Drawing shortcuts

To	Windows	Macintosh
Set fill and line attributes for all tools with the dropper tool	Shift-click with the dropper tool	Shift-click with the dropper tool
Create a new corner handle	Control-drag a line	Control-drag a line
Move a selected element by one pixel	Arrow keys	Arrow keys
Move a selected element by 8 pixels	Shift+Arrow keys	Shift+Arrow keys
Change between zoom in and zoom out while the magnifier tool is active	Alt	Option
Drag a copy of the selected element	Control-drag	Option-drag
Drag the stage with hand tool	Press Spacebar and drag	Press Spacebar and drag

 
Spring-loaded tools

Hold down the corresponding key listed below to temporarily activate certain tools. When you release the key, the tool you were using before reactivates.

To temporarily activate this tool	Windows	Macintosh
Arrow	Control	Command
Lasso	Tab	Tab
Hand	Spacebar	Spacebar
Magnifier zoom in	Control+Spacebar	Command+Spacebar
Magnifier zoom out	Control+Shift+Spacebar	Command+Shift+Spacebar

 
Switching tools

Press the keys listed below to switch to a different tool.

To switch to this tool	Press
Arrow	a
Text	t
Rectangle	r
Oval	o
Pencil	p
Ink bottle	i
Brush	b
Paint bucket	u
Eraser	e
Dropper	d
Magnifier	m
Lasso	l