Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut key for each function can be seen in the application by hovering over the icon on the toolbar. The function name and shortcut key will display in a tooltip.

 

General Shortcuts

Action Windows / Linux Mac
New Document Ctrl + N ⌘ + N
Open Ctrl + O ⌘ + O
Save Ctrl + S ⌘ + S
Save as Ctrl + Shift + S ⌘ + Shift + S
Close Ctrl + W ⌘ + W
Revert/Reload Ctrl + Shift + G ⌘ + Shift + G
Print Ctrl + P ⌘ + P
Exit Ctrl + Q ⌘ + Q
Undo Ctrl + Z ⌘ + Z
Redo Ctrl + Y ⌘ + Shift + Z
Show file path n/a ⌘ or Ctrl + click window title
Open Preferences Ctrl + K ⌘ + K

 

Document Shortcuts

Action Windows / Linux Mac
Create bookmark Ctrl + B ⌘ + B
Add blank page Ctrl + Shift + B ⌘ + Shift + B
Quick Search Ctrl + F ⌘ + F
Advanced Search Ctrl + Shift + F ⌘ + Shift +  F
Rotate pages Ctrl + Shift + R ⌘ + Shift + R
Crop Pages Ctrl + Shift + C ⌘ + Shift + C
Document properties Ctrl + D ⌘ + D
Preflight Ctrl + Shift + X ⌘ + Shift + X
Optimize Ctrl + Shift + O ⌘ + Shift + O

 

Navigation/View Shortcuts

Action Windows / Linux Mac
First Page Home Home
Last Page End End
Next Page PgDn or Space PgDn or Space
Previous Page PgUp or Shift + Space PgUp or Shift + Space
Go to Page Ctrl + Shift + P ⌘ + Shift + P
Scroll Down Space Or ↓ Space Or ↓
Scroll Up  ↑  ↑
Next view Alt + → ⌘ + [
Previous view Alt + ← ⌘ + ]
Rotate clockwise Ctrl + Shift + → ⌘ + Shift + →
Rotate counter-clockwise Ctrl + Shift + ← ⌘ + Shift + ←
Zoom to actual size Ctrl + 1 ⌘ + 1
Zoom to fit page Ctrl + 0 ⌘ + 0
Zoom to fit width Ctrl + 2 ⌘ + 2
Zoom in Ctrl + Plus or Ctrl + Mouse wheel up ⌘ + Plus or Alt + Mouse wheel up
Zoom out Ctrl + Minus or Ctrl + Mouse wheel down ⌘ + Minus or Alt + Mouse wheel down
Zoom Tool Ctrl + Spacebar - Zoom In
Ctrl + Alt + Spacebar - Zoom Out
Spacebar + ⌘- Zoom In
Spacebar + ⌘ + Option - Zoom Out
Cascade Windows Ctrl + Shift + J ⌘ + Shift + J
Tile: Windows Horizontally Ctrl + Shift + K ⌘ + Shift + K
Tile: Windows Vertically Ctrl + Shift + L ⌘ + Shift + L
Enter/Exit Form Editor Ctrl + Shift + M ⌘ + Shift + M
My Comments Pane Ctrl + Shift + T ⌘ + Shift + T
Reading Mode Ctrl + H ⌘ + Ctrl + H
Full Screen Mode Ctrl + L ⌘ + L
Compare Side by Side Ctrl + Shift + N ⌘ + Shift + N
Auto Scroll Ctrl + Shift + H ⌘ + Shift + H
Reverse Auto Scroll Direction - minus key - minus key
Auto Scroll Speed 0-9 (0 slowest | 9 fastest) 0-9 (0 slowest | 9 fastest)
Ruler (show / hide) Ctrl + R Ctrl + R
Toggle Read Out Loud (activate/deactivate) Ctrl + Shift + V Ctrl + Shift + V
Read Out Loud current page Ctrl + Shift + W Ctrl + Shift + W
Read from current page to the end of the document Ctrl + Shift + Z Ctrl + Shift + Z
Pause/Resume Read Out Loud Ctrl + J Ctrl + J
Stop Read Out Loud Ctrl + K Ctrl + K

