This listing is for Power PDF first explains how to use hot keys, then it lists shortcuts according to functional areas, and lower down, according to keystrokes.
You can reach the tools of the application via shortcuts and hotkeys. Press <Alt> to see hotkey letters for the elements of the ribbon set, panel bar, view bar and the Quick Access Toolbar. Once these are shown, press the letter (combination) of the tool you want to use. In the ribbon, you can also use the cursor arrows to navigate, or to move to other ribbons. To do this, press <Alt> so the ribbon tab comes into focus. Then with left and right arrows you can switch to previous and next ribbons. With down arrow you can move to the ribbon and you can navigate then between the buttons in the current ribbon.
When you choose a ribbon tab with the Hotkey combination (for example <Alt> then <H> for Home – as shown above) you get access to all ribbon tools with the help of further key (combinations) – shown below.
You can step back to navigating the Ribbon tabs by pressing <Esc>.
The File menu works just as the Ribbon does: after pressing <Alt> then <F> you can either use hotkeys directly, or navigate with the cursor arrows. To reach any other tools while in the File menu press <Esc> then press <Alt>.
It is possible to navigate through the ribbon with arrow keys.
Keystrokes by functional areas
The following shortcuts and hotkeys can be used in the application:
Application shortcuts:
• <Ctrl> + <Q> - quits application
• <Alt> + <F4> - quits application
Document shortcuts:
• <Ctrl> + <N> - creates new blank document in advanced edit mode
• <Ctrl> + <O> - opens the Open dialog box
• <Ctrl> + <S> - saves document
• <Ctrl> + <Shift>+<S> - saves as document
• <Ctrl> + <F4> - closes document
• <Ctrl> + <W> - closes document
• <Ctrl> + <P> - prints a document
• <Ctrl> + <D> - opens document properties
• <Ctrl> + <K> - opens the preferences console
• <Ctrl> + <F> - opens search document window
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <F> - opens search multiple documents dialog
Operations shortcuts:
• <Ctrl> + <Y> - redoes last operation that can be redone
• <Ctrl> + <X> - cuts selected item to clipboard
• <Ctrl> + <C> - copies selected item from clipboard
• <Ctrl> + <V> - pastes item from clipboard
• <Ctrl> + <Z> - undo (in Advanced Edit mode), delete bookmarks (in Review mode)
• <Ctrl> + <A> - with Hand or Select tool, it selects all text in the document (or the current page if single page viewing is set)*.
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <A> - deselects all text or objects
* If the Edit object tool is active, it selects all objects on the current page.
Zoom shortcuts:
• <Ctrl> + <M> - opens a Zoom to window
• <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
View Page fit options:
• <Ctrl> + <0> - fit page
• <Ctrl> + <1> - actual size
• <Ctrl> + <2> - fit width
• <Ctrl> + <3> - fit visible
• <Ctrl> + <4> - fit height
Page shortcuts:
• <Ctrl> + <Page Up> - scrolls to top of previous page
• <Ctrl> + <Page Down> - scrolls to top of next page
• <Alt> + <Left arrow> - goes to previous view
• <Alt> + <Right arrow> - goes to next view
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <K> - tiles opened documents horizontally
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <L> - tiles opened documents vertically
• <Ctrl> + <U> - display/hide gridlines
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <U> - toggles snap to grid mode that aligns objects to grid when object is moved
• <Ctrl> + <R> - toggles displaying rulers
Page dialog shortcuts:
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <I> - opens Insert pages dialog
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <D> - opens Delete pages dialog
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <X> - opens Extract pages dialog
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <R> - opens rotate pages dialog
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <P> - opens replace pages dialog
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <N> - opens add blank pages dialog
Bookmark shortcut:
• <Ctrl> + <B> - creates a bookmark each time the key is pressed
Java script shortcut:
• <Ctrl> + <J> - opens JavaScript console
Read aloud tool shortcuts:
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <G> - reads text content from current page with Nuance RealSpeak. Floating toolbar is displayed with tools to control reading.
