You can use the following keyboard shortcuts while working in View mode.
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If you would like to define your own keyboard shortcuts, see Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts.
| Shortcut | Resulting Action | |
| ALT + F4 CTRL + W | Closes | |
| ` (grave accent) | Toggles the display of the full file path in the Status bar. | |
| ENTER ESC | Switches to the previous mode. | |
| SHIFT + ESC | Minimizes ACDSee in View | |
| ALT + O | Opens the Options dialog box. | |
| F1 | Opens the Help file. | |
| File Menu | ||
| CTRL + O INSERT | Opens the Open files dialog box. | |
| SHIFT + F4 | Closes the current item. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + F4 | Closes all images. | |
| CTRL + S | Opens the Save Image As dialog box, in which you can save your image with a different name or file format. | |
| CTRL + ALT + E | Opens the Export dialog box. | |
| SHIFT + L | Opens the file using the system application associated with its file extension. | |
| SHIFT + E | Opens the current file in the default system application or opens a dialog box where you can select an application. | |
| CTRL + P | Opens the current image in the ACDSee Print utility. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + P | Prints all currently selected images, or all images in the current folder. | |
| ALT + F | Opens the Facebook Uploader dialog box. | |
| ALT + L | Opens the Flickr Uploader dialog box. | |
| ALT + U | Opens the SmugMug Uploader dialog box. | |
| ALT + Z | Opens the Zenfolio Uploader dialog box. | |
| Customizing the Interface | ||
| CTRL + SHIFT + A | Toggles the Actions pane open and closed. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + H | Toggles the Histogram open and closed. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + M | Toggles the Magnifying Glass pane open and closed. | |
| CTRL + + (plus) | Zooms in on the Magnifying Glass pane. | |
| CTRL + - (minus) | Zooms out on the Magnifying Glass pane. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + S | Toggles the Navigator open and closed. | |
| ALT + ENTER | Toggles the Properties pane open and closed. | |
| ALT + , | Switches to the tab to the left on the Properties pane. | |
| ALT + . | Switches to the tab to the right on the Properties pane. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + F | Toggles the Filmstrip open and closed. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + I | Toggles the Info palette open and closed. | |
| T CTRL + SHIFT + T | Toggles the Toolbar open and closed. | |
| B CTRL + SHIFT + B | Toggles the Status bar open and closed. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + V | Toggles the Page View panel open and closed for multi-page images. | |
| Managing | ||
| CTRL + X | Cuts the current item to the Clipboard. | |
| CTRL + C | Copies the currently displayed file to the Clipboard. | |
| CTRL + V | Pastes the contents of the Clipboard. | |
| ALT + C | Opens the Copy To Folder dialog box. | |
| ALT + M | Opens the Move To Folder dialog box. | |
| DELETE | Deletes the selected image. | |
| F2 ALT + R | Opens the Rename File dialog box. | |
| CTRL + B | Adds the selected image to the Image Basket. | |
| ALT + X | Removes the selected image from the Image Basket. | |
| ALT + B |  Adds currently displayed item to the  | |
| ALT + Q | Removes the selected image from the Burn Basket. | |
| ALT + A | Opens the Add Shortcut dialog box. | |
| CTRL + ALT + D | Opens the Edit Caption dialog box. | |
| \ (back slash) | Tags or untags the | |
| CTRL + M | Opens the Manage Metadata Presets dialog box. | |
| CTRL + 0 | Clears the rating. | |
| CTRL + 1 | Assigns a rating of 1. | |
| CTRL + 2 | Assigns a rating of 2. | |
| CTRL + 3 | Assigns a rating of 3. | |
| CTRL + 4 | Assigns a rating of 4. | |
| CTRL + 5 | Assigns a rating of 5. | |
| ALT + 0 | Clears the color label. | |
| ALT + 1 | Assigns a red color label. | |
| ALT + 2 | Assigns a yellow color label. | |
| ALT + 3 | Assigns a green color label. | |
| ALT + 4 | Assigns a blue color label. | |
| ALT + 5 | Assigns a purple color label. | |
| CTRL + K | Opens the Keywords section of the Properties pane. | |
| ALT + K | Opens the Metadata tab of the Properties pane. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + W | Sets the selected image as the desktop wallpaper, centered. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + W | Sets the selected image as the desktop wallpaper, tiled. | |
| CTRL + ALT + W | Sets the selected image as the desktop wallpaper, stretched. | |
| ALT + W | Restores your desktop wallpaper to the settings you were using before you applied an ACDSee wallpaper. | |
| Viewing | ||
| PAGE ARROW RIGHT PAGE DOWN 3 (numeric keypad) SPACEBAR | Displays the next | |
| PAGE ARROW LEFT PAGE UP 9 (numeric keypad) BACKSPACE | Displays the previous | |
| END | Switches to the last image in the Filmstrip. | |
| HOME | Switches to the first image in the Filmstrip. | |
