Adobe Acrobat is a portable document management software distributed by Adobe Inc., that enables users to create, view, print, modify, and manage PDFs (Portable Document Files). Key features include PDF viewing, PDF creation, PDF editing, PDF annotation, form creation, form filling, document security, and PDF format conversion tools. Adobe Acrobat is the most widely used portable document management software within companies and small businesses to manage the curation and signing of documents.

Below is a list of Keyboard shortcuts for the navigation and accessibility in Adobe Acrobat which will make using Acrobat usage more efficient on your computer.

Navigating Task Panes Keyboard Shortcuts

• Move focus to the next item among Document pane, Task panes, Message bar, and Navigation bar  F6
• Move focus to the previous item among Document pane, Task panes, message bar, and Navigation bar  Shift+F6
• Move focus to the next panel in the Task pane  Option +Tab
• Move focus to the previous panel in the Task pane  Command+ Shift+Tab
• Navigate to the next panel and panel control within an open Task pane  Tab
• Navigate to the previous panel and panel control within an open Task pane  Shift+Tab
• Navigate to the next command button within a panel  Down Arrow
• Navigate to the previous command button within a panel  Up Arrow
• Expand or collapse panel in focus (press F6 to move focus to Tools pane, then tab to desired panel)  Spacebar or Enter
• Open or close the Task pane  Shift+F4
• Close the pane that lists the tasks of an Action  Ctrl+Shift+F4
• 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
• Move the focus back to the parent command button with a submenu or submenu element with a flyout  Esc
• Run the command in focus  Spacebar or Enter
• 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
• 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

General Navigation Keyboard Shortcuts

• Invokes the hamburger   menu  press F6 to move focus to the hamburger menu       
• Executes the Acrobat > Hide Others option Option+Command+T
• Move focus to the toolbar in browser and application (In the application, sets focus to the first button in the top bar - Home)  Shift+F8
• Navigate through the other controls in the top bar - Home, Tools, Document  Right/Left Arrow or Tab/Shift Tab
• Select a highlighted control in the top bar  Return or Spacebar
• Move to next open document tab (when multiple documents are open in same window)  Control+Tab
• Move to previous open document tab (when multiple documents are open in same window)  Control+Shift+Tab
• Move to next open document window (when focus is on document pane)  Command+F6
• Move to previous open document window (when focus is on document pane)  Command+Shift+F6
• Close current document  Command+F4
• Close all open documents  Command+Option+W
• Move focus to next comment, link, or form field in the document pane  Tab
• Move focus to document pane  F5
• Move focus to previous comment, link, or form field in the document pane  Shift+Tab
• Activate selected tool, item (such as a movie clip or bookmark), or command  Spacebar or Return
• Open context menu (press F6 to move focus to the desired menu)  Control+click
• Close context menu Esc
• Return to Hand tool or Select tool  Esc
• Find in document  Command+F
• Move to next search result and highlight it in the document  Command+G
• Search the previous document (with Search results displaying multiple files)  Command+Shift+Left Arrow
• Search next document (with Search results displaying multiple files)  Command+Shift+Right Arrow
• Select text (with Select tool selected)  Shift+arrow keys
• Increase or decrease the value of a slider  Control+Option+Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Navigation Panels Keyboard Shortcuts

• Open and move focus to navigation pane  Command+Shift+F5
• Move focus among the document, message bar, and navigation panels  F6
• Move focus to previous pane or panel  Shift+F6
• Move among the elements of the active navigation panel  Tab
• 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
• Select or deselect a file in file list (open/close Context pane with file selection)  Space
• Select or deselect a To Do card (open/close Context pane with To Do card selection) Space
• Open selected file in file list  Enter
• Open selected To Do card Enter
• Move focus to the next/previous file row in file list for selecting single file row  Arrow keys
• Extend the selection by adding the next row above or below the selected row  Shift+Arrow keys
• Move focus up or down one row without changing the selection  Command+Arrow keys
• Expand the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarks panel)  Right Arrow or Shift+plus sign
• Collapse the current bookmark (focus on Bookmarks panel)  Left Arrow or minus sign
• Expand all bookmarks  Shift+*
• Collapse selected bookmark  Forward Slash (/)
• Move focus to next item in a navigation panel  Down Arrow
• Move focus to the previous item in a navigation panel  Up Arrow

Navigating the Help Window Keyboard Shortcuts

• Open Help window  F1 or Command+?
• Close Help window  Command+W
• Move back to previously opened topic  Command+Left Arrow
• Move forward to next topic  Command+Right Arrow
• Print Help topic Command+P

Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts

• Edit Tag  F2
• Change reading settings for the current document  Shift+Command+5
• Reflow a tagged PDF, and return to unreflowed view  Command+4
• Activate and deactivate Read Out Loud  Shift+Command+Y
• Read only the current page out loud  Shift+Command+V
• Read out loud from the current page to the end of the document  Shift+Command+B
• Pause reading out loud  Shift+Command+C
• Stop reading out loud  Shift+Command+E