Quark to InDesignCS3 Conversion Guide - InDesign User Group

keyboard shortcut Result
Command key (Mac OS)
Ctrl key (Windows)
Selecting Tools, Objects,
Text, and Graphics
Keyboard shortcuts for selecting Tools
Option+Spacebar (Mac OS)
Alt+Spacebar (Windows)
Note: To temporarily access the Hand tool
from a text insertion point, press Option
(Mac OS) or Alt (Windows).
Command+F6, Command+~ (Mac OS)
Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+~ (Windows)
Temporarily access the Selection tool
or Direct Selection tool (whichever was
most recently selected) regardless of
the currently selected tool.
Temporarily access the Hand tool
(and scroll the page).
Display next open document.
Esc Select text frame and Selection tool
when you have a text insertion point.
Toggle between text selection and cell
selection when a table cell is selected.
Double-click within a text frame when
either the Selection tool or Direct
Selection tool is selected.
Note: Also works with table cells and
type on a path.
Click once within a text frame when
the Position tool is selected.
Note: Also works with table cells and
type on a path.
Double-click a graphics frame or an
unassigned frame.
30 Adobe InDesign CS3 | Conversion guide
Selecting and modifying objects, text, and graphics are among
the most common tasks you’ll perform with InDesign; however, the program’s
selection tools are slightly different from those in QuarkXPress. The underlying
principles are the same in both programs: You must select an object before
you can modify it, and choose the appropriate tool before you can select the
object, graphic, or text you want to modify.
Switch to the Type tool. The text insertion
point is placed where you click.
Switch to the Type tool. The text insertion
point is placed where you click.
Toggle between the Selection tool and
the Direct Selection tool if either tool
is selected.
what’s the most efficient way to
select tools?
You can access any tool in the
InDesign Tools panel by pressing
a single key, such as P for the Pen
tool or T for the Type tool. (Be sure
that you don’t have an active insertion
point in a text frame or you’ll
simply type the letter.) With the Tool
Tips preference enabled, you can
view each tool name and keyboard
equivalent by moving the pointer
over the Tools panel.
the Position tool is paired
with the Direct selection
tool in the tools panel. the
Position tool in InDesign is
similar to the Content tool
for pictures in QuarkXPress.