Acrobat 8 and Acrobat 8 Reader shortcut keys

Did Adobe change all the shortcut keys for Acrobat and Acrobat Reader?
I've looked in the help files and none of what is listed as shortcut keys seems to be working. This is very annoying.
I've also noticed some of the regular tools in Reader are missing like the type select tool.
Does anyone know if there is a way to customize the short cut keys like in Illustrator or InDesign so that I can get full functionality back from Reader?

I have the same problem. Just installed Acrobat 9 and wanted to zoom in and out with strg(cmd)+/- and nothing happened. I was also looking for a way to customize the short cuts, but didn't find anything.
In the Acrobat help file (LiveDoc) the short cuts for zooming are listed as follows (Keyboard Shortcuts > Navigating a PDF):
English version:
Zoom in: Ctrl(Cmd) + equal sign
Zoom out: Ctrl(Cmd) + hyphen
German version:
Zoom in: Ctrl(Cmd) + plus sign
Zoom out: Ctrl(Cmd) + minus sign
I am using the German version and the plus/minus sign doesn't work. BUT the equal sign works for zooming in while the hyphen doesn't work (probably because of the German keyboard). But Mike Powney said none of these work in his version...
So I wonder if this is a bug, or if the help file is incorrect??
By the way in the German Illustrator CS3 the English short cuts are predefined and working. Although I have been annoyed that they have not kept the old (plus/minus) short cuts like in PS or ID.
I wish the "so praised" consistency of the CS products would show in minor details like this...

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