

If there is a small triangle at a tool’s lower-right corner, hold down the mouse button to view the hidden tools, and then click the tool you want to select. Hold down Shift to constrain movement to 45°, 90°, 135°, or 180°. To select a tool, do one of the following: Click a tool in the toolbar. Press CAPS LOCK to change tool pointer to crosshair. Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 2pts Release Guide (turns it into a regular path) I've checked my files and there is a kys file on my computer for illustrators' shortcuts, so I haven't deleted the file by mistake. Hide/Show all panels except Tools and Control TAdd' although illustrator opens fine, none of my keyboard shortcuts are working - I've tried going into edit - keyboard shortcuts and the same notification shows then. Switch between GPU and CPU preview (if available) Be sure to let go of the Spacebar while dragging so you again don't type more spaces. (This will show the Zoom tool.) Let go of Control so you see the Hand tool and immediately start dragging the mouse so you don't end up typing spaces. To get Hand Tool (while NOT editing Type) Move mesh point along path with Mesh toolĪdd mesh point with Mesh tool without changing colorĬonstrain orientation of polygons, stars, spiralsĪdd/subtract sides, points, spiral segmentsĬreate continuous duplicates along mouse movement Transform pattern without transforming object Samples intermediate color from gradient, picture, etc. To get Eyedropper tool while using Live Paint Bucket tool When finished drawing, hold Alt and release mouseĬonnect to an open (and selected) path with Pencil tool command command alt lasso tool blend tool selection tool scissors. Move anchor point while drawing with Pen toolĬreate closed path with Pencil or Paintbrush tool To get Add Anchor Point tool while using Scissors tool Switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tools To get Anchor Point tool while using Pen tool To cycle through tools behind column tool To switch between Selection and Direct Selection tools To access Selection or Direction Selection tool (whichever was used last) at any time
