Navigate Live Paint Bucket Color in Adobe Illustrator (CS3) With the Live Paint Bucket tool selected Click on any swatch in the Color palette, Use the arrow keys (Up, Down, Left, Right) to navigate through the swatches.
Create a New Layer in Adobe Illustrator (CS3) Control + L = New layer Control + Alt + L = New layer with options
Change the Gradient Stop Color in Adobe Illustrator (CS3) To quickly change a gradient stop color to any color swatch in the library: Select a gradient stop, hold down the Alt key and click on a swatch.
Zoom With Mouse Wheel in Adobe Illustrator (CS3) Hold down the Alt key & scroll the mouse wheel up or down to zoom in/out
Duplicate a Series of Objects in Adobe Illustrator (CS3) Select the object Hold down Alt key and drag. You now have a copy of the object. Each time you press Control+ D (Transform Again) you create another copy.
Hold down Shift key and click on the color bar this will allow you to toggle through the color profiles: Grayscale, RGB, HSB, CMYK, Web Safe RGB.
Select the tool selected, (for example Blend Tool), press the Enter key to open up Blend Options window. You can also double-click on the tool icon.
To quickly change the Artboard unit measurement right click on the ruler
By default, Illustrator will use close a Pencil and Brush path. To close a Pencil path manually, hold down Option key when you are about to finish drawing the path.
If there are certain colors you use all the time, you can make a swatch list. This is especially useful if you move between Illustrator and Photoshop or if designing a logo or other objects for which your colors need to be exact and used repeatedly. To save the swatch lists, go to the swatch
