ABBYY FineReader offers the following keyboard shortcuts for the most commonly used commands.
New Task window
File menu
Command |
Shortcut |
New PDF Document |
Ctrl+N |
Open PDF Document... |
Ctrl+O |
Open in OCR Editor... |
Ctrl+R |
Scan to OCR Editor |
Ctrl+S |
New OCR Project |
Ctrl+Shift+N |
Open OCR Project... |
Ctrl+Shift+O |
Exit |
Ctrl+Q |
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Edit menu
Command |
Shortcut |
Move Up |
Alt+↑ |
Move Down |
Alt+↓ |
Remove |
Del |
Select All |
Ctrl+A |
Find Recent Documents |
Ctrl+F |
Tools menu
Command |
Shortcut |
Options... |
Ctrl+> |
Help menu
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OCR Editor
File menu
Command |
Shortcut |
New Task... |
Ctrl+N |
Open Image... |
Ctrl+O |
Scan Pages... |
Ctrl+K |
Save Page Images As... |
Ctrl+Alt+S |
Close |
Ctrl+W |
New OCR Project |
Ctrl+Shift+N |
Open OCR Project... |
Ctrl+Shift+O |
Save OCR Project... |
Ctrl+Shift+S |
E-mail document |
Ctrl+M |
E-mail images |
Ctrl+Alt+M |
Print text |
Ctrl+P |
Print image |
Ctrl+Alt+P |
Exit |
Ctrl+Q |
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Edit menu
Command |
Shortcut |
Undo |
Ctrl+Z |
Redo |
Ctrl+Y |
Cut |
Ctrl+X |
Recognize and Copy Text |
Ctrl+C |
Copy Area as Image |
Ctrl+Shift+C |
Paste |
Ctrl+V |
Delete |
Del |
Select All |
Ctrl+A |
Cancel Selection |
Ctrl+Shift+A |
Delete Pages... |
Ctrl+Backspace |
Delete Areas and Text |
Ctrl+Del |
Delete Text |
Ctrl+Shift+Del |
Rotate Pages Right |
Ctrl+Shift+> |
Rotate Pages Left |
Ctrl+Shift+< |
Edit Page Images... |
Ctrl+I |
Find... |
Ctrl+F |
Find Next |
F3 |
Replace... |
Ctrl+H |
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View menu
Command |
Shortcut |
Show Navigation Pane |
F5 |
Show Zoom Pane |
Ctrl+F5 |
Image Pane Only |
F6 |
Image and Text Panes |
F7 |
Text Pane Only |
F8 |
Next Pane |
Ctrl+Tab |
Previous Pane |
Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
Zoom In |
Ctrl++ |
Zoom Out |
Ctrl+- |
Best Fit |
Ctrl+0 |
Go to Page Number... |
Ctrl+G |
Go to Next Page |
Ctrl+↓ |
Go to Previous Page |
Ctrl+↑ |
Go to First Page |
Ctrl+Home |
Go to Last Page |
Ctrl+End |
Close Page |
Ctrl+F4 |
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Recognize menu
Command |
Shortcut |
Recognize All Pages |
Ctrl+Shift+R |
Recognize Page |
Ctrl+R |
Analyze All Pages |
Ctrl+Shift+E |
Analyze Page |
Ctrl+E |
Verify Text... |
Ctrl+F7 |
Next Error |
Alt+↓ |
Previous Error |
Alt+↑ |
Mark Text as Verified |
Ctrl+T |
Area menu
Command |
Shortcut |
Recognize Area |
Ctrl+Shift+B |
Change Area Type to Text |
Ctrl+2 |
Change Area Type to Table |
Ctrl+3 |
Change Area Type to Picture |
Ctrl+4 |
Change Area Type to Background Picture |
Ctrl+6 |
Change Area Type to Barcode |
Ctrl+5 |
Change Area Type to Recognition Area |
Ctrl+1 |
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Tools menu
Command |
Shortcut |
View Dictionaries... |
Ctrl+Alt+D |
Redaction Mode |
Ctrl+Shift+H |
Hot Folder |
Ctrl+Shift+F |
Options... |
Ctrl+> |
Help menu
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General
Command |
Shortcut |
Make the selected text fragment bold |
Ctrl+B |
Make the selected text fragment italic |
Ctrl+I |
Underline the selected text fragment |
Ctrl+U |
Go to table cell |
Arrow keys |
Switch to Pages pane |
Alt+1 |
Switch to Image pane |
Alt+2 |
Switch to Text pane |
Alt+3 |
Switch to Zoom pane |
Alt+4 |
You can also create your own keyboard shortcuts in the OCR Editor.
