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- DesignStudio 1.0 Command-Key Shortcuts DA‚Ñ¢
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- Desk Accessory © 1990 Zachary Miller
- Please distribute freely
- • Special thanks to Peter Plitteris
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- DOCUMENT OPERATIONS
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- Command-N Opens a new DS document
- Command-O Opens an existing DS document
- Command-S Saves DS document
- Command-Q Quits DS
- Command-P Opens Print dialog box
- Command-` gets picture or text file and places it
- in selected picture or text block
- Command-Shift-V Opens Preferences dialog box
- Command-W Closes active window
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- TOOL SELECTION
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- Command-Option-Shift-A Selects pointer tool
- Command-Option-Shift-H Selects hand tool
- Command-Option-Shift-T Selects text tool
- Command-Option-Shift-I Selects insertion pointer
- Command-Option-Shift-L Selects linking tool
- Command-Option-Shift-P Selects picture tool
- Command-Option-Shift-C Selects cropping tool
- Command-Option-Shift-B Selects rectangle tool
- Command-Option-Shift-Q Selects rounded-rectangle tool
- Command-Option-Shift-O Selects oval tool
- Command-Option-Shift-R Selects horizontal/vertical line tool
- Command-Option-Shift-D Selects diagonal line tool
- Command-(draw text or picture block) Automatically inserts
- insertion pointer or cropping tool after box is drawn
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- PAGE LAYOUT
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- Command-Shift-G Turns grid system on and off
- Command-E Displays facing pages
- Command-1 Displays page in Size To Fit view
- Command-2 Displays page at 1/2 size
- Command-3 Displays page at 3/4 size
- Command-4 Displays page at actual size
- Command-5 Displays page at double size
- Command-6 Displays entire document in Thumbnails view
- Command-7 Displays previous page in document
- Command-8 Displays next page in document
- Command-9 Opens Design Grids dialog box
- Command-Option-Shift-3 Inserts page number of current page
- Command-Shift-T Opens Go To Page Number dialog box
- Command-Shift-N Turns Snap To on or off
- Command-Shift-G Turns Grid on or off
- Command-Shift-Y Turns Guides on or off
- Command-Option-Shift-4 Inserts page number of page
- preceding current page
- Command-Option-Shift-5 Inserts page number of
- page after current page
- Command-Option-Shift-6 Inserts page number of
- page on which the text block before the current
- text block in a chain occurs
- Command-Option-Shift-7 Inserts page number of
- page on which the text block after current text
- block in a chain occurs
- Command-Option-Shift-8 Inserts the total number
- of pages in document
- Command-Option-Mouse Click Toggels between
- Actual Size and Size to Fit
- Command-Option-Shift-Mouse Click Toggels between
- Actual Size and Double Size
- Option + Drag Turns any tool into hand tool
- Option-P Turns display of rulers and block outlines
- on and off
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- MANIPULATING OBJECTS
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- Command-A Selects all objects on page if
- pointer is selected
- Command-Shift-A Opens Align Objects dialog box
- Command-C Makes a copy of selected objects
- and stores them in the Clipboard
- Command-D Opens Duplicate dialog box
- Command-Shift-D Opens Move To dialog box
- Command-L Locks selected object
- Command-M Opens Specifications dialog box
- for selected objects
- Command-I Opens Image Control dialog box
- Command-Shift-Q Opens Rotation dialog box
- Command-V Pastes object from Clipboard
- into active page
- Command-X Cuts selected objects from page
- and stores them in the Clipboard
- Command-Z Undoes the most recent action
- Command-Shift-W Flips selected object horizontally
- Command-Shift-Z Flips selected object vertically
- Command-+(plus) Moves selected object(s) to top of
- stack of overlapping objects
- Command--(hyphen) Moves selected object(s) to
- the back of stack of overlapping objects
- Shape-Tool+Shift Constrains rectangles,
- ovals, and diagonal lines to squares, circles,
- and 45-degree angles, respectively
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- MANIPULATING TEXT
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- Command-A Selects all the text in a text block
- or chain of text blocks
- Command-Option-A Selects all text in a text
- block, but not text in linked text blocks
- I-Beam + Double Click Selects word and following space
- I-Beam + Command + Double Click Selects
- word without following space
- I-Beam + Triple Click Selects line
- I-Beam + Quadruple Click Selects paragraph
- I-Beam + Drag Selects text from insertion
- point to end of drag
- I-Beam + Shift + Click Selects text from
- insertion point to Shift-Click
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- LINKING TEXT BLOCKS
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- Linking Tool + Shift + Click Adds text block
- before the box just clicked in
- Linking Tool + Command-Shift + Click
- Breaks a chain of text blocks into two
- chains and makes block Command-Shift Clicked
- in first block in new chain
- Linking Tool + Option-Shift + Click Adds chain
- of blocks to another chain
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- EDITING AND FORMATTING TEXT
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- Command-Shift-B Makes selected text Bold
- Command-C Copies selected text to Clipboard
- Command-Shift-C Makes selected text Condensed
- Command-Shift-E Makes selected text Extended
- Command-F Locates next occurence of text
- last specified in Find dialog box
- Command-Shift-I Makes selected text Italic
- Command-K Checks spelling from insertion
- point to end of document
- Command-Shift-K Pads last line of paragraph to fill line
- Command-J Suggests correct spelling
- Command-L Adds selected word to User dictionary
- Command-Shift-M Makes selected center-aligned
- Command-Shift-L Makes selected text left-aligned
- Command-Shift-O Makes selected text Outlined
- Command-Shift-P Copies selected text Plain
- Command-Shift-/ Opens Size dialog box
- Command-Shift-\ Opens Leading dialog box
- Option-Leading-Other Shows actual leading instead
- of “auto”
- Command-R Locates next occurence of search
- text last specified in Replace dialog box
- and replace it
- Command-Shift-R Makes selected right-aligned
- Command-Shift-S Makes selected text Shadowed
- Command-T Opens Tabs dialog box
- Command-Shift-U Makes selected text Underlined
- Command-Shift-X Makes selected text in Overstrike style
- Command-V Pastes text from Clipboard into
- text block
- Command-X Deletes selected text and places
- it in Clipboard
- Command-Y Opens Type Specifications
- dialog box
- Command-Z Undoes the most recent action
- Command-Option-Shift-X Inserts or removes column break
- Command-Option-Shift-P Inserts fixed space
- Option-Space Inserts normal non-breaking word space
- Command-Option-Shift-M Inserts an em space
- Command-Option-Shift-N Inserts an en space
- Command-Option-Shift-T Inserts a thin space
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- GLOSSARIES AND STYLE SHEETS
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- Command-B Opens Object Glossary dialog box
- Command-B + Glossary Character Inserts
- glossary assigned to character typed
- at insertion point
- Command-G Opens Text Glossary dialog box
- Command-G + Glossary Character Inserts
- glossary assigned to character typed
- at insertion point
- Command-H Opens Styles dialog box
- Command-Shift-H Removes style sheets from selected text
- Command-H + Style Character Gives text
- at insertion point the style assigned
- to character typed
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- DATES AND TIMES
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- Command-G + t Enters current time
- Command-G + T Enters current time with seconds
- Command-G + d Enters current date as
- month/day/year
- Command-G + Option-d Enters abbreviated complete date
- Command-G + D Enters complete current date
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- • Although this DA is free and you are encouraged to
- distribute it freely for non-commercial use, it is
- copyrighted by Zachary Miller, who reserves all rights to it.