Photoshop Text Tips, Tricks And Keyboard Shortcuts
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In this Photoshop tips & tricks tutorial, we're going to look at some handy tricks and keyboard shortcuts for working with Photoshop text. We'll be looking at things like how to quickly select words, lines and paragraphs, how to easily switch between fonts, how to quickly access bold and italic font styles, leading, tracking and kerning, resizing, aligning and justifying text, and more!
Selecting All Text On A Type Layer
Here's some sample text that I borrowed from our tutorial on image pixels:
All of this text is on a single Type layer in the Layers palette. To select all the text on a Type layer, simply double-click directly on the Type layer's thumbnail:
All the text is now selected:
Selecting A Single Word
To quickly select an entire word in Photoshop, simply double-click directly on the word. Here I've double-clicked on the word "photograph":
Selecting An Entire Line Of Text
To quickly select an entire line of text, just triple-click anywhere on the line. Here I've triple-clicked on the second line of text from the top:
Selecting An Entire Paragraph
To quickly select an entire paragraph of text, quadruple-click anywhere on the paragraph. Here I've quadruple-clicked on the first paragraph to select it:
Instantly Make Text Bold
If you need to make some text bold, simply highlight the text with your mouse and press Ctrl+Shift+B (Win) / Command+Shift+B (Mac):
Instantly Italicize Text
To instantly italicize text, simply highlight it and then press Ctrl+Shift+I (Win) / Command+Shift+I (Mac):
Superscript Text
To superscript text, highlight it and then press Ctrl+Shift++ (Win) / Command+Shift++ (Mac):
Subscript Text
To subscript text, highlight it and then press Ctrl+Shift+Alt++ (Win) / Command+Shift+Option++ (Mac):
Strike-Thru Text
To strike-thru text, highlight it and then press Ctrl+Shift+Alt++ (Win) / Command+Shift+Option++ (Mac):
Adjust Baseline Shift
To raise or lower the baseline shift by 2 points, hold down Shift+Alt (Win) / Shift+Option (Mac) and use the Up or Down arrow keys on your keyboard:
To raise or lower the baseline shift by 10 points, hold down Ctrl+Shift+Alt (Win) / Command+Shift+Option (Mac) and use the Up or Down arrow keys:
Convert Text To All Caps
To quickly convert text into all caps, highlight the text and use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+K (Win) / Command+Shift+K (Mac):
Convert Text To Small Caps
To quickly convert text into small caps, highlight the text and use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+H (Win) / Command+Shift+H (Mac):
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