Studio MX provides keyboard shortcuts for selecting tools, opening panels, and selecting menu options. They can be real time-savers, so it's worthwhile to memorize the ones you use the most.
Table 3.2 lists keyboard shortcuts for accessing tools. These shortcuts, which consist of a single key, are common to Flash and Fireworks. (Dreamweaver doesn't have a Tools panel, and FreeHand has a different set of default keyboard shortcuts.)
Table 3.2. Toolbox Shortcuts
Tool
Keyboard Shortcut
Selection tool
V
Subselection tool
A
Line tool
N
Lasso tool
L
Pen tool
P
Text tool
T
Eyedropper tool
I
Eraser tool
E
Hand tool
H
Zoom tool
Z
Shortcuts for accessing panels are shown in Table 3.3. These shortcuts act as toggles, so you use the shortcuts once to launch a panel and a second time to hide the panel.
