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Shortcuts for Adjusting Text

Action		Shortcut
Align center		Shift+Ctrl+C
Align force justify		Shift+Ctrl+F
Align justify		Shift+Ctrl+J
Align left		Shift+Ctrl+L
Align right		Shift+Ctrl+R
Align to baseline grid		Shift+Ctrl+Alt+G
Apply bold		Shift+Ctrl+B
Apply italic		Shift+Ctrl+I
Apply normal		Shift+Ctrl+Y
Auto leading		Shift+Ctrl+Alt+A
Auto-hyphenate on/off		Shift+Ctrl+Alt+H
Clear		Backspace
Decrease baseline shift		Shift+Alt+Down Arrow
Decrease baseline shift x5		Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow
Decrease kerning/tracking		Alt+Left Arrow
Decrease kerning/tracking x5		Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow
Decrease leading		Alt+Up Arrow
Decrease leading x5		Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow
Decrease point size		Shift+Ctrl+,
Decrease point size x5		Shift+Ctrl+Alt+,
Decrease word space		Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
Decrease word space x5		Shift+Ctrl+Alt+ Backspace
Increase baseline shift		Shift+Alt+Up Arrow
Increase baseline shift x5		Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow
Increase kerning/tracking		Alt+Right Arrow
Increase kerning/tracking x5		Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow
Increase leading		Alt+Down Arrow
Increase leading x5		Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow
Increase point size		Shift+Ctrl+.
Increase point size x5		Shift+Ctrl+Alt+.
Increase word space		Ctrl+Alt+\
Increase word space x5		Shift+Ctrl+Alt+\
Normal horizontal text scale		Shift+Ctrl+X
Normal vertical text scale		Shift+Ctrl+Alt+X
Recompose all stories		Ctrl+Alt+/
Reset kerning and tracking		Ctrl+Alt+Q
Toggle Quotes Preference		Shift+Ctrl+Alt+’
Update missing font list		Shift+Ctrl+Alt+/

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