Adobe Illustrator "cheat sheet" and Common Functions

Introduction

Below is a table of keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Illustrator for common functionality. For a more comprehensive list visit this Adobe help page ↗

Shortcuts

Key	Function
V	selection tool ("black arrow")
A	direct selection tool ("white arrow")
P	Pen Tool
R	Rotation Tool
O	Reflection Tool
CMD (Mac) or CTRL (Win) + V	"Paste in Place" (at the same location it was copied from)
ALT + drag (mouse)	create a copy of the selected points/shapes
ALT + → or ←	(while editing text) kern space between two characters
SHIFT + C	anchor point tool (Caret)
SHIFT + O	artboard tool
CMD (Mac) or CTRL (Win) + D	Show or hide the transparency grid