Learning a few short cuts keys will definitely increase your productivity. Altium comes configured with numerous Short Cut Keys.
If you have dual monitors put the short cuts on your second screen while you work and try to learn a few.
| The table below was cut and pasted from Excel. |
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Schematic and PCB:
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| G | Change Grid |
| JC | Jump to Component |
| JN | Jump to Net |
| PW | Place wire |
| CTRL + SHIFT + V | Smart Paste |
| SHIFT + C | Clear Selection |
| Q | Metric <> English Toggle |
| O | Display Options Menus |
| X | Flip Selection Horizontally |
| Y | Flip Selection Vertically |
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PCB Editor:
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| Align Objects: | |
| A C = Horizontal Center | |
| A V = Vertical Center | |
| A L = Left | |
| A R = Right | |
| A T = Top | |
| A B = Bottom | |
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| Place: | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + D | Snap Selected Components to Grid |
| PT | Place Trace (Route) |
| PS | Place String (Text) |
| PW | Place Working Guides |
| PV | Places VIA (Default Size VIA) |
| PM | Place Multiple Traces (Buses) |
| SPACE BAR | Rotate selected object |
| R | Component Place Modes |
| M | Move Selection |
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| Polygons: | |
| Help | Altium Documentation Link |
| TG | Polygon Pour Menu |
| Edit Vertices | Shift + Space toggles corner modes |
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| Measure: | |
| CTRL + M | Measure (Press CTRL for point to point) |
| Reports > Measure Primitives | Measure Distance Between Primitives. |
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| Origin: | |
| SHIFT + CTRL + O | Set Origin |
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| Routing: | |
| Ctrl + Left Click | Auto Completion |
| +/- | Change Layer and Drop Via |
| SHIFT + SPACE BAR | Change Routing Angle Modes |
| * | Drop a Via and Continue Routing |
| SHIFT + R | Push and Hug Modes |
| SHIFT + V | Select Via Size |
| SHIFT + W | Select Trace Width |
| TAB KEY | Set Interactive Routing Options (Start a Route then press Tab Key) |
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| Select: | |
| S | Select Copper |
| SI | Select Inside Area. |
| SU | Select Touching Rectangle. |
| SS | Select Copper PADs and VIAs. |
| SHIFT + C | Clear Selection |
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| View: | |
| CTRL + LEFT | Highlight an Entire NET |
| F5 | Toggle Color by Nets / Layers |
| SHIFT + H | Heads up Display - Toggle |
| SHIFT + S | Single Layer Mode - Toggle |
| +/- KEYs | Switch Layers |
| L | View Configuration for Layers |
| VD | Zoom to Used Area |
| VF | Zoom to Board View |
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| 3D View: | |
| 2 | 2D View |
| 3 | 3D View |
| VB | Flip View Top <> Bottom |
| SHIFT + RIGHT | 3D Rotation |
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| Hotspot Snap: | |
| SHIFT + E (Toggles) | Grid, Hotspot and |
| Hotspot (All Layers) |
| Insight Lens: | |
| SHIFT + M | Toggle Insight Lens On/Off |
| M | Move Objects |
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Paste Special:
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EA
ALT + Insert will paste to the current layer
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