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Display off-screen areas of a magnified page
When you zoom in to a high magnification, you may be able to see only part of a page. You can shift the view to show
other areas of the page without changing the magnification level.
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Do either of the following:
• Use the vertical scroll bars to move up and down the pages or the horizontal scroll bars to move across the page.
• Select the Hand tool in the Select & Zoom toolbar, or choose Tools > Select & Zoom > Hand Tool, and drag to
move the page, as if moving a piece of paper on a table.
See also
"About PDF layers" on page 364
Display PDFs in Line Weights view
The Line Weights view applies a constant stroke width (1 pixel) to lines, regardless of zoom. When you print the
document, the stroke will print at the true width. Line Weights view is off by default.
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Choose View > Line Weights. To turn off Line Weights view, choose View > Line Weights again.
Note: Line Weights view is not available for viewing PDFs within a web browser.
Grids, guides, and measurements
About grids, rulers, and measurement tools
Acrobat includes a set of tools that helps you fine-tune the layout of your Adobe PDF documents. Tools such as grids,
rulers, guides, measurement tools, and the Info panel are especially useful when you're designing forms, inspecting
CAD (computer-aided design) drawings, and preparing for professional printing.
View grids
You can use grids to accurately line up text and objects in a document. When turned on, the grid is visible over the
document. The Snap To Grid option aligns an object with the nearest grid line when you move the object.
View or hide the grid
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Choose View > Grid. A check mark appears next to the command name when the grid is displayed.
Turn the Snap To Grid option on or off
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Choose View > Snap To Grid. A check mark appears next to the command name when the option is turned on.
Change the grid appearance
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Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac OS), and then select Units & Guides under
Categories.
To change grid settings, do any of the following:
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• To change the spacing between grid lines, use the arrow keys or the text box to enter a value for Width Between
Lines and Height Between Lines.
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