Keyboard shorcut to place an object at centre of the artboard

Is there any keyboard shortcut to place an object at the center of the artboard.

Or afzaljrc,
How about an action to do the above, if you wish to fit into the window?
If you select an object with the (normal) Selection Tool, then:
1) In the Window>Action palette flyout click New Action and Record,
2) Ctrl/Cmd+0,
3) Ctrl/Cmd+X+V,
4) Click the Stop Playing/Recording button,
5) DoubleClick the new action and give it a suitable name, and set a Function Key (working as a keyboard shortcut).
After that, you can select any object and have it moved to the centre of the Artboard, which is fit into the window, with the action, using the Function Key (or the Play Current Selecton button in the Action palette, with the action selected).
Or you may use the alternative action described in your other thread.

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Attachments:
Blender Controller Original.PNG ‏140 KB
Blender Controller.PNG ‏203 KB

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create new
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create new
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