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70 Adobe Acrobat Keyboard Shortcuts

Adobe Acrobat is primarily used for creating, editing, and viewing PDF (Portable Document Format) files. It enables users to convert various file formats into PDFs, combine multiple documents into one PDF, add annotations, edit text and images, digitally sign documents, and securely share files across different platforms. Let’s check out Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts for Windows & Mac.

List of Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts

These Acrobat Pro shortcuts are specially implemented to improve workflow, be more efficient, and lead to the overall growth and productivity of the users.

Tools Shortcuts

Action Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts Windows Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts Mac
Hand Tool H H
Temporarily select the Hand tool Spacebar Spacebar
Select tool V V
Marquee Zoom tool Z Z
Temporarily select Zoom In tool Ctrl + Spacebar Command + Spacebar
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
3D tool M M
Edit Document Text tool T T
Redaction Shift + Y Shift + Y
JavaScript Debugger Ctrl + J Command + J
Insert Blank Pages tool Shift + Ctrl + T Shift + Command + T
Insert Files Ctrl + Shift + I Command + Shift + I
Delete Pages Ctrl + Shift + D Command + Shift + D
Open Output Preview ~ ~

Accessibility Shortcuts

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

Comments Shortcuts

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

Navigation Shortcuts

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

Help Window Navigation Shortcuts

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

Navigation Panels Shortcuts

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

With all the above Adobe Acrobat shortcut keys, 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 shortcut keys from the Adobe family, we also have a blog on Adobe Illustrator shortcuts.

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