Essential Adobe Acrobat keyboard shortcuts for Windows and macOS to navigate Adobe Acrobat like a pro. 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 an article. However, before using these, if you want to use single-key shortcuts, you’ll need to enable them. Open Acrobat Reader’s Preferences > General > select Use Single-Key Accelerators To Access Tools option.
Action
Shortcut for macOS
Shortcut for Windows
Hand Tool
H
H
Select Tool
V
V
Marquee Zoom Tool
Z
Z
Temporarily select Dynamic Zoom (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)
Shift
Shift
Temporarily select zoom out (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)
Option
Ctrl
Temporarily select zoom in (when Marquee Zoom tool is selected)
