Datasheet

If you change tools in a toolbar and open a context menu, the menu options change to reflect choices with

that particular tool. Likewise, a context menu opened on a palette offers menu options respective to the

palette, as shown in Figure 1.15.

FIGURE 1.15

When a palette is open in the Navigation pane and you open a context menu, the menu options reflect tasks you

can perform respective to the panel.

Opening a context menu on one of the icons in the Navigation pane opens a menu where you

can add or remove panels from the pane. Additionally, you can hide the Navigation panel

icons by opening a context menu in the Navigation pane and select Hide Navigation Pane Buttons. To bring

back the Navigation Pane Buttons, press F4 on your keyboard or select View ➪ Navigation Panels ➪ Show

Navigation Pane.

Context menus are a great benefit during your Acrobat sessions and using them helps you work much

faster. Throughout this book I often make references to the different choices you have in selecting a tool or

command. In most incidences, you find mention of context menus. Be certain you know how to open a

context menu in Acrobat on your computer. For the remainder of this book, I’ll mention opening context

menus without walking through the steps for how to open the menu.

Keyboard shortcuts

Pressing one or more keys on your keyboard can also open menus and invoke different commands. When

you become familiar with keyboard shortcuts that perform the same function as when using a menu or con-

text menu, you’ll find yourself favoring this method for making different menu selections or grabbing a tool

from a toolbar. Fortunately, you can learn as you work when it comes to memorizing keyboard shortcuts. As

I’m certain you know, several shortcut combinations are noted in menu commands. You can learn these

shortcuts when you frequently use a particular command. However, the keyboard shortcuts you see in the

menu commands are just a fraction of what is available in Acrobat for quick access to commands and tools.

For a complete list of all keyboard shortcuts, look over the Complete Acrobat help document you open by

selecting Help ➪ Complete Acrobat 8.0 Help.

Pressing a single key to access a tool requires you to have your Preferences set to accept single

keystroke shortcuts. See the steps for “Setting up the Acrobat environment” later in this chap-

ter for the proper Preferences settings.

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