If you are a using any combination of InDesign with Photoshop or Illustrator, this is good news for you.

You now have the option to use Photoshop or Illustrator keyboard shortcuts in InDesign. If you have these applications installed on your system, you will be asked when you launch InDesign if you want to use keyboard shortcuts consistent with Illustrator or Photoshop. You can then choose either one.

At any other time, you can simply go to Edit>Keyboard Shortcuts to select Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop shortcuts or to revert to InDesign default shortcuts.


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Posted by: Monica Murphy

Monica Murphy has worked in the publishing industry for over 30 years supporting publishing operations of various sizes. In her role as Technical Product Manager for Technology for Publishing, she shares her publishing application expertise supporting a broad range of publishing clients in InDesign best practices, cross-platform content workflows, and InDesign Template strategies. Her weekly tip and blog posts have a committed following in the InDesign community, and as a long-time participant in the InDesign pre-release community, she regularly analyzes and provides feedback for upcoming features. Monica manages the authoring and publication of Technology for Publishing’s handbooks on InDesign, InCopy, and other associated titles.