Shortcuts For Adobe Pdf
Oct 8, 2017 - All single key shortcuts are disabled by default. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is a free software to view PDF files on Windows, Mac and more.
Note:
This document provides instructions for Acrobat XI. If you're using Acrobat DC, see Acrobat DC Help.
For common keyboard shortcuts you can use with Windows,see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449.
To enable single-key shortcuts, open the Preferencesdialog box, and under General, select the Use Single-Key AcceleratorsTo Access Tools option.
Tool | Windows/UNIX action | Mac OS action |
---|---|---|
Hand tool | H | H |
Temporarily select Hand tool | Spacebar | Spacebar |
Select tool | V | V |
Marquee Zoom tool | Z | Z |
Cycle through zoom tools: Marquee Zoom,DynamicZoom, Loupe | Shift+Z | Shift+Z |
Temporarily select Dynamic Zoom tool (when MarqueeZoom tool is selected) | Shift | Shift |
Temporarily zoom out (when Marquee Zoom toolis selected) | Ctrl | Option |
Temporarily select Zoom In tool | Ctrl+spacebar | Spacebar+Command |
Select Object tool | R | R |
Edit Object tool | O | O |
Enter/Exit Forms editing | A | A |
Crop tool | C | C |
Link tool | L | L |
Text Field tool | F | F |
Cycle through tools in forms authoring mode:Text Field, Check Box, Radio Button, ListBox, Dropdown Box, Button, DigitalSignature, Barcode | Shift+F | Shift+F |
3D tool | M | M |
Cycle through Multimedia tools: Flash, Video | Shift+M | Shift+M |
Edit Document Text tool | T | T |
Redaction | Y | Y |
Cycle through Touch Up tools: TouchUp Text, Touch Up Reading Order, TouchUp Object | Shift+T | Shift+T |
JavaScript Debugger | Ctrl+J | Command+J |
Insert Blank Pages tool | Shift+Ctrl+T | Shift+Command+T |
Insert Files | Ctrl+Shift+I | |
Delete pages | Ctrl+Shift+D | |
Open Output Preview | ~ | ~ |
Touch Up Reading Order tool (or if already selected,return focus to dialog box) | Shift+Ctrl+U | Shift+Command+U |
To enable single-key shortcuts, select theUse Single-Key Accelerators To Access Tools option in General preferences.
Result | Windows/UNIX Action | Mac OS Action |
---|---|---|
Sticky Note tool | S | S |
Text Edits tool | E | E |
Stamp tool | K | K |
Current highlighting tool | U | U |
Cycle through highlighting tools: Highlighter,UnderlineText, Cross Out Text | Shift+U (Windows only) | Shift+U |
Current drawing markup tool | D | D |
Cycle through drawing markup tools: Cloud,Arrow, Line, Rectangle, Oval, Polygon Line,Polygon, Pencil Tool, Eraser Tool | Shift+D (Windows only) | Shift+D |
Cloud tool | Q (Windows only) | Q |
Text Box tool | X | X |
Current Stamp or Attach tool | J | J |
Cycle through Stamp, Attach File,Record Audio Comment | Shift+J | Shift+J |
Move focus to next comment or form field | Tab | Tab |
Move focus to previous comment or form field | Shift+Tab | Shift+Tab |
Open pop-up note (or text field in CommentsList) for comment that has focus | Enter | Return |
Closes pop-up (or text field in Comments List)for comment that has focus | Esc | Esc |
Result | Windows/UNIX Action | Mac OS Action |
---|---|---|
Previous screen | Page Up or Shift+Enter | Page Up or Shift+Return |
Next screen | Page Down or Enter | Page Down or Return |
First page | Home or Shift+Ctrl+Page Up or Shift+Ctrl+UpArrow | Home or Shift+Command+Up Arrow |
Last page | End or Shift+Ctrl+Page Down or Shift+Ctrl+DownArrow | End or Shift+Command+Down Arrow |
Previous page | Left Arrow or Ctrl+Page Up | Left Arrow or Command+Page Up |
Next page | Right Arrow or Ctrl+PageDown | Right Arrow or Command+Page Down |
Previous open document | Ctrl+F6 (UNIX) | Command+F6 |
Next open document | Shift+Ctrl+F6 (UNIX) | Shift+Command+F6 |
Scroll up | Up Arrow | Up Arrow |
Scroll down | Down Arrow | Down Arrow |
Scroll (when Hand tool is selected) | Spacebar | Spacebar |
Zoom in | Ctrl+equal sign | Command+equal sign |
Zoom out | Ctrl+hyphen | Command+hyphen |
These keys are available in the files listof the Details pane.
