Master PDFs With These Adobe Acrobat Shortcuts for Windows and Mac

Do you want more control over your online documents?

For many, Adobe Acrobat Reader remains the default PDF viewer. However, the software does much more than just display documents. It also includes the option to sign, comment on, or print PDFs.

To quickly explore the full offerings of Adobe Acrobat for PDFs, we've compiled the most useful shortcuts into a cheat sheet.

Before using these, if you want to use single-key shortcuts, you'll need to enable them. Open Acrobat Reader's Preferences, go to General under categories, and select Use single-key accelerators to access tools.

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Adobe Acrobat Reader Shortcuts for Windows and Mac

Shortcut (Win)	Shortcut (Mac)	Action
Selecting Tools
H	H	Hand Tool
V	V	Select Tool
Z	Z	Marquee Zoom Tool
Shift	Shift	Temporarily select Dynamic Zoom (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)
Ctrl	Option	Temporarily select zoom out (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)
Ctrl + Spacebar	Cmd + Spacebar	Temporarily select zoom in (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)
Shift + Z	Shift + Z	Cycle Zoom Tools (Marquee, Dynamic, Loupe)
S	S	Sticky Note Tool
K	K	Stamp Tool
U	U	Current Highlighting Tool
Shift + U	Shift + U	Cycle Highlighting Tools (Highlighter, Underline Text, Cross-Out Text)
D	D	Current Drawing Markup Tool
Shift + D	Shift + D	Cycle Drawing Markup Tools (Cloud, Arrow, Line, Rectangle, Oval, Polygon Line, Polygon, Pencil, Eraser)
Q	Q	Cloud Tool
X	X	Text Box Tool
J	J	Present Stamp/Attach Tool
Shift + J	Shift + J	Cycle Stamp, Attach File, Record Audio Comment
Comments
Tab	Tab	Move to next comment or form field
Shift + Tab	Shift + Tab	Move to previous comment or form field
Shift + K	Shift + K	Add a checkmark in the comments list (for selected comment)
Enter	Return	Open pop-up note for comment with focus
R	R	Reply to comment with focus
Esc	Esc	Close or exit pop-up/text field for comment with focus
Navigating and Readability
Page Down or Enter	Page Down or Return	Next Screen
Page Up or Shift + Enter	Page Up or Shift + Return	Previous Screen
End or Shift + Ctrl + Down Arrow	End or Shift + Cmd + Down Arrow	Last Page
Home or Shift + Ctrl + Up Arrow	Home or Shift + Cmd + Up Arrow	First Page
Right arrow or Ctrl + Page Down	Right arrow or Cmd + Page Down	Next Page
Left arrow or Ctrl + Page Up	Left arrow or Cmd + Page Up	Previous Page
Shift + Ctrl + N	Shift + Cmd + N	Go to Page
Up arrow	Up arrow	Scroll Up
Down arrow	Down arrow	Scroll Down
Ctrl + equal sign	Cmd + equal sign	Zoom In
Ctrl + hyphen	Cmd + hyphen	Zoom Out
Ctrl + F	Cmd + F	Find (in document)
F3 or Ctrl + G	Cmd + G	Move to next search result
Shift + F3 or Ctrl + Shift + G	Shift + Cmd + G	Go to previous search result
Accessibility
Shift + Ctrl + 5	Shift + Cmd + 5	Change reading settings for document
Shift + Ctrl + Y	Shift + Cmd + Y	Activate/deactivate read out loud
Shift + Ctrl + V	Shift + Cmd + V	Read current page only
Shift + Ctrl + B	Shift + Cmd + B	Read from current page to end of document
Shift + Ctrl + C	Shift + Cmd + C	Pause reading out loud
Shift + Ctrl + E	Shift + Cmd + E	Stop reading out loud

Use Adobe Acrobat Reader for All Your Electronic Document Needs

While portable document format (PDF) already comes with inherent advantages, the right software can make all the difference.

With these shortcuts for Adobe Acrobat, you can access tools, explore accessibility options, and navigate faster. All of these can improve your productivity, so it's easier to interact with future electronic documents.