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F2 should be returned to renaming function

With the newest update, F2 (used universally for renaming across every other PC/Windows program/functionality) was changed to a help function that brings up an Adobe Internet help site.

F1 is used universally for help, and no one needs that much access to Adobe help pages.

F2 should be returned to renaming. Ctrl-F2 is a ridiculous and difficult change for renaming and it's the worst idea ever.

I remediate hundreds of PDFs for accessibility, and having to make a more complicated keystroke to rename tags is a huge problem.

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  • RolandF commented  ·   ·  Report

    A recent post said that F2 had been restored to the rename function in Acrobat version 20.009.20065, but in my version 2022.001.20169 F2 doesn't do anything, nor does Ctrl+F2. Why might this be so?
    I'm greatly missing such a renaming function.
    (This is in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC in Windows 10)

  • Laura Hesse commented  ·   ·  Report

    This was resolved with an update - many thanks for your quick response - I greatly appreciate you making my job easier.

  • Adminmeaggarw (Admin, Adobe) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi

    Thanks for your time and patience and for your cooperation on this.

    The fix is available with the latest update of Acrobat version 20.009.20065, please install the latest update from the help menu of the application>select check for updates, reboot application and try the F2 key functionality. F2 has been revert to it's original functionality . Please use F1 for contextual help when app is open and generic help no app is open.

    Hope this works for you.

    For detailed information about the latest update, please see the Release notes.

    Please let us know if you experience any issues.

  • Adminmeaggarw (Admin, Adobe) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi there,

    Thanks for reporting the issue to us. We are looking into it and shall soon be coming up with an update.
    Meanwhile, you may please use Ctrl-F2 for the renaming function.

  • Grady Thompson commented  ·   ·  Report

    Thank you for posting this. I noticed this today, as I was remediating PDFs for accessibility too. The extra keypress is an accessibility issue for me, since I now have to use Ctrl+Fn+F2 on my device which is more difficult. Back to clicking on my mouse until this is fixed.