book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame Adobe Acrobat Reader Online Guide This online guide contains information to help you use the Acrobat Reader program. For installation instructions and system requirements, see the README file accompanying your software.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame How to use this online guide Use these procedures to navigate through this guide: Topic Click underlined text to go to the topic indicated. Underlined text indicates text that is “linked” to another part of this guide. Click the Go Back button in the tool bar to return to your previous location. Click the Next Page button in the tool bar to go to the next page of the guide. Click the First Page button in the tool bar to return to the opening screen of this guide.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame About Adobe Acrobat The Adobe Acrobat product family consists of three products designed to bring electronic document solutions to a wide-range of users: • Acrobat 2.0 – all the software a business user requires for creating electronic documents from common applications. Included in Acrobat 2.0 are Acrobat Exchange and PDF Writer for creating electronic documents. New in Acrobat 2.0 is Acrobat Search for full-text searches of indexed PDF files.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame The Acrobat Reader window You open a document in the Acrobat Reader window. You can display bookmarks or thumbnails in an overview area to the left of the document. Beneath the menu bar at the top of the window is the tool bar; at the bottom left of the window is the status bar. At the right of the window is a vertical scroll bar that enables you to scroll up and down through a document.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame Tools and buttons The tool bar contains tools for selecting and viewing documents. Select a tool by clicking the tool icon. To hide or show the tool bar, choose Hide Tool Bar or Show Tool Bar from the Window menu. The tool bar contains the following tools and buttons: Click the Page Only button to close the overview area of the window. Click the Bookmarks and Page button to open the overview area and display bookmarks created for the document.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame Use the zoom tools to magnify and reduce the page display by a factor of 2. Use the select text tool to select text in a document, which can then be copied to the Clipboard using the Copy command. Choose select graphics from the Tools menu to select graphics in a document. The browse buttons advance the document to the first or last page of a document, or forward or back one page at a time.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame Click the Fit Width button to scale the page width to fill the width of the window. Pressing this button and the Option (Macintosh) or Control (Windows) key fills the window with only the visible text and graphics on the page. The find tool searches for part of a word, a complete word, or multiple words in a document.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame Status bar fields and controls The status bar contains the following fields and controls: The window splitter adjusts the width of the overview and document areas. Drag the control to where you want to divide the two areas. The page number box displays the current page number and lets you go to a specified page in a multi-page document. Click the page number box to display the Go to Page dialog box.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame Preferences The Preferences items in the Edit menu allow you to set preferences that affect all the Acrobat documents you view. General preferences The Preferences/General dialog box provides these options: • Default Magnification is the magnification that Acrobat Exchange uses when documents are opened. • Max “Fit Visible” Magnification is the maximum magnification for Fit Visible and for viewing articles.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame • Substitution Fonts controls which multiple master fonts Acrobat Exchange substitutes for Type 1 fonts that are not available on your system. • Page Units displays the units of measurement (inches, millimeters, or points). • Display Splash Screen at Startup • Display Open Dialog at Startup • Maximize Application on Opening (Windows only) the application window is maximized to fill the entire display.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame Displaying documents in full-screen mode Select Full Screen from the View menu to make the PDF document fill the entire monitor screen. The characteristics of full-screen documents are set through the Full Screen Preferences dialog box. See Full-screen preferences for more information. The cursor remains active during full-screen mode so that viewers can click links and open notes.Thumbnails and bookmarks are not accessible in fullscreen mode.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame Using links Creators of PDF documents can create hypertext links that connect two parts of a document. Links can also connect part of a PDF document to another PDF document or to another application file, such as a spreadsheet or movie. To use a link: Click any text or graphics that is identified as a hypertext link. The pointer changes to a pointing finger when positioned over a link.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame Using notes When you encounter a note in a PDF document, double-click it to open the note window. To find the next note in the document, choose Find Next Note from the Tools menu. To close the note window, click the close box in the upper left corner of the note (Macintosh users can also press Command-W).
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame Reading an article Creators of PDF documents can define document articles that automatically guide readers through sections of a document. To read an article: Select Articles from the View menu (the menu item is dimmed if no articles exist in the document). The Articles dialog box appears. Select the article you want to read from the title list and click View to go directly to the beginning of the article, or click the beginning of the article with the hand tool.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame To exit an article at any time: • Select any navigation method other than pressing Enter or Return. • Go to another article or page. • Click +Shift + Option (Macintosh) or Shift +Ctrl + Click (Windows). Note: If you exit an article by going to a specific page using Go To Page or the toolbar buttons, the page is displayed with the Default Magnification preference setting. The magnification in effect while you read the article is not used.
book title 9/7/94 reader.guide.frame How to upgrade You’re using Acrobat Reader to view a Portable Document Format file created by someone else. But you can do much better with Acrobat 2.0 for just $195 U.S. (Outside North America, contact your local Adobe reseller.) Acrobat 2.0 for Macintosh or Windows includes: • Acrobat Exchange and PDF Writer for creating your own PDF files. • Acrobat Search for full-text search and retrieval of files indexed with Acrobat Catolog.
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