Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 Keyboard Shortcuts

 

Selecting tools
HHand tool
SpacebarTemporarily select Hand tool
VSelect tool
GSnapshot tool
ZCurrent zoom tool
ShftTemporarily select Dynamic Zoom tool (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)
OptnTemporarily zoom out (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)
RSelect Object tool
OObject Data tool
AArticle tool
CCrop tool
LLink tool
FButton tool
Shft+FCycle through forms tools: Button, Check Box, Combo Box, List Box, Radio Button, Text Field, Digital Signature
MMovie tool
Shft+MSound tool
TTouchUp Text tool
Shft+TTouchUp Object tool
BDistance tool
Shft+BCycle through measuring tools: Distance, Perimeter, Area
 
Editing
Cmnd+ASelect all content
Cmnd+Shft+ADeselect all content
Cmnd+0Fit page
 
Working with comments
SSticky Note tool
EText Edits tool
KStamp tool
UCurrent highlighting tool
Shft+UCycle through highlighting tools: Highlighter, Cross-Out Text, Underline Text
DArrow tool
Shft+DCycle through drawing markup tools: Rectangle, Oval, Arrow, Line, Polygon, Polygon Line
QCloud tool
XText Box tool
JAttach file as comment
Shft+JCycle through attach tools: Attach File, Attach Sound, Paste Clipboard Image
TabMove focus to comment
Shft+TabMove focus to next comment
ReturnOpen pop-up window for comment that has focus
OSend and receive comments in browser-based review
IGo back online
 
Navigating a PDF
Page UpPrevious screen
Page DownNext screen
Home or Shft+Cmnd+Up ArrowFirst page
End or Shft+Cmnd+Down ArrowLast page
Left Arrow or Cmnd+Page UpPrevious page
Right Arrow or Cmnd+Page DownNext page
Cmnd+Left ArrowPrevious view
Cmnd+Right ArrowNext view
Not availablePrevious document (with multiple PDFs open in a single document window)
Not availableNext document (with multiple PDFs open in a single document window)
Up ArrowScroll up
Down ArrowScroll down
SpacebarScroll (when Hand tool is selected)
Cmnd+equal signZoom in
Cmnd+hyphenZoom out
 
General Navigating
Shft+Cmnd+MShow/hide menu bar
Ctrl+F2Move focus to menus
Shft+F8Move focus to toolbar in browser
Cmnd+F6Move to next open document (when focus is on document pane)
Cmnd+Shft+F6Move to previous open document (when focus is on document pane)
Cmnd+F4Close current document
Cmnd+Shft+WClose all open windows
F6Move focus to next tabbed page or palette
Shft+F6Move focus to previous pane or panel
TabMove focus to next comment, link, or form field in the document pane
F5Move focus to document pane
Shft+TabMove focus to previous comment, link, or form field in the document pane
Spacebar or EnterActivate selected tool, item (such as a movie or bookmark), or command
Ctrl+clickOpen context menu
EscClose context menu
EscReturn to Hand tool or Select tool
Not availableMove focus to next tab in a tabbed dialog box
F3 or Cmnd+GMove to next search result and highlight it in the document
Shft+Arrow keysSelect text (with Select tool selected)
Cmnd+Right Arrow or Left ArrowSelect next word or deselect previous word (with Select tool selected)
 
Navigation panels
F4Show/hide navigation pane
Cmnd+Shft+F5Open and move focus to navigation pane
F6Move focus among the document, message bar, and navigation panels
TabMove focus to next element of the active navigation panel: Trash Can, Options menu, Close box, panel contents, or panel button
Up Arrow or Down ArrowMove to previous or next navigation panel and make it active (when focus is on the panel button)
Not availableMove to next navigation panel and make it active (when focus is anywhere in the navigation pane)
Right Arrow or Shft+plus signExpand the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarks panel)
Left Arrow or minus signCollapse the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarks panel)
Shft+*Expand all bookmarks
Forward Slash (/)Collapse selected bookmark
Down ArrowMove focus to next item in a navigation panel
Up ArrowMove focus to previous item in a navigation panel
 
Navigating the Help window
F1 or Cmnd+?Open Help window
Cmnd+QClose Help window
Not availableMove focus between navigation pane and topic pane
Not availableMove focus to the next link within a pane
Not availableMove focus to the previous link within a pane
 
Navigating the How To panel
Shft+F4Open or close How To panel
Shft+F1Open and move focus to How To panel
Not availableGo to How To home page from a How To topic
Not availableMove focus between the elements of the How To panel and the header of the How To panel
TabMove focus down through the elements of the How To panel
Shft+TabMove focus up through the elements of the How To panel
Right ArrowGo forward to next page in How To panel viewing history
Left ArrowGo back to previous page in How To panel viewing history

 

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