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Essential Affinity Publisher shortcuts

Updated: Aug 28

I made a quick overview of the most essential Affinity Publisher shortcuts. It is part of my series of productivity enhancement keyboard shortcuts for creative software. They work on both windows and mac.

Affinity Publisher shortcuts






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General Shortcuts

  • New Document: Ctrl + N (Windows) or Cmd + N (Mac)

  • Open Document: Ctrl + O (Windows) or Cmd + O (Mac)

  • Save Document: Ctrl + S (Windows) or Cmd + S (Mac)

  • Undo: Ctrl + Z (Windows) or Cmd + Z (Mac)

  • Redo: Ctrl + Shift + Z (Windows) or Cmd + Shift + Z (Mac)

  • Copy: Ctrl + C (Windows) or Cmd + C (Mac)

  • Paste: Ctrl + V (Windows) or Cmd + V (Mac)

  • Export: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S (Windows) or Cmd + Option + Shift + S (Mac)


Tool Selection

  • Move Tool: V

  • Text Frame Tool: T

  • Rectangle Tool: M

  • Picture Frame Rectangle Tool: F

  • Zoom Tool: Z

  • Hand Tool: H


Navigation

  • Zoom In: Ctrl + + (Windows) or Cmd + + (Mac)

  • Zoom Out: Ctrl + - (Windows) or Cmd + - (Mac)

  • Fit to Screen: Ctrl + 0 (Windows) or Cmd + 0 (Mac)

  • Actual Size: Ctrl + 1 (Windows) or Cmd + 1 (Mac)

  • Pan (Hand Tool): Spacebar


Text Editing

  • Insert Frame Text: T

  • Insert Artistic Text: Shift + T

  • Select All Text: Ctrl + A (Windows) or Cmd + A (Mac)

  • Text Align Left: Ctrl + L (Windows) or Cmd + L (Mac)

  • Text Align Center: Ctrl + E (Windows) or Cmd + E (Mac)

  • Text Align Right: Ctrl + R (Windows) or Cmd + R (Mac)

  • Text Justify: Ctrl + J (Windows) or Cmd + J (Mac)


Document Management

  • New Page: Ctrl + Shift + N (Windows) or Cmd + Shift + N (Mac)

  • Insert Pages: Ctrl + Alt + I (Windows) or Cmd + Option + I (Mac)

  • Delete Pages: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + I (Windows) or Cmd + Option + Shift + I (Mac)

  • Master Pages: Ctrl + M (Windows) or Cmd + M (Mac)

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