Customizing What You See On The Screen - Adobe ACROBAT 9 HOW-TOS Manual

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One of the best ways to save space, and your eyesight, is to control what
tools you display on the screen. It is possible to open enough toolbars to
fill a good portion of the screen, leaving little room for the actual docu-
ment. These techniques help you "de-clutter" your screen:
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If you have opened a number of toolbars and want to return to the
default set, choose View > Toolbars > Reset Toolbars. Acrobat closes
the extras and the layout reverts to the default toolbars in the default
locations.
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Even using only the default toolbars and task buttons, you may find it
confusing to figure out what you have to work with. Move your pointer
over the hatched vertical line at the left edge of a toolbar to display the
toolbar's name; move your pointer over a tool to view its name and a
description of how to use it in a tooltip (Figure 3a).
Figure 3a
Display a description and name of the button in a tooltip.
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Move your pointer over the hatched vertical line and drag to pull a
toolbar from its docked position. When you release the mouse, the
toolbar is floating on the screen. Drag the toolbar back to the toolbar
area and release the mouse to dock it again.
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You can further control your use of screen real estate by setting how
the labels are displayed. Choose View > Toolbars > Show Button Labels
and then select the Default, All, or No button label option.
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Task buttons work slightly differently. You can't drag an individual task
button off the taskbar (as you can with individual tools on toolbars);
if you try, you'll remove the entire taskbar. As with other toolbars, add
and remove Task buttons in the More Tools dialog.
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Rather than using the Main menu, save one step when changing tool-
bars. Right-click (Control-click) the toolbar well to display the same
options available from the menus.
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Returning to
Default Settings
If you return to the default
toolbar settings, any tools
you removed from a default
toolbar, as well as any that
you added, are returned
to their original locations.
Unlike other programs
in Adobe Creative Suites,
Acrobat 9 has no ability to
save a workspace, including
custom toolbars and
arrangements.
Locking Toolbars
When you close and reopen
a program, the arrangement
of toolbars and task but-
tons is maintained. If you
like a particular arrange-
ment of toolbars, you can
lock it. When you get to the
point where you are "one
with the program, " select
tools and keep working
without searching for a tool.
Choose View > Toolbars >
Lock Toolbars. The separator
bars between the individual
toolbars disappear. Float-
ing toolbars don't lock, and
they can't be docked with a
locked toolbar.
From the Library of Daniel Dadian
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