Photoshop Shortcut Keys for Windows

One of Photoshop's key features is that almost everything in it can be controlled using keyboard shortcuts. This allows the user to stay in a creative thought pattern and quickly change tools in monotonous work that requires it.

Main Toolbar
Key	Action	Action	Key
m	Marquee Tool	Move Tool	v
l	Lasso Tool	Magic Wand Tool	w
j	Airbrush Tool	Paintbrush Tool	b
s	Rubber Stamp Tool	History Brush Tool	y
e	Eraser Tool	Pencil Tool	n
r	Blur Tool	Dodge Tool	o
p	Pen Tool	Type Tool	t
u	Measure Tool	Linear Gradient Tool	g
k	Paint Bucket Tool	Eyedropper Tool	i
h	Hand Tool	Zoom Tool	z
d	Default foreground and background colors.
x	Switches between foreground and background colors.
q	Switches between standard mode or quick mask mode.
f	Switches between screen modes.
TAB	Hides/Unhides open tools.

 

File Menu
Key	Action
CTRL + N	New
CTRL + O	Open
CTRL + ALT + O	Open As
CTRL + W	Close
CTRL + S	Save
CTRL + SHIFT + S	Save As
CTRL + ALT + S	Save a Copy
CTRL + SHIFT + P	Page Setup
CTRL + P	Print
CTRL + K	Preferences > General

 

Edit Menu
Key	Action
CTRL + Z	Undo
CTRL + X	Cut
CTRL + C	Copy
CTRL + SHIFT + C	Copy Merged
CTRL + V	Paste
CTRL + SHIFT + V	Paste Into
CTRL + T	Free Transform
CTRL + SHIFT + T	Transform > Again

 

Image Menu
Key	Action
CTRL + L	Adjust > Levels
CTRL + SHIFT + L	Adjust > Auto Levels
CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + L	Adjust > Auto Contrast
CTRL + M	Adjust > Curves
CTRL + B	Adjust > Color Balance
CTRL + U	Adjust > Hue/Saturation
CTRL + SHIFT + U	Adjust > Desaturate
CTRL + I	Adjust > Invert
CTRL + ALT + X	Extract

 

Layer Menu
Key	Action
CTRL + SHIFT + N	New > Layer
CTRL + J	New > Layer Via Copy
CTRL + SHIFT + J	New > Layer Via Cut
CTRL + G	Group with Previous
CTRL + SHIFT + G	Ungroup
CTRL + SHIFT + ]	Arrange > Bring to Front
CTRL + ]	Arrange > Bring Forward
CTRL + [	Arrange > Send Backward
CTRL + SHIFT + [	Arrange > Send to Back
CTRL + E	Merge Down
CTRL + SHIFT + E	Merge Visible

 

Select Menu
Key	Action
CTRL + A	All
CTRL + D	Deselect
CTRL + SHIFT + D	Reselect
CTRL + SHIFT + I	Inverse
CTRL + ALT + D	Feather

 

Filter Menu
Key	Action
CTRL + F	Last Filter
CTRL + SHIFT + F	Fade

 

View Menu
Key	Action
CTRL + Y	Preview > CMYK
CTRL + SHIFT + Y	Gamut Warning
CTRL + +	Zoom In
CTRL + -	Zoom Out
CTRL + 0	Fit on Screen
CTRL + SHIFT + 0	Actual Pixels
CTRL + H	Hide Edges
CTRL + SHIFT + H	Hide Path
CTRL + R	Show Rulers
CTRL + ;	Hide Guides
CTRL + SHIFT + ;	Snap To Guides
CTRL + ALT + ;	Lock Guides
CTRL + "	Show Grid
CTRL + SHIFT + "	Snap To Grid

 

Help Menu
Key	Action
F1	Contents

 

Other Shortcuts
Key	Action
Page Up/Down	Move view up/down 1 screen.
SHIFT + Page Up/Down	Nudge view up/down.
CTRL + Page Up/Down	Move view left/right 1 screen.
CTRL + SHIFT + Page Up/Down	Nudge screen left/right.
CTRL + SHIFT + Z	Previous History entry.
CTRL + ALT + Z	Next History entry.
SHIFT + -	Previous blending mode.
SHIFT + +	Next blending mode. Acknowledgement to Photoshopwindow

