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
Advance Editor keyboard shortcuts
Shortcut |
Command |
Ctrl+H |
Displays the Find and Replace dialog box. |