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Using Acrobat Reader
Acrobat Reader allows anyone view, navigate, print documents Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). make distribute unlimited copies Acrobat Reader software, including copies commercial distribution, long each copy that make distribute includes following:
Acrobat Reader installer, exactly provided Adobe Acrobat Reader Electronic User License Agreement Copyright other proprietary notices included
Acrobat Reader
following attribution statement media
packaging that include Acrobat Reader: "Acrobat® Reader Copyright 1987-1996 Adobe Systems Incorporated. rights reserved. Adobe Acrobat trademarks Adobe Systems Incorporated, which registered certain jurisdictions." Acrobat Reader Electronic User License Agreement proprietary notices contained Reader installer program. expressly prohibited from modifying creating your installer Acrobat Reader software. Details terms Acrobat Reader products found Acrobat Reader Electronic User License Agreement presented during installation each product. special "Includes Adobe Acrobat" logo available from Adobe when distributing Acrobat Reader. http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/ acrodist.html more details.
Viewing documents
Opening printing documents Setting preferences Viewing documents Displaying information about document Navigating pages Finding words Reviewing notes Playing movies sounds Filling forms (Windows Macintosh) Copying pasting text graphics another application
Opening printing documents
Opening documents Opening documents browser window Opening file embedded object another file (Windows Macintosh) Printing documents Printing documents from command line (UNIX)
Opening documents
open document, choose File Open. Open File dialog box, highlight filename, click Open. Normally document extension .pdf. Windows, Macintosh, also open document doubleclicking file icon. double-clicking file Macintosh platform does open file your Acrobat viewer, File Open open file, close file, again. Making documents accessible from Macintosh Finder information.
document author documents opened full-screen mode, without toolbar, menu bar, window controls. menu hidden, press Control+Shift+M (Windows UNIX) Command+Shift+M (Macintosh) redisplay menu temporarily. override author's document-opening settings, press Control+Shift (Windows UNIX) Option+Shift (Macintosh) when opening file. display list Acrobat Reader's commandline options (UNIX), start Acrobat product with -help option. example:
acroread -help
Opening documents browser window
open linked document browser, simply click link. document downloaded your machine either page time completely before displaying on-screen, depending your browser, server, whether document been optimized. Reading browser more information. ReadMe ReadMe.txt file list known supporting browsers. Check Adobe site updates supported browser list
Opening file embedded object another file (Windows Macintosh)
documents incorporated into other documents created (Object Linking Embedding) container application. view embedded file: Open document into which document been embedded. Double-click Acrobat icon text document. Acrobat Reader launches displays activated document.
Note: cannot make changes save while Acrobat Reader.
Printing documents
First, select print options want using File >Print Setup (Windows UNIX) Page Setup (Macintosh) command. When ready print, choose File Print. Acrobat Reader offers Shrink print option available with most other applications. Shrink shrinks (and necessary rotates) oversized pages paper size currently loaded your printer. files produced Acrobat Distiller contain custom halftone screens intended highresolution imagesetters. When sent standard desktop PostScript printers, custom halftone screens contained file produce "muddy" images. avoid poor image quality printouts, choose Printer's Halftone Screen option Print dialog box.
Printing documents from command line (UNIX)
Besides printing directly from within Reader choosing File Print, print files from command line. print file sample.pdf default printer, type following:
sample.pdf acroexch -toPostScript
Each time print file printer, Reader displays message:
request <ID>
print identification number. this number cancel your print job.
