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⤢ ADOBE ANIMATE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 50 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl 100% Zoom 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ctrl Shift Rotate 9… 8 9 Ctrl Shift Rotate 9… 0 Q Free Tra… W Ctrl Shift Fit in W… E Eraser T… R Rectangl… T Text Tool Y Ctrl Redo U I Eyedropp… O Oval Tool P Pen Tool A Subselec… S Ctrl Alt Scale an… D Ctrl Duplicate F G Ctrl Group H Hand Tool J K Paint Bu… L Lasso To… Z Ctrl Undo X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Selectio… B Brush To… N Line Tool M MORE SHORTCUTS Insert Frame F5 Insert Keyfra… F6 Convert to Sy… F8 Test Movie Ctrl Enter Insert Blank … F7 Paste in Cent… Ctrl V Paste in Place Ctrl Shift V Select All Ctrl A Break Apart Ctrl B Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − Pencil Tool Y Zoom Tool Z Remove Frame Shift F5 Clear Keyframe Shift F6 Deselect All Ctrl Shift A Ungroup Ctrl Shift G Publish Alt Shift F12 Play / Stop T… Enter Next Keyframe Alt . Previous Keyf… Alt , Test Scene Ctrl Alt Enter Ink Bottle To… S Bone Tool X Remove Transf… Ctrl Shift Z shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH ADOBE ANIMATE · WINDOWS
ADOBE ANIMATE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 50 ESSENTIAL 1 Ctrl 100% Zoom 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ctrl Shift Rotate 9… 8 9 Ctrl Shift Rotate 9… 0 A Subselec… Z Ctrl Undo E Eraser T… R Rectangl… T Text Tool Y Ctrl Redo U I Eyedropp… O Oval Tool P Pen Tool Q Free Tra… S Ctrl Alt Scale an… D Ctrl Duplicate F G Ctrl Group H Hand Tool J K Paint Bu… L Lasso To… M W Ctrl Shift Fit in W… X Ctrl Cut C Ctrl Copy V Selectio… B Brush To… N Line Tool MORE SHORTCUTS Insert Frame F5 Insert Keyfra… F6 Convert to Sy… F8 Test Movie Ctrl Enter Insert Blank … F7 Paste in Cent… Ctrl V Paste in Place Ctrl Shift V Select All Ctrl A Break Apart Ctrl B Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − Pencil Tool Y Zoom Tool Z Remove Frame Shift F5 Clear Keyframe Shift F6 Deselect All Ctrl Shift A Ungroup Ctrl Shift G Publish Alt Shift F12 Play / Stop T… Enter Next Keyframe Alt . Previous Keyf… Alt , Test Scene Ctrl Alt Enter Ink Bottle To… S Bone Tool X Remove Transf… Ctrl Shift Z shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH ADOBE ANIMATE · WINDOWS
⤢ EDITING Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste in Center Ctrl V Paste in Place Ctrl Shift V Select All Ctrl A Duplicate Ctrl D Deselect All Ctrl Shift A TEST/PUBLISH Test Movie Ctrl Enter Publish Alt Shift F12 Play / Stop Timeline Enter Test Scene Ctrl Alt Enter TRANSFORM Scale and Rotate Ctrl Alt S Rotate 90° CW Ctrl Shift 9 Rotate 90° CCW Ctrl Shift 7 Remove Transform Ctrl Shift Z TOOLS Selection Tool V Subselection Tool A Free Transform Tool Q Pen Tool P Text Tool T Brush Tool B Line Tool N Oval Tool O Rectangle Tool R Pencil Tool Y Paint Bucket Tool K Eyedropper Tool I Eraser Tool E Hand Tool H Zoom Tool Z Lasso Tool L Ink Bottle Tool S Bone Tool X TIMELINE Insert Frame F5 Insert Keyframe F6 Insert Blank Keyframe F7 Remove Frame Shift F5 Clear Keyframe Shift F6 Next Keyframe Alt . Previous Keyframe Alt , DRAWING Convert to Symbol F8 Group Ctrl G Break Apart Ctrl B Ungroup Ctrl Shift G VIEW Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − Fit in Window Ctrl Shift W 100% Zoom Ctrl 1 Show Grid Ctrl ' Snap to Grid Ctrl Shift ' Adobe Animate KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 52 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH ADOBE ANIMATE · WINDOWS ⤢ EDITING 09 Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste in Center Ctrl V Paste in Place Ctrl Shift V Select All Ctrl A Duplicate Ctrl D Deselect All Ctrl Shift A TEST/PUBLISH 04 Test Movie Ctrl Enter Publish Alt Shift F12 Play / Stop Timeline Enter Test Scene Ctrl Alt Enter TRANSFORM 04 Scale and Rotate Ctrl Alt S Rotate 90° CW Ctrl Shift 9 Rotate 90° CCW Ctrl Shift 7 Remove Transform Ctrl Shift Z TOOLS 18 Selection Tool V Subselection Tool A Free Transform Tool Q Pen Tool P Text Tool T Brush Tool B Line Tool N Oval Tool O Rectangle Tool R Pencil Tool Y Paint Bucket Tool K Eyedropper Tool I Eraser Tool E Hand Tool H Zoom Tool Z Lasso Tool L Ink Bottle Tool S Bone Tool X TIMELINE 07 Insert Frame F5 Insert Keyframe F6 Insert Blank Keyframe F7 Remove Frame Shift F5 Clear Keyframe Shift F6 Next Keyframe Alt . Previous Keyframe Alt , DRAWING 04 Convert to Symbol F8 Group Ctrl G Break Apart Ctrl B Ungroup Ctrl Shift G VIEW 06 Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − Fit in Window Ctrl Shift W 100% Zoom Ctrl 1 Show Grid Ctrl ' Snap to Grid Ctrl Shift ' Adobe Animate KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 52 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH ADOBE ANIMATE · WINDOWS
