The Adobe Premiere Pro Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Adobe Premiere Pro is one of Adobe’s best-known programs within the Creative Cloud package. It’s one of the longest running apps devoted to video-making. Premiere Pro also has the well-earned reputation of being one of the most versatile and easy-to-use visual editors currently on the market.
While Premiere Pro CC can seem daunting to anyone who hasn’t used it, the app is actually quite simple to understand.
First, we recommend learning how to cut a video into clips using Adobe Premiere . This will help you shorten your videos for social media. Next, learn  how to edit videos faster in Premiere Pro .
And once you’re ready to level up, give your workflow a big boost with the Adobe Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet we’ve shared below.
The cheat sheet covers various shortcuts to help you quickly navigate around the app on both Windows and macOS. It also lists shortcuts to help you select and edit onscreen content and use various native tools like the Pen tool.
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Adobe Premiere Pro Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows and macOS
The shortcuts listed are the default shortcuts forAdobe Premiere Pro CC 2020. The cheat sheet does not reflect shortcuts that have been customized by an individual user.

Shortcut
Action

WINDOWS Application Shortcuts

F1
Open Premiere Pro Help

Ctrl + Z
Undo last action

Ctrl + Shift + Z
Redo last action

V
Activate the Selection tool

Shift + A
Activate the Track Select Backward tool

A
Activate the Track Select Forward tool

B
Select the Ripple Edit tool

N
Select the Rolling Edit tool

P
Select the Pen tool

H
Select the Hand tool

Z
Select the Zoom tool

T
Select the Type tool

Ctrl + Q
Quit Premiere Pro

File Shortcuts

Ctrl + O
Open a project

Ctrl + W
Close the panel window

Ctrl + Shift + W
Close open project

Ctrl + S
Save project

Ctrl + Shift + S
Save project as

Ctrl + I
Import a file or piece of media to edit

Project Shortcuts

Ctrl + X
Cut a piece of content

Ctrl + C
Copy a piece of content

Ctrl + V
Paste a piece of content

Ctrl + Shift + /
Duplicate a piece of content

Ctrl + A
Select all content

Ctrl + Shift + A
Deselect all content

Ctrl + F
Find a file or piece of content

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