Keyboard shortcuts by functional areas
This section lists the keyboard shortcuts by function groups.
Application keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| F1 | Opens the Help system at a topic relevant to the current screen area or dialog box. |
| Shift+Ctrl+H | Opens the About Kofax Power PDF dialog box. |
| Ctrl+Q | Quits application. |
| Alt+F4 | Quits application. |
User interface keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Esc | Switches to the Hand tool. |
| F9 | Hides/shows both the tab bar and ribbon area. |
| Ctrl+F1 | Hides/shows the ribbon area. |
| Shift+F10 | The equivalent of a right mouse click, shows the shortcut menu of the object in focus. |
| Ctrl+R | Toggles displaying rulers. |
| Ctrl+U | Toggles displaying gridlines. |
| Shift+Ctrl+U | Toggles snap to grid mode that aligns objects to grid when object is moved. |
Document keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+N | Creates new blank document in Advanced Editor. |
| Ctrl+Tab | Moves to the next opened document in tabbed view. |
| Shift+Ctrl+Tab | Moves to the previous opened document in tabbed view. |
| Ctrl+O | Opens the Open dialog box. |
| Ctrl+S | Saves document. |
| Shift+Ctrl+S | Opens the Save as dialog box. |
| Ctrl+F4, Ctrl+W | Closes the active document. |
| Shift+Ctrl+W | Closes all documents. |
| Ctrl+P | Prints the active document. |
| Ctrl+D | Opens document properties. |
| Ctrl+K | Opens the Options dialog box. |
| Ctrl+F | Opens the Search panel. |
| Shift+Ctrl+F | Opens the Search floating window for fuzzy, pattern, and multiple document search. |
| F7 | Opens the Check Spelling dialog box. Spell checking works only on comments. |
Operations keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Delete | Deletes the selected object or the character right to the cursor. |
| Ctrl+Y | Redoes last operation that can be redone. |
| Ctrl+X | Cuts selected item to clipboard. |
| Ctrl+C | Copies the selected item to the clipboard. |
| Ctrl+V | Pastes item from clipboard. |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+A | With the Hand or Select tool, it selects all text in the document (or the current page if single page viewing is set).1 |
| Shift+Ctrl+A | Deselects all text or objects in the document. |
Zoom keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+M | Opens the Zoom to dialog box. |
| Ctrl+1 | Zooms to actual size. |
| Ctrl+2 | Zooms to page width. |
| Ctrl+3 | Zooms to fit visible. |
| Ctrl+4 | Zooms to page height. |
| Ctrl+0 | Zooms to fit page. |
| Ctrl+- | Zooms out. |
| Ctrl++ | Zooms in. |
| Ctrl+L | Toggles between full screen and previous zoom value. |
| Ctrl+Alt+P | Zooms to fit the page and keeps showing one page at a time. |
| Ctrl+Alt+W | Zooms to page width and scrolls pages continuously. |
Page navigation keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| PageDown | Moves half a page down. |
| PageUp | Moves half a page up. |
| Ctrl+Page Down | Scrolls to top of next page. |
| Ctrl+Page Up | Scrolls to top of previous page. |
| Home or Ctrl+Home | Goes to first page. |
| End or Ctrl+End | Goes to last page. |
| Alt+Left arrow | Goes to previous view. |
| Alt+Right arrow | Goes to the next view. |
| Shift+Ctrl+J | Arranges the opened documents into cascade windows. |
| Shift+Ctrl+K | Arranges the opened documents into windows tiled horizontally. |
| Shift+Ctrl+L | Arranges the opened documents into windows tiled vertically. |
Page dialog keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Shift+Ctrl+I | Opens the Open, then the Insert Pages dialog boxes. |
| Shift+Ctrl+C | Opens the Crop Pages dialog box (Edit tab). |
| Shift+Ctrl+D | Opens the Delete Pages dialog box. |
| Shift+Ctrl+X | Opens the Extract Pages dialog box. |
| Shift+Ctrl+R | Opens the Rotate Pages dialog box. |
| Shift+Ctrl+P | Opens the Open, then the Replace Pages dialog boxes. |
| Shift+Ctrl+N | Opens the New Pages dialog box. |
Bookmark keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+B | Creates a bookmark each time the key is pressed. |
| Ctrl+I | On the Bookmarks panel, displays the Bookmark Properties dialog box. |
JavaScript keyboard shortcut
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+J | Opens the JavaScript Console dialog box. |
Read aloud tool keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Shift+Ctrl+B | Reads text content to a file. |
| Shift+Ctrl+G | Reads text content from the current page. A floating toolbar is displayed with tools to control reading. |
| Shift+Ctrl+O | Reads text content to the end of the document. A floating toolbar is displayed with tools to control reading. |
Read aloud floating toolbar keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Esc | Stops reading. |
| Shift+Ctrl+Space | Pauses / continues reading. |
| Shift+Ctrl+Left arrow | Reads previous paragraph. |
| Shift+Ctrl+Right arrow | Reads next paragraph. |
| Shift+Ctrl+Page up | Reads previous page. |
| Shift+Ctrl+Page down | Reads next page. |
Advance Editor keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+H | Displays the Find and Replace dialog box. |
For more information, see Keyboard guide.
1 If the Edit
Object command on the ribbon is active, it selects all
objects on the current page.