For all your pre-set Keyboard Shortcuts:

• Go to Edit - Keyboard Shortcuts

Artboard Mode:

• Shift-O opens artboard mode which allows you to drag and re-size artboards.
• Hold Shift when dragging a corner to re-size proportionately.
• Esc returns you to standard editing mode and the last Tool you were using. (On a Mac, I’ve found that switching to any Tool using a keyboard shortcut gets you out of artboard mode.)

Changing screen modes:

• Tab gets rid of menus and toolbar.
• F changes screen modes (when in doubt, press Esc).
  hover on the sides to get your toolbars to show up when in Full Screen Mode.

Closing Documents:

• Command-W (⌘W) - closes a single open document.
• Option-Command-W (⌥ ⌘W ) - closes a all open documents.

Fit In Window:

• Double-Click H
  

Moving your image:

• Use your Arrow Keys.
• Shift + Arrow Key is ten times (10x) whatever you set in Preferences.
  

Hand Tool:

• Press H and then click-hold-drag.
• Hold down the spacebar and then click-hold-drag to move your image around with the little hand that grabs the image.

Re-size Artboards Proportionately:

• Hold Shift when dragging a corner.

Rulers:

• Command-R (⌘R)

Scroll wheel on Mac:

• Use scroll wheel moving for up and down in an image.
• Hold Command (⌘) while scrolling for moving back and forth.
• Hold Option (⌥) while scrolling to zoom in and out.

Viewing Multiple Image Tabs:

• Command-Tilde (⌘~)
• Or, go to Window - at the very bottom is a list of all the image documents you have open (pick the one you want to view).

Zoom

• Z - zoom in tool
• Option-Z (⌥Z) - zoom out tool
• Command Plus (⌘+) - zoom in
• Command Minus (⌘-) - zoom out

Any questions?

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