Shortcut Keys

ABBYY FineReader 11 offers the following keyboard shortcuts for the most commonly used commands. You can also create your own keyboard shortcuts.

To create a shortcut:

  1. Click Tools>Customize…. The Customize Toolbars and Shortcuts dialog box will open.
  2. On the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, in the Categories field, select a category.
  3. In the Commands field, select the command for which you want to create keyboard shortcut or whose shortcut you want to change.
  4. Click inside the Press new shortcut key field and then, on your keyboard, press the keys you want to use as a shortcut for the selected command.
  5. Click Assign. The keys you specified will be added into the Current shortcut box.
  6. Click OK to save the changes.
  7. To return shortcuts to their default values, click Reset (for a selected command category) or Reset All (for all shortcuts).
The File Menu
Command Shortcut
Scan Pages… CTRL+K
Open PDF File/Image… CTRL+O
New FineReader Document CTRL+N
Open FineReader Document… CTRL+SHIFT+N
Save Document As CTRL+S
Save Images… CTRL+ALT+S
Send FineReader Document by e-mail CTRL+M
Send page images by e-mail CTRL+ALT+M
Print Image CTRL+ALT+P
Print Text CTRL+P

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The Edit Menu
Command Shortcut
Undo CTRL+Z
Redo CTRL+ENTER
Cut CTRL+X
Copy CTRL+C
CTRL+INSERT
Paste CTRL+V
SHIFT+INSERT
Clear DELETE
Select All CTRL+A
Find… CTRL+F
Find Next F3
Replace… CTRL+H

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The View Menu
Command Shortcut
Show Pages Window F5
Show Page Image Only F6
Show Page Image and Page Text F7
Show Page Text Only F8
Show Zoom Window CTRL+F5
Next Window CTRL+TAB
Previous Window CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
Properties... ALT+ENTER

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The Document Menu
Command Shortcut
Read CTRL+SHIFT+R
Analyze Layout CTRL+SHIFT+E
Go to Next Page ALT+DOWN ARROW
PAGE DOWN
Go to Previous Page ALT+UP ARROW
PAGE UP
Go to Page… CTRL+G
Close Current Page CTRL+F4

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The Page Menu
Command Shortcut
Read Page CTRL+R
Analyze Page Layout CTRL+E
Edit Page Image… CTRL+SHIFT+C
Delete All Areas and Text CTRL+DELETE
Delete Text CTRL+SHIFT+DELETE
Page Properties… ALT+ENTER

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The Areas Menu
Command Shortcut
Read Area CTRL+SHIFT+B
Change Area Type to Recognition Area CTRL+1
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 Barcode CTRL+5
Change Area Type to Background Picture CTRL+6

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The Tools Menu
Command Shortcut
Task Manager… CTRL+T
Hot Folder… CTRL+SHIFT+H
View Dictionaries… CTRL+ALT+D
Language Editor… CTRL+SHIFT+L
Pattern Editor… CTRL+SHIFT+A
Verification… CTRL+F7
Next Error SHIFT+F4
Previous Error SHIFT+F5
Options… CTRL+SHIFT+O

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The Help Menu
Command Shortcut
ABBYY FineReader 11 Help F1

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General
Command Shortcut
Mark the selected text fragment bold CTRL+B
Mark the selected text fragment italic CTRL+I
Underline the selected text fragment CTRL+U
Select table cells Arrow keys
Select the Pages window ALT+1
Select the Image window ALT+2
Select the Text window ALT+3
Select the Zoom window ALT+4

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