Use these shortcuts to change the character style of selected text or of text you are about to type.
Task |
Keyboard shortcut |
|---|---|
Apply a character style by typing the first characters of its style name and pressing Return |
esc q c F8 ctrl+8 |
Change text to default paragraph font; remove character style from text in a text line |
esc o c p |
Turn bold on or off |
esc c b F4 ctrl+b ctrl+shift+b |
Turn italic on or off |
esc c i F5 ctrl+i |
| Turn underline on or off |
esc c u F3 ctrl+u ctrl+shift+u |
Turn double underline on or off |
esc c d |
Turn numeric underline on or off |
esc c 2 |
Turn strikethrough on or off |
esc c s ctrl+/ |
Turn overline on or off |
esc c o shift+F3 |
Change text to plain |
esc c p F2 |
Turn superscript on or off |
esc c + |
Turn subscript on or off |
esc c - |
Put text on baseline |
esc c = |
Change text to small caps |
esc c m ctrl+e |
Turn change bars on or off |
esc c h ctrl+shift+h |
Turn pair kerning on or off |
esc c k |
Manually kern text 1 point in specified direction (at 100 % zoom setting) |
alt+arrow key |
Manually kern text 6 points in specified direction (at 100 % zoom setting) |
alt+shift+arrow key |
Remove all manual kerning |
alt+home |
Increase size 1 point |
esc F5 ] |
Decrease size by 1 point |
esc c [ |
Squeeze 20 % of an em space |
esc [ shift+d |
Spread 20 % of an em space |
esc [ shift+c |
Set font stretch to 100 % |
esc [ n |
Reduce font stretch by 5 % |
esc [ c |
Increase font stretch by 5 % |
esc [ e |
Repeat the last font-related command |
esc c c |
Toggle Tsume |
esc c t |
Display the Character Catalog |
esc o c c |