Keyboard shortcuts in Preview on Mac
In the Preview app 👁 Image
on your Mac, you can quickly accomplish many tasks using keyboard shortcuts. See the shortcuts below, as well as in Preview menus in the menu bar. In app menus, keyboard shortcuts are represented by symbols.
Note: Keyboard shortcuts in apps may vary depending on the language and keyboard layout you’re using on your Mac. If the shortcuts below don’t work as you expect, look in the app menus in the menu bar to see the correct shortcuts. You can also use the Keyboard Viewer to see your current keyboard layout, known as an input source.
Action | Shortcut | ||||||||||
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Save a file | Command-S | ||||||||||
Go to next tab | Control-Tab | ||||||||||
Go to previous tab | Shift-Control-Tab | ||||||||||
Enter full screen | Control-Command-F | ||||||||||
Print the current PDF or image | Command-P | ||||||||||
Copy the selected text or area to the Clipboard | Command-C | ||||||||||
Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard | Command-X | ||||||||||
Paste the contents of the Clipboard into an image | Command-V | ||||||||||
Scroll down a line in a document, to the next item in the sidebar, or down through highlights and notes | Down Arrow | ||||||||||
Scroll up a line in a document, to the previous item in the sidebar, or up through highlights and notes | Up Arrow | ||||||||||
Scroll down one screen at a time or view the next image in the window | Page Down | ||||||||||
Scroll up one screen at a time or view the previous image in the window | Page Up | ||||||||||
Move to next document in the window | Option-Page Down | ||||||||||
Move to previous document in the window | Option-Page Up | ||||||||||
Move to next page | Option-Down Arrow | ||||||||||
Move to previous page | Option-Up Arrow | ||||||||||
Zoom all images to actual size | Option-Command-0 | ||||||||||
Zoom all images to fit | Option-Command-9 | ||||||||||
Zoom all images in | Option-Command-Plus (+) | ||||||||||
Zoom all images out | Option-Command-Minus (–) | ||||||||||
Remove the background | Shift-Command-K | ||||||||||