Exiting full screen mode

[Antonama179]

How to exit full screen mode without touching the screen or having access to the toolbar at the bottom?

[abhissha]

Hi,

You can simply use ESC key to exit full screen mode.

Thanks,

Abhishek

[Antonama179]

Esc key doesn't work

Anthony

[Antonama179]

Any fixes for this coming out? really annoying

[william17069]

WTH is this... unbelievably annoying that one can't escape full view on mac

[Gast]

I have the exactly same problem - I think this problem happens on windows 8 or higher.  I never have the problem with windows 7. but two other computers with windows 8 / 10 have this problem.   It sucks.

[whiteye18862661]

Nope, nothing gets me out of fullscreen mode.

Not pressing Control + L.

Not pressing ESC.

Not pressing F to cycle through modes.

Nothing.

[Test Screen Name]

That doesn’t sound like Acrobat Reader. People have chipped in with advice from any number of different apps now.

[Test Screen Name]

Oh and also make sure it isn’t Acrobat Reader Touch which  never could be anything but full screen.

[Alan5E2B]

Try CTRL +SHIFT+F

[nick32147510zl3r]

Worked for me, thank you~

[#12]

[Rhodri229603201ckt]

This is the right answer. 

[estrellao83691609]

you are amazing, thank u so much 

[knoluv]

lol took mr forever tytytytytytytytyvm

[ashutoshmehra · Accepted solution]

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

[Antonama179]

What happened to good old intuitive ESC key?

[ashutoshmehra]

ESC should work too, in general. There's a preference (under the Full Screen category) that allows ESC key to exit full-screen. It's on by default so ESC should work. But in case it gets unchecked, Control-L or Command-L can still be used.

[Gast]

NONE of your suggestions work for me

i cannot even display the menu bar.  ESC does NOTHING, and i have systematically tried CTRL- {EVERY Key}.

fwiw, it is running on windows 8, i have tried Acrobat as a stand-alone application as well as the Google Chrome add-on.

both behave the same.

YOU May not realize how important this is; i am trying to determine a location displayed in a pdf document by simultaneously searching for it on a web based map.  Printing the page from the pdf document has Lousy resolution- But i CAN zoom in while it is on the screen.

--- >  is there at least a way to display the menu bar..?

i Assume that Acrobat has never been fixed to run any other way besides full-screen/maximized window

[defaultelzk4hp8qd9r]

view > screen mode > standard screen mode

[SuperSentaiSamuraiScumdog]

No, that brings up a Layers box.

[Carlos5C38]

Try windows+shift+F

[adsfadsfdeee34343]

Press 'F' to cycle screen modes.

[teeter42]

Thank you so so much! New to adobe illustrator and almost had a panic attack because I couldn't do anything! Thank you!

[skilled_reality0D4E]

Worked!