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- There are a few ways to toggle between tools in Illustrator:
- -Click the toolbox button in the upper-left corner of the interface and select one of the tools from the list.
- -Press F5 (or use the keyboard shortcut Command+F5) to open the Tools palette and select a different tool.
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There are a few ways to switch tools in Illustrator. You can use the keyboard shortcuts, the toolbar, or the context menu.
Ctrl h is the shortcut for the Hide/Show command in Illustrator.
Shift Ctrl F9 will toggle the focus between the active object and the Artboard.
Ctrl Shift D duplicates the selected object.
In Illustrator, shift P is used to position objects on the artboard.
Ctrl F (or Cmd F on a Mac) is the search function in Illustrator. You can use it to find any text or symbol in your document.
In Illustrator, Ctrl D is the shortcut for the Delete key.
Ctrl G (Command-G) is the shortcut for the “Group” command in Illustrator. When you press Ctrl G, Illustrator groups all the objects on the artboard that are of the same type (e.g. all shapes, all text, etc.
Ctrl Y pops up the Select menu.
In Illustrator, Ctrl J (macOS) or Cmd J (Windows) is the shortcut for the “join” command. When you press this shortcut, Illustrator will join the selected objects together.
Alt+F1 opens the help menu. Alt+F2 opens the shortcut menu. Alt+D cycles through the layers in the document. Alt+E selects everything in the document.
The shortcut to toggle between the drawing mode is Command + Shift + D.
There are a few shortcuts you can use in Illustrator. For example, you can hold down the Option key and click on an object to select it all. You can also press the Control (Command) key and click on an object to select it all.
In Illustrator, Ctrl 8 (Cmd+8 on a Mac) is the shortcut for the “Align to Pixel” command. This command aligns the selected object to the nearest pixel boundary in the document.
The shortcut key for the selection tool is “Ctrl+A”.