Tip of the Week: Fill and Stroke Shortcuts

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Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly change the attributes of your object’s fill or stroke.

D = Default (no fill, black stroke)

X = Exchange (activates fill or stroke, whichever was not selected)

Shift+X = Exchange (swaps the fill/stroke values)

/ = None (sets fill/stroke to none)

, (comma) = Applies last used color

. (period) = Applies last used gradient

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This article was last modified on July 25, 2019

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  1. Thanks, I didn’t know about comma and period!

    Another useful one to add to the list…

    j = flip between applying the colour to the box or to the text.