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October 21, 2015
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Exiting full screen mode

  • October 21, 2015
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How to exit full screen mode without touching the screen or having access to the toolbar at the bottom?

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Correct answer ashutoshmehra

To exit full-screen mode, press Control-L (Windows) or Command-L (Mac).

20 replies

Participant
August 15, 2024

CLOSE AND RESTART Dreamweaver worked on my MAC!

The myriad of other solutions didn't work; I appreciate the suggestions.

Participant
March 28, 2022

In Windows

  1.  Place mouse over task bar over Audition
  2. Leave mouse there
  3. Manage properties with keybord usin tab 
  4. Video tab under preference (last one) 
  5. Full screen settings (unclick Enable Full Screen box and unclick disable full screen when in the background)  
Participant
August 22, 2021

Try Fn+F

Participant
March 13, 2021

Using PDF/X, the command is CTRL-SHIFT-F

Participant
February 25, 2021

ding.ding.ding! ctl/shift/F is the answer for Adobe PDF full screen in Windows 10

xxxgreg
Participant
February 22, 2021

What others said "f" works but on the Mac platform Adobe should be aware that this is non standard UI behavior and against Apple's UI guidelines for display. ESC should be able to exit from this but doesn't. Sometimes Adobe implements change for the sake of change - real bad process.

Participant
November 15, 2020

ctrl+shift+F  is another key to exit from FullScreen mod. 

Participant
October 30, 2020

This didn't work when I tried it. I know this answer may be old, but, I can't resize the window no matter what I try, can you please give me some kind of update answer?

 

Thanks!

Cheers1

Participant
September 8, 2020

For Mac Users: If you are actively editing the PDF, the shortcuts don't work. ) :  

After I hit "Close" in the upper right and closed active work on the document, the ESC shortcut worked.

Hope that's helpful to at least some Mac users.

Known Participant
July 21, 2020

None of the suggestions mentioned in this post works for me. I'm afraid I'm forever stuck in full screen mode 🤪

Also none of the standard Mac OS ways to exit full screen is working. The app is absolutely deaf for any keyboard command and a sensible menu option is lacking. What are these Adobe guys doing ?? Ignoring any defaults ??

Does anybody have a suggestion to exit full screen mode in Creative Cloud ? 

Participant
September 3, 2020

I had the same problem not being able to turn off full screen covering up the menu bar. I have two monitors, so I just switched the menu bar to the other monitor in displays and the full screen didn't come up so I could switch it off in the Playback Preferences. Whew! Definitely need a toggle switch for that one!