Adobe Acrobat 5.0/Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
Selecting Tools
Display
Hold down Shift to select next tool in set >
Press To Select …
h
z
v
Hand
(Space selects temporarily)
Zoom In
> Zoom Out
To select temporarily:
Ctrl+Space to zoom in;
Ctrl+Alt+Space to zoom out •
Press Ctrl while clicking or
dragging to reverse zoom
Text Select
>
>
Table/Formatted Text Select
Graphics Select
s
Notes
>
>
Audio Annotation
u
Ctrl+1
Actual Size view
Ctrl+2
Fit Width view
Ctrl+3
Fit Visible view
Ctrl+4
Reflow
Ctrl+L
Full-screen view
(Ctrl+L or Escape to exit)
Ctrl+Shift+ +
90° clockwise
Ctrl+Shift+ –
90° counter-clockwise
Ctrl+ +
>
Ctrl+ –
>
Ctrl+M
File Annotation
n
Fit in Window view
Use To …
Text Annotation
Stamp
Ctrl+0
Use To Rotate View …
Column Select
g
Use To Switch To …
Pencil
> Rectangle
Ellipse
> Line
>
Shift+F3
Shift+F4
Highlight Text
Shift+F5
>
Strikethrough Text
>
Ctrl+Shift+Y
Zoom in
F4
Comments
Cycle between secondary
windows and document
PgDn
Ctrl+O
Open file
PgUp Previous screen
Ctrl+Shift+ I Insert pages
Ctrl+W
Close file (or Ctrl+F4)
↓ Forward one line
Ctrl+Shift+D Delete pages
Ctrl+Alt+W
Close all files
Ctrl+R
Rotate pages
Ctrl+S
Ctrl+T
Crop pages
↑ Back one line
→ Next page
← Previous page
bookmark, link, annotation)
Ctrl-click
Ctrl-double
click
Add a new line of text
(TouchUp Text tool selected)
Edit item in external
object editor (TouchUp
Object tool selected)
Ctrl+Z
Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z
Redo
Ctrl+P
Ctrl+Q
Ctrl+Alt+F
Alt+ ←
Previous view
Alt+ →
Next view
Document Summary
Document Fonts
Preferences
Print Setup
Ctrl+A
Select all
Cascade files (or Ctrl+Shift+J)
Ctrl+Shift+A
F2
Deselect all
Thumbnails
F6
Navigation pane
l
Link
F8
Tool bar
a
Article
c
Crop
f
Form
t
TouchUp Text
Miscellaneous
Use To …
In Navigation Pane
Ctrl+B Add a bookmark
(Select text first, if applicable)
Use To …
Shift+F6
Switch between doc. &
navigation panes
Ctrl+Tab
Select next tabbed panel
Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Select prev. tabbed panel
Menu bar
↓ Select next item (or Tab)
Ctrl+U
Grid; Ctrl+Shift+U snaps
to Grid (toggle)
↑ Select Prev. (or Shift+Tab)
Ctrl+ Y
Colors proof
Overprint preview
Ctrl+Alt+S Document Security
Rename (bookmark/dest.)
Use Local Fonts (toggle)
→ Expand (bookmark, note)
← Collapse (bookmark, note)
Enter
Activate item
Ctrl+Shift+T
Ctrl+click
a link
Summarize annotations
Override “Open CrossDoc Links In Same
Window” preference
Ctrl+H Find first Capture suspect
Shift while Start Acrobat without
starting plug-ins
Ctrl+J
F1
Next screen
Quit Acrobat (or Alt+F4)
Use To Open …
Ctrl+D
Last page
Print (Ctrl+click or Shift+
click thumbnails to print noncontiguous pages or range)
Ctrl+K
Movie
Ctrl+ Alt+
Shift+Y
Ctrl+Shift+S Save as
Ctrl+Shift+P
Tile horiz. (or Ctrl+Shift+K)
End
Save
Paste
m
TouchUp Order
Alt+F6
Ctrl+V
Bookmarks
>
Find again (or Ctrl+G)
F3
Ctrl+ I Edit properties (selected
Zoom to …
F5
TouchUp Object
Home First page
Copy
Digital Signature
>
Cycle between open files
Ctrl+C
Tile vert. (or Ctrl+Shift+L)
Use To Go To …
Ctrl+F6
Zoom out
d
F9
Use To …
Navigation
Find
Ctrl+F
Cut
Use To Show/Hide …
Spell Check Fields &
Use To …
Files & Dialog Boxes
Ctrl+X
Underline Text
F7
Editing
Note: Tool selection shortcuts work only when the document pane is active.
To switch between navigation and document panes, click pane or use Shift+F6
Open JavaScript console
Open Acrobat help
Ctrl+N Specific page
Alt+Shift+ ←
Back one document
Alt+Shift+ →
Forward one document
Tab Next form field
Shift+Tab Previous form field
Search
Use To …
Ctrl+Shift+F Enter a search query
(Press Ctrl to Refine)
Ctrl+Shift+X
Select indexes to search
Ctrl+Shift+G
See search results
Ctrl+Shift+W Open Word Assistant
Ctrl+[
Show prev. search result
Ctrl+]
Show next search result
Ctrl+Shift+[ Show prev. document
Ctrl+Shift+] Show next document
Capturing Web Pages
Use To …
Ctrl+Shift+O
Open web page
Shift / Ctrl Append web link to doc./
while selecting Capture web link
web link as a new document
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