adobe pdf reader hot-key
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Keys for selecting tools
Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard |
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| H | Hand tool | + – |
| Spacebar | Temporarily select Hand tool | + – |
| V | Select tool | + – |
| G | Snapshot tool | + – |
| Shft+Z | Cycle through zoom tools | + – |
| Z | Current zoom tool | + – |
| Shft | Temporarily select Dynamic Zoom tool (whenMarquee Zoom tool is selected) | + – |
| Optn | Temporarily zoom out (when Marquee Zoomtool is selected) | + – |
| R | Select Object tool | + – |
| O | Object Data tool | + – |
| A | Article tool | + – |
| C | Crop tool | + – |
| L | Link tool | + – |
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Keys for editing
Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard |
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| Cmnd+A | Select all content | + – | |
| Cmnd+Shft+A | Deselect all content | + – | |
| Cmnd+0 | Fit page | + – | |
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Keys for working with comments
Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard |
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| S | Sticky Note tool | + – | |
| E | Text Edits tool | + – | |
| K | Stamp tool | + – | |
| U | Current highlighting tool | + – | |
| Shft+U | Cycle through highlighting tools: Highlighter, Cross-Out Text, Underline Text | + – | |
| D | Arrow tool | + – | |
| Shft+D | Cycle through drawing tools: Rectangle, Oval, Line, Polygon, Polygon Line, Pencil Tool, Eraser Tool | + – | |
| X | Text Box tool | + – | |
| J | Attach file as comment | + – | |
| Shft+J | Cycle through attach tools: Attach File, Attach Sound, Paste Clipboard Image | + – | |
| Tab | Move focus to comment | + – | |
| Shft+Tab | Move focus to next comment | + – | |
| Return | Open pop-up window for comment that has focus | + – | |
| O | Send and receive comments in browser-based review | + – | |
| I | Go back online | + – | |
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Keys for navigating a PDF
Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard |
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| Page Up | Previous screen | + – | |
| Page Down | Next screen | + – | |
| Home or Shft+Cmnd+Up Arrow | First page | + – | |
| End or Shft+Cmnd+Down Arrow | Last page | + – | |
| Left Arrow or Cmnd+Page Up | Previous page | + – | |
| Right Arrow or Cmnd+Page Down | Next page | + – | |
| Cmnd+Left Arrow | Previous view | + – | |
| Cmnd+Right Arrow | Next view | + – | |
| Not available | Previous document (with multiple PDFs openin a single document window) | + – | |
| Not available | Next document (with multiple PDFs open ina single document window) | + – | |
| Up Arrow | Scroll up | + – | |
| Down Arrow | Scroll down | + – | |
| Spacebar | Scroll (when Hand tool is selected) | + – | |
| Cmnd+equal sign | Zoom in | + – | |
| Cmnd+hyphen | Zoom out | + – | |
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Keys for general navigating
Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard |
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| Shft+Cmnd+M | Show/hide menu bar | + – | |
| Ctrl+F2 | Move focus to menus | + – | |
| Shft+F8 | Move focus to toolbar in browser | + – | |
| Cmnd+F6 | Move to next open document (when focus is on document pane) | + – | |
| Cmnd+Shft+F6 | Move to previous open document (when focus is on document pane) | + – | |
| Cmnd+F4 | Close current document | + – | |
| Cmnd+Shft+W | Close all open windows | + – | |
| F6 | Move focus to next tabbed page or palette | + – | |
| Shft+F6 | Move focus to previous pane or panel | + – | |
| Tab | Move focus to next comment, link, or form field in the document pane | + – | |
| F5 | Move focus to document pane | + – | |
| Shft+Tab | Move focus to previous comment, link, or form field in the document pane | + – | |
| Spacebar or Enter | Activate selected tool, item (such as a movie or bookmark), or command | + – | |
| Ctrl+click | Open context menu | + – | |
| Esc | Close context menu | + – | |
| Esc | Return to Hand tool or Select tool | + – | |
| Not available | Move focus to next tab in a tabbed dialog box | + – | |
| F3 or Cmnd+G | Move to next search result and highlight it in the document | + – | |
| Shft+Arrow keys | Select text (with Select tool selected) | + – | |
| Cmnd+Right Arrow or Left Arrow | Select next word or deselect previous word (with Select tool selected) | + – | |
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Keys for working with navigation panels
Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard |
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| F4 | Show/hide navigation pane | + – | |
| Cmnd+Shft+F5 | Open and move focus to navigation pane | + – | |
| F6 | Move focus among the document, message bar,and navigation panels | + – | |
| Tab | Move focus to next element of the active navigationpanel: Trash Can, Options menu, Close box, panel contents, or panelbutton | + – | |
| Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Move to previous or next navigation paneland make it active (when focus is on the panel button) | + – | |
| Not available | Move to next navigation panel and make itactive (when focus is anywhere in the navigation pane) | + – | |
| Right Arrow or Shft+plus sign | Expand the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarkspanel) | + – | |
| Left Arrow or minus sign | Collapse the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarkspanel) | + – | |
| Shft+* | Expand all bookmarks | + – | |
| Forward Slash (/) | Collapse selected bookmark | + – | |
| Down Arrow | Move focus to next item in a navigation panel | + – | |
| Up Arrow | Move focus to previous item in a navigationpanel | + – | |
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Keys for navigating the Help window
Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard |
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| F1 or Cmnd+? | Open Help window | + – | |
| Cmnd+Q | Close Help window | + – | |
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Keys for navigating the How To panel
Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard |
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| Shft+F4 | Open or close How To panel | + – | |
| Shft+F1 | Open and move focus to How To panel | + – | |
| Not available | Go to How To home page from a How To topic | + – | |
| Not available | Move focus between the elements of the HowTo panel and the header of the How To panel | + – | |
| Tab | Move focus down through the elements ofthe How To panel | + – | |
| Shft+Tab | Move focus up through the elements of theHow To panel | + – | |
| Right Arrow | Go forward to next page in How To panel viewinghistory | + – | |
| Left Arrow | Go back to previous page in How To panel viewinghistory | + – | |
