Top 170 Adobe Acrobat DC Shortcut Keys (Excel-PDF)

PDF is Portable Document Format. This file format was developed by Adobe in the year 1992. This file format is safe in the context of formatting issues.

The new and improved Acrobat reader has made it very easier to accomplish your work in PDF. You can create the PDF document in several ways if you are working on Microsoft Word. You need to go to the File menu and click on the export document here you can create the PDF document. Another way is to select the save as option in the document and save the document in PDF format.

Adobe Acrobat DC Tips and Tricks

  • To delete the text in the PDF file, right-click a menu that will open, and select the option edit text and Image. All text will get selected automatically. You can delete the text.
  • To add an image click on add image option a box will open you just need to browse the image and select it by clicking the option you can just add the image to the document.
  • To edit the text in the PDF document just click on the option of edit text and image. Select the text,  from the option you can change the font size, italic, bold, subscript, or superscript, and also change the color of the text.
  • You can crop the text with the image the competing page will get the crop.
  • You can also insert a new page in the file. In the insert page option click on insert from file. A dialog box will open from where you can select the desired file, the option appears to select the location in the file, and you can insert the pages at the first, last, or between the file. You can select the location in the file where you wish to insert the desired pages and click on Ok.
  • In the edit page display menu, there are several options you can easily change the header and footer of the document. Just by selecting the option, a dialog box will appear. You can change the settings of the Header and Footer further you can add the new header also.
  • Options related to page number, background image, color, and the watermark can be added to the document.
  • Adobe acrobat reader also gives the option to add the signature to the document as well. By clicking the place signature option you can paste the signature on your desired location in the document.

In this article, we will learn some shortcuts about Adobe Acrobat Reader DC which is a software that is a global standard for reliably viewing, printing, and commenting on PDF documents, were as DC stands for document cloud, In this software, you have an optional online service that enhances the functionality of Acrobat pro. Now you can download the shortcuts keys in PDF or Excel format for future reference from the download icon below.

Adobe Acrobat DC Shortcuts keys List

 

1. Keys For Working With Comments:

Windows/UNIX Action Result Mac OS Action
S Sticky Note tool S
E Text Edits tool E
K Stamp tool K
U Current highlighting tool U
Shift+U (Windows only) Cycle through highlighting tools: Highlighter, Underline Text, Cross Out Text Shift+U
D Current drawing markup tool D
Shift+D (Windows only) Cycle through drawing markup tools: Cloud, Arrow, Line, Rectangle, Oval, Polygon Line, Polygon, Pencil Tool, Eraser Tool Shift+D
Q (Windows only) Cloud tool Q
X Text Box tool X
J Current Stamp or Attach tool J
Shift+J Cycle through Stamp, Attach File, Record Audio Comment Shift+J
Tab Move focus to next comment or form field Tab
Shift+Tab Move focus to previous comment or form field Shift+Tab
Shift+K Add a checkmark in the Comments List for the selected comment Shift+K
Enter Open pop-up note (or text field in the Comments List) for comment that has focus Return
R Reply to the comment, in the Comments List, that has focus R
Esc Close or exit pop-up (or text field in the Comments List) for comment that has focus Esc

2.Keys For Navigating a PDF:

Windows/UNIX Action Result Mac OS Action
Page Up or Shift+Enter Previous screen Page Up or Shift+Return
Page Down or Enter Next screen Page Down or Return
Home or Shift+Ctrl+Page Up or Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow First page Home or Shift+Command+Up Arrow
End or Shift+Ctrl+Page Down or Shift+Ctrl+Down Arrow Last page End or Shift+Command+Down Arrow
Left Arrow or Ctrl+Page Up Previous page Left Arrow or Command+Page Up
Right Arrow or Ctrl+Page Down Next page Right Arrow or Command+Page Down
Ctrl+Shift+N Go to page Command+Shift+N
Ctrl+F6 (UNIX) Previous open document Command+F6
Shift+Ctrl+F6 (UNIX) Next open document Shift+Command+F6
Up Arrow Scroll up Up Arrow
Down Arrow Scroll down Down Arrow
Spacebar Scroll (when Hand tool is selected) Spacebar
Ctrl+equal sign Zoom in Command+equal sign
Ctrl+hyphen Zoom out Command+hyphen

3.Keys For Working With Forms:

Windows/UNIX Action Result Mac OS Action
P Toggle between editing and previewing your form P
G Toggle Guides On / Off G
L Align selected fields left L
R Align selected fields right R
T Align selected fields top T
B Align selected fields bottom B
H Align selected fields horizontal H
V Align selected fields vertical V
Shift+H Center fields horizontally Shift+H
Shift+V Center fields vertically Shift+V
Shift+L Highlight fields Shift+L
Shift+N Show Tab Order Shift+N
Shift+D Document JavaScripts Shift+D