Shortcut keys for the floating toolbar:
1. <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <Esc> - stops reading
2. <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <Space> - pauses / continues reading
3. <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <Left arrow> - reads previous paragraph
4. <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <Right arrow> - reads next paragraph
5. <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <Page up> - reads previous page
6. <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <Page down> - reads next page
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <O> - reads text content of the whole document
• <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <B> - creates mp3 file with text content of the document
Keyboard Guide by keystrokes
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Function keys |
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F1 |
Open the Help system at a topic relevant to the current screen area or dialog box |
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F7 |
Check spelling in comments (Comment ribbon) |
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F9 |
Hide/show the tab bar and ribbons |
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Control keys |
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Ctrl + A |
Select All (Edit ribbon) - works on files with a text layer - see above for detail. |
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Ctrl + B |
Create new bookmark – opens bookmark panel as necessary |
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Ctrl + C |
Copy selection (Edit ribbon) |
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Ctrl + D |
Display Document Properties tabbed dialog box (File menu > Info) |
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Ctrl + F |
Open Search Current dialog box (Edit ribbon) |
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Ctrl + J |
Open JavaScript Console (Edit ribbon) |
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Ctrl + K |
Open the tabbed Options dialog box to set preferences (File menu) |
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Ctrl + L |
Full screen mode on/off (View ribbon and View bar). |
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Ctrl + M |
Open Zoom to dialog box (View ribbon and View bar) |
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Ctrl + N |
Open a new empty document. (File menu) |
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Ctrl + O |
Display Open file dialog box (File menu) |
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Ctrl + P |
Display the Print dialog box (File menu) |
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Ctrl + Q |
Exit program (File menu) inviting any changes to be saved |
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Ctrl + R |
Show/hide rulers (Edit ribbon) |
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Ctrl + S |
Save document (File menu) |
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Ctrl + U |
Show/hide grids (Edit ribbon) and Ctrl + Shift + U for 'Snap to Grid' |
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Ctrl + V |
Paste selection (Edit ribbon). Paste text to comments or a typewriter cursor. |
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Ctrl + W |
Close document (File menu) |
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Ctrl + X |
Cut selection (Edit ribbon) Cuts only on comment text. |
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Ctrl + Y |
Redo action (Edit ribbon) |
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Ctrl + Z |
Undo action (Edit ribbon) |
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Ctrl + 0 |
Fit page to window size (View ribbon) |
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Ctrl + 1 |
Show page at actual size (View ribbon) |
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Ctrl + 2 |
Fit page to window width (View ribbon) |
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Ctrl + 3 |
Fit the visible content to window size (View ribbon) |
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Ctrl + 4 |
Fit page to window height (View ribbon) |
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Ctrl + F4 |
Close current document (File menu) |
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Ctrl + + |
Zoom in (View ribbon and View bar) |
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Ctrl + – |
Zoom out (View ribbon and View bar) |
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Ctrl + Home |
Go to first page of current document |
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Ctrl + End |
Go to last page of current document |
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Ctrl + PgDn |
Go to next page |
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Ctrl + PgUp |
Go to previous page |
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Shift Keys |
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Shift + Ctrl + A |
Deselect All (Edit ribbon) |
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Shift + Ctrl + B |
RealSpeak: Read to File (Advanced Processing ribbon) |
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Shift + Ctrl + C |
Open the Crop Pages dialog box (Edit ribbon) |
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Shift + Ctrl + D |
Open the Delete Pages dialog box (Edit ribbon) |
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Shift + Ctrl + F |
Open the Search interface (Home ribbon) |
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Shift + Ctrl + G |
RealSpeak: Read Current Page (Advanced Processing ribbon) |
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Shift + Ctrl + I |
Open the Open dialog box to insert pages (Home ribbon) |
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Shift + Ctrl + J |
Cascade open document windows (View ribbon) |
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Shift + Ctrl + K |
Tile multiple open windows horizontally (View ribbon) |
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Shift + Ctrl + N |
Open the New Pages dialog box (Home ribbon - Add tool) |
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Shift + Ctrl + O |
RealSpeak: Read to End of Document (Advanced Processing ribbon) |
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Shift + Ctrl + P |
Open the Open dialog box to replace pages (Document menu) |
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Shift + Ctrl + R |
Open the Rotate Pages dialog box to rotate pages, not just the view |
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Shift + Ctrl + S |
Save As (File menu) |
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Shift + Ctrl + T |
RealSpeak: Stop (Advanced Processing ribbon). |
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Shift + Ctrl + U |
Snap to Grid on/off (Edit ribbon). Turn off works only if the Align drop-down list is closed. |
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Shift + Ctrl + V |
RealSpeak: Pause/resume (Advanced Processing ribbon) |
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Shift + Ctrl + W |
Close all windows and their documents (View ribbon) |
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Moving in and between documents |
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PageDown |
Move half a page down |
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PageUp |
Move half a page up |
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Ctrl + Home |
Go to first page |
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Ctrl + End |
Go to last page |
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Ctrl + Page Down |
Go to next page |
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Ctrl + Page Up |
Go to previous page |
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Alt + Left arrow |
Go to previous view |
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Alt + Right arrow |
Go to next view |
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Alt + F4 |
Close current document and the program on last document close |
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Alt + F6 |
Switch between open documents |
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Ctrl + F4 |
Close current document but not the program |
For the keystrokes to drive Jaws, please consult Reading PDF.