Keyboard shortcuts by functional areas
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Alt + I | Info |
| Alt + N | New |
| Alt + O | Open |
| Alt + S | Save |
| Alt + A | Save As |
| Alt + P | |
| Alt + E | Export |
| Alt + H | Share |
| Alt + C | Close |
| Alt + T | Options |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Q | Quits application. |
| Alt + F4 | Quits application. |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + F1 | Hides/shows the ribbon area. |
| F9 | Hides/shows both the tab bar and ribbon area. |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + N | Creates new blank document in advanced edit mode. |
| Ctrl + Tab | Moves to the next opened document in tabbed view. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Moves to the previous opened document in tabbed view. |
| 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 box. |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| 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).1 |
| Ctrl + Shift + A | Deselects all text or objects in the document. Does not work in annotation objects and in comments. |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + 0 | Fit page. |
| Ctrl + 1 | Show actual size. |
| Ctrl + 2 | Fit width. |
| Ctrl + 3 | Fit visible. |
| Ctrl + 4 | Fit height. |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| 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 the 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. |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Shift + I | Opens Insert pages dialog box. |
| Ctrl + Shift + D | Opens Delete pages dialog box. |
| Ctrl + Shift + X | Opens Extract pages dialog box. |
| Ctrl + Shift + R | Opens Rotate pages dialog box. |
| Ctrl + Shift + P | Opens Replace pages dialog box. |
| Ctrl + Shift + N | Opens Add blank pages dialog box. |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + B | Creates a bookmark each time the key is pressed. |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + J | Opens JavaScript console |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Shift + G | Reads text content from current page. Floating toolbar is displayed with tools to control reading. |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| Esc | Stops reading. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Space | Pauses / continues reading. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow | Reads previous paragraph. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow | Reads next paragraph. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Page up | Reads previous page. |
| Ctrl + Shift + Page down | Reads next page. |
For more information, see Keyboard guide.
1 If the Edit object tool is
active, it selects all objects on the current page.