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Anonymous
August 9, 2009
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Hotkeys for Bold and Italic?

  • August 9, 2009
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I'm sure this easy and I'm dumb for not knowing it, but is there a hotkey for making selections bold or italic?  I do a lot of that and it would save my wrist many hours to find a way to do this.

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Correct answer Peter Spier

Ctrl (Cmd) + Shift + B and Ctrl (Cmd) + Shift + I.

You'll find a nicely organized listing for all the default keyboard shorcuts as the second-to-last item listed in the contents for InDesign Help.

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Scott Citron
Scott Citron
Legend
May 22, 2018

Here are threeother solutions:

  1. Create Bold and Italic Character Styles with Shortcuts (see screen shot).
  2. Use QuickApply Ctrl (Cmd) + Enter (Return)
  3. If the same text or text string always needs to be bold or italic, the easiest solution is to set up a GREP style that will automatically apply the specified character style.
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    Anonymous
    August 9, 2009

    Yup, that works like a champ.  Now if I could only select a word or series of words using only key strokes I stop using the mouse entirely.  Thanks for the help.

    Peter Spier
    Community Expert
    Peter SpierCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 9, 2009

    Ctrl (Cmd) + Shift + leftor right arrow keys, depending on which way you want to move through the text.

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      SOCS_MAG
      Participant
      August 10, 2009

      You rock Peter.

        Peter Spier
        Community Expert
        Peter SpierCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
        Community Expert
        August 9, 2009

        Ctrl (Cmd) + Shift + B and Ctrl (Cmd) + Shift + I.

        You'll find a nicely organized listing for all the default keyboard shorcuts as the second-to-last item listed in the contents for InDesign Help.

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          gomartwo
          Participant
          March 20, 2014

          This isnt working for me in inDesign CC… Does this feature exist still?

          Peter Spier
          Community Expert
          Peter SpierCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          March 20, 2014

          It should. Do your fonts have those variants installed? Also check your Mac system prefs and other applications like browsers to make sure thay haven't 'stolen' the shortcuts.

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