Shortcuts InCopy for Windows

Windows

We present to your attention the shortcuts for the InCopy for Windows which is used on the operating system Windows, in this hotkeys description 141 of the most popular and important shortcuts are offered. You can also add your changes on our portal if you consider the data insufficiently complete or add a new program from the very beginning.

Tools

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Shift+Esc	Switch between Text tool and Note tool
Alt+Shift	Temporarily switch from Text tool to Note Tool
Alt+Spacebar	Temporarily switch to Hand tool (Layout view)
Ctrl+Spacebar	Temporarily switch to Zoom tool (Layout view)
Ctrl+Spacebar	Temporarily switch to Zoom In tool (Layout view)
Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar	Temporarily switch to Zoom Out tool (Layout view)

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+Shift+PgUp/PgDn	Go to first/last page (Layout view)
Shift+PgUp/PgDn	Go to previous/next page (Layout view)
Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Move right/left one character
Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Move up/down one line
Ctrl+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Move right/left one word
Ctrl+]/Ctrl+[	Go to beginning of sentence forward/backward (Galley and Story views)
Home/End	Go to beginning/end of line
Ctrl+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Go to previous/next paragraph
Ctrl+Alt+]	Go to next story (Galley view)
Ctrl+Alt+[	Go to previous story (Galley view)
Ctrl+Home/End	Go to beginning/end of story
Shift+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Select one character to the right/left
Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Select one word to the right/left
Shift+Home/End	Select to the start/end of the line
Ctrl+Shift+P	Select current paragraph (Galley and Story views)
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Select sentence forward/backward (Galley and Story views)
Shift+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Select one line above/below
Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Select one paragraph before/after
Ctrl+Shift+Home/End	Select to beginning/end of story
Ctrl+Backspace/Delete	Delete word in front of insertion point (Galley and Story views)
Ctrl+Shift+Backspace/Delete	Delete current sentence (Galley and Story views)
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Delete	Delete current paragraph (Galley and Story views)
Ctrl+Alt+/	Recompose all stories
Ctrl+Alt+2	Toggle current and previous view
Ctrl+F6	Go to Next window
Ctrl+Shift+F6	Go to Previous window
PgUp/PgDn	Scroll up/down one screen
Alt+Shift+PgUp/PgDn	Go to first/last spread
Ctrl+Alt+PgUp/PgDn	Go to first previous/ next spread
Ctrl+Alt+=	Fit selection in window
Ctrl+5/2/4	Increase screen to 50%/ 200%/400%
Ctrl+Alt+5	Access view percent field

Moving and Transforming Graphics

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+./,	Increase/Decrease size/scale by 1%
Ctrl+Alt+./,	Increase/Decrease size/scale by 5%
Arrow Keys	Move selection
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Keys	Move selection by 1/10th
Shift+Arrow Keys	Move selection by 10 times

Working with Text

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Esc	Enables the Position tool in text
Ctrl+Shift+X	Normal horizontal scale
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X	Normal vertical scale
Ctrl+Shift+>/<	Increase/Decrease text point size
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+>/<	Increase/Decrease text point size five times
Alt+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Increase/Decrease leading (horizontal text)
Alt+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Increase/Decrease leading (vertical text)
Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Increase/Decrease leading five times (horizontal text)
Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Increase/Decrease leading five times (vertical text)
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A	Auto leading
Alt+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Increase/Decrease kerning/tracking
Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Increase/Decrease kerning/tracking five times
Ctrl+Alt+Q	Reset all manual kerning preferences (reset track to 0)
Alt+Shift+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Increase/Decrease baseline shift (horizontal text)
Alt+Shift+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Increase/Decrease baseline shift (vertical text)
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Increase/Decrease baseline shift five times (horizontal text)
Ctrl+Alt+\/Backspace	Increase/Decrease word space kerning
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+\/Backspace	Increase/Decrease word space kerning five times
Ctrl+Shift+L/C/R	Align text left/center/right
Ctrl+Shift+J	Justify with last line aligned left
Ctrl+Shift+F	Justify all lines
Shift+Tab	Insert right indent tab
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+/	Update missing font list
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+'	Toggle typographer’s quotes preference
Alt+Click Expanded/Collapsed note bookend	Expand/Collapse all notes except current note

