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Is there a hotkey that will activate the Distribute... button?
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Hi,
I tried this myself and I couldn't find a hotkey per se. However, the quickest method is to enable "Quick Tools" to the toolbar and add the "Distribute" shortcut to the quick tools.
See screenshot below:
If you are an old-schooler and you are fast with your keyboard, you may also try these other methods:
First enable the single key accelerators in EDIT=>PREFERENCES=>GENERAL=> Use Single-Key Accelerators
After that is done, return to your document.
Just by hitting the "A" key by itself it opens up the Prepare Form Tool Preview pane from which you can click on the "Distribute" button.
And like I said earlier, if you're a keyboard-shortcut old-schooler, then the next hotkey combo shouldn't be too much of a hassle:
This key combo is the longest but it navigates through the "Edit" menu swiftly, which is the equivalent of clicking with the mouse pointer on each item through EDIT ==>> FORM OPTIONS ==>> DISTRIBUTE
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I am actually controlling this through a VB program, so the mouse clicks are not an option. The last two options look promissing, but my Edit menu does not have the items you mention?
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What version of Adobe Acrobat Pro are you on?
I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC and just applied the latest update a day or two ago.
Also, is that Acrobat Reader? or a different licensing track than subscription?
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It is Acrobat Pro subscription.
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Intriguing.
I don't understand why those menu items are missing, but recently I've seen a few users observing that some options or menus disappear after recent updates.
I am also aware that Adobe Acrobat has gone through some changes in regards of hotkeys and key combinations reassignment.
Maybe the "Distribute" action doesn't have a key combo assigned to it yet; if that is the case it would be a great feature.
I am going to continue to dig a little more about this and post back.
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Can you test the keyboard combo shown below and see if it works?
I am on Windows 10 64bit with Acrobat Pro DC (32-bit), same update version as yours.
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Alt-E brings up the Edit menu, but what does ==>> represent? Does not seem to be right arrow.
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And S does not do anything on the Edit menu.
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Sorry, I was trying to summarize the sequence.
So I meant, "ALT+E" keyboard combo, then hit the "S" key by itself, and last hit the "I" key by itself.
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S and I generate no action on the Edit menu.