
Previous


Modify: Arrange: Bring To F5 Brings the selected drawing objects to the front of the
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+F5 Moves the selected object one level forward.
Forward
Modify: Arrange: Move Ctrl+Shift+F5 Moves the selected object one level backward.
Backward
Modify: Arrange: Send To Shift+F5 Sends the selected drawing objects to the back of the
Back current layer.
object.
object.
Horizontal objects.
objects.
object.
object.
settings.

paths.

To Path
paths.
paths.
top path.
130
Direction
Direction
specified amount.
Modify: Lock F6 Freezes selected objects in place to prevent accidentally

together.
that symbol.
to the Brush list.

Extrude
Extrude
Extrude

Preset... preset.

Preset
Path

Envelope

selected objects.

selected objects.
Text: Size: Other... Ctrl+Shift+\ Opens the Type Size dialog box.
Text: Effect: Inline... Ctrl+Shift+O Applies an inline effect to selected text.
Text: Effect: Strikethrough... Ctrl+Shift+/ Adds a strikethrough to selected text.
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Text: Leading: Other... Ctrl+Shift+E Opens the Leading dialog box.
size).

point size).
Text: Convert Case: Upper Ctrl+Shift+K Converts selected text to upper case.
Text: Convert Case: Small Ctrl+Shift+H Converts selected text to small caps.
Caps
Of Column
Text: Special Characters: Non- Ctrl+5 Inserts a space between words to be kept on the same
Space
Text: Special Characters: En Ctrl+Shift+6, Inserts a space one-half the width of the current type
Space Ctrl+Alt+Shift+6 size.
Space size.
Text: Special Characters: Em Ctrl+Shift+=, Inserts a dash the width of the current type size.
Dash Ctrl+Alt+Shift+=
Text: Special Characters: En Ctrl+Alt+Shift+- Inserts a dash one-half the width of the current type size.
Dash
Text: Spelling... Ctrl+W, Ctrl+Shift+W, Shows or hides the Spelling panel.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W
Text: Flow Around Selection... Ctrl+T, Ctrl+F10 Makes text wrap around a selected object.
path.

document.
Window: Toolbars: Info F9 Shows or hides the Info toolbar.

Operations
Window: Tools F8 Displays or hides the Tools panel.
Window: Document F4, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A Shows or hides the Document Inspector.
Window: Swatches Shift+F12, F12 Displays or hides the Swatches panel.
Window: Styles Shift+F11, F11 Shows or hides the Styles panel.
Window: Align Ctrl+, Shows or hides the Align panel, which aligns and
window.
window.
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dialog.
Swatches
Tools / Commands: Pages: Ctrl+Shift+F3, Displays the previous page.

Previous Page Ctrl+Page Up,
Shift+Page Up,
Alt+Page Up
Tools / Commands: Pages: Ctrl+J, Ctrl+Shift+F4, Ctrl+Page Down, Alt+Page Down,

Next Page Shift+Page Down Displays the next page.

Add Page
Remove Page

Duplicate Page

New Master Page
Page.

Previous Word

Word

Paragraph
Next Paragraph



Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Paragraph

Next Paragraph


Sentence

Beginning of Story

Story

Word

Word

Leading Greater

Leading Lesser
136

Leading Greater

Leading Lesser

By 10% em

By 1% em

Kerning By 10% em

Kerning By 1% em

Baseline Shift

Baseline Shift



Pointer

Pointer Properties

Subselect

Page

Lasso

Lasso Properties

Line

Rectangle



Text

Polygon

Polygon Properties

Ellipse

Pencil

Pencil Properties
Perspective grids.

Scale
Freeform

Freeform Properties

Rotate

Reflect

Skew

Trace

Trace Properties

Knife

Knife Properties

Hand

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Bezigon

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Output Area

Extrude extrusion.

Connector

Action

Variable Stroke Pen
Variable Stroke Pen
Properties


Measure: Points

Measure: Pixels


Measure: Picas

Measure: Inches

Measure: Decimals


Measure: Kyus

Close Path

Open Path

Corner

Curve

Connector



Tools / Commands: Strokes: Ctrl+Shift+,, Decrease stroke width one increment.

