Useful Adobe Illustrator shortcuts (a guide to my favorites)

This is by no means a comprehensive list, but these are some of my favorite

Useful Adobe Illustrator shortcuts/hot keys (a guide to my favorites) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxLUpD1FHHo&ab_channel=thebumblingbiochemist)

V (black arrowhead): select (selects “highest level” – object or group of objects)
A (white arrowhead): direct select (selects “lowest level” – individual anchor points or objects inside of groups if you click in the center of the object)
hold down shift when selecting to select multiple objects
command + G: group selected objects
shift + command + G: ungroup selected objects
command + C: copy
command + V: paste
command + F: paste in place (super useful!)
command + [ : send selected object backwards
- command + shift + [ : send selected object all the way back
command + ] : send selected object forward
- command + shift + ]: send selected object all the way to the front
I (eyedropper tool): let’s you mimic another objects format (color, line width, etc.) – select an object then press I, then click another object whose format you want to mimic
command + Z: undo
command + shift +Z: redo
command + 2: lock something
option + command + 2: unlock something
command + + : zoom in
command + – : zoom out
command + Y: show outlines
command + H: hide or show edges (if you can’t find your edges and/or anchor points you might have accidentally clicked this!)
T: gets you to the text mode
P: get line-drawer point tool thing
+: add anchor point