Tip of the Week: Take Control of the Control Panel

Mike Rankin

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Here are some useful shortcuts for working with the most important panel inside InDesign, the Control Panel.

1. To show or hide the Control panel, press Command+Option+6/Ctrl+Alt+6

2. To put your keyboard focus in the first available Control panel field, press Command/Ctrl+6.

3. To switch between Character and Paragraph Modes in the Control Panel, press Command+Option+7/Ctrl+Alt+7

4. To activate the last-used field (in any panel, but especially useful in the Control panel), press Command+Option+`/Ctrl+Alt+`