Performing Basic Editing Operations

This section discusses the Acrobat shortcuts for performing basic editing operations: Undo and Redo; Cut, Copy, and Paste; finding text; checking spelling; and adding bookmarks.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Undo and Redo

Windows [Ctrl]-[Z], Mac [ z ]-[Z]

Undo the last action

Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[Z], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[Z]

Redo the last undone action

Keyboard Shortcuts for Cut, Copy, and Paste

Windows [Ctrl]-[C], Mac [ z ]-[C]

Copy the selection

Windows [Ctrl]-[X], Mac [ z ]-[X]

Cut the selection

Windows [Ctrl]-[V], Mac [ z ]-[V]

Paste the item from the Clipboard

Keyboard Shortcuts for Finding Text

Windows [Ctrl]-[F], Mac [ z ]-[F]

Display the Search PDF pane

Windows [Ctrl]-[G], [F3], Mac [ z ]-[G]

Display the next search result

Windows [Ctrl]-[Shift]-[G], Mac [ z ]-[Shift]-[G]

Display the previous search result

Windows [Ctrl]-[]], Mac [ z ]-[]]

Display the next document containing search results

You can use this keyboard shortcut and the next if you choose the All PDF Documents In option button in the Search PDF pane.

Windows [Ctrl]-[[], Mac [ z ]-[[]

Display the previous document containing search results

Keyboard Shortcuts for Checking Spelling

Windows [F7], Mac [F7]

Check spelling in comments and form fields

Keyboard Shortcuts for Adding Bookmarks

Windows [Ctrl]-[B], Mac [ z ]-[B]

Create a bookmark

Acrobat creates a bookmark at the current view and assigns it a default name. Type the name you want the bookmark to have, and then click elsewhere to apply the name .