4.Keys For Working With PDF Portfolios:

Windows Action Result Mac OS Action
Up Arrow or Down Arrow Move focus to the next or previous row when in the body of the file list on the left Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Backspace If pressed in the body of the file list, navigate one level up from within a folder Delete
Enter or Spacebar Press the Go Back button in a folder if focus is on the button. Enter or Spacebar
Enter If pressed when focus is on a row in the file list representing a subfolder, navigate to a subfolder, or open an attachment in Preview mode. Enter
Home or End If in the body of the file list, move to the first or last row Home or End
Page Down or Page Up If in the body of the file list, move to the next or last set of rows to fit the screen Page Down or Page Up
Ctrl+A or Shift+Ctrl+A Select or deselect all files Command+A or Shift+Command+A
Shift+Up Arrow or Shift+Down Arrow If in the body of the file list, extend the selection by adding the next row above or below the selected row Shift+Up Arrow or Shift+Down Arrow
Ctrl+Spacebar Change whether the row with focus is in the selection Command+Spacebar
Ctrl+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Down Arrow Move focus up or down one row without changing the selection Command+Up Arrow or

5.Keys For Navigating Task Panes:

Windows Action Result Mac OS Action
F6 Move focus to the next item among Document pane, Task panes, Message bar, and Navigation bar F6
Shift+F6 Move focus to the previous item among Document pane, Task panes, message bar, and Navigation bar Shift+F6
Ctrl+Tab Move focus to the next panel in the Task pane Option +Tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Move focus to the previous panel in the Task pane Command+ Shift+Tab
Tab Navigate to the next panel and panel control within an open Task pane Tab
Shift+Tab Navigate to the previous panel and panel control within an open Task pane Shift+Tab
Down Arrow Navigate to the next command button within a panel Down Arrow
Up Arrow Navigate to the previous command button within a panel Up Arrow
Spacebar or Enter Expand or collapse panel in focus (press F6 to move focus to Tools pane, then tab to desired panel) Spacebar or Enter
Shift+F4 Open or close the Task pane Shift+F4
Ctrl+Shift+F4 Close the pane that lists the tasks of an Action Ctrl+Shift+F4
Spacebar or Enter Open the menu and move the focus to the first menu option when focus is on a command with a submenu or submenu element with a flyout Spacebar or Enter
Esc Move the focus back to the parent command button with a submenu or submenu element with a flyout Esc
Spacebar or Enter Run the command in focus Spacebar or Enter
Tab Navigate to the next item in the active panel in the Create New Action, Edit Action, Create Custom Tool, or the Edit Custom Tool dialog boxes Tab
Shift+Tab Navigate to the previous item in the active panel in the Create New Action, Edit Action, Create Custom Tool, or the Edit Custom Tool dialog boxes Shift+Tab

6.Keys For General Navigating:

Windows/UNIX Action Result Mac OS Action
F10 Move focus to menus (Windows, UNIX); expand first menu item (UNIX) Control+F2
Shift+F8 Move focus to toolbar in browser and application Shift+F8
(In application, sets focus to the first button in the top bar – Home)
Right/Left Arrow or Tab/Shift Tab Navigate through the other controls in the top bar – Home, Tools, Document Right/Left Arrow or
Tab/Shift Tab
Enter or Spacebar Select a highlighted control in the top bar Return or Spacebar
Ctrl+Tab Move to next open document tab (when multiple documents are open in same window) Control+Tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Move to previous open document tab (when multiple documents are open in same window) Control+Shift+Tab
Ctrl+F6 Move to next open document window (when focus is on document pane) Command+F6
Ctrl+Shift+F6 Move to previous open document window (when focus is on document pane) Command+Shift+F6
Ctrl+F4 Close current document Command+F4
Not available Close all open documents Command+Option+W
Tab Move focus to next comment, link, or form field in the document pane Tab
F5 Move focus to document pane F5
Shift+Tab Move focus to previous comment, link, or form field in the document pane Shift+Tab
Spacebar or Enter Activate selected tool, item (such as a movie clip or bookmark), or command Spacebar or Return
Shift+F10 Open context menu Control+click
F10 Close context menu Esc
Esc Return to Hand tool or Select tool Esc
Ctrl+Tab Move focus to next tab in a tabbed dialog box Not available
Shift+F3 or Move to the previous search result and highlight it in the document Shift+Command+G
Ctrl+F Find in document Command+F
F3 or Move to next search result and highlight it in the document Command+G
Alt+Shift+Left Arrow (Windows only) Search the previous document (with Search results displaying multiple files) Command+Shift+Left Arrow
Alt+Shift+Right Arrow (Windows only) Search next document (with Search results displaying multiple files) Command+Shift+Right Arrow
Shift+arrow keys Select text (with Select tool selected) Shift+arrow keys
Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow or Left Arrow Select next word or deselect previous word (with Select tool selected) Not available
Right Arrow or Left Arrow Increase or decrease the value of a slider Control+Option+Right Arrow or Left Arrow

