Performing Standard Editing Operations

InDesign offers keyboard shortcuts for standard editing operations such as undo and redo; Paste Into and Paste In Place operations as well as the standard Cut, Copy, and Paste operations; toggling between the Story Editor and Layout; finding text and checking spelling; and configuring InDesign.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Undo and Redo

Windows [Ctrl]-[Z], Mac [ z ]-[Z]

Undo the last operation

InDesign enables you to undo multiple operations and redo the operations you ve undone.

Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[Z], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[Z]

Redo the last undone operation

Keyboard Shortcuts for Cut, Copy, and Paste

Windows [Ctrl]-[X], Mac [ z ]-[X]

Cut

Windows [Ctrl]-[C], Mac [ z ]-[C]

Copy

Windows [Ctrl]-[V], Mac [ z ]-[V]

Paste

Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[V], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[V]

Paste into the selection

Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Shift]-[V], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[Shift]-[V]

Paste In Place

Use the Paste In Place command to position the item you re pasting to appear at the same page coordinates as the original item.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Toggling Between the Story Editor and Layout

Windows [Ctrl]-[Y], Mac [ z ]-[Y]

Toggle between the Story Editor and Layout

Select the item you want to edit, and then press this shortcut to edit it in the Story Editor. Press this shortcut again to return to Layout when you ve finished editing.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Finding Text and Checking Spelling

Windows [Ctrl]-[F], Mac [ z ]-[F]

Display the Find/Change dialog box

Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[F], [Shift]-[F2], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[F], [Shift]-[F2]

Find the next instance of the current search string

Press this shortcut to find the next instance of the current search string (the last string of text you searched for) without displaying the Find/Change dialog box.

Windows [Ctrl]-[F1], Mac [ z ]-[F1]

Insert the selected text in the Find What text box

For this shortcut and the next, display the Find/Change dialog box before pressing the shortcut.

Windows [Ctrl]-[F2], Mac [ z ]-[F2]

Insert the selected text in the Change To text box

Windows [Ctrl]-[F3], Mac [ z ]-[F3]

Replace the selection with the text in the Change To text box

Windows [Ctrl]-[I], Mac [ z ]-[I]

Display the Check Spelling dialog box

Keyboard Shortcuts for Configuring InDesign

Windows [Ctrl]-[K], Mac [ z ]-[K]

Display the Preferences dialog box

Windows [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Shift]-[U], Mac [ z ]-[Option]-[Shift]-[U]

Cycle through the units of measurement

If you have the rulers displayed, you ll see the units change on them.