\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Boulard} \pdfinfo{ /Title (illustrator-2021-cheat-sheet.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Boulard) /Subject (Illustrator 2021 Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{FFA812} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FFF9F0} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Illustrator 2021 Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Boulard} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/125912/cs/25665/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Boulard \\ \uline{cheatography.com/boulard} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 12th December, 2020.\\ Updated 21st January, 2021.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.736 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.356 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Basics}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Action & Windows & MacOS \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} keyboard increment (10x) & Shift + Arrow & Shift + Arrow \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Shortcuts & Ctrl + Opt + Shift + K & Cmd + Opt + Shift + K \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Preferences & Ctrl + K & Cmd + K \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Select an Object Behind & Ctrl + click & Cmd + click \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Tools}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Action & Windows & MacOS \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Arc Tool: change direction & F & F \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Blend Tool & W & W \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Curvature Tool & Shift + ` & Shift + ` \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Delete Anchor Point tool & - & - \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Ellipse Tool & L & L \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Eraser Tool & Shift + E & Shift + E \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Erase along a selection & Erase Tool + Opt + click\&drag & Erase Tool + Opt + click\&drag \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Free Transform Tool & E & E \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Lasso Tool & Q & Q \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Magic Wand Tool & Y & Y \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Mesh Tool & U & U \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Pen + Alt on a segment + optional Shift Key for perfect semi-circle & Pen + Alt on a segment + optional Shift Key for perfect semi-circle & Pen + Alt on a segment + optional Shift Key for perfect semi-circle \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 6) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} Perspective Grid Tool & Shift + P & Shift + P \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Perspective Grid -\textgreater{} hide & Ctrl+Shift+I & Cmd+Shift+I \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} Pencil Tool & N & N \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 1) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Tools (cont)}} \tn % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Rectangle Tool & M & M \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} Reflect Tool & O & O \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Rotate Tool & R & R \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} Rotate \& Duplicate & R + Alt + click to redefine the Ref Point, then Cmd + D & R + Alt + click to Redefine the Ref Point, then Cmd + D \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 5) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Shape Builder Tool & Shift + M & Shift + M \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{white} Shaper Tool & Shift + N & Shift + N \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Symbol Sprayer Tool & Shift + S & Shift + S \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 23 \SetRowColor{white} Transform Again & Ctrl + D & Cmd + D \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 24 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Touch Type Tool & Shift + T & Shift + T \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 25 \SetRowColor{white} Warp Tool to use with alt key to change size and shape & Shift + R & Shift + R \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 5) % Row 26 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Width Tool & Shift + W & Shift + W \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 1) % Row 27 \SetRowColor{white} Create a Blend & Ctrl + Alt + B & Cmd + Opt + B \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.408 cm} x{1.596 cm} x{1.596 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Colors \& Painting}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Action & Windows & MacOS \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Stroke or Fill Color Selection & X & X \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Remove the selected color & / & / \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Set Default Colors (B\&W) & D & D \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Live Paint Bucket Tool & K & K \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Live Paint Selection Tool & Cmd + Shift + L & Cmd + Shift + L \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Paintbrush Tool & B & B \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Blob Brush Tool & Shift + B & Shift + B \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Switch Drawing Mode & Shift + D & Shift + D \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Gradient Tool & G & G \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Join two or more paths. Must select paths first. & Ctrl + J & Cmd + J \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Create corner or smooth join. Must select paths first. & Ctrl + Alt + J & Cmd + Opt + J \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{2.28 cm} x{2.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{View, Grids, Guides \& Edges}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Action & Windows & MacOS \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Fit Artboard in Window & Ctrl +0 & Cmd +0 \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Fit All in Window & Alt + Ctrl + 0 & Opt + Cmd +0 \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Pixel Preview & Ctrl + Opt + Y & Cmd + Opt + Y \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Show/Hide Smart Guides & Ctrl + U & Cmd + U \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Show Grid & Ctrl + ' & Cmd + ' \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Snap to Grid & Ctrl + Shift + ' & Cmd + Shift + ' \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Show/Hide Guides & Ctrl + ; & Cmd + ; \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Show/Hide Edges & Ctrl + H & Cmd + H \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} View \textgreater{} Actual Size & Ctrl + 1 & Cmd +1 \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} View \textgreater{} Guides \textgreater{} Make Guides (of an object) & Ctrl + 5 & Cmd + 5 \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} View Outlines & Ctrl + Y & Cmd + Y \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Zoom to view all artboards & Ctrl + Opt + 0 & Cmd + Opt + 0 \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} Hide the Artboards & Ctrl + Shift + H & Cmd + Shift + H \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Navigate (Artboard Tool) & (Fn +) Shift + Up\&Down Arrows & (Fn +) Shift + Up\&Down Arrows \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.648 cm} x{2.052 cm} x{1.9 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Masking}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Action & Windows & MacOS \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Object \textgreater{} Envelope Distort \textgreater{} Make with Warp & Ctrl + Alt + Shift +W & Cmd + Opt + Shift +W \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Object \textgreater{} Envelope Distort \textgreater{} Make with Top Object & Ctrl + Alt + C & Cmd + Opt + C \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Object \textgreater{} Envelope Distort \textgreater{} Make with Mesh & Ctrl + Alt + M & Cmd + Opt + M \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Object \textgreater{} Clipping Mask \textgreater{} Make & Ctrl + 7 & Cmd + 7 \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.204 cm} x{2.736 cm} x{2.66 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Manipulating Objects}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Action & Windows & MacOS \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Bring Forward & Ctrl + {]} & Cmd + {]} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Bring to Front & Shift + Ctrl + {]} & Shift + Cmd + {]} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Compound Path \textgreater{} Create & Ctrl + 8 & Cmd + 8 \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Deselect & Ctrl + Shift + A & Cmd + Shift + A \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Group Objects & Ctrl + G & Cmd + G \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Lock Selection & Ctrl + 2 & Cmd + 2 \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} New Layer & Ctrl + L & Cmd + L \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Paste In Front & Ctrl + F & Cmd + F \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Paste To Back & Ctrl + B & Cmd + B \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Reset Bounding Box & Object \textgreater{} Transform \textgreater{} Reset Bounding Box & Object \textgreater{} Transform \textgreater{} Reset Bounding Box \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Send Backward & Ctrl + {[} & Cmd + {[} \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Send to Back & Shift + Ctrl + {[} & Shift + Cmd + {[} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} Ungroup Objects & Shift + Ctrl + G & Shift + Cmd + G \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Unlock All & Ctrl + Alt + 2 & Cmd + Opt + 2 \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} Select All in All Artboards & Ctrl + A & Cmd + A \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.204 cm} x{2.736 cm} x{2.66 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Manipulating Objects (cont)}} \tn % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Select All in Selected Artboards & Ctrl + Alt + A & Cmd + Opt + A \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.128 cm} x{2.812 cm} x{2.66 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Exporting}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Export for Screen & Ctrl + Alt + E & Cmd + Alt +E \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Package & Ctrl + Alt + Shift + P & Cmd + Opt + Shift + P \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Place & Ctrl + Shift + P & Cmd + Shift + P \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Show/Hide Edges & F3 (custom) & F3 (custom) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Save for Web & Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S & Cmd + Opt + Shift + S \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.192 cm} x{2.28 cm} x{2.128 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Various}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Action & Windows & MacOS \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Type \textgreater{} Create Outlines & Shift + Ctrl + O & Shift + Cmd + O \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Paragraph Panel & Alt + Ctrl + T & Opt + Cmd + T \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Character Panel & Ctrl + T & Cmd + T \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}