If a PDF needs several rounds of edits, clicking the toolbar with your mouse every single time gets slow. Switching tools with keyboard shortcuts noticeably speeds up any editing session with more than a couple of changes.
Tool-switching shortcuts
| V | Select / Move |
| E | Edit Original Content |
| T | Add Text |
| H | Highlight |
| D | Draw |
| R | Rectangle |
| I | Insert Image |
Action shortcuts
- Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on Mac): undo the last action — press repeatedly to undo multiple steps.
- Delete: delete the currently selected element (select it first with the Select tool).
A practical combo for a long editing session
Working through a document with several changes, a rhythm like this works well: press E to edit a few pieces of original text → press H to switch to highlighting anything that needs attention → press V to switch back to Select and double-check positioning — all without ever moving the mouse to the top toolbar, just alternating between the page and the keyboard.
Try these shortcuts in LocalPDF, especially on longer documents with many changes — they save a lot of back-and-forth clicking on the toolbar.
Open a PDF and try switching tools with the keyboard.
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