⤢ ADOBE ANIMATE · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 7 SETS · No.01 ADOBE ANIMATE TOTAL 52 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS TOOLS 18 TIMELINE 07 EDITING 09 DRAWING 04 TEST/PUBLISH 04 VIEW 06 TRANSFORM 04 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Selection Tool V Subselection Tool A Free Transform Tool Q Pen Tool P Text Tool T Brush Tool B Line Tool N Oval Tool O Rectangle Tool R Pencil Tool Y Paint Bucket Tool K Eyedropper Tool I Eraser Tool E Hand Tool H Zoom Tool Z Lasso Tool L Ink Bottle Tool S Bone Tool X Insert Frame F5 Insert Keyframe F6 Insert Blank Keyframe F7 Remove Frame Shift F5 Clear Keyframe Shift F6 Next Keyframe Alt . Previous Keyframe Alt , Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste in Center Ctrl V Paste in Place Ctrl Shift V Select All Ctrl A Duplicate Ctrl D Deselect All Ctrl Shift A Convert to Symbol F8 Group Ctrl G Break Apart Ctrl B Ungroup Ctrl Shift G Test Movie Ctrl Enter Publish Alt Shift F12 Play / Stop Timeline Enter Test Scene Ctrl Alt Enter Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − Fit in Window Ctrl Shift W 100% Zoom Ctrl 1 Show Grid Ctrl ' Snap to Grid Ctrl Shift ' Scale and Rotate Ctrl Alt S Rotate 90° CW Ctrl Shift 9 Rotate 90° CCW Ctrl Shift 7 Remove Transform Ctrl Shift Z
ADOBE ANIMATE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q Free Tra… W E R T Text Tool Y Ctrl Redo U I O P Pen Tool A Subselec… S D F G H J K L Z Ctrl Undo X Ctrl Cut C V Selectio… B Brush To… N M MORE SHORTCUTS Insert Frame F5 Insert Keyframe F6 Convert to Symbol F8 Test Movie Ctrl Enter Insert Blank Keyf… F7 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH ADOBE ANIMATE · WINDOWS Keyboard map TIMELINE Insert Frame F5 Insert Keyframe F6 Insert Blank Keyframe F7 EDITING Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X TEST/PUBLISH Test Movie Ctrl Enter TOOLS Selection Tool V Subselection Tool A Free Transform Tool Q Pen Tool P Text Tool T Brush Tool B DRAWING Convert to Symbol F8 Adobe Animate KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH ADOBE ANIMATE · WINDOWS Isometric TIMELINE 03 Insert Frame F5 Insert Keyframe F6 Insert Blank Keyframe F7 EDITING 03 Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X TEST/PUBLISH 01 Test Movie Ctrl Enter TOOLS 06 Selection Tool V Subselection Tool A Free Transform Tool Q Pen Tool P Text Tool T Brush Tool B DRAWING 01 Convert to Symbol F8 Adobe Animate KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · WINDOWS · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH ADOBE ANIMATE · WINDOWS Typewriter ADOBE ANIMATE · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Windows · 5 SETS · No.01 ADOBE ANIMATE TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS TOOLS 06 TIMELINE 03 EDITING 03 DRAWING 01 TEST/PUBLISH 01 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Selection Tool V Subselection Tool A Free Transform Tool Q Pen Tool P Text Tool T Brush Tool B Insert Frame F5 Insert Keyframe F6 Insert Blank Keyframe F7 Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Convert to Symbol F8 Test Movie Ctrl Enter Editorial Adobe Animate is a tool for creating interactive vector animations, cartoons, and HTML5 banners along a frame-based timeline. Its shortcuts make scrubbing frames, inserting keyframes, and switching drawing tools far faster during tight animation work.
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All Adobe Animate keyboard shortcuts (Windows)
18 Action Shortcut Selection Tool V Subselection Tool A Free Transform Tool Q Pen Tool P Text Tool T Brush Tool B Line Tool N Oval Tool O Rectangle Tool R Pencil Tool Y Paint Bucket Tool K Eyedropper Tool I Eraser Tool E Hand Tool H Zoom Tool Z Lasso Tool L Ink Bottle Tool S Bone Tool X
9 Action Shortcut Undo Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Y Cut Ctrl X Copy Ctrl C Paste in Center Ctrl V Paste in Place Ctrl Shift V Select All Ctrl A Duplicate Ctrl D Deselect All Ctrl Shift A
7 Action Shortcut Insert Frame F5 Insert Keyframe F6 Insert Blank Keyframe F7 Remove Frame Shift F5 Clear Keyframe Shift F6 Next Keyframe Alt . Previous Keyframe Alt ,
6 Action Shortcut Zoom In Ctrl = Zoom Out Ctrl − Fit in Window Ctrl Shift W 100% Zoom Ctrl 1 Show Grid Ctrl ' Snap to Grid Ctrl Shift '
4 Action Shortcut Convert to Symbol F8 Group Ctrl G Break Apart Ctrl B Ungroup Ctrl Shift G
4 Action Shortcut Scale and Rotate Ctrl Alt S Rotate 90° CW Ctrl Shift 9 Rotate 90° CCW Ctrl Shift 7 Remove Transform Ctrl Shift Z
4 Action Shortcut Test Movie Ctrl Enter Publish Alt Shift F12 Play / Stop Timeline Enter Test Scene Ctrl Alt Enter
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Does the poster include every Adobe Animate shortcut? Adobe Animate has 52 keyboard shortcuts in total — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
Can I print it at home? Yes. The digital download is a high-resolution 300 DPI file you can print at home or at any print shop, in standard frame sizes.
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