Customizing The Work Area - Adobe READER 8 User Manual

Creating PDFs
Adobe Systems invented Portable Document Format (PDF) over 15 years ago, as a solution for capturing and viewing
robust information from any application on any computer system. You can share PDFs you create with anyone
around the world with full confidence that other users see the document exactly as you see it.
Adobe Reader users can use the Adobe PDF Online Document Service to create PDFs. This web-based service is
available for free trial or subscription to users in the United States and Canada only.
For more information, choose File > Create Adobe PDF Online, which will connect you to the secure Adobe PDF
Online website.

Customizing the work area

Displaying menus
Ordinarily, it's a good idea to keep the Reader menus visible so that they are available as you work. It is possible to
hide them, using the View > Menu Bar command. However, the only way to display and use them again is by pressing
F9 (Windows) or Shift+Command+M (Mac OS).
Reader also has numerous context-sensitive menus. These menus appear when you right-click/Control-click an
element in the work area or PDF that has such a menu associated with it. A context menu displays commands that
relate to the item or area that you clicked. For example, when you right-click/Control-click the toolbar area, that
context menu displays the same commands as the View > Toolbars menu.
Note: The Reader menu bar appears only when it is open as a standalone application. When Reader is open within the
browser, only the browser application menu appears at the top of the window. However, context menus are available in
both cases.
About toolbars
Toolbars reduce clutter in the work area by arranging tools in task-related groups. For example, the Page Display
toolbar includes buttons for changing how many pages you can see at a time in the document window. The Comment
& Markup toolbar contains tools for reviewing and annotating a PDF.
Any toolbar can float or be docked. Docked toolbars appear in the toolbar area. Floating toolbars appear as
independent palettes that you can move anywhere in the work area.
Each toolbar has a grabber bar, which is a vertical gray stripe at the left end of the toolbar.
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When you position the pointer over a grabber bar, a tool tip displays the name of the associated toolbar.
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When you drag a grabber bar, the toolbar moves. You can drag toolbars off the toolbar area (so that they float),
dock them in the toolbar area, or rearrange them in the toolbar area.
Some toolbars appear by default and some are hidden.
A B
Toolbars open by default
A. File toolbar B. Page Navigation toolbar C. Select & Zoom toolbar D. Page Display toolbar E. Find toolbar
C D
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