Keyboard Shortcuts

By Cynthia, 15 December, 2025

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

ResultShortcut 
Open FileCtrl + O
Close FileCtrl + W, or Ctrl + F4
Save AsCtrl + Shift + S
Close AllCtrl + Shift + W
Print a DocumentCtrl + P
Exit Foxit PDF EditorCtrl + Q, or Alt+F4 
SaveCtrl + S
Document PropertiesCtrl + D
PreferencesCtrl + K
IndexCtrl + Shift + M 

The Home tab

ToolShortcut
Hand ToolAlt + 3
Select Text and ImageAlt + 6
SnapshotAlt + 7
Find Text (Go to the Find box in the top right corner of the application window to search document.)Ctrl + F
Find NextF3
Find PreviousShift + F3 
Open the Search panel Ctrl + Shift + F
Zoom ToCtrl + M
Zoom InCtrl + + 
Zoom OutCtrl + -
ReflowCtrl + 4 
Actual SizeCtrl + 1
Fit to PageCtrl + 0
Fit WidthCtrl + 2
Fit VisibleCtrl + 3
Rotate ClockwiseCtrl + Shift + Plus
Rotate CounterclockwiseCtrl + Shift + Minus

The Convert tab

ResultShortcut
Create PDF from FileCtrl + N

The Edit tab

ResultShortcut
CopyCtrl + C, or Ctrl + Insert 
CutCtrl + X
PasteCtrl + V
Select All (Select all items in a document or window)Ctrl + A
Deselect AllCtrl + Shift + A 
Add BookmarkCtrl + B
Search & ReplaceCtrl + T
Cross ReferenceCtrl + Shift + C

The Organize tab

ResultShortcut
Delete pagesCtrl + Shift + D
Insert Blank PageShift + Ctrl + T
Insert From FileCtrl + Shift + I
Duplicate pagesCtrl + Alt + D 

The Comment tab

ResultShortcut
Paste in PlaceCtrl + Alt + V
Pencil Shift + P
CalloutShift + C
HighlightShift + H
Insert TextShift + I
Replace TextCtrl + Shift + R
Squiggly UnderlineShift + U
StrikeoutShift + S
TextboxShift + E
TypewriterShift + T
UnderlineCtrl + U
Export All CommentsCtrl + L
Export Highlighted TextCtrl + I
Hide All CommentsCtrl + Shift + 8
Show All CommentsCtrl + 8
NoteCtrl + Shift + N
Submit the reply after typing the reply message in the Comments panelCtrl + Enter 

The View tab

ResultShortcut
Full ScreenF11
Marquee ZoomAlt + 5
Read ModeCtrl + H
Text ViewerCtrl + 6
AutoScrollCtrl + Shift + H
Stop AutoScrollESC 
RulersCtrl + R
Line WeightsCtrl + 5   
Read Current PageCtrl + Shift + V
Read from Current PageCtrl + Shift + B
StopCtrl + Shift + E
PauseCtrl + Shift + P 
Activate ReadCtrl + Shift + Y
Show or hide Navigation paneF4
Next Change in the Compare Results context tabCtrl + .
Previous Change in the Compare Results context tabCtrl + ,
Page DownSpace 
Page UpShift + Space
Move left by a characterLeft
Move right by a characterRight
Move left by a wordCtrl + Left
Move right by a wordCtrl + Right
Move up by a rowUp
Move down by a rowDown
Move to the endEnd
Move to the beginningHome
Move to the top of next pageCtrl + Page Down
Move to the top of previous pageCtrl + Page Up
Move to the end of the documentCtrl + End
Move to the beginning of the documentCtrl + Home

The Form tab

ResultShortcut
JavaScript ConsoleCtrl + J
Go to fillable field by tab orderTab 
Go to fillable field by tab in reversed orderShift + Tab

The Share tab

ResultShortcut
Email All Open TabsCtrl + Shift + K   
Email Current TabCtrl + Shift + L

The Accessibility tab

ResultShortcut
Reading OptionCtrl + Shift + 5 
Reading OrderCtrl + Shift + U

The Help tab

ResultShortcut
User ManualF1

The Format tab in the right panel and the floating toolbar

ResultShortcut
Switch ColorShift + L
Color 1Shift + 1
Color 2Shift + 2
Color 3Shift + 3
Color 4Shift + 4
Color 5Shift + 5
Color 6Shift + 6
Color 7Shift + 7
Color 8Shift + 8
Color 9Shift + 9
Color 10Shift + 0
Edit NoteShift + O

Others 

ResultShortcut
Collapse the RibbonCtrl + 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 SearchCtrl + Shift + F 
First PageCtrl + Home
Previous PageCtrl + Page Up
Next PageCtrl + Page Down
Last PageEnd  
Previous ViewAlt + Left
Next ViewAlt + Right
Go to PageCtrl + G
Preview page by page in Print PreviewPage Up/Down 
Delete the word before the cursor’s current positionCtrl + Backspace 
Expand the selected area to the next character on the rightShift + Right
Expand the selected area to the next character on the leftShift + Left
Expand the selected area to the end of a wordCtrl + Shift + Right
Expand the selected area to the beginning of a wordCtrl + Shift + Left
Expand the selected area to the end of a rowShift + End
Expand the selected area to the beginning of a rowShift + Home
Expand the selected area next RowShift + Down
Expand the selected area previous RowShift + Up
Expand the selected area to the beginning of a documentCtrl + Shift + Home
Expand the selected area to the end of a documentCtrl + Shift + End
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