Result | Windows Action | Mac OS Action |
---|---|---|
Move forward or backward among the currentcolumn header selected for sorting, the current row with focus,and the Go Back button if in a folder | Tab or Shift+Tab | Tab or Shift+Tab |
Move focus to the next or previous row whenin the body of the file list on the left | Up Arrow or DownArrow | Up Arrow or DownArrow |
Selects the next or previous column headerfor sorting | Left Arrow or Right Arrow | Left Arrow or Right Arrow |
If pressed in the body of the file list,navigate one level up from within a folder | Backspace | Delete |
Press the Go Back buttonin a folder if focus is on the button. | Enter or Spacebar | Enter or Spacebar |
If pressed when focus is on a row in thefile list representing a subfolder, navigate to a subfolder, oropen an attachment in Preview mode. | Enter | Enter |
If in the body of the file list, move tothe first or last row | Home or End | Home or End |
If in the body of the file list, move tothe next or last set of rows to fit the screen | Page Down or Page Up | Page Down or Page Up |
Select or deselect all files | Ctrl+A or Shift+Ctrl+A | Command+A or Shift+Command+A |
If in the body of the file list, extendthe selection by adding the next row above or below the selectedrow | Shift+Up Arrow orShift+Down Arrow | Shift+Up Arrow orShift+Down Arrow |
Change whether the row with focus is in theselection | Ctrl+Spacebar | Command+Spacebar |
Move focus up or down one row without changingthe selection | Ctrl+Up Arrow orCtrl+Down Arrow | Command+Up Arrow orCommand+Down Arrow |
Reverse the sort order when focus is ona column header | Spacebar | Spacebar |
Result | Windows Action | Mac OS Action |
---|---|---|
Move focus to the next item among Documentpane, Task panes, Message bar, and Navigation bar | F6 | F6 |
Move focus to the previous item among Documentpane, Task panes, message bar, and Navigation bar | Shift+F6 | Shift+F6 |
Move focus to the next panel in the Task pane | Ctrl+Tab | Command+Tab |
Move focus to the previous panel in the Taskpane | Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Command+ Shift+Tab |
Navigate to the next panel and panel controlwithin an open Task pane | Tab | Tab |
Navigate to the previous panel and panel controlwithin an open Task pane | Shift+Tab | Shift+Tab |
Navigate to the next command button withina panel | Down Arrow | Down Arrow |
Navigate to the previous command buttonwithin a panel | Up Arrow | Up Arrow |
Expand or collapse panel in focus (press F6to move focus to Tools pane, then tab to desired panel) | Spacebar or Enter Left Arrow or RightArrow | Spacebar or Enter Left Arrow or RightArrow |
Open or close the Task pane | Shift+F4 | Shift+F4 |
Close the pane that lists the tasks of an Action | Ctrl+Shift+F4 | Ctrl+Shift+F4 |
Open the menu and move the focus to thefirst menu option when focus is on a command with a submenu or submenu elementwith a flyout | Spacebar or Enter | Spacebar or Enter |
Move the focus back to the parent commandbutton with a submenu or submenu element with a flyout | Esc | Esc |
Run the command in focus | Spacebar or Enter | Spacebar or Enter |
Navigate to the next item in the active panelin the Create New Action, Edit Action, Create New Tool Set, or theEdit Tool Set dialog boxes | Tab | Tab |
Navigate to the previous item in the activepanel in the Create New Action, Edit Action, Create New Tool Set,and the Edit Tool Set dialog boxes | Shift+Tab | Shift+Tab |
Result | Windows/UNIX Action | Mac OS Action |
---|---|---|
Move focus to menus (Windows, UNIX); expandfirst menu item (UNIX) | F10 | Control+F2 |
Move focus to toolbar in browser and application | Shift+F8 | Shift+F8 |
Move to next open document (when focus ison document pane) | Ctrl+F6 | Command+F6 |
Move to previous open document (when focusis on document pane) | Ctrl+Shift+F6 | Command+Shift+F6 |
Close current document | Ctrl+F4 | Command+F4 |
Close all open documents | Not available | Command+Option+W |
Move focus to next comment, link, or formfield in the document pane | Tab | Tab |
Move focus to document pane | F5 | F5 |
Move focus to previous comment, link, or formfield in the document pane | Shift+Tab | Shift+Tab |
Activate selected tool, item (such as a movieclip or bookmark), or command | Spacebar or Enter | Spacebar or Return |
Open context menu | Shift+F10 | Control+click |
Close context menu | F10 | Esc |
Return to Hand tool or Select tool | Esc | Esc |
Move focus to next tab in a tabbed dialog box | Ctrl+Tab | Not available |
Move to previous search result and highlightit in the document | Shift + F3 | Not available |
Move to next search result and highlightit in the document | F3 | F3 |
Search previous document (with Search resultsdisplaying multiple files) | Alt+Shift+Left Arrow (Windows only) | Command+Shift+Left Arrow |
