Photoshop supports not only some standard keyboard shortcuts for selecting characters , words, and lines, but also shortcuts for quickly aligning text, working with fonts, and adjusting kerning, tracking, and leading.
Windows [Shift]-[], Mac [Shift]-[]
Select one character to the left
Windows [Shift]-[], Mac [Shift]-[]
Select one character to the right
Windows [Shift]-[], Mac [Shift]-[]
Select one line up
If the cursor is at the end of the line, this shortcut selects the current line.
Windows [Shift]-[], Mac [Shift]-[]
Select one line down
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[]
Select one word to the left
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[]
Select one word to the right
Windows [Ctrl]-[H], Mac [ z ]-[H]
Show or hide the selection on selected text
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[L] and Horizontal Type tool, Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[L] and Horizontal Type tool
Left-align the text
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[R] and Horizontal Type tool, Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[R] and Horizontal Type tool
Right-align the text
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[C] and Horizontal Type tool, Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[C] and Horizontal Type tool
Center the text
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[L] and Vertical Type tool, Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[L] and Vertical Type tool
Top-align the text
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[R] and Vertical Type tool, Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[R] and Vertical Type tool
Bottom-align the text
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[C] and Vertical Type tool, Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[C] and Vertical Type tool
Center the text vertically
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[J], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[J]
Justify the paragraph
Standard justification leaves the last line of the paragraph aligned left.
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[F], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[F]
Justify the paragraph, including the last line
Press this shortcut to force justification on the last line of the paragraph, making it justified rather than aligned left.
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[Y], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[Y]
Restore the default font style
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[>], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[>]
Increase the font size by two points
Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Shift]-[>], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[Shift]-[>]
Increase the font size by ten points
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[<], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[<]
Decrease the font size by two points
Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Shift]-[<], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[Shift]-[<]
Decrease the font size by ten points
Windows [Alt]-[Shift]-[], Mac [Option]-[Shift]-[]
Decrease the baseline shift by two points
Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Shift]-[], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[Shift]-[]
Decrease the baseline shift by ten points
Windows [Alt]-[Shift]-[], Mac [Option]-[Shift]-[]
Increase the baseline shift by two points
Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Shift]-[], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[Shift]-[]
Increase the baseline shift by ten points
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[X], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[X]
Apply 100 percent horizontal scale
Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Shift]-[X], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[Shift]-[X]
Apply 100 percent vertical scale
Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Shift]-[A], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[Shift]-[A]
Apply auto leading
Windows [Alt]-[], Mac [Option]-[]
Increase the leading by two points
Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[]
Increase the leading by ten points
Windows [Alt]-[], Mac [Option]-[]
Decrease the leading by two points
Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[]
Decrease the leading by ten points
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[Q], Mac [ z ]-[Ctrl]-[Shift]-[Q]
Apply zero tracking
Windows [Alt]-[], Mac [Option]-[]
Decrease kerning or tracking by 20/1000 em
Windows [Alt]-[], Mac [Option]-[]
Increase kerning or tracking by 20/1000 em
Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[Alt]-[H], Mac [ z ]-[Ctrl]-[Option]-[Shift]-[H]
Toggle paragraph hyphenation on or off
Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Shift]-[T], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[Shift]-[T]
Toggle between single composer and every-line composer