Photoshop

Keys for formatting type

This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips.

Result

Windows

Mac OS

Align left, center, or right

Horizontal type tool + Control + Shift + L, C, or R

Horizontal type tool + Command + Shift + L, C, or R

Align top, center, or bottom

Vertical type tool + Control + Shift + L, C, or R

Vertical type tool + Command + Shift + L, C, or R

Return to default font style

Control + Shift + Y

Command + Shift + Y

Choose 100% horizontal scale

Control + Shift + X

Command + Shift + X

Choose 100% vertical scale

Control + Shift + Alt + X

Command + Shift + Option + X

Choose Auto leading

Control + Shift + Alt + A

Command + Shift + Option + A

Choose 0 for tracking

Control + Shift + Q

Command + Control + Shift + Q

Justify paragraph, left aligns last line

Control + Shift + J

Command + Shift + J

Justify paragraph, justifies all

Control + Shift + F

Command + Shift + F

Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off

Control + Shift + Alt + H

Command + Control + Shift + Option + H

Toggle single/every-line composer on/off

Control + Shift + Alt + T

Command + Shift + Option + T

Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels

Control + Shift + < or >

Command + Shift + < or >

Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels

Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow††

Option + Down Arrow or Up Arrow††

Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels

Shift + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow††

Shift + Option + Down Arrow or Up Arrow††

Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems

Alt + Left Arrow or Right Arrow††

Option + Left Arrow or Right Arrow††

Hold down Alt (Win) or Option (Mac OS) to decrease/increase by 10

††Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to decrease/increase by 10