Adobe Acrobat Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

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

SpaceEnter

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

SpaceEnter

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

SpaceEnter

Expand or collapse View more when in focus

SpaceEnter

Expand or collapse View less when in focus

SpaceEnter

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)

Ctrl

Zoom In tool (temporary selection)

Ctrl+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

Ctrl+J

Insert blank pages tool

Ctrl+Shift+T

Insert files

Ctrl+Shift+I

Delete pages

Ctrl+Shift+D

Open Output Preview

`

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

Ctrl+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

Ctrl+Tab

Move focus to the previous panel in the Task pane

Ctrl+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)

SpaceEnter

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

SpaceEnter

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

SpaceEnter

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

Enter

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+Enter

Go to next screen

Pg Dn

or

Enter

Go to first page

Home

or

Ctrl+Shift+Pg Up

or

Ctrl+Shift+Up

Go to last page

End

or

Ctrl+Shift+Pg Dn

or

Ctrl+Shift+Down

Go to previous page

Left

or

Ctrl+Pg Up

Go to next page

Right

or

Ctrl+Pg Dn

Go to page

Ctrl+Shift+N

Previous open document

Ctrl+F6

Next open document

Ctrl+Shift+F6

Scroll up

Up

Scroll down

Down

Scroll (when Hand tool is selected)

Space

Zoom in

Ctrl+=

Zoom out

Ctrl+-

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

Bksp

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

EnterSpace

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

Enter

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

Ctrl+A

or

Ctrl+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

Ctrl+Space

Move focus up or down one row without changing the selection

Ctrl+UpDown

Invoke the Menu (press F6 to move focus to the hamburger menu)

SpaceEnter

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

EnterSpace

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)

Ctrl+F6

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

Ctrl+Shift+F6

Close current document

Ctrl+F4

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

SpaceEnter

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

Tab,Shift+F10

Close context menu

F10

Return to Hand tool or Select tool

Esc

Move focus to next tab in a tabbed dialog box

Ctrl+Tab

Find in document

Ctrl+F

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

F3

or

Ctrl+G

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

Alt+Shift+Left

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

Alt+Shift+Right

Select text (with Select tool selected)

Shift+UpDownLeftRight

Select the next word or deselect the previous word (with Select tool selected)

Ctrl+Shift+RightLeft

Increase or decrease the value of a slider

RightLeft

Open and move focus to navigation pane

Ctrl+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

Move to next navigation panel and make it active (when the focus is anywhere in the navigation pane)

Ctrl+Tab

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

Enter

Open selected To Do card

Enter

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

Ctrl+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

Close Acrobat user guide

Ctrl+W

or

Alt+F4

Move back to the previously opened topic

Alt+Left

Move forward to the next topic

Alt+Right

Move to the next pane

Ctrl+Tab

Move to the previous pane

Ctrl+Shift+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

Ctrl+P

Edit Tag

F2

Change reading settings for the current document

Ctrl+Shift+5

Reflow a tagged PDF, and return to normal view

Ctrl+4

Activate and deactivate Read out loud

Ctrl+Shift+Y

Read only the current page out loud

Ctrl+Shift+V

Read out loud the whole document

Ctrl+Shift+B

Pause reading out loud

Ctrl+Shift+C

Stop reading out loud

Ctrl+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

Enter

in a single-line text field

Create paragraph return in same form field

Enter

in a multiline text field

Turn the Checkbox on or off

Enter

on a checkbox field

Enter typing and deselect current form field

Num Enter

Insert tab into Text field

Ctrl+Tab