Note: file been secured with Open password does allow printing, will able print from command line.
options control your print from command line. Options available Reader following: create level PostScript file:
-level2
print file differently named PostScript file:
-pairs <pdf filename> <PostScript filename>
example, print sample.pdf test.ps, would following syntax:
acroexch -toPostScript -pairs sample.pdf test.ps
printer's default halftone screens instead custom halftone screens included file:
-printerhalftones
Setting preferences
Preferences settings that modify performance, interface, behavior application. most part, preference settings Acrobat Reader determine view document on-screen your copy Reader. Some these settings overridden particular document document author. information about overriding author's document settings, Opening documents. UNIX, define resources .Xdefaults file. Customizing resources your personal (UNIX) information. also give Acrobat Reader access more fonts systemwide individual users. Giving Acrobat Reader access fonts (UNIX) information.
preferences: Choose File Preferences, then choose type preference want change:
General preferences specify options setting
comfortable default document view.
Notes preferences specify font point size
viewing note text.
Full Screen preferences determine document
appears behaves Full Screen view.
Weblink preferences determine behavior
information display Weblinks provide choose which browser launch when activating Weblink. Other Acrobat plug-ins preference items this list. plug-in's documentation information.
Customizing resources your personal (UNIX)
When Acrobat Reader starts, searches resources standard Window System resource file (~/.Xdefaults). uses resources finds determine proper setup. finds resource more than once, uses last value found. editing resource file, customize Acrobat Reader. your changes take effect, must restart your Windowing system. following sections describe some general Acrobat resources that change .Xdefaults file:
Plug-in location Starting multiple Acrobat viewers Fonts bookmarks
Plug-in location
When Acrobat Reader starts, searches plug-ins directory specify default directory changing *systemPlugInPath label. *systemPlugInPath label specifies location plug-ins used users Acrobat Reader.
*systemPlugInPath
specify your plug-ins when starting Reader. default, Acrobat Reader searches personal plug-ins $HOME/plug_ins directory. specify default directory personal plug-ins changing *userPlugInPath label. example:
userPlugInPath $HOME/Acrobat/plug_ins
Starting multiple Acrobat viewers
want open Reader program every time open file, *userFrontEndProgram resource FALSE. default, *userFrontEndProgram TRUE, meaning that Reader program that already opened used display file.
Fonts bookmarks
Normally, Acrobat Reader uses 12-point Helvetica font bookmarks. want change font size, change value *bookmarkFontSize. font size expressed points. want change font family, change value *bookmarkFontName. example:
*bookmarkFontSize *bookmarkFontName Palatino
Giving Acrobat Reader access fonts (UNIX)
font referenced file, embedded, Acrobat Reader finds that font system opening file, Acrobat Reader will font system display text. give Reader access your installed Type fonts setting PSRESOURCEPATH variable viewer launch script your user configuration file. Editing launch script, usually done system administrator, gives users access that copy viewer access fonts. Editing your user configuration file gives access fonts.
PSRESOURCEPATH variable looks UNIX PostScript Resource (.upr) files location which point .upr files created when Type1 fonts installed. have installed Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop, PSRESOURCEPATH already individual Reader will find give access fonts systemwide: Open Acrobat3/bin/acroread text editor. Enter following command:
Restart Acrobat Reader. give individual access fonts: Open your user-configuration file text editor. PSRESOURCEPATH environment variable:
Restart Acrobat Reader.
Viewing documents
Magnifying page view Working with large page sizes Choosing page layout scrolling ease Setting default view Reading documents Full Screen view Choosing browser Weblinks
Magnifying page view
zoom tool, magnification status bar, Actual Size, Page, Width toolbar buttons change screen magnification. maximum magnification level 800%. minimum magnification level 12%. zoom large document, hand tool move page around on-screen thumbnail. Acrobat Reader also offers magnification level choices that related specific percentage, look page on-screen:
Page
window.
scales page within main scales page width
Width
main window.
Visible fills window with page's imaged
area only (text graphics).
When select options, magnification level resulting from selection displayed status bar. options-Fit Page, Width, Visible- sticky state, which means they don't change page through document unless change zoom level. increase magnification: Choose following:
Select zoom tool
click document page double current magnification.
Select zoom tool drag draw rectangle, called marquee, around area want
magnify.