Search next document (with Search resultsdisplaying multiple files) | Alt+Shift+Right Arrow (Windows only) | Command+Shift+Right Arrow |
Select text (with Select tool selected) | Shift+arrow keys | Shift+arrow keys |
Select next word or deselect previous word(with Select tool selected) | Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow orLeft Arrow | Not available |
Result | Windows/UNIX Action | Mac OS Action |
---|---|---|
Open and move focus to navigation pane | Ctrl+Shift+F5 | Command+Shift+F5 |
Move focus among the document, message bar,and navigation panels | F6 | F6 |
Move focus to previous pane or panel | Shift+F6 | Shift+F6 |
Move among the elements of the active navigationpanel | Tab | Tab |
Move to previous or next navigation paneland make it active (when focus is on the panel button) | Up Arrow or DownArrow | Up Arrow or DownArrow |
Move to next navigation panel and make itactive (when focus is anywhere in the navigation pane) | Ctrl+Tab | Not available |
Expand the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarkspanel) | Right Arrow or Shift+plussign | Right Arrow or Shift+plussign |
Collapse the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarkspanel) | Left Arrow or minus sign | Left Arrow or minus sign |
Expand all bookmarks | Shift+* | Shift+* |
Collapse selected bookmark | Forward Slash (/) | Forward Slash (/) |
Move focus to next item in a navigation panel | Down Arrow | Down Arrow |
Move focus to previous item in a navigationpanel | Up Arrow | Up Arrow |
Result | Windows/UNIX Action | Mac OS Action |
---|---|---|
Open Help window | F1 | F1 or Command+? |
Close Help window | Ctrl+W (Windows only) or Alt+F4 | Command+W |
Move back to previously opened topic | Alt+Left Arrow | Command+Left Arrow |
Move forward to next topic | Alt+Right Arrow | Command+Right Arrow |
Move to next pane | Ctrl+Tab | See Help for your default browser |
Move to previous pane | Shift+Ctrl+Tab | See Help for your default browser |
Move focus to the next link within a pane | Tab | Not available |
Move focus to the previous link within a pane | Shift+Tab | Not available |
Activate highlighted link | Enter | Not available |
Print Help topic | Ctrl+P | Command+P |
Result | Windows Action | Mac OS Action |
---|---|---|
Change reading settings for the current document | Shift+Ctrl+5 | Shift+Command+5 |
Reflow a tagged PDF, and return to unreflowedview | Ctrl+4 | Command+4 |
Activate and deactivate Read OutLoud | Shift+Ctrl+Y | Shift+Command+Y |
Read only the current page out loud | Shift+Ctrl+V | Shift+Command+V |
Read out loud from the current page to theend of the document | Shift+Ctrl+B | Shift+Command+B |
Pause reading out loud | Shift+Ctrl+C | Shift+Command+C |
Stop reading out loud | Shift+Ctrl+E | Shift+Command+E |

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Win 7 64 bit
Adobe Reader XI with shortcuts enabled (see Options Menu - General)
German keyboard! (and of course a localized OS and so forth)
Official shortcut list by Adobe: http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/keyboard-shortcuts.html
The official shortcuts are shown when I hover the cursor over the buttons:
turn clockwiseCtrl + Shift + + (plus)
turn counter-clockwiseCtrl + Shift + - (minus)
They are both not working for me. Instead I can only rotate counter-clockwise via this combination:
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- Ctrl + Shift + 1
What is the shortcut to rotate clockwise then?
Tried the following combination with Ctrl + Shift:
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1 Answer
Ok, so here is my take on this problem. I can recreate the issue by adding German keyboard layout. And I can confirm that using Ctrl+Shift++ or Ctrl+Shift+- does not work when German layout is on.
What does work in my case is:
- Ctrl+Shift+] = rotate clockwise
- Ctrl+Shift+/ = rotate counterclockwise
Note: I used German:Germany layout, not Austria,Switzerland or Luxembourg
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However Ctrl+Shift+1 does not do anything in my case. And this makes me think that maybe actual keyboard controller on your German keyboard is behaving differently. Anyway - I would recommend you to first try all possible combinations involving Ctrl+Shift+Some Key and if you have no luck with that try installing English:US layout and see whether that works
UPDATE:I am using a laptop so I do not have dedicated num pad keys. I have figured out the option that works for me regardless of keyboard layout. I have num pad keys mapped accross the keyboad and accessable via Fn. Following combinations are valid:
- Fn+; = Numpad:-
- Fn+/ = Numpad:+
Having that said, following combinations work in Adobe reader regardless the layout. I have tested with German, English and Russian:
- Ctrl+Shift+Fn+; = rotate counterclockwise
- Ctrl+Shift+Fn+/ = rotate clockwise
So I recommend you to experiment with your numpad for better results.