Keys for formatting type

Align left, center, or right

Horizontal Type tool + Control + Shift + L, C, or R

Horizontal Type tool + Command + Shift + L, C, or R

Align top, center, or bottom

Vertical Type tool + Control + Shift + L, C, or R

Vertical Type tool + Command + Shift + L, C, or R

Choose 100% horizontal scale

Control + Shift + X

Command + Shift + X

Choose 100% vertical scale

Control + Shift + Alt + X

Command + Shift + Option + X

Choose Auto leading

Control + Shift + Alt + A

Command + Shift + Option + A

Choose 0 for tracking

Control + Shift + Q

Command + Control + Shift + Q

Justify paragraph, left aligns last line

Control + Shift + J

Command + Shift + J

Justify paragraph, justifies all

Control + Shift + F

Command + Shift + F

Toggle paragraph hyphenation on/off

Control + Shift + Alt + H

Command + Control + Shift + Option + H

Toggle single/every-line composer on/off

Control + Shift + Alt + T

Command + Shift + Option + T

Decrease or increase type size of selected text 2 points or pixels

Control + Shift + < or >^†

Command + Shift + < or >^†

Decrease or increase leading 2 points or pixels

Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow^††

Option + Down Arrow or Up Arrow^††

Decrease or increase baseline shift 2 points or pixels

Shift + Alt + Down Arrow or Up Arrow^††

Shift + Option + Down Arrow or Up Arrow^††

Decrease or increase kerning/tracking 20/1000 ems

Alt + Left Arrow or Right Arrow^††

Option + Left Arrow or Right Arrow^††

^†Hold down Alt (Win) or Option (Mac OS) to decrease/increase by 10

^††Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to decrease/increase by 10