Click magnification status bar,
choose magnification level. choose Zoom type magnification level click
decrease magnification: Choose following: while holding down Ctrl Select zoom tool (Windows UNIX) Option (Macintosh), click center area want reduce.
Select zoom tool
ewhile holding down Ctrl
(Windows UNIX) Option (Macintosh), drag draw rectangle, called marquee, around area want reduce.
Click magnification status bar,
choose magnification level. choose Zoom type magnification level click
Note: viewing document browser decrease window, zoom tool magnification.
Working with large page sizes
need magnify page size larger than Reader window, hand tool move page around that view areas Moving document around with hand tool like moving piece paper around desk with your hand.
Choosing page layout scrolling ease
Acrobat Reader three page layout options: Single Page, Continuous, Continuous-Facing Pages. Continuous Continuous-Facing Pages facilitate page scrolling that bottom page another.
Single Page layout displays page document
window time.
Continuous layout arranges pages continuous
vertical column.
Continuous-Facing Pages layout arranges pages
appear side side. This configuration accommodates two-page spread display multiple-page viewing viewer window. total page count document greater than pages, first page
displayed right ensure proper display twopage spreads. two-page spreads most efficiently this page layout, choose View Width.
Single Page layout
Continuous layout
Continuous-Facing Pages layout
page layout: Choose following:
Click page size status bar, choose
page layouts from menu.
Choose Single Page, Continuous, ContinuousFacing Pages from View menu.
Setting default view
default viewing magnification, default page layout, other viewing defaults General Preferences dialog box. These settings apply document that been open default view. UNIX, first time open Exchange Reader, preferences file named .acrorc created your $HOME directory. have opened Acrobat Exchange Reader time prior opening version, should delete $HOME/.acrorc before starting Exchange Reader 3.0. .acrorc file will created with recommended Acrobat settings when start Exchange Reader 3.0. default view: Choose File Preferences General open General Preferences dialog box.
Choose settings following options:
Default Page Layout specifies page layout
your Acrobat viewer when documents first opened.
Default Magnification specifies magnification
level your Acrobat viewer when documents first opened.
"Fit Visible" Magnification sets maximum
magnification Visible view viewing articles.
Substitution Fonts specifies which Multiple Master
fonts your Acrobat viewer uses substitute Type TrueType fonts that available your computer. documents fail print because insufficient printer memory, choose Sans from Substitution Fonts menu. Changing Substitution Fonts setting effect until restart Windows your Macintosh.
Page Units (inches, millimeters, points) specifies which unit measurement used display page size status Crop dialog with Page Units option. Display Large Images specifies displaying images
larger than 128K. gray appears place large image choose this option. displaying large images speed paging through document.
Greek Text: Below Pixels specifies displaying
text below designated point size gray lines speed display time. original default
Smooth Text Monochrome Images specifies
smoothing edges text monochrome images minimize contrast between background text image. This effect usually improves quality display on-screen.
Calibrated Color Display specifies using
color space information each image this document reproduce accurate display original image. Calibrated color more information.
Page Cache specifies placing next page
buffer reduce amount time takes page through document.
Open View" Links Same Window specifies opening linked documents window minimize number open windows your Acrobat viewer. select this option, then window opened each View link. linked file open when View link from another document activated, file remains open separate window.
Allow Background Download Entire File specifies allowing file continue downloading from even after requested page displays on-screen. select this option, only requested page will download your computer other pages will downloaded request them.
Note: select background downloading, link another file, Back command your Netscape Navigator compatible browser will return first page file linked from, even were first page. This also happen select this option link another file before entire file downloaded. Display Splash Screen Startup specifies
displaying Acrobat splash screen each time program started.
Display Open Dialog Startup specifies
displaying Open dialog each time program started. Click
Reading documents Full Screen view
documents fill entire screen Full Screen view; menu bar, toolbar, status bar, window controls hidden. Document authors documents open Full Screen, view yourself. Full Screen view often used presentations, sometimes with automatic page advancement transitions. Whether Full Screen view presentation your purposes, establish your Full Screen preferences.