Working with Types

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+J	Open Justification dialog box
Ctrl+Alt+K	Open Keep Options dialog box
Ctrl+Alt+J	Open Paragraph Rules dialog box
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C	Redefine character style
Ctrl+Alt+R	Open Drop Caps and Nested Styles dialog box
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R	Redefine paragraph style
Ctrl+Shift+K	Toggle all caps (on/off)
Ctrl+Alt+L	Toggle small caps (on/off)
Ctrl+Shift+=	Superscript
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+=	Subscript
Ctrl+Shift+U	Underline
Ctrl+Shift+/	Strikethrough
Ctrl+B/Ctrl+Shift+B	Bold
Ctrl+Shift+I	Italic
Ctrl+Shift+Y	Normal
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G	Toggle align to grid (on/off)
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H	Toggle auto-hyphenate (on/off)

Find and Replace

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+F1	Insert selected text into Find What box
Shift+F1	Insert selected text into Find What box and find next
Ctrl+F3	Replace selected text with Change To text
Shift+F3	Replace selected text with Change To text and find next
Ctrl+F2	Insert selected text into Replace box

Tables

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Backspace/Delete	Clear cell
Tab/Left Arrow/Right Arrow	Move to next cell
Shift+Tab	Move to previous cell
Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Move up/down through table cells
Alt+PgUp/PgDn	Move to first/last cell in column
Alt+Home/End	Move to first/last cell in row
PgUp/PgDn	Move to first/last row in frame
Shift+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Select cells above/below
Shift+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Select cells to the right/left

Type Panel and Dialog Boxes

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Alt+Ctrl+Shift+J	Open Justification dialog box
Alt+Ctrl+J	Open Paragraph Rules dialog box
Alt+Ctrl+K	Open Keep Options dialog box
Ctrl+T	Activate Character panel
Ctrl+Alt+T	Activate Paragraph panel

Character and Paragraph Styles

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Select text and press Shift+Alt+Ctrl+C	Make character style definition match text
Select text and press Shift+Alt+Ctrl+R	Make paragraph style definition match text
Shift+Alt+Ctrl-double-click style	Change options without applying style
Alt+Click paragraph style name	Remove style and local formatting
Alt+Shift-click paragraph style name	Clear overrides from paragraph style
F11/Shift+F11	Show/hide Paragraph and Character Styles panels, respectively

Thesaurus

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+Shift+5	Load word
Ctrl+Shift+6	Look up word
Ctrl+Shift+7	Change word

Working with XML

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Expand/Collapse element
Alt+Right Arrow/Left Arrow	Expand/Collapse element and child elements
Shift+Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Extend XML selection up/down
Up Arrow/Down Arrow	Move XML selection up/down
PgUp/PgDn	Scroll structure pane up/down one screen
Home/End	Select first/last XML node
Shift+Home/End	Extend selection to first/last XML node
Ctrl+Left Arrow/Right Arrow	Go to previous/next validation error
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F7	Automatically tag text frames and tables

Other Shortcuts

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+Shift+W	Close current document
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W	Close all documents
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S	Save all documents
Ctrl+Alt+Z	Expand all stories
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z	Collapse all stories
Ctrl+Alt+Tab	Show/Hide all toolbars and panels
Ctrl+Alt+N	New default document
Ctrl+Shift+D	Display Links panel
Ctrl+Alt+`	Activate last-used field in panel
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+6	Update beginning to cursor info
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+8	Update copyfit progress info
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+7	Update cursor to end info
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+5	Update selection info
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+4	Update whole story info
Shift+F5	Force redraw
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U	Toggle units
Ctrl+Alt+F8	New text macro
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F8	Edit text macro
Alt+Shift+F8	Insert macro text