Using keyboard shortcuts is a great way to save time while working in Acrobat. People with motor impediments can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate through PDF documents with more ease. Keyboard shortcuts can also help reduce the risk of acquiring repetitive-motion injuries.
Option | Windows Shortcut | Mac OS Shortcut |
|---|
Activate Selected Item | Spacebar or Enter | Return or Enter |
All Content (deselect) | Ctrl+Shift+A | -Shift-A |
All Content (select) | Ctrl+A | -A |
Article tool | A | A |
Attach File as Comment | J | J |
Attach Tools (toggle) | Shift+J | Shift-J |
Bookmark (collapse) | Left arrow or minus sign | Left arrow or minus sign |
Bookmark (expand) | Right arrow or Shift+plus sign | Right arrow or Shift+plus sign |
Browser-based review (save document and work offline) | Y | Y |
Browser-based review (send/receive comments) | O | O |
Button tool | F | F |
Cloud tool | Q | Q |
Close Current Document | Ctrl+F4 | -F4 |
Close Windows (all) | Ctrl+Shift+W | -Shift-W |
Context menu (close) | F10 | (N/A) |
Context menu (open) | Shift+F10 | Control-click |
Crop tool | C | C |
Distance tool | B | B |
Document (next) | Alt+Shift+Right arrow | Option-Shift-Right arrow |
Document (previous) | Alt+Shift+Left arrow | Option-Shift-Left arrow |
Drawing Markup tools (toggle) | Shift+D | Shift-D |
Expand All Bookmarks | Shift+* | Shift-* |
Fit Page | Ctrl+0 | -0 |
Forms tools (toggle) | Shift+F | Shift-F |
Go Back Online | I | I |
Hand tool | H | H |
Hand tool (temporary) | Spacebar | Spacebar |
Help window (close) | Ctrl+W or Alt+F4 | -W |
Help window (open) | F1 | -? |
Highlighting tool (current) | U | U |
Highlighting tool (toggle) | Shift+U | Shift-U |
How-To home page | Home | Home |
How To window (next page) | Right arrow | Right arrow |
How To window (open/close) | Shift+F4 | Shift-F4 |
How To window (previous page) | Left arrow | Left Arrow |
Link tool | L | L |
Measuring tools (toggle) | Shift+B | Shift-B |
Menu bar (show/hide) | F9 | Shift--M |
Move Focus Among Areas of Document | F6 | (N/A) |
Move Focus Among Tabs | Right arrow or Left arrow | Right arrow or Left arrow |
Move Focus Between Active Tab and Tab Contents | Tab | Tab |
Move Focus Between Header and Elements of How-To Window | Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab | -Tab or -Shift-Tab |
Move Focus Through Elements in How-To Window | Tab or Shift+Tab | Tab or Shift-Tab |
Move Focus to Comment | Tab | Tab |
Move Focus to Document Pane | F5 | F5 |
Move Focus to How-To Window | Shift+F1 | Shift-F1 |
Move Focus to Menus | F10 | F10 |
Move Focus to Next Comment | Tab | Tab |
Move Focus to Next Element of Active Navigation Tab | Tab | Tab |
Move Focus to Next Item in Navigation Tab | Down arrow | Down arrow |
Move Focus to Next Pane or Panel | F6 | F6 |
Move Focus to Next Tab (in a tabbed dialog) | Ctrl+Tab | -Tab |
Move Focus to Previous Comment | Shift+Tab | Shift-Tab |
Move Focus to Previous Item in Navigation Tab | Up arrow | Up arrow |
Move Focus to Previous Pane or Panel | Shift+F6 | Shift-F6 |
Move Focus to Status Bar | Shift+F5 | Shift-F5 |
Move Focus to Text in Comment | F2 | (N/A) |
Move Focus to Toolbar in Browser | Shift+F8 | Shift-F8 |
Move to Next Element in Active Tab | Up arrow or Down arrow | Up arrow or Down arrow |
Move to Next Navigation Tab | Up arrow or Down arrow or Ctrl+Tab | Up arrow or Down arrow or -Tab |
Move to Next Open Document (when focus is on Document pane) | Ctrl+F6 | -~ (tilde) |
Move to Next Search Result | F3 | (N/A) |
Move to Previous Open Document (when focus is on Document pane) | Ctrl+Shift+F6 | -Shift-F6 |
Movie tool | M | M |
Navigation pane (open/close) | F4 | F4 |
Navigation pane (open and move focus to) | Ctrl+Shift+F5 | -Shift-F5 |
Note tool | S | S |
Open Pop-up Window for Comment That Has Focus | Spacebar | Spacebar |
Page (first) | Shift+Ctrl+Page Up or Shift+Ctrl+up arrow | Home or Shift--Page Up or -Shift-up arrow |
Page (last) | Shift+Ctrl+Page Down or Shift+Ctrl+down arrow | Home or Shift--Page Down or -Shift-down arrow |
Move to Next Search Result | F3 | (N/A) |
Page (next) | Right arrow or Ctrl+Page Down | Right arrow or -Page Down |
Page (previous) | Left arrow or Ctrl+Page Up | Left arrow or -Page Up |
Pencil Eraser tool | Shift+N | Shift-N |
Pencil tool | N | N |
Properties dialog box (open/close when an object is selected) | Ctrl+I | -I |
Properties toolbar (open/close) | Ctrl+E | -E |
Rectangle tool | D | D |
Screen (next) | Page Down | Page Down |
Screen (previous) | Page Up | Page Up |
Scroll (when Hand tool is selected) | Spacebar | (N/A) |
Scroll down | Down arrow | Down arrow |
Scroll up | Up arrow | Up arrow |
Select Next Word or Deselect Previous Word (when Select tool is selected) | Ctrl+Right arrow or Left arrow | -Right arrow or Left arrow |
Select Object tool | R | R |
Select Text (when Select tool is selected) | Shift+Arrow keys | Shift-Arrow keys |
Selection tool (current) | V | V |
Selection tool (toggle) | Shift+V | Shift-V |
Snapshot tool | G | G |
Sound tool | Shift+M | Shift-M |
Stamp tool | K | K |
Text Box tool | X | X |
Text Edits tool | E | E |
Touch Up Object tool | Shift+T | Shift-T |
Touch Up Text tool | T | T |
View (next) | Alt+Right arrow | Option-Right arrow |
View (previous) | Alt+Left arrow | Option-Left arrow |
Zoom tool (current) | Z | Z |
Zoom tool (temporary) | Ctrl+Spacebar | -Spacebar |
Zoom tool (toggle) | Shift+Z | Shift-Z |
Zoom tool dynamic (temporary) | Shift | Shift |
Zoom In | Ctrl+equal sign | -equal sign |
Zoom In (temporary) | Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar or Ctrl+Spacebar+click | -Option-Spacebar or -Spacebar-Click |
Zoom Out | Ctrl+hyphen | -hyphen |
Zoom Out (temporary) | Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar or Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar+click | -Option-Spacebar or -Shift-Spacebar-click |
Zoom to | Ctrl+M | -M |