30 Handy Cheat Sheets and Reference Guides for Web Professionals

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11. Official Adobe Photoshop CS4 Reference

The official Adobe Reference guide is available online and in PDF form. While not exactly a “quick” reference guide, it is essential for anyone who uses Photoshop professionally.

Download Adobe Photoshop CS4 Help Guide Online

Download the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Help Guide PDF

12. Adobe Photoshop CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts

This is the keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet for the newest version of Photoshop. This four-page guide can help designers cut their production time by as much as half.

For easy navigation, the PDF is arranged according to the main menu in Photoshop, and then under each menu item it lists the shortcuts in alphabetical order. Because PC and Mac have different shortcuts, there are two different reference guides.

Download the PC version | Download the Mac version

13. Adobe Flash CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts

This is a keyboard shortcuts guide for Adobe Flash CS4. This PDF is also arranged to reflect the Flash CS4 menu, but the list of shortcuts, rather than being in alphabetical order, is arranged according to the application’s menu listing, too. This cheat sheet even has a friendly graphic at the top with the menu order presented in Flash.

As with most Adobe keyboard shortcut cheat sheets, both PC and Mac versions are available.

Download the PC version | Download the Mac version

14. ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0 Migration Cheat Sheet

This cheat sheet covers both ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0 and is organized to help those who need to switch to 3.0. Below is a short extract from the six-page PDF.

The functions and classes of ActionScript 2.0 are to the left of each section, followed by their equivalents in ActionScript 3.0. This cheat sheet is great for anyone transitioning to 3.0 or learning ActionScript.

Download the ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0 Migration Cheat Sheet

15. Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts

This is another guide in the family of cheat sheets for Adobe, this one for Dreamweaver CS4 keyboard shortcuts. It was made by the creator of the Flash CS4 sheet and so has many of the same features.

The cheat sheet also follows the exact menu structure of Dreamweaver CS4 and has the same graphic at the top showing the menu order.

Unfortunately, a Mac version of this cheat sheet is still in the works; only the PC version is available at this time.

Either way, it is a great cheat sheet and could be easily adapted into a Mac version. For most shortcuts, you would just have to replace Control with the Command key. Keep checking the cheat sheet’s page for the release of the Mac version.

Download the Dreamweaver CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts PDF