Keyboard shortcuts are keys or combinations of keys that provide an alternative way to perform actions that you’d typically do with a mouse.There are a number of keyboard shortcuts that you can use to speed up your navigation within the Foxit PDF Editor. You can both use the default keyboard shortcuts and customize your own shortcuts.
To customize the keyboard shortcuts, please do as below:
Right-click any area on the ribbon and choose Customize Quick Access Toolbar …. In the pop-up Customize Tools dialog box, choose Keyboard tab.
The following tables list the default keyboard shortcuts for the functions in different ribbon tabs.
The File tab
| Result | Shortcut |
| Open File | Ctrl + O |
| Close File | Ctrl + W, or Ctrl + F4 |
| Save As | Ctrl + Shift + S |
| Close All | Ctrl + Shift + W |
| Print a Document | Ctrl + P |
| Exit Foxit PDF Editor | Ctrl + Q, or Alt+F4 |
| Save | Ctrl + S |
| Document Properties | Ctrl + D |
| Preferences | Ctrl + K |
| Index | Ctrl + Shift + M |
The Home tab
| Tool | Shortcut |
| Hand Tool | Alt + 3 |
| Select Text and Image | Alt + 6 |
| Snapshot | Alt + 7 |
| Find Text (Go to the Find box in the top right corner of the application window to search document.) | Ctrl + F |
| Find Next | F3 |
| Find Previous | Shift + F3 |
| Open the Search panel | Ctrl + Shift + F |
| Zoom To | Ctrl + M |
| Zoom In | Ctrl + + |
| Zoom Out | Ctrl + - |
| Reflow | Ctrl + 4 |
| Actual Size | Ctrl + 1 |
| Fit to Page | Ctrl + 0 |
| Fit Width | Ctrl + 2 |
| Fit Visible | Ctrl + 3 |
| Rotate Clockwise | Ctrl + Shift + Plus |
| Rotate Counterclockwise | Ctrl + Shift + Minus |
The Convert tab
| Result | Shortcut |
| Create PDF from File | Ctrl + N |
The Edit tab
| Result | Shortcut |
| Copy | Ctrl + C, or Ctrl + Insert |
| Cut | Ctrl + X |
| Paste | Ctrl + V |
| Select All (Select all items in a document or window) | Ctrl + A |
| Deselect All | Ctrl + Shift + A |
| Add Bookmark | Ctrl + B |
| Search & Replace | Ctrl + T |
| Cross Reference | Ctrl + Shift + C |
The Organize tab
| Result | Shortcut |
| Delete pages | Ctrl + Shift + D |
| Insert Blank Page | Shift + Ctrl + T |
| Insert From File | Ctrl + Shift + I |
| Duplicate pages | Ctrl + Alt + D |
The Comment tab
| Result | Shortcut |
| Paste in Place | Ctrl + Alt + V |
| Pencil | Shift + P |
| Callout | Shift + C |
| Highlight | Shift + H |
| Insert Text | Shift + I |
| Replace Text | Ctrl + Shift + R |
| Squiggly Underline | Shift + U |
| Strikeout | Shift + S |
| Textbox | Shift + E |
| Typewriter | Shift + T |
| Underline | Ctrl + U |
| Export All Comments | Ctrl + L |
| Export Highlighted Text | Ctrl + I |
| Hide All Comments | Ctrl + Shift + 8 |
| Show All Comments | Ctrl + 8 |
| Note | Ctrl + Shift + N |
| Submit the reply after typing the reply message in the Comments panel | Ctrl + Enter |
The View tab
| Result | Shortcut |
| Full Screen | F11 |
| Marquee Zoom | Alt + 5 |
| Read Mode | Ctrl + H |
| Text Viewer | Ctrl + 6 |
| AutoScroll | Ctrl + Shift + H |
| Stop AutoScroll | ESC |
| Rulers | Ctrl + R |
| Line Weights | Ctrl + 5 |
| Read Current Page | Ctrl + Shift + V |
| Read from Current Page | Ctrl + Shift + B |
| Stop | Ctrl + Shift + E |
| Pause | Ctrl + Shift + P |
| Activate Read | Ctrl + Shift + Y |
| Show or hide Navigation pane | F4 |
| Next Change in the Compare Results context tab | Ctrl + . |
| Previous Change in the Compare Results context tab | Ctrl + , |
| Page Down | Space |
| Page Up | Shift + Space |
| Move left by a character | Left |
| Move right by a character | Right |
| Move left by a word | Ctrl + Left |
| Move right by a word | Ctrl + Right |
| Move up by a row | Up |
| Move down by a row | Down |
| Move to the end | End |
| Move to the beginning | Home |
| Move to the top of next page | Ctrl + Page Down |
| Move to the top of previous page | Ctrl + Page Up |
| Move to the end of the document | Ctrl + End |
| Move to the beginning of the document | Ctrl + Home |
The Form tab
| Result | Shortcut |
| JavaScript Console | Ctrl + J |
| Go to fillable field by tab order | Tab |
| Go to fillable field by tab in reversed order | Shift + Tab |
The Share tab
| Result | Shortcut |
| Email All Open Tabs | Ctrl + Shift + K |
| Email Current Tab | Ctrl + Shift + L |
The Accessibility tab
| Result | Shortcut |
| Reading Option | Ctrl + Shift + 5 |
| Reading Order | Ctrl + Shift + U |
The Help tab
| Result | Shortcut |
| User Manual | F1 |
The Format tab in the right panel and the floating toolbar
| Result | Shortcut |
| Switch Color | Shift + L |
| Color 1 | Shift + 1 |
| Color 2 | Shift + 2 |
| Color 3 | Shift + 3 |
| Color 4 | Shift + 4 |
| Color 5 | Shift + 5 |
| Color 6 | Shift + 6 |
| Color 7 | Shift + 7 |
| Color 8 | Shift + 8 |
| Color 9 | Shift + 9 |
| Color 10 | Shift + 0 |
| Edit Note | Shift + O |
Others
| Result | Shortcut |
| Collapse the Ribbon | Ctrl + F11 |
| Undo (Undo an action) | Ctrl + Z |
| Redo (Redo or repeat an action) | Ctrl + Shift + Z |
| Move to next open document tab (when multiple documents are open in same window) | Ctrl + Tab, or Ctrl + Shift + Page Down |
| Move to previous open document tab (when multiple documents are open in same window) | Ctrl + Shift + Tab, or Ctrl + Shift + Page Up |
| Advanced Search | Ctrl + Shift + F |
| First Page | Ctrl + Home |
| Previous Page | Ctrl + Page Up |
| Next Page | Ctrl + Page Down |
| Last Page | End |
| Previous View | Alt + Left |
| Next View | Alt + Right |
| Go to Page | Ctrl + G |
| Preview page by page in Print Preview | Page Up/Down |
| Delete the word before the cursor’s current position | Ctrl + Backspace |
| Expand the selected area to the next character on the right | Shift + Right |
| Expand the selected area to the next character on the left | Shift + Left |
| Expand the selected area to the end of a word | Ctrl + Shift + Right |
| Expand the selected area to the beginning of a word | Ctrl + Shift + Left |
| Expand the selected area to the end of a row | Shift + End |
| Expand the selected area to the beginning of a row | Shift + Home |
| Expand the selected area next Row | Shift + Down |
| Expand the selected area previous Row | Shift + Up |
| Expand the selected area to the beginning of a document | Ctrl + Shift + Home |
| Expand the selected area to the end of a document | Ctrl + Shift + End |