Select the “General” category, and then check the “Use single-key accelerators to access tools” checkbox. To enable single-key Acrobat keyboard shortcuts in Acrobat XI, select “Edit| Preferences…” from the Menu Bar to open the “Preferences” dialog box. You will find that every command has an Acrobat keyboard shortcut if you follow this method! Important Note on Acrobat Keyboard Shortcuts in Acrobat XI At this point, you no longer have to hold down the “Alt” key, you can just strike the key on your keyboard that corresponds to the underlined letter of the subcommand that you would like to execute. At that point if you examine the sub-commands in the drop-down menu, you’ll notice that each one of the subcommands also has a single letter underlined. If you hold down the “Alt” key on your keyboard and strike the underlined letter for the corresponding command category on your keyboard, you will see its drop-down menu appear. If you press the “Alt” key on your keyboard and then examine the Menu Bar, you will see that each command category (like “File” or “Edit”) has a single underlined letter- for example the “F” in “File,” and the “V” in the “View” command.
However, there is a keystroke combination you can perform to access every command. Notice that not every command in the Menu Bar has a corresponding Acrobat keyboard shortcut. If your goal is to become faster using Acrobat, learning the Acrobat keyboard shortcuts will assist you.
Next, select the content to copy within the PDF, hold down the “Ctrl” key on the keyboard, and then strike the “C” key on the keyboard to copy the selected content. You can then click away from the Menu Bar drop-down menu to retract it. For example, if you click the “Edit” command in the Menu Bar, you can see the Acrobat keyboard shortcut for the “Copy” command, which is “Ctrl+C” on the keyboard. Acrobat keyboard shortcuts in Acrobat XI appear in the Menu Bar to the right of the specific command to which they correspond. You can use Acrobat keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Acrobat XI to perform commands.
Acrobat Keyboard Shortcuts How to Apply Acrobat Keyboard Shortcuts in Acrobat XI