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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
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    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
      New 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.

          BobLevine
          Community Expert
          BobLevineCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          August 9, 2009

          Note: this won't work if there's no bold or italic variant installed.

          Bob

            TJenningsFineArt
            TJenningsFineArt
            Known Participant
            May 21, 2018

            Yeah, back in the day, it would do a faux italic or bold (I forget the term that was used), and that was a bad thing. Now you have to have the actual variant font.

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