F1 displays help F2 displays text window F3 switches object snaps F4 toggles table modeF5 toggles isometric planes F6 toggles DUCS (switches coordinate display, till A2006)F7 toggles grid display F8 toggles ortho modeF9 toggles snapF10 toggles polar tracingF11 toggles object tracingF12 toggles dynamic input (2006+)

ESC cancel changes, cancel gripsTAB cycles osnapsSHIFT (on object selection) removes objectsDEL erases objects (hold when pointing)

Ctrl+0 toggles clean-screen mode (2004+) Ctrl+1 displays Properties windowCtrl+2 displays DesignCenter windowCtrl+3 displays Tool palette (2004+) Ctrl+4 displays Sheet Set Manager, or Content Manager (2005+, ADT2004) Ctrl+5 displays Info Palette, or Project Navigator (2005-2007, ADT2004) Ctrl+6 displays dBConnect windowCtrl+7 displays Markup Manager (2005) Ctrl+8 displays Quick Calculator (2006+) Ctrl+9 shows/hides Command line (2006+)

Ctrl+A selects all thawed objects (2002)Ctrl+Shift+A toggles group selection (group/single)Ctrl+B toggles snapCtrl+C copies content to ClipboardCtrl+Shift+C copies with reference pointCtrl+D toggles coordinates display (dynamic UCS, till 2009)Ctrl+E switches isoplanesCtrl+Shift+E pull a region to 3D (PRESSPULL, since 2010)Ctrl+F toggles osnapsCtrl+G toggles grid display Ctrl+H toggles Pickstyle (group and hatch selection)Ctrl+Shift+H toggles Palettes display (2009+) Ctrl+I toggles coordinate display (2009+) Ctrl+J repeats the last command (Enter) Ctrl+K displays the Hyperlink dialogCtrl+L toggles Ortho modeCtrl+N starts new drawingCtrl+O opens a drawingCtrl+P print a drawingCtrl+Shift+P toggles Quick Properties display (2009+) Ctrl+Q quits AutoCAD (2004+) Ctrl+R switches to the next viewport Ctrl+S saves drawingCtrl+Shift+S saves drawing as (2004+) Ctrl+T toggles the Tablet modeCtrl+U switches polar tracing Ctrl+V pastes the Clipboard contentsCtrl+Shift+V pastes contents as block Ctrl+W toggles object tracing Ctrl+X cuts contents to the Clipboard Ctrl+Y redoes the undone actionCtrl+Z undoes the last action Ctrl+PgDn switches to the next layout (2004+) Ctrl+PgUp switches to the previous layout (2004+)

Alt+F8 VBA macrosAlt+F11 VBA editor

temporary override keys (2006+):Shift switches ortho modeShift+- switches dynamic UCS mode (2007+) Shift+) switches object tracing mode (2007+) Shift+. switches polar mode Shift+A switches osnaps Shift+E switches endpoint osnap Shift+C switches center osnapShift+D disables osnaps and tracing Shift+M switches middle osnapShift+Q switches object tracing osnap Shift+S enables osnap overrideShift+W starts SteeringWheel (A2009+) Shift+X switches polar tracing

CTRL+mouse cycles selection of overlapping objects (till 2006) Shift+space cycles selection of overlapping objects in 2D (2007+) CTRL+space cycles selection of overlapping sub-objects in 3D (2007+)CTRL+ALT extrudes the selected region into 3D - PRESSPULL (2007-2009) CTRL+arrow moves cursorArrow up/down - command history

CTRL+SHIFT+letter goes to the property in the Properties window ALT+down arrow opens a list in the Properties windowALT+up arrow closes a list in the Properties window Of course all the Windows shortcut keys remain active as well (Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+F3, Ctrl+F6 etc.). Other shortcuts may be defined as user keys in the ACCELERATORS section of your AutoCAD menu. Since AutoCAD version 2006 you can also use CUI to define so called temporary override keys.