Its so time consuming when you have to move your mouse and again and again change the tools from zoom key to hand tool here is an easy way out. Here are some Shortcuts for Adobe reader 8 for windows and mac which will reduce the time consumed to change tools and increase reading efficiency in Adobe reader 8
Keys for selecting tools
To enable single-key shortcuts, choose Edit > Preferences > General, and then select the Use Single-Key Accelerators To Access Tools option.
| Tool | Windows/UNIX action | Mac OS action |
|---|---|---|
| Hand tool | H | H |
| Temporarily select Hand tool | Spacebar | Spacebar |
| Select tool | V | V |
| Snapshot tool | G | G |
| Current zoom tool | Z | Z |
| Temporarily select Dynamic Zoom tool
(when Marquee Zoom tool is selected) |
Shift | Shift |
| Temporarily zoom out
(when Marquee Zoom tool is selected) |
Ctrl | Option |
| Select Object tool | R | R |
| Object Data tool | O | O |
| Article tool | A | A |
| Crop tool | C | C |
| Link tool | L | L |
| Reset toolbar | Alt+F8 (Windows)
Ctrl+Shift+F8 (UNIX) |
Alt+F8 |