To create a shortcut in the OCR Editor:
- Open the Customize Toolbars and Shortcuts dialog box by clicking View > Toolbars > Customize....
- On the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, select a category in the Categories field.
- In the Commands field, select the command for which you want to specify a keyboard shortcut.
- Place the cursor in the Press new shortcut key field and press the keys to be used for this command.
- Click Assign. The selected key combination will be added into the Current shortcut field.
- Click OK to save the changes.
- To return shortcuts to their default values, click Reset (for a selected command category) or Reset All (for all shortcut keys).
PDF Editor
File menu
Command |
Shortcut |
New Task... |
Ctrl+N |
Open... |
Ctrl+O |
Save |
Ctrl+S |
Save as PDF Document... |
Ctrl+Shift+S |
Close Document |
Ctrl+W |
Recognize Document |
Ctrl+Shift+R |
Print... |
Ctrl+P |
Exit |
Ctrl+Q |
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Edit menu
Command |
Shortcut |
Undo |
Ctrl+Z |
Redo |
Ctrl+Y |
Cut |
Ctrl+X |
Copy |
Ctrl+C |
Copy Area as Image |
Ctrl+C |
Copy Area as Text |
Ctrl+Shift+C |
Copy Area as Table |
Ctrl+Alt+C |
Paste |
Ctrl+V |
Delete |
Del |
Select All |
Ctrl+A |
Add Pages from File... |
Ctrl+Shift+O |
Add Pages from Scanner... |
Ctrl+Shift+A |
Rotate Pages Right |
Ctrl+Shift+> |
Rotate Pages Left |
Ctrl+Shift+< |
Delete Pages... |
Ctrl+Backspace |
Add Bookmark... |
Ctrl+D |
Find... |
Ctrl+F |
Find Next |
F3 |
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View menu
Command |
Shortcut |
Show Navigation Pane |
F5 |
Search |
F9 |
Digital Signatures |
F8 |
Show PDF Tools |
F6 |
Show Comments Pane |
F7 |
Zoom In |
Ctrl++ |
Zoom Out |
Ctrl+- |
Best Fit |
Ctrl+0 |
Actual Size |
Ctrl+8 |
Fit to Width |
Ctrl+9 |
Go to Page Number... |
Ctrl+G |
Next Page |
Ctrl+↓ |
Previous Page |
Ctrl+↑ |
First Page |
Home |
Last Page |
End |
Back |
Alt+← |
Forward |
Alt+→ |
One-Page View |
Ctrl+1 |
One-Page Scrolling |
Ctrl+2 |
Two-Page View |
Ctrl+3 |
Two-Page Scrolling |
Ctrl+4 |
Full Screen |
F11 |
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Tools menu
Command |
Shortcut |
Edit Text and Pictures |
Ctrl+E |
Text Box |
Ctrl+T |
Add Note |
Ctrl+M |
Highlight |
Ctrl+H |
Underline |
Ctrl+U |
Strikethrough |
Ctrl+K |
Insert Text |
Ctrl+J |
Search and Mark Up |
F9 |
Redaction Mode |
Ctrl+R |
Options... |
Ctrl+> |
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Help menu
ABBYY Compare Documents
File menu
Command |
Shortcut |
New Comparison |
Ctrl+N |
Open Document... |
Ctrl+O |
Close Document |
Ctrl+W |
Save... |
Ctrl+S |
Exit |
Ctrl+Q |
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Edit menu
Command |
Shortcut |
Undo |
Ctrl+Z |
Redo |
Ctrl+Y |
Select All Differences |
Ctrl+A |
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View menu
Command |
Shortcut |
Zoom In |
Ctrl++ |
Zoom Out |
Ctrl+- |
Fit to Width |
Ctrl+0 |
Next Page |
Ctrl+↓ |
Previous Page |
Ctrl+↑ |
Compare menu
Command |
Shortcut |
Compare Documents |
Ctrl+R |
Next Difference |
Ctrl+→ |
Previous Difference |
Ctrl+← |
Ignore Difference |
Del |
Help menu
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