Full Screen view, pointer remains active that click links open notes. navigational magnification buttons, even though menus toolbar visible, using their keyboard shortcuts:
View menu, shortcuts
commands except Page Only, Bookmarks Page, Thumbnails Page, except page layout views.
Tools menu, shortcuts
hand zoom tools. exit from Full Screen view, press Escape key. Escape doesn't work, press Ctrl+Shift+L (Windows UNIX) Cmd+Shift+L (Macintosh) exit full screen mode
Full Screen preferences
Choose File Preferences Full Screen characteristics Acrobat Reader's Full Screen view. These settings apply document open Full Screen view that does have Full Screen settings. default settings usually acceptable need changed.
Full Screen Preferences dialog provides these options:
Advance Every Seconds specifies whether
advance automatically from page page every number seconds. automatic paging, enter number seconds text box. page through document using mouse keyboard commands even automatic paging selected.
Advance Click specifies navigating through
document clicking your mouse.
Loop After Last Page pages through document
continuously, returning first page from last. typical this option kiosk displays.
Escape Exits specifies using Escape
exit Full Screen mode. disable Escape key, Ctrl+Shift+L (Windows UNIX) Cmd+Shift+L (Macintosh) used exit Full Screen mode.
Background Color specifies window's background color. Options Black (the default), White, Custom. select Custom, system color palette displayed. your computer's user guide instructions setting custom color.
Default Transition specifies transition effect
display when switching pages Full Screen. default transition None.
Mouse Cursor specifies mouse cursor
appears Full Screen view. default hide cursor after short delay.
Choosing browser Weblinks
When click Weblink document, default browser opens view linked document. Before this happens, however, have identify default browser Acrobat Reader. also choose show hide browser button link information status. change preferences: Choose File Preferences Weblink. Choose from following options:
Choose option from Link Information menu
determine whether Reader displays status always, never, only when Ctrl (Windows UNIX) Option (Macintosh) pressed time when pointer over Weblink.
Select Show Toolbar Button show Browser
button toolbar. open your browser from Acrobat Reader clicking button.
Select Show Progress Dialog display status information such much data being downloaded after Weblink activated.
select browser, click Browse (Windows
UNIX) Select (Macintosh), locate your browser, click Open.
Choose connection type that matches your
browser. your browser listed, choose Standard connection type. Click save your preferences.
Displaying information about document
Document Info submenu File menu contains commands that display information about document. display document information: Choose File Document Info, then choose type document info:
General displays basic creation information about
document.
Font displays font usage information. Security displays document's security settings.
Getting General information about document
General Info dialog provides title, subject, author, keyword information been provided. also displays attributes Exchange, Writer, Distiller this dialog box:
Creator indicates program that created original document known).
Producer indicates application driver that
produced document.
Created indicates date time document
created.
Modified indicates date time document
last modified.
Optimized indicates whether file been optimized. (Optimized files downloaded page time from server.)
File Size indicates size file. Note: title document's title, necessarily filename (unless title filename identical). title filename appear title document window.
Getting information about fonts used document
Font Information dialog lists original font used original document, font type, font encoding, font used Reader display original font. Only fonts encountered document listed. list fonts used entire document, click List Fonts button. Font Information dialog what fonts were used original document whether same fonts being used view substitute fonts being used aren't satisfied with their appearance, want install original fonts your system document creator recreate document with original fonts embedded While Acrobat Reader creates substitute font Macintosh, pointer appears spinning letter
Getting information about security settings
Security Information dialog lists security settings that have been assigned selected file. document author choose restrict access file requiring open password restricting certain tools commands. file requires open password, must enter password view file. When file restricted access, restricted tools menu items dimmed.
