Adobe Acrobat Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac

Move focus to the next tool in the global toolbar

Tab

Move focus to the previous tool in the global toolbar

Shift+Tab

Expand the tool in focus

SpaceReturn

Close the open tool when the close button is in focus in the opened tool from the global toolbar

SpaceReturn

Move focus to the View more option in the All tools pane

Tab

Navigate to the next touchpoint within the All tools pane

Down

Navigate to the previous touchpoint within the All tools pane

Up

Open a touchpoint in focus in the open tool

SpaceReturn

Expand or collapse View more when in focus

SpaceReturn

Expand or collapse View less when in focus

SpaceReturn

Close the All tools pane

Esc

To use these single-key shortcuts, open the Menu > Preferences (Acrobat > Preferences on macOS), select General, then turn on Use single-key accelerators to access tools.

Hand tool (temporary selection)

Space

Pan (Hand) tool

H

Select tool

V

Marquee Zoom tool

Z

Cycle through zoom tools: Marquee Zoom, Dynamic Zoom, Loupe

Shift+Z

Dynamic Zoom tool (temporary selection when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)

Shift

Zoom out (temporary selection when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)

Opt

Zoom In tool (temporary selection)

Cmd+Space

Select Object tool

R

Edit Object tool

O

Enter/Exit Forms editing

A

Crop tool

C

Link tool

L

Text Field tool

F

Cycle through tools in forms authoring modeText Field, Check Box, Radio Button, List Box, Dropdown Box, Button, Digital Signature, Barcode

Shift+F

Use 3D tool

M

Cycle through Multimedia tools: 3D object, SWF, Sound, Video

Shift+M

Edit text

T

Redact

Shift+Y

Cycle through Touch Up tools: Touch Up Text, Touch Up Reading Order, Touch Up Object

Shift+T

JavaScript Debugger

Cmd+J

Insert blank pages tool

Cmd+Shift+T

Insert files

Cmd+Shift+I

Delete pages

Cmd+Shift+D

Open Output Preview

`

Touch Up Reading Order tool (or if already selected, return focus to dialog box)

Cmd+Shift+U

Move focus to the next item among the Document pane, Task panes, Message bar, and Navigation bar

F6

Move focus to the previous item among Document pane, Task panes, message bar, and Navigation bar

Shift+F6

Move focus to the next panel in the Task pane

Opt+Tab

Move focus to the previous panel in the Task pane

Cmd+Shift+Tab

Navigate to the next panel and panel control within an open Task pane

Tab

Navigate to the previous panel and panel control within an open Task pane

Shift+Tab

Navigate to the next command button within a panel

Down

Navigate to the previous command button within a panel

Up

Expand or collapse panel in focus (press F6 to move focus to All tools pane, then tab to desired panel)

SpaceReturn

Open or close the Task pane

Shift+F4

Close the pane that lists the tasks of an action

Ctrl+Shift+F4

Open the menu and move the focus to the first menu option

SpaceReturn

on a command with a submenu or submenu element with a flyout

Move the focus back to the parent command button with a submenu or submenu element with a flyout

Esc

Run the command in focus

SpaceReturn

Navigate to the next item in the active panel

Tab

in the Create New Action, Edit Action, Create Custom Tool, or Edit Custom Tool dialog boxes

Navigate to the previous item in the active panel

Shift+Tab

in the Create New Action, Edit Action, Create Custom Tool, or Edit Custom Tool dialog boxes

Select Add a comment tool

S

Use Add a stamp tool

KJ

Select current highlighting tool

U

Cycle through Highlight, Underline, and Strikethrough text tools

Shift+U

Current drawing markup tool

D

Cycle through the drawing markup tools

Shift+D

Select Cloud tool

Q

Select Add text comment tool

X

Cycle through Add a stamp, Attach file, and Sound Recorder

Shift+J

Move focus to the next comment or form field

Tab

Move focus to the previous comment or form field

Shift+Tab

Add a checkmark in the Comments list for the selected comment

Shift+K

Open pop-up note (or text field in the Comments list) for comments in focus

Return

Reply to the comment in focus in the Comments list

R

Close or exit pop-up (or text field in the Comments list) for comment that has the focus

Esc

Go to previous screen

Pg Up

or

Shift+Return

Go to next screen

Pg Dn

or

Return

Go to first page

Home

or

Cmd+Shift+Up

Go to last page

End

or

Cmd+Shift+Down

Go to previous page

Left

or

Cmd+Pg Up

Go to next page

Right

or

Cmd+Pg Dn

Go to page

Cmd+Shift+N

Previous open document

Cmd+F6

Next open document

Cmd+Shift+F6

Scroll up

Up

Scroll down

Down

Scroll (when Hand tool is selected)

