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Keys for navigating tools on the tools pane

Windows/UNIX macOS
Tool
action action

Move focus to the next item among the top global F6

toolbar, All tools panel, Document pane, Task panes, F6
Message bar, and Navigation bar

Move focus to the previous item among the top global Shift + F6 Shift + F6
toolbar, All tools panel, Document pane, Task panes,
Message bar, and Navigation bar

Move focus to the next tool in the global toolbar at the Tab Tab
top

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 Move Focus to the previous tool in the global toolbar at Shift + Tab Shift + Tab
the top

Navigate to the next command button within a panel Down Arrow Down
Arrow

Navigate to the previous command button within a Up Arrow Up Arrow

panel

Expand the tool in focus (press F6 to move focus to the Spacebar or Enter Spacebar or
top global toolbar, then tab to the desired tool) Enter

Move focus to the currently opened tool bar F6 F6

Open or close the Task pane Shift + F4 Shift + F4

Move focus to the First option in the All tools pane on Tab Tab
the left

Move focus to the close option in the All tools pane on Tab Tab
the left

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

Move focus to the View more option in the All tools

Tab Tab
pane

Navigate to the next touchpoint within the All Down

Down Arrow
tools pane Arrow

Navigate to the previous touchpoint within the All tools

Up Arrow Up Arrow
pane

Spacebar or
Open a touchpoint in focus in the open tool Spacebar or Enter
Enter

Spacebar or
Expand or collapse View more when in focus Spacebar or Enter
Enter

Spacebar or
Expand or collapse View less when in focus Spacebar or Enter
Enter

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 Move the focus back to the first tool in the All tools
Esc Esc
pane

Move focus to menu options in the LHP toolbar (other

Tab Tab
than All tools Panel)

Keys for selecting tools

To enable single-key shortcuts, open the Preferences dialog box (Edit > Preferences), and under
General, select the Use Single-Key Accelerators To Access Tools option.

Windows/UNIX
Tool macOS action
action

Temporarily select the Hand tool Spacebar Spacebar

Hand tool H H

Select tool V V

Marquee Zoom tool Z Z

Cycle through zoom tools: Marquee Zoom, Shift+Z Shift+Z

Dynamic Zoom, Loupe

Temporarily select Dynamic Zoom tool (when Shift Shift

Marquee Zoom tool is selected)

Temporarily zoom out (when Marquee Zoom Ctrl Option

tool is selected)

Temporarily select Zoom In tool Ctrl+spacebar Spacebar+Command

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

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 Cycle through tools in forms authoring mode: Shift+F Shift+F
Text Field, Check Box, Radio Button, List Box,
Dropdown Box, Button, Digital Signature,
Barcode

3D tool M M

Cycle through Multimedia tools: 3D object, Shift+M Shift+M

SWF, Sound, Video

Edit Document Text tool T T

Redaction Shift+Y Shift+Y

Cycle through Touch Up tools: Touch Up Text, Shift+T Shift+T

Touch Up Reading Order, Touch Up Object

JavaScript Debugger Ctrl+J Command+J

Insert Blank Pages tool Shift+Ctrl+T Shift+Command+T

Insert Files Ctrl+Shift+I Shift+Command+I

Delete pages Ctrl+Shift+D Shift+Command+D

Open Output Preview ~ ~

Touch Up Reading Order tool (or if already Shift+Ctrl+U Shift+Command+U

selected, return focus to dialog box)

Keys for working with comments

To enable single-key shortcuts, open the Preferences dialog box (Edit > Preferences), and under
General, select the Use Single-Key Accelerators To Access Tools option.

Result Windows/UNIX macOS

Action Action

Sticky Note tool S S

Stamp tool K K

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 Result Windows/UNIX macOS
Action Action

Current highlighting tool U U

Cycle through highlighting tools: Highlighter, Underline Shift+U (Windows Shift+U

Text, Cross Out Text only)

Current drawing markup tool D D

Cycle through drawing markup tools: Cloud, Arrow, Shift+D (Windows Shift+D
Line, Rectangle, Oval, Polygon Line, Polygon, Pencil only)
Tool, Eraser Tool

Cloud tool Q (Windows only) Q

Text Box tool X X

Current Stamp or Attach tool J J

Cycle through Stamp, Attach File, Record Audio Shift+J Shift+J

Comment

Move focus to the next comment or form field Tab Tab

Move focus to previous comment or form field Shift+Tab Shift+Tab

Add a checkmark in the Comments List for the selected

Shift+K Shift+K
comment

Open pop-up note (or text field in the Comments List) Enter Return
for comment that has the focus

Reply to the comment, in the Comments List, that has

R R
the focus

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

Keys for navigating a PDF

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 Result Windows/UNIX Action macOS Action