 

Select/Edit Tools

Tool/Action Windows / Linux Mac
Hand Tool Esc or Hold Spacebar Esc or Hold Spacebar
Select Text Cursor Ctrl + T ⌘ + T
Rectangular text selection Ctrl + drag cursor ⌘ + drag cursor
Edit Interactive Object Ctrl + I ⌘ + I
Edit Content Ctrl + Shift + E ⌘ + Shift + E
Redaction Tool Ctrl + Shift + Y ⌘ + Shift + Y
Select All Text Ctrl + A ⌘ + A
Deselect All Text Ctrl + Shift + A ⌘ + Shift + A
Flatten All Form Fields Ctrl + Shift + D ⌘ + Shift + D
Snapshot Tool Ctrl + G ⌘ + G

 

Annotation Shortcuts

Annotation Windows / Linux Mac
Area Ctrl + Alt + E ⌘ + Alt + E
Area Highlighter Ctrl + Alt + I ⌘ + Alt + I
Arrow Ctrl + Alt + A ⌘ + Alt + A
Attach File Ctrl + Alt + F ⌘ + Alt + F
Callout Ctrl + Alt + V ⌘ + Alt + V
Circle Ctrl + Alt + C ⌘ + Alt + C
Cloud Ctrl + Alt + B ⌘ + Alt + B
Cross out Text Ctrl + Alt + O ⌘ + Alt + O
Distance Ctrl + Alt + M ⌘ + Alt + M
Text Box Ctrl + Alt + T / Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T ⌘ + Alt + T
Highlight Text Ctrl + Alt + H ⌘ + Alt + Shift + H
Insert Image Ctrl + Shift + I ⌘ + Shift + I
Insert Text Ctrl + Alt + X ⌘ + Alt + X
Line Ctrl + Alt + L / Ctrl + Alt + Shift + L ⌘ + Alt + L
Pencil Ctrl + Alt + P ⌘ + Alt + P
Link Ctrl + Alt + K ⌘ + Alt + K
Perimeter Ctrl + Alt + R ⌘ + Alt + R
Polygon Ctrl + Alt + G ⌘ + Alt + G
Polyline Ctrl + Alt + Y ⌘ + Alt + Y
Replace Text Ctrl + Alt + Z ⌘ + Alt + Z
Sound Ctrl + Alt + S / Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S ⌘ + Alt + S
Square Ctrl + Alt + Q ⌘ + Alt + Shift + R
Squiggly Underline Ctrl + Alt + J ⌘ + Alt + J
Sticky Note Ctrl + Alt + N ⌘ + Alt + N
Underline Text Ctrl + Alt + U ⌘ + Alt + U
Typewriter Ctrl + Alt + W ⌘ + Alt + W

 

Text Annotation Shortcuts

These are used only when editing text in Typewriter, Callout, and Text Box annotations.

Action Windows / Linux Mac
Bold Ctrl + B ⌘ + B
Italic Ctrl +  I ⌘ + I
Underline Ctrl + U ⌘ + U
Increase Font Size Ctrl + Shift + > ⌘ + Shift + >
Decrease Font Size Ctrl + Shift + < ⌘ + Shift + <
Left Align Ctrl + L ⌘ + L
Center Align Ctrl + E ⌘ + E
Right Align Ctrl + R ⌘ + R

 

Content Editing Shortcuts

These are used only when editing content in the PDF.

Action Windows / Linux Mac
Bring to Front Ctrl + Shift + ↑ ⌘ + Shift + ↑
Send to Back Ctrl + Shift + ↓ ⌘ + Shift + ↓
Send Forward Ctrl + ↑ ⌘ + ↑
Send Backwards Ctrl + ↓ ⌘ + ↓