Keyboard shortcuts

This article lists the keyboard shortcuts in Farino PDF. Use them to open, save and navigate documents faster, or to run any ribbon command without a mouse.

Shortcuts for the document view work when a PDF is open and the cursor is not in a text box.

Files and application

Shortcut	Command
`Ctrl+N`	Blank PDF
`Ctrl+O`	Open
`Ctrl+Shift+O`	Open Recent
`Ctrl+S`	Save
`Ctrl+Shift+S`	Save As
`Ctrl+P`	Print
`Ctrl+W`	Close Document
`Ctrl+D`	Properties
`Ctrl+Shift+K`	Settings (Preferences dialog)
`Ctrl+K`	Find a tool
`F1`	Quick Start
`Alt+F4`	Exit

The File menu shows these shortcuts next to each command.

Editing

Shortcut	Command
`Ctrl+Z`	Undo
`Ctrl+Y` or `Ctrl+Shift+Z`	Redo
`Ctrl+Enter`	Finish typing in a Typewriter text box or a callout
`Esc`	Finish typing, or cancel the current drawing or action

Selected objects

When you select objects with Edit Object:

Shortcut	Command
`Delete` or `Backspace`	Delete the selected objects
`Ctrl+C`	Copy
`Ctrl+X`	Cut
`Ctrl+V`	Paste
Arrow keys	Move the selection by a small step
`Shift` + arrow keys	Move the selection by a larger step

Selected text

With the Select Text tool active:

Shortcut	Command
`Ctrl+A`	Select all text on the page
`Ctrl+C`	Copy the selected text
`Shift+F10`	Open the context menu for the page

Find

Shortcut	Command
`Ctrl+F`	Find Text in the current document
`Ctrl+H`	Find and replace
`Ctrl+Shift+F`	Find in PDFs
`Enter`	Next match (in the find box)
`Shift+Enter`	Previous match (in the find box)
`Esc`	Clear the search (in the find box)

Shortcut	Command
`→` or `Page Down`	Next page
`←` or `Page Up`	Previous page
`Ctrl+Home`	First page
`Ctrl+End`	Last page
`Ctrl+PageDown`	Next document tab
`Ctrl+PageUp`	Previous document tab
`H`	Hand tool
`V`	Select Text tool
`Ctrl+Shift+H`	Read Mode
`Shift+F10` (on a document tab)	Open the tab menu

Zoom

Shortcut	Command
`+`	Zoom in
`-`	Zoom out
`Ctrl` + mouse wheel	Zoom in or out at the pointer
`Ctrl+0`	Fit page
`Ctrl+1`	Actual size
`Ctrl+2`	Fit width

Keytips

Keytips let you reach every ribbon command with the keyboard.

Press and release Alt. Letters appear under the tabs. File is F.
Press a tab letter. Numbers and letters then appear under that tab's commands.
Press the key of the command you want. If it opens a menu, new keytips appear for its items.
Press Esc to close the keytips.

The tab letters are:

Tab	Key	Tab	Key
File	`F`	View	`V`
Home	`H`	Form	`R`
Edit	`E`	Security	`P`
Convert	`C`	eSign	`S`
Tools	`T`	Accessibility	`A`
Comment	`M`	Automation	`U`
Review	`W`	Help	`L`

For more about the ribbon and other parts of the window, see The Farino PDF window.