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To remedy this, assign a different keyboard shortcut to reset kerning and tracking. But on the Mac side, you may encounter a problem where this shortcut conflicts with the macOS shortcut for Quit and Keep Windows. There’s also a shortcut to reset all kerning and tracking in a selected range of text: Option+Command+Q (Mac) or Alt+Ctrl+Q (Windows). Want bigger increments? Add the Command/Ctrl key to increase or decrease spacing by 5x your increment values.Īpply auto leading: Option+Shift+Command+A (Mac) or Alt+Shift+Ctrl+A (Windows) Increase tracking: Option/Alt+Right Arrowĭecrease tracking: Option/Alt+Left Arrow Kerning Shortcuts (put your cursor between two characters)ĭecrease kerning: Option/Alt+Left Arrow Other shortcuts

Increase baseline shift: Option/Alt+Shift+Up Arrow Tracking Shortcuts (select a range of text) Increase leading: Option/Alt+Down Arrow Baseline Shift Shortcutsĭecrease baseline shift: Option/Alt+Shift+Down Arrow Leading Shortcuts (select a range of text) Close all documents before changing the preference to have the new values apply to all new documents. Note that these preferences are document-specific, so if you change any of them with a document open, the new values apply to that document only.

The amount each shortcut moves the text is controlled by the values set in your preferences, specifically in Units in Increments. On this panel, the first menu item activates. You can adjust leading, tracking, kerning, and baseline shift all from the keyboard. Turn ligatures off in Illustrator Access the OpenType panel by going to Window > Type > OpenType. Here’s a little productivity tip to try out: Give the Control panel a rest and use keyboard shortcuts to adjust text spacing.