Adjusting Pdf Views - Adobe READER 8 User Manual

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Adjusting PDF views

Adjust page magnification
Tools on the Select & Zoom toolbar can change the magnification of PDF documents. Only some of these appear on
the default view of the toolbar. You can see all the tools by right-clicking/Control-clicking the Select & Zoom toolbar
and choosing either individual tools, Show All Tools, or Add & Remove Tools and then selecting individual tools.
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The Marquee Zoom tool works in a few different ways. You can use it to drag a rectangle around a portion of the
page that you want to fill the viewing area. Or, simply clicking the Marquee Zoom tool increases the magnification
by one preset level, centering on the point where you clicked. To decrease the magnification by one preset level,
Ctrl-click/Option-click the Marquee Zoom tool.
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The Dynamic Zoom tool zooms in when you drag it up the page and zooms out when you drag down. If you use
a mouse wheel, this tool zooms in when you roll forward and zooms out when you roll backward.
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Zoom In and Zoom Out change the document magnification by preset levels.
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The Zoom Value option changes the page view according to a percentage you type in or select from a pop-up menu.
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Actual Size displays the page at 100% magnification.
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Fit Width adjusts the magnification so that the PDF fills the document pane horizontally.
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Fit Height adjusts the magnification so that one page fills the document pane vertically.
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The Pan & Zoom tool adjusts the magnification and position of the view area to match the area in an adjustable
rectangle in the Pan & Zoom window's thumbnail view of the page.
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The Loupe Tool window displays a magnified portion of the PDF that matches the area in an adjustable rectangle
on the document pane.
Resize a page to fit the window
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To resize the page to fit entirely in the document pane, choose View > Zoom > Fit Page.
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To resize the page to fit the width of the window, choose View > Zoom > Fit Width. Part of the page may be out
of view.
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To resize the page to fit the height of the window, choose View > Zoom > Fit Height. Part of the page may be out
of view.
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To resize the page so that its text and images fit the width of the window, choose View > Zoom > Fit Visible. Part
of the page may be out of view.
To see keyboard shortcuts for resizing the document, open the View menu.
Show a page at actual size
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Choose View > Zoom > Actual Size.
The actual size for a PDF page is typically 100%, but the document may have been set to another magnification level
when it was created.
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