View and edit an article

Use the Article tool to create, display, and make changes to an article box in the PDF document.

View articles on the page

 Choose Tools > Advanced Editing > Article Tool.

View articles in the PDF

  1. Choose View > Navigation Panels > Articles.
    Note: The Articles panel is a floating panel; it is not docked in the navigation pane by default. Drag the Articles panel to the navigation pane to dock it with the other panels.
  2. To read an article, double-click it, or select the article and choose Read Article from the Options menu in the Articles panel.

    The first line of the article appears in the upper left corner.

  3. To hide the Articles panel after the article opens, select Hide After Use in the Options menu of the Articles panel.

Delete an article or article box

  In the Articles panel, and do one of the following:
  • To delete the entire article, select the article in the Articles panel, and press the Delete key.

  • To delete only one box from an article, right-click/Control-click the box, and choose Delete. In the warning message, select Box. If you select Article, the entire article is deleted.

    The remaining articles or article boxes are automatically renumbered.

Insert an article box into an article thread

  1. In the Articles panel, select the article box that you want the new article box to follow.
  2. Click the plus sign at the bottom of the selected box, and click OK when prompted to drag and create a new article box.
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    An example of selecting an article with the Article tool


  3. Draw a new article box. The new box is inserted into the article flow, and all following boxes are renumbered.

Move or resize an article box

 Using the Article tool, select the article box, and do one of the following:
  • To move the box, drag it to the new location.

  • To resize the box, drag a center handle to change only height or width, or drag a corner handle to change both dimensions.

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    An example of resizing an article box


Edit article properties

  1. Using the Article tool, select the article box that you want to edit.
  2. Right-click/Control-click the box, and choose Properties.
  3. Change the information in the Articles Properties dialog box, and click OK.

Combine two articles

  1. In the document pane, select any article box in the article you want to be read first.
  2. Select the plus sign at the bottom of the article box, and click OK to dismiss the prompt to create a new article box.
  3. Ctrl/Option-click an article box you want to be read next. The second article is appended to the end of the first article. All article boxes in the piece are renumbered automatically.