69 Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts for Mac user

March 1, 2021Last Updated: March 12, 2022

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Tools Shortcuts
Accessibility Shortcuts
Comments Shortcuts
Navigation Shortcuts
Help Window Navigation Shortcuts
Navigation Panels Shortcuts

Adobe Acrobat has a very easy interface to use, but it’s even easier when used with Adobe Acrobat shortcuts.

List of Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts Mac

Try out these Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts for Mac users, the next time when you are creating or editing a PDF. I know the shortcut list is huge, but you can try to use as many shortcuts as possible.

Tools Shortcuts

Action	Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts
Hand Tool	H
Temporarily select the Hand tool	Spacebar
Select tool	V
Marquee Zoom tool	Z
Temporarily select Zoom In tool	Command + Spacebar
Select Object tool	R
Edit Object tool	O
Enter/Exit Forms editing	A
Crop tool	C
Link tool	L
Text field tool	F
3D tool	M
Edit Document Text tool	T
Redaction	Shift + Y
JavaScript Debugger	Command + J
Insert Blank Pages tool	Shift + Command + T
Insert Files	Command + Shift + I
Delete Pages	Command + Shift + D
Open Output Preview	~

Accessibility Shortcuts

Action	Acrobat Pro Shortcuts
Change reading settings for the current document	Shift + Command + 5
Reflow a tagged PDF	Command + 4
Activate and deactivate Read Out Loud	Shift + Command + Y
Read only the current page out loud	Shift + Command + V
Readout loud from the current page to the end of the document	Shift + Command + B
Pause reading out loud	Shift + Command + C
Stop reading out loud	Shift + Command + E

Comments Shortcuts

Action	Acrobat Pro Shortcuts
Sticky Note tool	S
Text Edits tool	E
Stamp tool	K
Current highlighting tool	U
Current drawing markup tool	D
Cloud tool	Q
Text Box tool	X
Current Stamp or Attach tool	J

Navigation Shortcuts

Action	Acrobat Pro Shortcuts
Previous Screen	Page Up
Next screen	Page Down
First page	Home
Last page	End
Previous page	Left Arrow key
Next page	Right Arrow key
Previous open document	Command + F6
Next open document	Shift + Command + F6
Scroll up	Up Arrow key
Scroll down	Down Arrow key
Zoom in	Command + +
Zoom out	Command + –

Help Window Navigation Shortcuts

Action	Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts
Open Help window	F1
Close Help window	Command + W
Move back to the previously opened topic	Option + Left Arrow key
Move forward to the next topic	Option + Right Arrow key
Move to the next pane	Command + Tab
Move to the previous pane	Shift + Command + Tab
Move focus to the next link within a pane	Tab
Move focus to the previous link within a pane	Shift + Tab
Activate highlighted link	Enter
Print Help topic	Command + P

Navigation Panels Shortcuts

Action	Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts
Open and move focus to the navigation pane	Command + Shift + F5
Move focus among the document, message bar	F6
Move focus to the previous pane or panel	Shift + F6
Move among the elements of the active navigation panel	Tab
Move to the previous or next navigation panel and make it active	Up Arrow key
Move to the next navigation panel and make it active	Command + Tab
Expand the current bookmark	Right Arrow key
Collapse the current bookmark	Left Arrow key
Expand all bookmarks	Shift + *
Collapse selected bookmark	/
Move focus to the next item in a navigation panel	Down Arrow key
Move focus to the previous item in a navigation panel	Up Arrow key
Run the command in focus	Spacebar

Download Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts PDF

With all the above Adobe Acrobat shortcuts you can access tools, navigate faster, edit, explore accessibility options, comment, sign PDF documents, and manage PDF documents much faster and easier. This will indirectly lead to improved productivity. Other than Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts from the Adobe Family, we have a blog on Adobe Illustrator shortcuts as well.

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