Navigating pages
Paging through document Browsing with thumbnails Browsing with bookmarks Following links Retracing your steps Reading articles
Paging through document
Acrobat Reader provides number ways page through document. next page: Choose following:
Click Next Page button
toolbar.
Press Right Arrow Down Arrow. Choose View Next Page.
return previous page: Choose following:
Click Previous Page button Press Left Arrow Arrow. Choose View Previous Page.
toolbar.
first page: Choose following:
Click First Page button Press Home key. Choose View First Page.
last page:
toolbar.
Choose following:
Click Last Page button Press key. Choose View Last Page.
toolbar.
jump specific numbered page: Choose following:
Click page number status
bottom main window, type page number, click
Choose View Page, type page number,
click
Drag scroll vertical scroll
down until rectangle left scroll displays number page which want jump. move screenful time:
Press PageDown key, Enter, Return move
forward.
Press PageUp key, Shift+Enter, Shift+Return
back. horizontal scroll status scroll page right left.
Browsing with thumbnails
thumbnail miniature view each document page which display overview area. thumbnail jump quickly page adjust view current page. jump page using thumbnail:
Click Thumbnails Page button choose View Thumbnails Page display thumbnail images. Click thumbnail move page represents. point click determines center page display.
Note: thumbnails appear gray boxes overview area, document author create them you. still thumbnails without miniature views document author create them you.
adjust view current page: Choose following:
Place pointer over lower right corner
page view (the light-gray box) thumbnail current page. When pointer changes double arrow, drag corner reduce expand view page.
hand tool
move around current
page dragging page view thumbnail.
Position pointer anywhere outside current
page view box, drag draw box.
graphic next page.
Page view
Place your cursor over lower-right corner page view box.
Drag magnify page view.
Place your cursor inside page view box, drag reposition page document window.
Browsing with bookmarks
Bookmarks mark parts document quick access, link page views other documents, link Web, play movie sound, enter article, reset submit form. jump topic using bookmark: Click Bookmarks Page button choose View Bookmarks Page display bookmarks overview area. triangle appears left bookmark, click triangle show hide subordinate bookmarks. destination specified bookmark, click bookmark text double-click page icon left bookmark name. bookmark also change page view, play movie, reset form, perform other actions.
Following links
Links connect parts document, jump other documents, open another application file, location Web, play movie sound, enter article, hide show annotation, import form data, reset submit form. follow link: Move pointer over linked area. pointer when positioned over changes pointing finger link. finger pointer displays when moved over Weblink.
Click follow link. Clicking link also change page view, play movie, reset form, perform other actions.
Note: browser must chosen your Weblink preferences follow Weblink. Weblink preferences more information.
Retracing your steps
Back button traces your viewing path through document series documents. back views. Back will reopen closed documents necessary. retrace your viewing path:
Click Back button
magnification level.
choose View opage, document, Back return previous
Click Forward button choose View Forward reverse direction return, view time, view where first used Back.
Reading articles
Articles connect related parts document creating reading path through document. Articles usually created make reading documents with multi column magazine articles easier. find whether document contains articles: Choose View Articles. (This menu item dimmed document contains articles.)
Note: Clicking Info Articles dialog displays title, author, subject, keywords associated with article. have larger monitor want keep this dialog displayed from article another, deselect Hide View.
read article: Choose options start:
Choose View Articles, select article want,
click View display beginning article. click part article start reading that point article. with hand tool selected, press Ctrl (Windows UNIX) Option (Macintosh) click start reading beginning article. While read article, pointer changes follow article pointer Press Return click progress through article.
Select hand tool
Continue press Return click until reach article. article, pointer changes article pointer Click again press Enter return page view displayed before started reading article.
reverse direction article: following:
Press Shift click. Press Shift+Enter. return beginning article, press
Ctrl (Windows UNIX) Option (Macintosh) click. exit article time: following:
Select navigation method other than pressing
Enter Return.
another article page. Hold down Shift+Ctrl (Windows UNIX)
Shift+Option (Macintosh) click.
