Useful Short cut keys for Adobe Illustrator (win and mac)

V- Selection tool
A- Direct selection tool
S- Scale tool
P- Pen tool
G- Gradient tool
Z- Zoom tool
N- Pencil tool
B- Brush tool
R- Rotate tool
T- Type tool
F- Full screen mode
I- Eyedropper tool
Y- Magic wand tool
Shift C- Anchor tool
Shift B- Blob & brush tool
Shift E- Eraser tool
Shift T- Touch type tool
cmd / Ctrl + C Copy
cmd / Ctrl + V Paste
cmd / Ctrl + 0 Zoom to fit document
to workspace area
cmd / Ctrl + 1 Zoom to 100%
cmd / Ctrl + R Show rulers
cmd / Ctrl + ; Show guides
cmd / Ctrl + ‘ Show Grid
cmd / Ctrl + Z Undo
cmd / Ctrl + G Group selection
cmd / Ctrl + A Select all
cmd / Ctrl + L Create new layer
cmd / Ctrl + X Cut
cmd / Ctrl + Shift + V Paste in place
Tab Toggle visibility of interface panels
Press & hold shift + click & drag Scale object (with scale tool active)
Press & hold shift + click & drag Snap rotate (with rotate tool active)
Press & hold shift + click & drag Snap rotate anchor handles (with pen tool active)
Press & hold shift + click Select multiple objects (with selection tool active)
Press & hold shift + click Deselect objects (with selection tool active)
Press & hold shift + click Draw straight & 45 degree lines (with pen tool active)
Press & hold spacebar Maneuver around document
Press & hold alt + click & drag Quick duplicate object (with selection tool active)
Press & hold alt + click Zoom out (with zoom tool active)
Press up or down Toggle points (with star shape tool active)
Press up or down Toggle corners (with round rectangle shape tool active)
Press & hold cmd
Ctrl PC + click and drag
Toggle depth of points (with star shape tool active)
Press ‘ [ ‘ to increase brush size,
press ‘ ] ‘ to decrease brush size
Toggle brush size (with eraser tool active)
Press ‘ [ ‘ to increase brush size,
press ‘ ] ‘ to decrease brush size
Toggle brush size (with eraser tool active)

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