Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 keyboard shortcuts

Note: To enable single-key shortcuts, choose Edit > Preferences > General, and then select the Use Single-Key Accelerators To Access Tools option.

 

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 Selecting tools keyboard shortcuts keys Shortcut                                      Command
H	Hand tool
Spacebar	Temporarily select Hand tool
V	Select tool
G	Snapshot tool
Z	Current zoom tool
Shft	Temporarily select Dynamic Zoom tool (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)
Ctrl	Temporarily zoom out (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)
R	Select Object tool
O	Object Data tool
A	Article tool
C	Crop tool
L	Link tool
F	Button tool
Shft+F	Cycle through forms tools: Button, Check Box, Combo Box, List Box, Radio Button, Text Field, Digital Signature
M	Movie tool
Shft+M	Sound tool
T	TouchUp Text tool
Shft+T	TouchUp Object tool
B	Distance tool
Shft+B	Cycle through measuring tools: Distance, Perimeter, Area

 

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 Editing keyboard shortcuts keys Shortcut                                                   Command
Ctrl+A	Select all content
Ctrl+Shft+A	Deselect all content
Ctrl+0	Fit page

 

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 Working with comments keyboard shortcuts keys Shortcut                                                Command
S	Sticky Note tool
E	Text Edits tool
K	Stamp tool
U	Current highlighting tool
Shft+U	Cycle through highlighting tools: Highlighter, Cross-Out Text, Underline Text
D	Arrow tool
Shft+D	Cycle through drawing markup tools: Rectangle, Oval, Arrow, Line, Polygon, Polygon Line
Q	Cloud tool
X	Text Box tool
J	Attach file as comment
Shft+J	Cycle through attach tools: Attach File, Attach Sound, Paste Clipboard Image
Tab	Move focus to comment
Shft+Tab	Move focus to next comment
Enter	Open pop-up window for comment that has focus
O	Send and receive comments in browser-based review
I	Go back online

 

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 Navigating a PDF keyboard shortcuts keys Shortcut                                                                                Command
Page Up	Previous screen
Page Down	Next screen
Home or Shft+Ctrl+Page Up or Shft+Ctrl+Up Arrow	First page
End or Shft+Ctrl+Page Down or Shft+Ctrl+Down Arr	Last page
Left Arrow or Ctrl+Page Up	Previous page
Right Arrow or Ctrl+Page Down	Next page
Alt+Left Arrow	Previous view
Alt+Right Arrow	Next view
Alt+Shft+Left Arrow	Previous document (with multiple PDFs open in a single document window)
Alt+Shft+Right Arrow	Next document (with multiple PDFs open in a single document window)
Up Arrow	Scroll up
Down Arrow	Scroll down
Spacebar	Scroll (when Hand tool is selected)
Ctrl+equal sign	Zoom in
Ctrl+hyphen	Zoom out

 

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 General Navigating keyboard shortcuts keys Shortcut                                                                           Command
F9	Show/hide menu bar
F10	Move focus to menus
Shft+F8	Move focus to toolbar in browser
Ctrl+F6	Move to next open document (when focus is on document pane)
Ctrl+Shft+F6	Move to previous open document (when focus is on document pane)
Ctrl+F4	Close current document
Ctrl+Shft+W	Close all open windows
F6	Move focus to next tabbed page or palette
Shft+F6	Move focus to previous pane or panel
Tab	Move focus to next comment, link, or form field in the document pane
F5	Move focus to document pane
Shft+Tab	Move focus to previous comment, link, or form field in the document pane
Spacebar or Enter	Activate selected tool, item (such as a movie or bookmark), or command
Shft+F10	Open context menu
F10	Close context menu
Esc	Return to Hand tool or Select tool
Ctrl+Tab	Move focus to next tab in a tabbed dialog box
F3	Move to next search result and highlight it in the document
Shft+Arrow keys	Select text (with Select tool selected)
Ctrl+Right Arrow or Left Arrow	Select next word or deselect previous word (with Select tool selected)

 

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 Navigation panels keyboard shortcuts keys Shortcut                                                                  Command
F4	Show/hide navigation pane
Ctrl+Shft+F5	Open and move focus to navigation pane
F6	Move focus among the document, message bar, and navigation panels
Tab	Move focus to next element of the active navigation panel: Trash Can, Options menu, Close box, panel contents, or panel button
Up Arrow or Down Arrow	Move to previous or next navigation panel and make it active (when focus is on the panel button)
Ctrl+Tab	Move to next navigation panel and make it active (when focus is anywhere in the navigation pane)
Right Arrow or Shft+plus sign	Expand the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarks panel)
Left Arrow or minus sign	Collapse the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarks panel)
Shft+*	Expand all bookmarks
Forward Slash (/)	Collapse selected bookmark
Down Arrow	Move focus to next item in a navigation panel
Up Arrow	Move focus to previous item in a navigation panel

 

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 Navigating the Help window keyboard shortcuts keys Shortcut                                                    Command
F1	Open Help window
Ctrl+W or Alt+F4	Close Help window
Ctrl+Tab	Move focus between navigation pane and topic pane
Tab	Move focus to the next link within a pane
Shft+Tab	Move focus to the previous link within a pane

 

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 Navigating the How To panel keyboard shortcuts keys Shortcut                                                           Command
Shft+F4	Open or close How To panel
Shft+F1	Open and move focus to How To panel
Home	Go to How To home page from a How To topic
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shft+Tab	Move focus between the elements of the How To panel and the header of the How To panel
Tab	Move focus down through the elements of the How To panel
Shft+Tab	Move focus up through the elements of the How To panel
Right Arrow	Go forward to next page in How To panel viewing history
Left Arrow	Go back to previous page in How To panel viewing history