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Adobe Acrobat keyboard shortcuts

57 shortcuts, from Shortivo Keys last checked on September 14, 2026.

Comments and review 5 shortcuts

Action Windows Mac
Open the output preview Document open ~ ~
Choose the Add a comment tool Document open S S
Choose the Add text comment tool Document open X X
Reply to the comment Comments list R R
Switch between editing and previewing the form Form editing P P

Editing 6 shortcuts

Action Windows Mac
Choose the Text Field tool Form editing F F
Turn guides on or off Form editing G G
Read the current page out loud Read out loud on Shift + Ctrl + V Shift + Cmd + V
Read the whole document out loud Read out loud on Shift + Ctrl + B Shift + Cmd + B
Pause reading out loud Reading out loud Shift + Ctrl + C Shift + Cmd + C
Stop reading out loud Reading out loud Shift + Ctrl + E Shift + Cmd + E

Files and printing 37 shortcuts

Action Windows Mac
Choose the Hand tool Document open H H
Choose the Marquee Zoom tool Document open Z Z
Cycle the zoom tools Document open Shift + Z Shift + Z
Choose the Edit Object tool Document open O O
Enter or exit form editing Document open A A
Choose the Crop tool Document open C C
Choose the Link tool Document open L L
Edit text Document open T T
Redact Document open Shift + Y Shift + Y
Open the JavaScript debugger Document open Ctrl + J Cmd + J
Insert blank pages Document open Shift + Ctrl + T Shift + Cmd + T
Insert files Document open Ctrl + Shift + I Shift + Cmd + I
Delete pages Document open Ctrl + Shift + D Shift + Cmd + D
Open or close the task pane Document open Shift + F4 Shift + F4
Choose the Add a stamp tool Document open K K
Choose the drawing markup tool Document open D D
Choose the Cloud tool Document open Q Q
Go to the previous screen Document open Page Up Page Up
Go to the next screen Document open Page Down Page Down
Go to the first page Document open Home Home
Go to the last page Document open End End
Go to the previous page Document open Left arrow Left arrow
Go to the next page Document open Right arrow Right arrow
Go to a page Document open Ctrl + Shift + N Cmd + Shift + N
Zoom in Document open Ctrl + = Cmd + =
Zoom out Document open Ctrl + - Cmd + -
Move to the next document tab Several documents open Ctrl + Tab Ctrl + Tab
Move to the previous document tab Several documents open Ctrl + Shift + Tab Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Close the current document Document open Ctrl + F4 Cmd + F4
Close all open documents Several documents open Not documented Cmd + Option + W
Move the focus to the document pane Document open F5 F5
Find in the document Document open Ctrl + F Cmd + F
Open the navigation pane Document open Ctrl + Shift + F5 Cmd + Shift + F5
Open the Acrobat user guide Anywhere F1 F1
Change the reading settings Document open Shift + Ctrl + 5 Shift + Cmd + 5
Reflow a tagged PDF Tagged PDF open Ctrl + 4 Cmd + 4
Turn read out loud on or off Document open Shift + Ctrl + Y Shift + Cmd + Y

Navigation 3 shortcuts

Action Windows Mac
Move the focus to the next pane Anywhere F6 F6
Move the focus to the previous pane Anywhere Shift + F6 Shift + F6
Go to the next search result Search results showing Ctrl + G Cmd + G

Selection 4 shortcuts

Action Windows Mac
Choose the Select tool Document open V V
Choose the Select Object tool Document open R R
Choose the highlighting tool Document open U U
Cycle the highlight, underline and strikethrough tools Document open Shift + U Shift + U

Tabs and windows 1 shortcut

Action Windows Mac
Show the tab order Form editing Shift + N Shift + N

View and zoom 1 shortcut

Action Windows Mac
Edit the tag Tags panel F2 F2

From Shortivo at https://shortivo.net/platforms/acrobat/. A dot means the maker does not document a key for that system. Nothing on this sheet was converted from one system to another.