You’ve probably watched video tutorials online where they move so incredibly fast as they name off the steps, you have to watch it ten times. If you’re relatively new – or haven’t used it for a while! – InDesign keyboard shortcuts just aren’t second nature. That, my friends, is the magic of keyboard shortcuts and commands. The mouse wasn’t moving to the toolbar on the left side of the screen, yet tools would appear, actions would happen and boom, tutorial complete. That was a huge shock (ha!) when I went through my first tutorial in lab and within the first few minutes was greeted with, “Whoa! Slow down! How did you do that?” On the screen, it probably looked magical. One thing I learned with my first students was that those commands I could do in my sleep by waving my fingers across a keyboard… Well, they didn’t come naturally to anyone.

When I taught graphic design to college students for the first time, I had been an avid user of Adobe Creative Cloud – then known as Creative Suite – for at least a solid decade. Please note: This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a small compensation if you choose to purchase any products linked below at no extra charge to you! Click here to view our disclosure policy.

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