Finding words
Find command find part word, complete word, multiple words active document. Acrobat Search plug-in installed, search across documents that have been indexed with Acrobat Catalog program using Search command instead Find command. Acrobat Search plug-in installed, Acrobat Search Online Guide more information. (The Acrobat Search Online Guide available only have Acrobat Search plug-in installed.) find word: Click find tool
choose Tools Find.
Choose combination following options, none them:
Match Whole Word Only specifies ignoring words
that contained within text enter. example, word stick would highlighted chose word sticky find.
Match Case specifies finding only those words that contain exactly same capitalization enter Find dialog box. Find Backwards specifies starting from current
page searching backwards through file. Find Backwards helpful want find term passed earlier document. Find What text box, enter text found click Find. When program finds text, Find dialog closes page containing text displayed with text highlighted.
find next occurrence word, press Ctrl (Windows UNIX) Command (Macintosh) reopen Find dialog click Find Again. With Windows, pressing also finds next occurrence word. will prompted loop around beginning document start process page other than first page.
Reviewing notes
Notes appear small page icons document pages. They like sticky notes used with paper document reviews. Notes print directly from document that they annotate. review notes:
open note, double-click note icon
Tools Find Next Note (Ctrl/Command+T).
find next note document, choose close note, click close upper left
corner note window. note selected, Macintosh users also press Command+W.)
Playing movies sounds
Windows Macintosh viewers play movies sounds added document. play movies sounds with Windows, your computer must have appropriate sound video boards installed, Apple QuickTime later Microsoft Video Windows software. Macintosh, need QuickTime later. play movie sound clip: When pointer moves over movie sound clip, pointer changes filmstrip
Click start playing clip.
Click clip, press Escape exit clip.
Note: Movies sounds also play document specified action link, bookmark, form field, page action.
control QuickTime movie with QuickTime
Movie shortcuts.
QuickTime movie shortcuts (Windows Macintosh)
Result
Stop exit this clip Toggle between play pause Step forward frame Step backward frame Increase sound volume Decrease sound volume start clip clip Play forward Play backward
Action
Return/Space Right Arrow Left Arrow Arrow Down Arrow Home (Win) (Win) Ctrl/Cmd Right Arrow Ctrl/Cmd Left Arrow
Filling forms (Windows Macintosh)
fill forms documents Acrobat Reader submit them across viewing documents your browser window. Otherwise, print form with data from Reader. fill form: Select hand tool
Position cursor inside form field. I-beam cursor allows type text. arrow cursor allows select field, checkbox, radio button, choice from list. After entering text selecting item, checkbox, radio button choose from following:
Press accept field change
next field.
Press Shift+Tab accept field change previous field. Press Return Enter accept field change
deselect current field.
Note: multiline text field, Return goes next line; does accept field change deselect current field. Press Escape reject field change
deselect current field. press Escape second time Full Screen mode, will exit Full Screen mode. Once have filled appropriate fields, choose following:
Click Submit Form button, exists. (The Submit
Form button could have name.) Clicking this button should send form data database across over your company intranet.
Choose File Print.
clear form browser window: Choose from following:
Reset Form button exists, click Exit Acrobat Reader, start again. Note: Clicking Reload button Back button following link browser window does clear form.
Copying pasting text graphics another application
select text graphic document, copy Clipboard, paste into document another application such word processor. also paste text into document note into bookmark. Once selected text graphic Clipboard, switch another application paste into another document.
Note: font copied from document available system displaying copied text, font cannot preserved. Helvetica substituted.
select text copy Clipboard: following:
Click text selection tool
choose Tools Select Text drag select text want copy.
select text column multicolumn
story, hold down Ctrl (Windows UNIX) Option (Macintosh) while.
select text pages shown your Reader
window-even only portion page showing- choose Edit Select All.
