Keys for formatting types

 Keys for formatting type

This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips.

Result	Windows	Mac OS
Align left, center, or right	Horizontal Type tool + Control + Shift + L, C, or R	Horizontal Type tool + Command + Shift + L, C, or R
Align top, center, or bottom	Vertical Type tool + Control + Shift + L, C, or R	Vertical Type tool + Command + Shift + L, C, or R
Choose 100% horizontal scale	Control + Shift + X	Command + Shift + X
Choose 100% vertical scale	Control + Shift + Alt + X	Command + Shift + Option + X
Choose Auto leading	Control + Shift + Alt + A	Command + Shift + Option + A
Choose 0 for tracking	Control + Shift + Q	Command + Control + Shift + Q
Justify paragraph, left aligns last line	Control + Shift + J	Command + Shift + J
Justify paragraph, justifies all	Control + Shift + F	Command + Shift + F
Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off	Control + Shift + Alt + H	Command + Control + Shift + Option + H
Toggle single/every-line composer on/off	Control + Shift + Alt + T	Command + Shift + Option + T
Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels	Control + Shift + < or >†	Command + Shift + < or >†
Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels	Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow††	Option + Down Arrow or Up Arrow††
Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels	Shift + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow††	Shift + Option + Down Arrow or Up Arrow††
Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems	Alt + Left Arrow or Right Arrow††	Option + Left Arrow or Right Arrow††
†Hold down Alt (Win) or Option (Mac OS) to decrease/increase by 10 ††Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to decrease/increase by 10