Keys For Selecting And Editing Text; Keys For Formatting Type - Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual

Keys for selecting and editing text

This partial list provides shortcuts that don't appear in menu commands or tool tips.
Result
Move type in image
Select 1 character left/right or 1 line
down/up, or 1 word left/right
Select characters from insertion point to
mouse click point
Move 1 character left/right, 1 line down/up,
or 1 word left/right
Create a new text layer, when a text layer
is selected in the Layers panel
Select a word, line, paragraph, or story
Show/Hide selection on selected type
Display the bounding box for transforming
text when editing text, or activate Move
tool if cursor is inside the bounding box
Scale text within a bounding box when
resizing the bounding box
Move text box while creating text box

Keys for formatting type

This partial list provides shortcuts that don't appear in menu commands or tool tips.
Result
Align left, center, or right
Align top, center, or bottom
Choose 100% horizontal scale
Choose 100% vertical scale
Choose Auto leading
Choose 0 for tracking
Justify paragraph, left aligns last line
Justify paragraph, justifies all
Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off
Toggle single/every-line composer on/off
Decrease or increase type size of selected
text 2 points or pixels
Windows
Control-drag type when Type layer is
selected
Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down
Arrow/Up Arrow, or Control + Shift + Left
Arrow/Right Arrow
Shift-click
Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up
Arrow, or Control + Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Shift-click
Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click,
or quintuple-click
Control + H
Control
Control-drag a bounding box handle
Spacebar-drag
Windows
Horizontal Type tool + Control + Shift + L,
C, or R
Vertical Type tool + Control + Shift + L, C,
or R
Control + Shift + X
Control + Shift + Alt + X
Control + Shift + Alt + A
Control + Shift + Q
Control + Shift + J
Control + Shift + F
Control + Shift + Alt + H
Control + Shift + Alt + T
†
Control + Shift + < or >
Mac OS
Command-drag type when Type layer is
selected
Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow or Down
Arrow/Up Arrow, or Command + Shift +
Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Shift-click
Left Arrow/Right Arrow, Down Arrow/Up
Arrow, or Command + Left Arrow/Right
Arrow
Shift-click
Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click,
or quintuple-click
Command + H
Command
Command-drag a bounding box handle
Spacebar-drag
Mac OS
Horizontal Type tool + Command + Shift +
L, C, or R
Vertical Type tool + Command + Shift + L,
C, or R
Command + Shift + X
Command + Shift + Option + X
Command + Shift + Option + A
Command + Control + Shift + Q
Command + Shift + J
Command + Shift + F
Command + Control + Shift + Option + H
Command + Shift + Option + T
†
Command + Shift + < or >
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