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Anonymous
December 25, 2011
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Toggle between preview and normal

  • December 25, 2011
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What would be the keyboard shortcut to toggle in between preview and normal screen modes---or does one not exist? Thank you.

    Correct answer John Hawkinson

    Ummm...

    How is that done? Surprising that Adobe hasn't built one in, but at least we can 'fix' that. Thank you.

    Of course it is built-in! It is 'W'.

    This, is, of course, a problematic choice when you have the text tool selected (you must hit ESC,W).

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    LN-Mathways
    Participant
    December 16, 2019

    Um.  This is life-changing.  I can't believe I didn't know this until now when I thought to look for it.  You have just saved me approximately 20 minutes per day of clicking in between the preview and normal screens!  Thank you! (8 years later).

      MW Design
      MW Design
      Inspiring
      December 25, 2011

      Go to the Edit menu, select Keyboard Shortcuts...

      In the Product Area: list box, select the View Menu. Scroll down to  Screen Mode: Normal and place your cursor into the New Shortcut box. Press the keys you wish to assign. I used the ones I listed above because there was not anything already assigned to them. You be told that you cannot modify the Default keyboard shortcut set and asked if you wish to create a new set. Answer Yes, base it upon the Default set, name the new set and then add the Preview shortcut to this new set.

      Take care, Mike

      Edit to add: You also need to click on the Assign button when creating each keyboard shortcut...

        MW Design
        MW Design
        Inspiring
        December 25, 2011

        I created a new keyboard shortcut set and assigned ctrl + shift + 1 for normal and ctrl + shift + 2 for preview.

        Take care, Mike

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          Anonymous
          December 25, 2011

          How is that done? Surprising that Adobe hasn't built one in, but at least we can 'fix' that. Thank you.

          John Hawkinson
          John HawkinsonCorrect answer
          Inspiring
          December 25, 2011

          Ummm...

          How is that done? Surprising that Adobe hasn't built one in, but at least we can 'fix' that. Thank you.

          Of course it is built-in! It is 'W'.

          This, is, of course, a problematic choice when you have the text tool selected (you must hit ESC,W).

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