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USING ACROBAT 9 PRO
Workspace
Open a PDF from the desktop or within another application
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Do one of the following:
• To open a PDF attached to an email message, open the message and double-click the PDF icon.
• To open a PDF linked to an open web page, click the PDF file link. The PDF usually opens in the web browser.
• Double-click the PDF File icon in your file system.
Note: In Mac OS, you may not be able to open a PDF created in Windows by double-clicking the icon. Instead, choose
File > Open With > Acrobat.
Opening pages in a PDF
Depending on the PDF you open, you may need to move forward through multiple pages, see different parts of the
page, or change the magnification. There are many ways to navigate, but the following items are commonly used:
Note: If you do not see these items, choose View > Toolbars > Reset Toolbars.
The Next Page
Next and Previous
box next to them is also interactive, so you can type a page number and press Enter to go directly to that page.
Vertical and horizontal scroll bars appear to the right and bottom of the document pane whenever the view
Scroll bars
does not show the entire document. Click the arrows or drag to view other pages or different areas of the page.
This toolbar contains buttons and controls for changing the page magnification.
Select & Zoom toolbar
The Pages button
Pages panel
displays thumbnail images of each page. Click a page thumbnail to open that page in the document pane.
More Help topics
"Retrace your viewing
path" on page 33
"Adjust page
magnification" on page 41
Page through a document
There are many ways to turn pages in a PDF. Many people use the buttons on the Page Navigation toolbar, but you
can also use arrow keys, scroll bars, and other features to move forward and backward through a multipage PDF.
The Page Navigation toolbar opens by default. The default toolbar contains frequently used tools: the Next Page
Previous Page
, and Page Number. Like all toolbars, the Page Navigation toolbar can be hidden and reopened by
choosing it in the Toolbars menu under the View menu. You can display additional tools on the Page Navigation
toolbar by right-clicking the toolbar and choosing an individual tool, Show All Tools, or More Tools and then selecting
and deselecting tools in the dialog box.
More Help topics
"About
bookmarks" on page 306
"About page
thumbnails" on page 305
"Set the page layout and
orientation" on page 44
Move through a PDF
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Do one of the following:
• Click the Previous Page
and Previous Page
on the left side of the work area opens the navigation pane to the Pages panel, which
or Next Page
button on the toolbar.
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buttons appear in the Page Navigation toolbar. The text
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