Text Spacing Shortcut in InDesign CS 5 / 6
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 3:21 pm
You should almost always use styles to control text spacing attributes like tracking and leading, using keyboard shortcuts is always faster to change attributes. Try following shortcuts -
With a selection of text:
Press Alt+left arrow to decrease tracking
Press Alt + right arrow to increase tracking
Press Alt + up arrow to decrease leading
Press Alt + down arrow to increase leading
With your cursor between two characters:
Press Alt + left arrow to decrease kerning
press Alt + right arrow to increase kerning
There's also a shortcut you can use to quickly reset all tracking and kerning applied to selected text. Press Ctrl + Alt + Q
With a selection of text:
Press Alt+left arrow to decrease tracking
Press Alt + right arrow to increase tracking
Press Alt + up arrow to decrease leading
Press Alt + down arrow to increase leading
With your cursor between two characters:
Press Alt + left arrow to decrease kerning
press Alt + right arrow to increase kerning
There's also a shortcut you can use to quickly reset all tracking and kerning applied to selected text. Press Ctrl + Alt + Q