Keyboard shortcuts by keystrokes
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| F1 | Open the Help system at a topic relevant to the current screen area or dialog box. |
| F6 | Switch between panels (such as tab, Panel bar). |
| F7 | Check spelling in comments (Comment tab). |
| F9 | Hide/show the ribbon and tabs. |
| Shift + F10 | The equivalent of a right mouse click shows the shortcut menu of the object in focus. |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + A | Select All (Edit tab) - works on files with a text layer - see selection tools for details. |
| Ctrl + B | Create new bookmark – opens bookmark panel as necessary. |
| Ctrl + C | Copy selection (Edit tab). |
| Ctrl + D | Display Document Properties tabbed dialog box (). |
| Ctrl + F | Open Search Current dialog box (Edit tab). |
| Ctrl + J | Open JavaScript Console (Edit tab). |
| Ctrl + K | Open the tabbed Options dialog box to set preferences (File menu). |
| Ctrl + L | Full screen mode on/off (View tab and View bar). |
| Ctrl + M | Open Zoom to dialog box (View tab and View bar). |
| Ctrl + N | Open a new empty document. (File menu). |
| Ctrl + O | Display Open file dialog box (File menu). |
| Ctrl + P | Display the Print dialog box (File menu). |
| Ctrl + Q | Exit program (File menu) inviting any changes to be saved. |
| Ctrl + R | Show/hide rulers (Edit tab). |
| Ctrl + S | Save document (File menu). |
| Ctrl + U | Show/hide grids (Edit tab) and Ctrl + Shift + U for Snap to Grid. |
| Ctrl + V | Paste selection (Edit tab). Paste text to comments or a typewriter cursor. |
| Ctrl + W | Close document (File menu). |
| Ctrl + X | Cut selection (Edit tab) Cuts only on comment text. |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo action (Edit tab). |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo action (Edit tab). |
| Ctrl + 0 | Fit page to window size (View tab). |
| Ctrl + 1 | Show page at actual size (View tab). |
| Ctrl + 2 | Fit page to window width (View tab). |
| Ctrl + 3 | Fit the visible content to window size (View tab). |
| Ctrl + 4 | Fit page to window height (View tab). |
| Ctrl + F1 | Show or hide the ribbon. |
| Ctrl + F4 | Close current document (File menu). |
| Ctrl + + | Zoom in (View tab and View bar). |
| Ctrl + – | Zoom out (View tab and View bar). |
| Ctrl + Home | Go to first page of current document. |
| Ctrl + End | Go to last page of current document. |
| Ctrl + PgDn | Go to next page. |
| Ctrl + PgUp | Go to previous page. |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Shift + Ctrl + A | Deselect All (Edit tab). |
| Shift + Ctrl + B | Text to speech: Read to File (Advanced Processing tab). |
| Shift + Ctrl + C | Open the Crop Pages dialog box (Edit tab). |
| Shift + Ctrl + D | Open the Delete Pages dialog box (Edit tab). |
| Shift + Ctrl + F | Open the Search interface (Home tab). |
| Shift + Ctrl + G | Text to speech: Read Current Page (Advanced Processing tab). |
| Shift + Ctrl + I | Open the Open dialog box to insert pages (Home tab). |
| Shift + Ctrl + J | Cascade open document windows (View tab). |
| Shift + Ctrl + K | Tile multiple open windows horizontally (View tab). |
| Shift + Ctrl + N | Open the New Pages dialog box (Home tab - Add tool). |
| Shift + Ctrl + O | Text to speech: Read to End of Document (Advanced Processing tab). |
| Shift + Ctrl + P | Open the Open dialog box to replace pages (Document menu). |
| Shift + Ctrl + R | Open the Rotate Pages dialog box to rotate pages, not just the view. |
| Shift + Ctrl + S | Save As (File menu). |
| Shift + Ctrl + T | Text to speech: Stop (Advanced Processing tab). |
| Shift + Ctrl + U | Snap to Grid on/off (Edit tab). Turn off works only if the Align drop-down list is closed. |
| Shift + Space | Text to speech: Pause/resume (Advanced Processing tab). |
| Shift + Ctrl + W | Close all windows and their documents (View tab). |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| PageDown | Move half a page down. |
| PageUp | Move half a page up. |
| Ctrl + Home | Go to first page. |
| Ctrl + End | Go to last page. |
| Ctrl + Page Down | Go to next page. |
| Ctrl + Page Up | Go to previous page. |
| Alt + Left arrow | Go to previous view. |
| Alt + Right arrow | Go to next view. |
| Alt + F4 | Close current document and the program on last document close. |
| Ctrl + F4 | Close current document but not the program. |
For more information, see Keyboard guide.