If you work extensively with Acrobat s tools, you can save time and effort by using keyboard shortcuts to select these tools. Before you can do so, however, you must turn on the feature that enables you to use keyboard shortcuts:
Press [Ctrl]-[K] or choose Edit Preferences (on Windows), or press [ z ]-[K] or choose Acrobat Preferences (on the Mac), to display the Preferences dialog box.
Press [G] with the focus in the left list box, or click the General item, to display the General sheet.
Select the Use Single-Key Accelerators To Access Tools check box.
Click the OK button to close the Preferences dialog box.
Windows [H], Mac [H]
Select the Hand tool
Windows [Spacebar], Mac [Spacebar]
Temporarily select the Hand tool
Windows [V], Mac [V]
Select the last selection tool used
The current selection tool is the one selected in the Select drop-down list on the Basic toolbar or the one whose button is selected on the Selection toolbar. This illustration shows the Mac versions of the Basic toolbar and the Selection toolbar.
Windows [Shift]-[V], Mac [Shift]-[V]
Cycle through the selection tools
Press this shortcut to revert to the last selection tool used, and then cycle through the other selection tools (the Select Text tool, the Select Image tool, and the Select Table tool, in that order).
Windows [G], Mac [G]
Select the Snapshot tool
Windows [Z], Mac [Z]
Select the last zoom tool used
The current zoom tool is the tool selected in the Zoom drop-down list.
Windows [Shift]-[Z], Mac [Shift]-[Z]
Cycle through the zoom tools
Press this shortcut to revert to the last zoom tool used, and then cycle through the other selection tools (the Zoom In tool, the Zoom Out tool, the Dynamic Zoom tool, and the Loupe, in that order).
Windows [Ctrl]-[Spacebar], Mac [ z ]-[Spacebar]
Temporarily select the Zoom In tool
Click to zoom in, or press either [+] (to zoom in) or [-] (to zoom out).
Windows [Shift], Mac [Shift]
Temporarily select the Dynamic Zoom tool
This shortcut works only when the Zoom In tool or the Zoom Out tool is selected.
Windows [R], Mac [R]
Select the Select Object tool
Windows [A], Mac [A]
Select the Article tool
Windows [C], Mac [C]
Select the Crop tool
Windows [L], Mac [L]
Select the Link tool
Windows [F], Mac [F]
Select the current forms tool
Windows [Shift]-[F], Mac [Shift]-[F]
Cycle through the forms tools
Press this shortcut to select the Button tool, the Check Box tool, the Combo Box tool, the List Box tool, the Radio Button tool, the Text Field tool, and the Digital Signature tool in that order, starting from the current forms tool.
Windows [M], Mac [M]
Select the Movie tool
Windows [Shift]-[M], Mac [Shift]-[M]
Select the Sound tool
Windows [T], Mac [T]
Select the TouchUp Text tool
Windows [Shift]-[T], Mac [Shift]-[T]
Select the TouchUp Object tool
Windows [B], Mac [B]
Select the Distance tool
Windows [Shift]-[B], Mac [Shift]-[B]
Cycle through the measuring tools
Press this shortcut to select the Distance tool, the Perimeter tool, and the Area tool in that order, starting from the current measuring tool.