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Shortcut Keys

PDFelement for Mac offers a wide range of shortcut keys to streamline your PDF management and enhance your efficiency. These shortcuts are designed to make navigation, editing, and file management a breeze.

Basic Navigation:

  • ⌘,: Preferences
  • ⌘H: Hide Wondershare PDFelement Pro
  • ⌥⌘H: Hide Others
  • ⌘Q: Quit Wondershare PDFelement Pro
  • Long press ⌥: Enable/Disable a Switch in Elements Auto-Alignment

Document Management:

  • ⌘T: New Tab
  • ⌘N: New Blank Document
  • ⌘O: Open
  • ⌘W : Close Tab
  • ⇧⌘W: Close Window
  • ⌥⇧⌘W: Close All Windows
  • ⌥⇧⌘H: Return to Homepage
  • ⌘S: Save
  • ⇧⌘S: Save As
  • ⌘E: Template Mall
  • ⌘D: Properties
  • ⌘P: Print
  • ⌘Z: Undo
  • ⇧⌘Z: Redo
  • ⌘X: Cut
  • ⌘C: Copy
  • ⌘V: Paste
  • ⌘A: Select All
  • delete: Delete
  • F5: Start Dictation
  • ⌘F: Find
  • ⇧⌘F: Find & Replace
  • ⌥⇧⌘F: Find & Redact
  • ⌘G: Find Next
  • ⇧⌘G: Find Previous

Document Views:

  • ⌃⌘1: Single Page View
  • ⌃⌘2: Enable Scrolling
  • ⌃⌘3: Two Page View
  • ⌃⌘4: Two Page Scrolling
  • ⌥⌘1: Thumbnails
  • ⌥⌘2: Comments
  • ⌥⌘3: Bookmarks
  • ⌥⌘4: Fields
  • ⌥⌘5: Attachment
  • ⌥⌘F: Search

PDF Tools:

  • ⌘1: Toggle to Comment
  • ⌘2: Toggle to Edit
  • ⌘3: Toggle to Form
  • ⌘4: Toggle to Protect
  • ⌘5: Toggle to Tools
  • ⌘6: Toggle to Batch
  • ⌘0: Hand Mode
  • ⌥⌘6: Actual Size
  • ⌥⌘7: Fit Width
  • ⌥⌘8: Fit Height
  • ⌥⌘9: Fit Page
  • ⌘+: Zoom In
  • ⌘-: Zoom Out
  • ⌃⇧⌘S: Read Mode
  • fnF: Enter Full Screen
  • ⇧⌘↩︎: Play from Start
  • ⌘↩︎: Play from Current
  • ⌃⇧⌘O: OCR
  • ⌃⇧⌘C: Crop Pages
  • ⌃⇧⌘W: Add or Edit Watermark
  • ⌃⇧⌘B: Add or Edit Background
  • ⌃⇧⌘H: Add or Edit Header & Footer
  • ⌃⇧⌘Y: Add or Edit Page Number
  • ⌃⇧⌘N: Bates Number
  • ⌃⇧⌘P: Batch PDFs

AI Tools

  • AI Sidebar: ⌃⇧⌘A
  • AI Translate: ⌃⇧⌘T
  • Proofread PDF: ⌃⇧⌘R
  • Translate PDF: ⌃⇧⌘F

Document Navigation:

  • ⌥↑: Up
  • ⌥↓: Down
  • ↑: Previous Page
  • ↓: Next Page
  • ⇞: First Page
  • ⇟: Last Page
  • ⌘←: Previous View
  • ⌘→: Next View
  • ⌥⌘G: Go to Page
  • ⌘M : Minimize
  • ⌃⇥: Show Next Tab
  • ⌃⇧⇥: Show Previous Tab

Document Editing and Annotation:

  • ⇧⌘T: Add or Edit Text
  • ⇧⌘I: Add or Edit Image
  • ⇧⌘L: Add or Edit Link
  • ⌃⌘H: Highlight
  • ⌃⌘S: Strikethrough
  • ⌃⌘U: Underline
  • ⌃⌘V: Squiggly
  • ⌃⌘P: Pencil
  • ⌃⌘E: Eraser
  • ⌃⌘T: Text Comment
  • ⌃⌘B: Text Box
  • ⌃⌘C: Text Callout
  • ⌃⌘N: Note
  • ⌃⌘R: Rectangle
  • ⌃⌘O: Oval
  • ⌃⌘Y: Polygon
  • ⌃⌘L: Line
  • ⌃⌘A: Arrow
  • ⌃⌘I: Connected Lines
  • ⌃⌘M: Cloud
  • ⌃⌘,: Distance Measure
  • ⌃⌘. : Perimeter Measure
  • ⌃⌘/: Area Measure
  • ⌃⌘W: Paperclip
  • ⌃⌘G: Graph
  • ⌃⌘J: Attachment
  • ⌃⌘K: Tag
  • ⌃⌘F: Stamp
  • ⌃⌘Z: Signature
  • ⌥⌘9: Rulers