Power Paste	Paste your element in the exact same place as the original by using ctrl-alt-v. This is useful for when you'd like to paste the same layout to another page.
Drag 'n' Paste	Instead of using ctrl-c/ctrl-v to copy and paste, hold down ctrl and alt while dragging to copy an item from one place to another.
Return to Last Page	Did you switch pages and then forget what page you were previously working on? Use ctrl-PgUp to return to it. This is particularly useful for me when I want to make a change to a master page and then return to the page I was working on.
Close All Nested Dialogs	When you're using dialog boxes, you can sometimes get pretty deep before you find what you were looking for. Instead of hitting OK or Cancel three of four times to get out of the dialog, simply hold shift while clicking OK or Cancel and you'll close all the dialogs at once.
One-Key Arrow Tool	Sometimes I find myself editing text and needing to get back to the arrow tool, only to find that I've hidden the toolbar. Instead of going to the menu to unhide it, I simply hit F9 to get the arrow tool. From there I can again use the Tab key to unhide the toolbar if necessary.
Moving Between Open Documents	Instead of going to the Window menu to go to another open document, try Shift-Tab. This command works in almost all Windows programs, including Photoshop.
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