Previous screen Page Up or Shift+Enter Page Up or Shift+Return

Next screen Page Down or Enter Page Down or Return

First page Home or Shift+Ctrl+Page Up or Home or Shift+Command+Up

Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow Arrow

Last page End or Shift+Ctrl+Page Down or End or

Shift+Ctrl+Down Arrow Shift+Command+Down
Arrow

Previous page Left Arrow or Ctrl+Page Up Left Arrow or

Command+Page Up

Next page Right Arrow or Ctrl+Page Down Right Arrow or

Command+Page Down

Go to page Ctrl+Shift+N Command+Shift+N

Previous open Ctrl+F6 (UNIX) Command+F6

document

Next open document Shift+Ctrl+F6 (UNIX) Shift+Command+F6

Scroll up Up Arrow Up Arrow

Scroll down Down Arrow Down Arrow

Scroll (when Hand Spacebar Spacebar

tool is selected)

Zoom in Ctrl+equal sign Command+equal sign

Zoom out Ctrl+hyphen Command+hyphen

Keys for working with Forms

To enable single-key shortcuts, open the Preferences dialog box (Edit > Preferences), and under
General, select the Use Single-Key Accelerators To Access Tools option.

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 Result Windows/UNIX macOS
Action Action

Toggle between editing and previewing your P P

form

Toggle Guides On / Off G G

Align selected fields left L L

Align selected fields right R R

Align selected fields top T T

Align selected fields bottom B B

Align selected fields horizontal H H

Align selected fields vertical V V

Center fields horizontally Shift+H Shift+H

Center fields vertically Shift+V Shift+V

Highlight fields Shift+L Shift+L

Show Tab Order Shift+N Shift+N

Document JavaScripts Shift+D Shift+D

Keys for working with PDF Portfolios

These keys are available in the files list of the Details pane.

Result Windows Action macOS Action

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

If pressed in the body of the file list, Backspace Delete

navigate one level up from within a

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 folder

Press the Go Back button in a folder if Enter or Spacebar Enter or Spacebar

focus is on the button.

If pressed when focus is on a row in the Enter Enter

file list representing a subfolder,
navigate to a subfolder, or open an
attachment in Preview mode.

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

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

Select or deselect all files Ctrl+A or Command+A or

Shift+Ctrl+A Shift+Command+A

If in the body of the file list, extend the Shift+Up Arrow or Shift+Up Arrow or
selection by adding the next row above Shift+Down Arrow Shift+Down Arrow
or below the selected row

Change whether the row with focus is Ctrl+Spacebar Command+Spacebar

in the selection

Move focus up or down one row Ctrl+Up Arrow or Command+Up Arrow or

without changing the selection Ctrl+Down Arrow Command+Down Arrow

Keys for navigating task panes

Result Windows macOS Action

Action

Move focus to the next item among Document pane, F6 F6

Task panes, Message bar, and Navigation bar

Move focus to the previous item among Document Shift+F6 Shift+F6

pane, Task panes, message bar, and Navigation bar

Move focus to the next panel in the Task pane Ctrl+Tab Option +Tab

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 Move focus to the previous panel in the Task pane Ctrl+Shift+Tab Command+
Shift+Tab

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

Navigate to the previous panel and panel control Shift+Tab Shift+Tab

within an open Task pane

Navigate to the next command button within a panel Down Arrow Down Arrow

Navigate to the previous command button within a Up Arrow Up Arrow

panel

Expand or collapse panel in focus (press F6 to move Spacebar or Spacebar or

focus to Tools pane, then tab to desired panel) Enter Enter

Open or close the Task pane Shift+F4 Shift+F4

Close the pane that lists the tasks of an Action Ctrl+Shift+F4 Ctrl+Shift+F4

Open the menu and move the focus to the first menu Spacebar or Spacebar or
option when focus is on a command with a submenu Enter Enter
or submenu element with a flyout

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

Run the command in focus Spacebar or Spacebar or

Enter Enter

Navigate to the next item in the active panel in the Tab Tab
Create New Action, Edit Action, Create Custom Tool, or
the Edit Custom Tool dialog boxes

Navigate to the previous item in the active panel in the Shift+Tab Shift+Tab
Create New Action, Edit Action, Create Custom Tool, or
the Edit Custom Tool dialog boxes

Keys for general navigation

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 Result Windows/UNIX macOS Action
Action

Invokes the hamburger

menu (press F6 to move focus to Spacebar or Enter
the hamburger menu)

Executes the Acrobat > Hide

Option+Command+T
Others option (macOS)

Move focus to the toolbar in Shift+F8 Shift+F8

browser and application
(In the application, sets focus to the
first button in the top bar - Home)

Navigate through the other controls

Right/Left Arrow or Right/Left Arrow or
in the top bar - Home, Tools,
Tab/Shift Tab Tab/Shift Tab
Document

Select a highlighted control in the

Enter or Spacebar Return or Spacebar
top bar

Move to next open document tab Ctrl+Tab Control+Tab

(when multiple documents are
open in same window)

