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Did you just draw a rectangle and end up with a stroke on it that you didn’t want? You can quickly change the fill and stroke attributes of any selected frame by pressing the following keys:
Press the X key to toggle between the Stroke and Fill attributes.
Press Shift-X and the fill color and stroke color will swap places.
The comma key (,) applies the default solid color (displayed in the Control panel and Tools panel) to the fill/stroke.
The period key (.) applies the default gradient to the fill/ stroke.
The forward slash key (/) sets the current fill/stroke to None.
These shortcuts work in Illustrator, as well.
This article was last modified on July 25, 2019
This article was first published on May 10, 2016
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