Note: Select command will select text entire document. copy text entire document Edit Copy File Clipboard command. Copy File Clipboard command, install plug-in. Getting Started guide information.
When release mouse button, selected text highlighted. deselect text start over, click anywhere outside selected text. Choose Edit Copy copy selected text Clipboard. view text, choose Window Show Clipboard.
Note: Windows Clipboard viewer installed default; therefore, cannot Show Clipboard command until install Install Clipboard viewer choosing Start Settings Control Panel Add/Remove Programs clicking Windows Setup tab. Double-click Accessories, check Clipboard viewer, click
copy graphics Clipboard: Choose Tools Select Graphics. cursor changes cross-hair icon. Drag rectangle around graphic select When release mouse button, selected graphic highlighted. deselect graphic start over, click anywhere outside selected graphic.) Choose Edit Copy copy selected graphic Clipboard. view graphic, choose Window Show Clipboard. graphic copied (Windows), PICT (Macintosh), XPIXMAP (UNIX) format. With UNIX, graphic pasted primary selection.
Using
documents published World Wide read browsers, Acrobat viewers used helper applications with browsers.
viewing scenarios Page-at-a-time downloading Reading
viewing scenarios
documents handled four ways:
browser supports viewing, file optimized, server supports byte-serving,
file downloads page time displays browser window. This situation represents fastest viewing scenario possible viewing files Web.
browser supports viewing, file
optimized server does byte-serve files, entire file downloads machine with browser then displays within browser window.
browser supports viewing, documents embedded HTML page, allowing file display part browser window rather than full window. ActiveX browser such Internet Explorer supports navigating through document partial window. Netscape Navigator-compatible browsers display document within HTML page require link full window view navigation.
Acrobat Exchange Reader configured helper
application browser, which support viewing within browser window. entire file downloads machine with browser, Acrobat viewer launches separate application, file then displayed Acrobat viewer. also Setting Acrobat viewer helper application.
Page-at-a-time downloading
With page-at-a-time downloading (byte-serving), server sends only requested page information user, entire document. reader document, have anything make this happen; communicated background between Acrobat viewer server. However, would like entire document continue downloading background while view first page requested information, select Allow Background Download Entire File option General Preferences. list server software that include builtin support page-at-a-time downloading, your server software does support page-at-a-time downloading, application http://www.adobe.com/ acrobat/moreinfo information.
Reading
Each document other resource identified unique uniform resource locator (URL) address. Clicking link document open document identified your browser inline viewing, Acrobat Reader Reader been helper application your browser. also read files that have been embedded HTML documents Web.
Reading browser Reading embedded files Setting Acrobat viewer helper application
Reading browser
document displayed browser compatible with Netscape Navigator Internet Explorer 3.0. Netscape Navigator compatible browsers also need access PDFViewer plug-in their plug-in folders display documents. PDFViewer plug-in automatically installed Netscape plug-ins folder with Windows Macintosh. other browsers, with UNIX, install browser after installing Reader, Installing browser plug-in information. also
Filling forms (Windows Macintosh). Using tools positioning Acrobat toolbar Visiting Acrobat site Searching
Using tools positioning Acrobat toolbar
Acrobat Reader tools, except Find Select Text, available browsers. print tool, available Reader outside browser window, added toolbar allow print file. Keyboard commands mapped browser tools, Acrobat viewer tools, Acrobat keyboard shortcuts available browser window. When view document browser, position toolbar along four sides browser window. default position window.
reposition toolbar: Click blank area toolbar drag toolbar window edge would like toolbar follow. Release mouse when outline toolbar along window edge.
Visiting Acrobat site
Click Visit Acrobat Site button link directly Acrobat site. This page contains valuable information about technology, links free Acrobat plug-ins, more.
