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Are there keyboard shortcuts for navigating while in text-tool mode? When I'm kerning and hold the space bar to move the page around, it just adds spaces to my text. Likewise, if I hit V to exit out of the text tool, all it does is type a V. Having to manually click out of the text tool while I'm kerning is a time-consuming pain in the neck. Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,

KC

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You can also use the esc (Escape) key to get out of text editing mode.

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Or you can move your mouse over the edge of the Text Frame and you'll then be able to drag the frame around, if that's what you're wanting to do.

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#oldbruce, Thanks. I didn't try ESC because whenever you do that in Photoshop after resizing, the ESC button cancels out that operation. So, it's a two-step process in AF (ESC then V), which is still better than manually pressing the Move Tool.

#walt.farrell, That is an option, Walt, although I frequently zoom way in while kerning because I use spacers, so constantly unzooming then rezooming would be a time-consuming nightmare. In, Photoshop, with the Text Tool engaged, you can resize the text by holding ctrl + shift, and you can move the text around by holding ctrl and dragging. Those would be convenient features in AF.

Anyway, thank you both for the suggestions. 

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