Move to previous open document Ctrl+Shift+Tab Control+Shift+Tab

tab (when multiple documents are
open in same window)

Move to next open document Ctrl+F6 Command+F6

window (when focus is on
document pane)

Move to previous open document Ctrl+Shift+F6 Command+Shift+F6

window (when focus is on
document pane)

Close current document Ctrl+F4 Command+F4

Close all open documents Not available Command+Option+W

Move focus to next comment, link, Tab Tab

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 or form field in the document pane

Move focus to document pane F5 F5

Move focus to previous comment, Shift+Tab Shift+Tab

link, or form field in the document
pane

Activate selected tool, item (such as Spacebar or Enter Spacebar or Return

a movie clip or bookmark), or
command

Open context menu (press F6 to Tab followed by Control+click

move focus to the desired menu) Shift + F10

Close context menu F10 Esc

Return to Hand tool or Select tool Esc Esc

Move focus to next tab in a tabbed Ctrl+Tab Not available

dialog box

Find in document Ctrl+F Command+F

Move to next search result and F3 or Command+G

highlight it in the document Ctrl+G

Search the previous document Alt+Shift+Left Arrow Command+Shift+Left Arrow

(with Search results displaying (Windows only)
multiple files)

Search next document (with Search Alt+Shift+Right Arrow Command+Shift+Right

results displaying multiple files) (Windows only) Arrow

Select text (with Select tool Shift+arrow keys Shift+arrow keys

selected)

Select next word or deselect Shift+Ctrl+Right Not available

previous word (with Select tool Arrow or Left Arrow
selected)

Increase or decrease the value of a Right Arrow or Left Control+Option+Right

slider Arrow Arrow or Left Arrow

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 Keys for working with navigation panels

Result Windows/UNIX macOS Action

Action

Open and move focus to navigation pane Ctrl+Shift+F5 Command+Shift+F5

Move focus among the document, F6 F6

message bar, and navigation panels

Move focus to previous pane or panel Shift+F6 Shift+F6

Move among the elements of the active Tab Tab

navigation panel

Move to the previous or next navigation Up Arrow or Down Up Arrow or Down

panel and make it active (when the focus Arrow Arrow
is on the panel button)

Move to next navigation panel and make it Ctrl+Tab Not available

active (when the focus is anywhere in the
navigation pane)

Select or deselect a file in file list

(open/close Context pane with file Space Space
selection)

Select or deselect a To Do card

(open/close Context pane with To Do card Space Space
selection)

Open selected file in file list Enter Enter

Open selected To Do card Enter Enter

Move focus to the next/previous file row

Arrow keys Arrow keys
in file list for selecting single file row

Extend the selection by adding the next

Shift+Arrow keys Shift+Arrow keys
row above or below the selected row

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 Result Windows/UNIX macOS Action
Action

Move focus up or down one row without Command+Arrow

Ctrl+Arrow keys
changing the selection keys

Expand the current bookmark (focus on Right Arrow or Right Arrow or

Bookmarks panel) Shift+plus sign Shift+plus sign

Collapse the current bookmark (focus on Left Arrow or minus Left Arrow or minus
Bookmarks panel) sign sign

Expand all bookmarks Shift+* Shift+*

Collapse selected bookmark Forward Slash (/) Forward Slash (/)

Move focus to next item in a navigation Down Arrow Down Arrow

panel

Move focus to the previous item in a Up Arrow Up Arrow

navigation panel

Keys for navigating the Help window

Result Windows/UNIX Action macOS Action

Open Help window F1 F1 or Command+?

Close Help window Ctrl+W (Windows only) or Command+W

Alt+F4

Move back to previously Alt+Left Arrow Command+Left Arrow

opened topic

Move forward to next topic Alt+Right Arrow Command+Right Arrow

Move to next pane Ctrl+Tab See Help for your default

browser

Move to previous pane Shift+Ctrl+Tab See Help for your default

browser

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 Result Windows/UNIX Action macOS Action

Move focus to the next link Tab Not available

within a pane

Move focus to the previous link Shift+Tab Not available

within a pane

Activate highlighted link Enter Not available

Print Help topic Ctrl+P Command+P

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Result Windows macOS Action
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Legal
Edit Notices
Tag | Online Privacy Policy F2 F2

Change reading settings for the current document Shift+Ctrl+5 Shift+Command+5

Reflow a tagged PDF, and return to unreflowed Ctrl+4 Command+4

view Yes, thanks Not really

Activate and deactivate Read Out Loud Shift+Ctrl+Y Shift+Command+Y

Read only the current page out loud Shift+Ctrl+V Shift+Command+V

Read out loud from the current page to the end of Shift+Ctrl+B Shift+Command+B
the document

Pause reading out loud Shift+Ctrl+C Shift+Command+C

Stop reading out loud Shift+Ctrl+E Shift+Command+E

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