Space

Zoom in

Cmd+=

Zoom out

Cmd+-

Toggle between editing and previewing your form

P

Toggle guides On and Off

G

Align selected fields left

L

Align selected fields right

R

Align selected fields top

T

Align selected fields bottom

B

Align selected fields horizontal

H

Align selected fields vertical

V

Center fields horizontally

Shift+H

Center fields vertically

Shift+V

Highlight fields

Shift+L

Show Tab Order

Shift+N

Document JavaScripts

Shift+D

Move focus to the next or previous row when in the body of the file list on the left

UpDown

If pressed in the body of the file list, navigate one level up from within a folder

Fwd Del

Press the Go Back button in a folder if focus is on the button

ReturnSpace

Navigate to a subfolder, or open an attachment in Preview mode

Return

on a row in the file list representing a subfolder

If in the body of the file list, move to the first or last row

HomeEnd

If in the body of the file list, move to the next or last set of rows to fit the screen

Pg DnPg Up

Select or deselect all files

Cmd+A

or

Cmd+Shift+A

If in the body of the file list, extend the selection by adding the next row above or below the selected row

Shift+UpDown

Change whether the row with focus is in the selection

Cmd+Space

Move focus up or down one row without changing the selection

Cmd+UpDown

Execute the Acrobat>Hide Others option

Cmd+Opt+T

Move focus to the toolbar in the browser and Home view in the application

Shift+F8

Navigate through other controls in the top bar - Home, Tools, Document

Right

or

Left

or

Tab

or

Shift+Tab

Select a highlighted control in the top bar

ReturnSpace

Move to the next open document tab

Ctrl+Tab

Move to the previous open document tab

Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Move to next open document window (when focus is on document pane)

Cmd+F6

Move to the previous open document window (when focus is on document pane)

Cmd+Shift+F6

Close current document

Cmd+F4

Close all open documents

Cmd+Opt+W

Move focus to the next comment, link, or form field in the document pane

Tab

Move focus to the document pane

F5

Move focus to the previous comment, link, or form field in the document pane

Shift+Tab

Activate selected tool, item (such as a movie clip or bookmark), or command

SpaceReturn

Open context menu (press F6 to move focus to the desired menu)

Ctrl+Click

Close context menu

Esc

Return to Hand tool or Select tool

Esc

Find in document

Cmd+F

Move to the next search result and highlight it in the document

Cmd+G

Search the previous document (with Search results displaying multiple files)

Cmd+Shift+Left

Search the next document (with Search results displaying multiple files)

Cmd+Shift+Right

Select text (with Select tool selected)

Shift+UpDownLeftRight

Increase or decrease the value of a slider

Ctrl+Opt+RightLeft

Open and move focus to navigation pane

Cmd+Shift+F5

Move focus among the document, message bar, and navigation panels

F6

Move focus to 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 (when the focus is on the panel button)

UpDown

Select or deselect a file in file list (open/close Context pane with file selection)

Space

Select or deselect a To Do card (open/close Context pane with To Do card selection)

Space

Open selected file in file list

Return

Open selected To Do card

Return

Move focus to the next/previous file row in file list for selecting single file row

UpDownLeftRight

Extend the selection by adding the next row above or below the selected row

Shift+UpDownLeftRight

Move focus up or down one row without changing the selection

Cmd+UpDownLeftRight

Expand the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarks panel)

Right

or

Shift+=

Collapse the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarks panel)

Left

or

-

Expand all bookmarks

Shift+8

Collapse selected bookmark

/

Move focus to the next item in the navigation panel

Down

Move focus to the previous item in a navigation panel

Up

Open Acrobat user guide

F1

or

Cmd+Shift+/

Close Acrobat user guide

Cmd+W

Move back to the previously opened topic

Cmd+Left

Move forward to the next topic

Cmd+Right

Print Help topic

Cmd+P

Edit Tag

F2

Change reading settings for the current document

Cmd+Shift+5

Reflow a tagged PDF, and return to normal view

Cmd+4

Activate and deactivate Read out loud

Cmd+Shift+Y

Read only the current page out loud

Cmd+Shift+V

Read out loud the whole document

Cmd+Shift+B

Pause reading out loud

Cmd+Shift+C

Stop reading out loud

Cmd+Shift+E

Enter typing and move to next field

Tab

or

Shift+Tab

Select previous Radio button in a group

UpLeft

Select next Radio button

DownRight

Reject and deselect form field

Esc

Exit the full screen mode

Esc,Esc

Accept typing and deselect field

Return

in a single-line text field

Create paragraph return in same form field

Return

in a multiline text field

Turn the Checkbox on or off

Return

on a checkbox field

Enter typing and deselect current form field

Num Return

Insert tab into Text field

Cmd+Tab