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Keyboard Shortcuts

Most workspace actions have a keyboard shortcut. Tool hotkeys are single letters; editing and view shortcuts use Ctrl on Windows and Cmd on Mac. The full, always-current list lives in the workspace under Help > Keyboard Shortcuts.

Updated 2026-07-03 · 4 min read

Workspace shortcuts
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Hotkeys switch tools instantly — the letter is shown next to each tool's name in the toolbar tooltip.

Tool hotkeys

Select V · Pan H · Text T · Line L · Arrow A · Rectangle R · Ellipse E · Polygon Shift+P · Polyline Q · Revision Cloud C · Pen (freehand) D · Dimension Shift+L · Set Scale S · Snapshot Region G. Measurement tools: Measure Distance M, Measure Area P, Perimeter Shift+N, Measure Volume Shift+V, Count N.

Editing

Undo Ctrl/Cmd+Z · Redo Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z · Copy Ctrl/Cmd+C · Cut Ctrl/Cmd+X · Paste Ctrl/Cmd+V · Paste in Place Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+V · Duplicate Ctrl/Cmd+D · Select All Ctrl/Cmd+A · Delete or Backspace removes the selected markups.

View and grid

Zoom In + · Zoom Out - · Show Grid Shift+F9 · Snap to Grid Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+F9 · Snap to Page Center Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+F8 · Snap to Markup Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+F7. Split view and fit modes are also listed in the View menu with their shortcuts.

Page management

With pages selected in the Thumbnails panel: Rotate Clockwise Ctrl+Shift+R · Insert Blank Page Ctrl+Shift+N · Insert Pages Ctrl+Shift+I · Replace Pages Ctrl+Shift+Y · Extract Pages Ctrl+Shift+X · Delete Pages Ctrl+Shift+D.

See the full list

Open Help > Keyboard Shortcuts in the workspace menu bar for the complete, current reference — it is generated from the same configuration the menus use, so it never goes stale.

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