7.Keys For Working With Navigation Panels:

Windows/UNIX Action Result Mac OS Action
Ctrl+Shift+F5 Open and move focus to navigation pane Command+Shift+F5
F6 Move focus among the document, message bar, and navigation panels F6
Shift+F6 Move focus to previous pane or panel Shift+F6
Tab Move among the elements of the active navigation panel Tab
Up Arrow or Down Arrow Move to the previous or next navigation panel and make it active (when the focus is on the panel button) Up Arrow or Down Arrow
Ctrl+Tab Move to next navigation panel and make it active (when the focus is anywhere in the navigation pane) Not available
Space Select or deselect a file in file list (open/close Context pane with file selection) Space
Space Select or deselect a To Do card (open/close Context pane with To Do card selection) Space
Enter Open selected file in file list Enter
Enter Open selected To Do card Enter
Arrow keys Move focus to the next/previous file row in file list for selecting single file row Arrow keys
Shift+Arrow keys Extend the selection by adding the next row above or below the selected row Shift+Arrow keys
Ctrl+Arrow keys Move focus up or down one row without changing the selection Command+Arrow keys
Right Arrow or Shift+plus sign Expand the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarks panel) Right Arrow or Shift+plus sign
Left Arrow or minus sign Collapse the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarks panel) Left Arrow or minus sign
Shift+* Expand all bookmarks Shift+*
Forward Slash (/) Collapse selected bookmark Forward Slash (/)
Down Arrow Move focus to next item in a navigation panel Down Arrow
Up Arrow Move focus to the previous item in a navigation panel Up Arrow

8.Keys For Navigating The Help Window:

Windows/UNIX Action Result Mac OS Action
F1 Open Help window F1 or Command+?
Ctrl+W (Windows only) or Alt+F4 Close Help window Command+W
Alt+Left Arrow Move back to previously opened topic Command+Left Arrow
Alt+Right Arrow Move forward to next topic Command+Right Arrow
Ctrl+Tab Move to next pane See Help for your default browser
Shift+Ctrl+Tab Move to previous pane See Help for your default browser
Tab Move focus to the next link within a pane Not available
Shift+Tab Move focus to the previous link within a pane Not available
Enter Activate highlighted link Not available
Ctrl+P Print Help topic Command+P

9.Keys For Accessibility:

Windows Action Result Mac OS Action
Shift+Ctrl+5 Change reading settings for the current document Shift+Command+5
Ctrl+4 Reflow a tagged PDF, and return to unreflowed view Command+4
Shift+Ctrl+Y Activate and deactivate Read Out Loud Shift+Command+Y
Shift+Ctrl+V Read only the current page out loud Shift+Command+V
Shift+Ctrl+B Read out loud from the current page to the end of the document Shift+Command+B
Shift+Ctrl+C Pause reading out loud Shift+Command+C
Shift+Ctrl+E Stop reading out loud Shift+Command+E

10.Keys For Selecting Tools:

Windows/UNIX action Tool Mac OS action
H Hand tool H
Spacebar Temporarily select Hand tool Spacebar
V Select tool V
Z Marquee Zoom tool Z
Shift+Z Cycle through zoom tools: Marquee Zoom, Dynamic Zoom, Loupe Shift+Z
Shift Temporarily select Dynamic Zoom tool (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected) Shift
Ctrl Temporarily zoom out (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected) Option
Ctrl+spacebar Temporarily select Zoom In tool Spacebar+Command
R Select Object tool R
O Edit Object tool O
A Enter/Exit Forms editing A
C Crop tool C
L Link tool L
F Text Field tool F
Shift+F Cycle through tools in forms authoring mode: Text Field, Check Box, Radio Button, List Box, Dropdown Box, Button, Digital Signature, Barcode Shift+F
M 3D tool M
Shift+M Cycle through Multimedia tools: 3D object, SWF, Sound, Video Shift+M
T Edit Document Text tool T
Shift+Y Redaction Shift+Y
Shift+T Cycle through Touch Up tools: Touch Up Text, Touch Up Reading Order, Touch Up Object Shift+T
Ctrl+J JavaScript Debugger Command+J
Shift+Ctrl+T Insert Blank Pages tool Shift+Command+T
Ctrl+Shift+I Insert Files
Ctrl+Shift+D Delete pages
~ Open Output Preview ~
Shift+Ctrl+U Touch Up Reading Order tool (or if already selected, return focus to dialog box) Shift+Command+U

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