Adobe Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts

Modifier Key	Key	Description of shortcut
Shift	Down Arrow	Decreases the selected value by a large increment
Alt Ctrl Shift	F	Highlight the font name field in the character panel
Shift	Up Arrow	Increase the selected value by a large increment
	[	Decrease size of blob brush
	]	Increase size of blob brush
Shift	D	Switch through drawing modes
Ctrl	J	Join two or more paths. Must select paths first.
Alt Ctrl Shift	J	Create corner or smooth join. Must select paths first.
Ctrl	B	Paste in back
Ctrl	F	Paste in front
Ctrl	I	Check spelling
Ctrl Shift	K	Color settings
Ctrl	L	New Layer
Ctrl	Z	Undo
Ctrl Shift	Z	Redo
Shift	M	Select the shape builder tool
Ctrl Shift	E	Apply last effect
Alt Ctrl Shift	E	Last effect
Ctrl	F12	Other Script
Alt Ctrl Shift	I	File info
Ctrl	N	New
Ctrl Shift	N	New from template
Ctrl	O	Open
Alt Ctrl	O	Browse in bridge
Alt Ctrl	P	Document setup
Ctrl	P	Print
Ctrl	Q	Exit
Ctrl	S	Save
Ctrl Shift	S	Save as
Alt Ctrl	S	Save a copy
Alt Ctrl Shift	S	Save for web and devices
Ctrl	W	Close
Ctrl	C	Copy
Ctrl Shift	F11	Symbols
Alt Ctrl Shift	K	Keyboard Shortcuts
Ctrl	K	General Preferences
Alt Ctrl Shift	S	Save for Web & Devices
Ctrl	V	Paste
Alt Ctrl Shift	V	Paste on All Artboards
Ctrl	X	Cut
Ctrl	F10	Show/hide stroke panel
Ctrl Shift	F10	Show/hide transparency panel
Ctrl	F11	Show/hide attributes panel
Ctrl Shift	F11	Show/hide symbols panel
	F12	Revert
	F2	Cut
	F3	Copy
	F4	Paste
	F5	Show/hide brushes panel
Shift	F5	Show/hide graphic styles panel

These shortcuts are just a sample of the shortcuts available for this application. KillerKeys includes the complete list of shortcuts and is updated automatically with each new release of software.