Microsoft Excel Shortcut Keys

Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+C  Enter,  Ctrl+V  Ctrl+X	Copy,  Paste,  Multiple Paste, Cut
Ctrl+F,  Ctrl+H	Find,  Find&Replace
Ctrl+P,  Ctrl+S, Ctrl+F4, Alt+F4	Print,  Save, Close,  Close  Excel
Ctrl+Arrow	Move  to edge of region
Ctrl+*	Select  current region
Ctrl+A	Select  all cells
Ctrl+Home Ctrl+End	Select  A1,  Select  last cell in used range
Ctrl+Shift+End	Select  from active cell to last cell in used range.
Ctrl+Shift+Home	Select  from active cell to A1
Ctrl+Page  Down  Ctrl+Page  Up	Move  to the next sheet,  Move  to the previous sheet
Ctrl+Tab	Move  to next open workbook
Ctrl+N	Open  new workbook
Shift+F11	Insert  new worksheet
Shift+F3	Paste  function window
=+FunctionName+Ctrl+A	Insert  new function
Alt+F11	Open  VBE
Ctrl+Shift+Enter	Array  formula
Ctrl+F3,  F3	Define  name, Paste name
Ctrl+Spacebar  Shift+Spacebar	Select  columns, Select rows
Ctrl+1,  Ctrl+B, Ctrl+U	Format  cells, Bold, Underline
Ctrl+;  , Ctrl+shift+:	Current  date, Current time

Keyboard shortcuts for Opera

Command Key combination

Find text [Ctrl] + [F]

Find next instance of text [F3]

Find previous instance of text [Shift] + [F3]

Display context (right-click) menu [Ctrl] + [M]

Preview page as if printed [P]

Close all pages and exit Opera [Ctrl] + [Q]

Enter a Web address [F2]

Paste and go [Ctrl] + [D]

Enter nickname for fast bookmark access [Shift] + [F2]

Go to parent directory [Ctrl] + [Backspace]

Go to next page in history (or Fast Forward) [X]

Go to previous page in history [Z]

File a page as new bookmark [Ctrl] + [T]

Save selected link as new bookmark [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [T]

Manage bookmarks [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [B]

Show transfers [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [T]

Set your preferences [Alt] + [P]

Set focus to address field [F8]

Set focus to search field [Shift] + [F8]

Check e-mail [Ctrl] + [K]

Write new e-mail [Ctrl] + [E]

Go to next e-mail [J]

Go to next unread e-mail [Shift] + [J]

Go to previous e-mail [U]

Go to previous unread e-mail [Shift] + [U]

Reply to e-mail [R]

Reply to all recipients of e-mail [Shift] + [R]

Recognize sender of e-mail as new contact [A]

View all e-mail associated with sender [E]

Microsoft Word shortcut keys

Shortcut Keys Description Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page. Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection. Ctrl + C Copy selected text. Ctrl + X Cut selected text. Ctrl + P Open the print window. Ctrl + F Open find box. Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection. Ctrl + K Insert link. Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection. Ctrl + V Paste. Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed. Ctrl + Z Undo last action. Ctrl + L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen. Ctrl + E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen. Ctrl + R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen. Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph. Ctrl + Shift + F Change the font. Ctrl + Shift + > Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts. Ctrl + ] Increase selected font +1pts. Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt. Ctrl + [ Decrease selected font -1pts. Ctrl + Shift + * View or hide non printing characters. Ctrl + Moves one word to the left. Ctrl + Moves one word to the right. Ctrl + Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph. Ctrl + Moves to the end of the paragraph. Ctrl + Del Deletes word to right of cursor. Ctrl + Backspace Deletes word to left of cursor. Ctrl + End Moves the cursor to the end of the document. Ctrl + Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document. Ctrl + Spacebar Reset highlighted text to the default font. Ctrl + 1 Single-space lines. Ctrl + 2 Double-space lines. Ctrl + 5 1.5-line spacing. Ctrl + Alt + 1 Changes text to heading 1. Ctrl + Alt + 2 Changes text to heading 2. Ctrl + Alt + 3 Changes text to heading 3. Ctrl + F1 Open the Task Pane. F1 Open Help. Alt + Ctrl + F2 Open new document. Ctrl + F2 Display the print preview. Shift + F3 Change the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word. Shift + Insert Paste. F4 Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+) F5 Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word. Ctrl + Shift + F6 Opens to another open Microsoft Word document. F7 Spell and grammar check selected text and/or document. Shift + F7 Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted. F12 Save as. Shift + F12 Save. Ctrl + Shift + F12 Prints the document. Alt + Shift + D Insert the current date. Alt + Shift + T Insert the current time.