Searching
Some search engines index documents well HTML documents servers. some search engines support search highlighting, although search engines that support indexing support search highlighting. Adobe site, http://www.adobe.com/ acrobat/moreinfo, list both types search engines. encounter site that uses search engine that indexes documents, your search results list include documents. site uses search engine that supports search highlighting open documents search results list, Search Next Search Previous buttons activate Acrobat toolbar your browser window. Also, search term highlighted document.
next search hit, click Search Next button. return previous search hit, click Search Previous button. Search Next Search Previous commands jump across documents across HTML documents.
Reading embedded files
HTML documents include embedded files. embedded file normally displays image first page file HTML document. embedded file configured HTML document author display, when clicked, separate window. will display browser window Acrobat viewer window, depending have configured your browser. When file opened this manner, read file would other file. file configured open separate window, will able interact with document browser compatible with Internet Explorer compatible with Netscape Navigator. example, links would active embedded file displayed HTML page Netscape Navigator, they would active Internet Explorer.
Setting Acrobat viewer helper application
your browser does support inline viewing documents prefer view inline, Acrobat Reader helper application with your browser's preferences. With Reader helper, Reader will launch display file linked Web. When Reader helper application, pageat-a-time downloading, form submittal, search highlighting Web, viewing embedded files available.
your browser recognize files, must define MIME Type file type. File Type should pdf. MIME Type should application/pdf. your browser's documentation information about configuring specific browsers. using Netscape Navigator later with Windows Macintosh want your Acrobat viewer helper application, rename delete PDFViewer plug-in from Netscape plug-in folder. plug-in named NPPDF32.dll NPPDF16.dll (Windows) PDFViewer (Macintosh).
Installing browser plug-in
using browser that supports Netscape architecture, copy browser plug-in your browser's plug-in folder. using Netscape Navigator browser, Acrobat installer attempts install plug-in you. install browser plug-in (Windows): Open File Manager Windows Explorer. Locate Acrobat3\Reader\Browser folder. Copy NPPDF32.dll NPPDF16.dll file your browser's plug-in folder.
install browser plug-in (Macintosh): Open Browser Plug-in folder within Adobe Acrobat folder. Copy PDFViewer plug-in your browser's plug-in folder. install browser plug-in (UNIX):
<installdir>/Browsers/netscape.
Making documents accessible from Macintosh Finder
files created with Windows UNIX Acrobat producers cannot opened double-clicking Macintosh. enable double-clicking open files, choose following:
Choose File Open instead double-clicking.
Open command Macintosh once, next time will able open double-clicking.
Type Utility file type creator
Macintosh. Type Utility (Macintosh) available Utility folder Acrobat CD-ROM. utility, simply drag files created another platform utility adds appropriate information open files double-clicking.
Calibrated color
Portable Document Format allows deviceindependent color (DIC) specifications. allows creators documents specify colors objects page descriptions independent color characteristics destination monitors printers. result using consistent color reproduction from device device. This important because large color variations between different devices. Even monitors have widely different color characteristics. Note that colors given document will specified this manner. Currently, only files created Acrobat Distiller later contain color specification global level, only images affected, vector-based line art. Shown here images, both derived from same original image. Think this same image being scanned different scanners.
file describing this page contains different color space different image data each image.
Monitor Monitor
without color calibration
with color calibration
Although each image contains different image data, Acrobat viewer using color space information each image this document reproduce accurate display original image. Although colors will match perfectly devices such monitors, they will more consistent.
Keyboard shortcuts (Macintosh)
Result
Exits Full Screen view Exits Full Screen view Overrides open document settings, uses default settings Exits Full Screen view Escape been disabled
Action
Escape
(period)
Shift Option Open Document Option Shift
Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows UNIX)
Result
Exits Full Screen view Overrides open document settings uses default settings Exits Full Screen view Escape been disabled Opens Exchange Reader Online Guide
Action
Escape Shift Ctrl Open Document Option Shift
Paging shortcuts (Macintosh)
Result
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Right Arrow Shift Left Arrow Shift Arrow Shift Down Arrow Shift Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl
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