How to Set the Opening View of a PDF in Acrobat Professional

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: With the PDF document open in Acrobat

   The Document Properties dialog box is displayed.
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   Step 2: click Document Properties on the File menu.

   The Initial View options are displayed. , You can choose to display no panels, or any one of the Bookmarks, Pages, or Layers panels. , The Single Page option displays a single page, the Facing option displays the pages in a printed book format, and the Continuous option enables continuous scrolling across pages. , The Fit Page option magnifies the document so that a page (or two facing pages) fills the document window.
   
   The Fit Width option magnifies the document so that the width of a page fills the document window.
   
   The Fit Visible option magnifies the document so that the width of the content on the page fills the document window, with the blank spaces around the borders of the page not displayed. ,, The Resize window to initial page check box resizes the document window to fit the size of the initial page only if the document window is not already maximized.
   
   The Center window on screen centers the document window on the screen.
   
   The Open in Full Screen mode check box opens the document in full screen mode.
   
   The options on the Show drop-down list enable you to display either the document title or the document file name on the title bar of the document window. ,,, The changes you have made to the initial view will be applied the next time the document is opened.
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   Step 3: Select Initial View tab.

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   Step 4: To specify the panels to be displayed in the opening view

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   Step 5: select an option from the Show drop-down list in the Document Options section.

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   Step 6: To specify the layout of the pages in the opening view

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   Step 7: select an option from the Page layout drop-down list.

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   Step 8: To specify the magnification of the pages in the opening view

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   Step 9: select an option from the Magnification drop-down list.

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    Step 10: To display a particular page of the document in the opening view

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    Step 11: type the page number in the Open to text box.

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    Step 12: You can specify the behavior of the document window in the opening view by selecting the check boxes in the Window Options section.

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    Step 13: You can hide the menu bar

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    Step 14: the tool bars

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    Step 15: and the window controls on the status bar by selecting the check boxes in the User Interface Options section.Note: Hiding the menu bar

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    Step 16: tool bars

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    Step 17: and window controls will make most of the Acrobat or Reader features unavailable to the user of the document.

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    Step 18: Click OK to close the Document Properties dialog box.

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    Step 19: Click Save on the File menu to save the changes to the document properties.

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