today I have five keyboard shortcuts for illustrator that will really help you save time
working within Adobe Illustrator
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illustrator shortcut is going to save you time is based on typography by the way
in case you want to know the typeface I'm using here it is
we can increase or decrease the size of the typeface simply by pressing command
+ Shift + the left or right pointing symbols on your keyboard or on Windows
ctrl + Shift the point assemblers
you can adjust it like this but if we select a specific part of the text you
can edit the site in the enemy with the shorter staying with typography
illustrator you can adjust the kerning ie the space between each letter with a
shortcut on a Mac it is an option and then the left or the right arrow keys
and for Windows its alt on the right left arrow keys on your keyboard
just let the previous shortcut we can adjust a specific part of the text which
is pretty cool in illustrator when we're using the pen tool often we need to stop
using it and deselect off the path
the common way is to use the selection tool here by clicking off of the path
there is an Illustrator shortcut to really save you time in your workflow on a Mac
hit command shift an a if using Windows ctrl shift an a
the shortcut really to save you a long time in the long run
this next one is such a simple shortcut is so crucial in my opinion when you want
to move around the artboard instead of using the sliders you can hold down the
spacebar and click and drag again then it's an illustrator shortcut that I really
will save you time
a larger caliber save you time initiator is based around a direct selection tool
we use the black selection tool to select to move objects but then to edit
the shape we need to use the white arrow tool a key at a direct selection tool
instead of going over to the toolbar hold down command on a Mac or ctrl on
Windows and then double-click an anchor point like so
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