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The “de facto” reader for pdf files comes with an impressive list of keyboard shortcuts. Pick the ones for the commands you work with more often from the table below. The shortcuts list for Adobe Acrobat Reader is displayed for both Windows and MAC OS.
Command
Windows Shortcut
Mac OS Shortcut
Command
Windows Shortcut
Mac OS Shortcut
Keys for general navigating
Keys for navigating a PDF
Show/hide menu bar
F9
Shift+Command+M
Previous screen
Page Up
Page Up
Move focus to menus (Windows, UNIX); expand
first menu item (UNIX)
F10
Control+F2
Next screen
Page Down
Page Down
Move focus to toolbar in browser and application
Shift+F8
Shift+F8
First page
Home or Shift+Ctrl+Page Up or Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow
Home or Shift+Command+Up Arrow
Move to next open document (when focus is
on document pane)
Ctrl+F6
Command+F6
Last page
End or Shift+Ctrl+Page Down or Shift+Ctrl+Down Arrow
End or Shift+Command+Down Arrow
Move to previous open document (when focus
is on document pane)
Ctrl+Shift+F6
Command+Shift+F6
Previous page
Left Arrow or Ctrl+Page Up
Left Arrow or Command+Page Up
Close current document
Ctrl+F4
Command+F4
Next page
Right Arrow or Ctrl+Page Down
Right Arrow or Command+Page Down
Close all open windows
Ctrl+Shift+W
Command+Shift+W
Previous view
Alt+Left Arrow
Command+Left Arrow
Move focus to next tabbed page or palette
F6
F6
Next view
Alt+Right Arrow
Command+Right Arrow
Move focus to previous pane or panel
Shift+F6
Shift+F6
Previous document (with multiple windows
opened inside a single window)
Alt+Shift+Left Arrow (Windows only)
Not available
Move focus to next comment, link, or form
field in the document pane
Tab
Tab
Next document (with multiple windows opened
inside a single window)
Alt+Shift+Right Arrow (Windows only)
Not available
Move focus to document pane
F5
F5
Previous document
Ctrl+F6 (UNIX)
Not available
Move focus to previous comment, link, or
form field in the document pane
Shift+Tab
Shift+Tab
Next document
Shift+Ctrl+F6 (UNIX)
Not available
Activate selected tool, item (such as a movie
or bookmark), or command
Spacebar or Enter
Spacebar or Enter
Scroll up
Up Arrow
Up Arrow
Open context menu
Shift+F10
Control+click
Scroll down
Down Arrow
Down Arrow
Close context menu
F10
Esc
Scroll (when Hand tool is selected)
Spacebar
Spacebar
Return to Hand tool or Select tool
Esc
Esc
Zoom in
Ctrl+equal sign
Command+equal sign
Move focus to next tab in a tabbed dialog
box
Ctrl+Tab
Not available
Zoom out
Ctrl+hyphen
Command+hyphen
Move to next search result and highlight
it in the document
F3
F3 or Command+G
Keys for navigating the Help window
Select text (with Select tool selected)
Shift+Arrow keys
Shift+Arrow keys
Open Help window
F1
F1 or Command+?
Select next word or deselect previous word
(with Select tool selected)
Ctrl+Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Command+Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Close Help window
Ctrl+W (Windows only) or Alt+F4
Command+Q
Keys for navigating the How To panel
Move focus between navigation pane and topic
pane
Ctrl+Tab
Not available
Open or close How To panel
Shift+F4
Shift+F4
Move focus to the next link within a pane
Tab
Not available
Open and move focus to How To panel
Shift+F1
Shift+F1
Move focus to the previous link within a pane
Shift+Tab
Not available
Go to How To home page from a How To topic
Home (Windows only)
Not available
Keys for working with comments*
Move focus between the elements of the How
To panel and the header of the How To panel
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Not available
Sticky Note tool
S
S
Move focus down through the elements of
the How To panel
Tab
Tab
Text Edits tool
E
E
Move focus up through the elements of the
How To panel
Shift+Tab
Shift+Tab
Stamp tool
K
K
Go forward to next page in How To panel viewing
history
Right Arrow
Right Arrow
Current highlighting tool
U
U
Go back to previous page in How To panel viewing
history
Left Arrow
Left Arrow
Cycle through highlighting tools: Highlighter,
Cross-Out Text, Underline Text
Shift+U
Shift+U
Keys for working with navigation panels
Arrow tool
D
D
Show/hide navigation pane
F4
F4
Text Box tool
X
X
Open and move focus to navigation pane
Ctrl+Shift+F5
Command+Shift+F5
Attach file as comment
J
J
Move focus among the document, message bar,
and navigation panels
F6
F6
Cycle through attach tools: Attach File, Attach
Sound, Paste Clipboard Image
Shift+J
Shift+J
Move focus to next element of the active navigation
panel: Trash Can, Options menu, Close box, panel contents, or panel
button
Tab
Tab
Move focus to comment
Tab
Tab
Move to previous or next navigation panel
and make it active (when focus is on the panel button)
Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Move focus to next comment
Shift+Tab
Shift+Tab
Move to next navigation panel and make it
active (when focus is anywhere in the navigation pane)
Ctrl+Tab
Not available
Open pop-up window for comment that has
focus
Enter
Return
Expand the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarks
panel)
Right Arrow or Shift+plus sign
Right Arrow or Shift+plus sign
Send and receive comments in browser-based review
O
O
Collapse the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarks
panel)
Left Arrow or minus sign
Left Arrow or minus sign
Go back online
I
I
Expand all bookmarks
Shift+*
Shift+*
Keys for selecting tools *
Collapse selected bookmark
Forward Slash (/)
Forward Slash (/)
Hand tool
H
H
Move focus to next item in a navigation panel
Down Arrow
Down Arrow
Temporarily select Hand tool
Spacebar
Spacebar
Move focus to previous item in a navigation
panel
Up Arrow
Up Arrow
Select tool
V
V
Keys for editing
Snapshot tool
G
G
Select all content
Ctrl+A
Command+A
Current zoom tool
Z
Z
Deselect all content
Ctrl+Shift+A
Command+Shift+A
Temporarily select Dynamic Zoom tool (when
Marquee Zoom tool is selected)
Shift
Shift
Fit page
Ctrl+0
Command+0
Temporarily zoom out (when Marquee Zoom
tool is selected)
Ctrl
Option
Select Object tool
R
R
Object Data tool
O
O
Article tool
A
A
Crop tool
C
C
Link tool
L
L
Reset toolbar
Alt+F8 (Windows)Ctrl+Shift+F8 (UNIX)
Alt+F8
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