Adobe Acrobat Reader Help
This help file contains the basic information you need to open, navigate, and print
PDF files using Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you need more help, you can download
and install the complete Acrobat Reader Help by clicking the link below. You must
have an Internet connection to download the complete Help file.
Click here to download and install the complete Acrobat Reader Help.
Opening PDF documents
Adobe Acrobat Reader allows to open and view Portable Document Format (PDF)
files.
To open a PDF document:
Click the Open button
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one or more filenames, and click Open. PDF documents usually have the
extension .pdf.
Choose the document's filename from the File menu. The menu lists the four PDF
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documents you last opened.
Double-click the file icon in your file system.
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Note: On Mac OS, you may not be able to open a PDF document created in
Windows by double-clicking the icon. If double-clicking the icon on Mac OS does
not open the document, use File > Open in Acrobat to open the document.
Adjusting the view of PDF documents
You can change the magnification of a PDF document and set the page layout so
that you can see one page at a time or a continuous flow of pages.
To increase magnification:
Select the zoom-in tool
the area to magnify. You can also click the Zoom In button
To decrease magnification:
Select the zoom-out tool
you want the reduced page to be. You can also click the Zoom Out button
viewing toolbar.
Note: When the zoom-in tool is selected, you can press Ctrl (Windows) or Option
(Mac OS) while clicking or dragging to zoom out instead of in. When the zoom-out
tool is selected, press Ctrl or Option to zoom in.
To resize a page to fit the window:
Do one of the following:
, or choose File > Open. In the Open dialog box, select
, and click the page, or drag to draw a rectangle around
, and click the page, or drag to draw a rectangle the size
in the viewing toolbar.
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