| CTRL + Right-click | Opens the Windows Explorer context menu. | |
| + (plus) | Zooms in. | |
| - (minus) | Zooms out. | |
| SHIFT + Z | Zooms in to the area you select. | |
| / (forward slash) | Zooms the image to its actual size. | |
| * (numeric keypad asterisk) SHIFT + 8 | Fits the image to the viewing area. | |
| ALT + PAGE ARROW RIGHT | Fits image width to the display area. | |
| ALT + PAGE DOWN | Fits image height to the display area. | |
| ALT + \ | Toggles the zoom lock on and off. | |
| L | Toggles the pan lock. | |
| Z | Opens the Set Zoom Level dialog box. | |
| PAGE ARROW RIGHT | Pans right when zoomed into the image. | |
| PAGE ARROW LEFT | Pans left when zoomed into the image. | |
| PAGE DOWN | Pans down when zoomed into the image. | |
| PAGE UP | Pans up when zoomed into the image. | |
| F | Toggles full screen mode. | |
| CTRL + PAGE ARROW RIGHT | Toggles the right pane open and closed. | |
| CTRL + PAGE ARROW DOWN | Toggles the bottom pane open and closed. | |
| O | Displays saved version of the image. | |
| E | Toggles the exposure warning on and off. | |
| R | Toggles the RAW decode/embedded preview on and off. | |
| SHIFT + F1 | Activates the Hand tool after zooming in with the Zoom tool. | |
| SHIFT + F2 | Activates the Select tool. | |
| CTRL + Q | Clears the current selection. | |
| SHIFT+ F3 | Activates the Zoom tool. | |
| F5 | Refreshes the View mode window and reloads the current image. | |
| ALT + F5 | Toggles a full screen display of the image on your second screen open and closed. | |
| ALT + F6 | Toggles a full screen display of the file list on your second screen open and closed. | |
| 1 | Sets the Auto Lens to None. | |
| 2 | Sets the Auto Lens to Black & White. | |
| 3 | Sets the Auto Lens to Orton. | |
| 4 | Sets the Auto Lens to Lomo. | |
| 5 | Sets the Auto Lens to Sepia. | |
| 6 | Toggles the Light EQ button on and off. | |
| ALT + S | Automatically advances to the next image every 1 to 2 seconds. | |
| CTRL + ALT + S | Launches the slideshow. | |
| CTRL + A | Displays or hides headers and footers. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + Q | Opens the View Header/Footer dialog box, in which you can specify the text to display on your images in View mode. | |
| ALT + CTRL + S | Starts or stops the Auto Advance slideshow. | |
| SHIFT + PAGE ARROW DOWN | Advances to the next page of a multi-page image. | |
| SHIFT + PAGE ARROW UP | Switches to the previous page of a multi-page image. | |
| SHIFT + HOME | Switches to the first page of a multi-page image. | |
| SHIFT + END | Switches to the last page of a multi-page image. | |
| Editing | ||
| CTRL + SHIFT + PAGE ARROW LEFT | Rotates the current image 90° counterclockwise. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + PAGE ARROW RIGHT | Rotates the current image 90° clockwise. | |
| ALT + E | Opens the image in the default editor. | |
| SHIFT + R | Restores an edited image to the developed version (if the image was first developed, then edited). | |
| SHIFT + O | Restores an edited image to the original version. | |
| SHIFT + S | Commits the changes. | |
| SHIFT + C | Opens the Copy settings dialog box for a developed image. | |
| SHIFT + V | Pastes the copied develop settings to the image. | |
| CTRL + ALT + E | Opens the Export dialog box. | |
| CTRL + ALT + N | Opens the Batch Develop dialog box. | |
| CTRL + ALT + B | Opens the Batch Edit dialog box. | |
| CTRL + F | Opens the Batch Convert File Format dialog box. | |
| CTRL + J | Opens the Batch Rotate/Flip Images dialog box. | |
| CTRL + R | Opens the Batch Resize Images dialog box. | |
| CTRL + L | Opens the Batch Adjust Exposure dialog box. | |
| CTRL + T | Opens the Batch Adjust Time Stamp dialog box. | |
| CTRL + ALT + R | Opens the Batch Rename dialog box. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + 1 | Changes the image color depth to Black and White. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + 2 | Changes the image color depth to 16 grays. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + 3 | Changes the image color depth to 256 grays. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + 4 | Changes the image color depth to 16 colors. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + 5 | Changes the image color depth to 256 colors. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + 6 | Changes the image color depth to Hicolor. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + 7 | Changes the image color depth to Truecolor. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + 8 | Converts the image to a 16-bit grayscale palette. | |
| CTRL + SHIFT + 9 | Converts the image to a 48-bit color palette. | |
| Mode Switching | ||
| CTRL + F4 | Opens the currently selected image in Develop mode. | |
| CTRL + F5 | Opens the currently selected image in Edit mode. | |
| CTRL + F1 | Switches to Manage mode. | |
| CTRL + F2 | Switches to Photos mode. | |
| CTRL + F6 | Switches to 365 mode. | |
| CTRL + F7 | Switches to Dashboard mode. | |