Thinner Ctrl+Alt+Shift+,
Tools / Commands: Strokes: Ctrl+Shift+., Increase stroke width one increment.

Thicker Ctrl+Alt+Shift+.
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FreeHand MX Keyboard Shortcuts

File: New Ctrl+N Creates a new document or template.

File: Open... Ctrl+O Opens an existing document or template.

File: Save Ctrl+S Saves the active document or template.

File: Revert Retrieves the last saved version of the document.

File: Import... Ctrl+R Imports a graphic file created in another application or in

File: Send: Document Sends the active document as an e-mail attachment.

File: Print... Ctrl+P Prints the active document.

File: Document Settings: Modifies the document level effect settings

File: Report... Generates an on-screen report about the active

Edit: Undo Ctrl+Z Reverses the last command applied.

Edit: Redo Ctrl+Y, Ctrl+Shift+Z Cancels the last undo.

Edit: Clear Removes the selected object.

Edit: Select: None Ctrl+D Deselects all selected objects.

Edit: Select: Subselect Selects all objects within a selected group.

View: Custom: Edit... Delete and/or redefine existing custom views.

View: Magnification: 25% Change magnification to 25%.

View: Magnification: 50% Ctrl+5 Change magnification to 50%.

View: Magnification: 100% Ctrl+1 Change magnification to 100%.

View: Magnification: 200% Ctrl+2 Change magnification to 200%.

View: Magnification: 400% Ctrl+4 Change magnification to 400%.

View: Magnification: 800% Ctrl+8 Change magnification to 800%.

View: Keyline Ctrl+K Displays the document onscreen as it will print.

View: Hide Selection Hides all selected objects.

View: Toolbars Ctrl+Alt+T Shows or hides all toolbars.

View: Panels F4, Ctrl+Shift+H Hides all panels.

View: Page Rulers: Show Ctrl+Alt+R Shows or hides the rulers.

View: Text Rulers Ctrl+/ Shows or hides the Text Ruler.

View: Grid: Show Ctrl+Alt+G Shows or hides a non-printing grid.

View: Grid: Edit... Opens the Edit Grid dialog box.

View: Perspective Grid: Show Show or hide non-printing perspective grid.

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View: Perspective Grid: Removes perspective and all transformations from

View: Snap To Object Snaps objects to another object.

View: Transform Handles Activates transform handles.

Modify: Transform: Scale... Ctrl+F10 Reduces or enlarges selected objects.

Modify: Transform: Move... Moves objects by precise distances.

Modify: Transform: Rotate... Rotates a selected object around a fixed point.

Modify: Transform: Reflect... Flips a selected object horizontally or vertically.

Modify: Transform: Skew... Slants an object to an oblique angle.

Modify: Transform Again Ctrl+, Repeats the previous transformation.

Modify: Split Ctrl+Shift+J Splits an object into smaller or component paths.

Modify: Combine: Join Blend Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B Attaches a blend along a path.

Modify: Combine: Divide Cuts selected paths into sections.

Modify: Lock Ctrl+L Freezes selected objects in place to prevent accidentally

Modify: Unlock Ctrl+Shift+L Unlocks a selected, locked object.

Modify: Ungroup Ctrl+Shift+G Separates a group into individual objects.

Modify: Extrude: Release Converts the extrusion to a group of objects.

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Modify: Envelope: Create Applies default Envelope to selected objects.

Modify: Envelope: Save As Saves currently selected Envelope as an Envelope

Modify: Envelope: Paste As Pastes a path as an Envelope.

Modify: Envelope: Release Releases Envelope but retains transformations of

Modify: Envelope: Remove Removes Envelope and all transformations from

Modify: Envelope: Show Map Displays Envelope mapping grid.

Modify: Convert to Image... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z Converts selected objects to a bitmap image.

Text: Size: Other... Opens the Type Size dialog box.

Text: Size: 8 Changes selected text to a point size of 8.

Text: Size: 9 Changes selected text to a point of 9.

Text: Size: 10 Changes selected text to a point size of 10.

Text: Size: 11 Changes selected text to a point size of 11.

Text: Size: 12 Changes selected text to a point size of 12.

Text: Size: 14 Changes selected text to a point size of 14.