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                        <h1>Preferences for viewing PDFs</h1>
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                           The Preferences dialog box defines a default
page layout and customizes your application in many other ways.
To modify preferences, choose Edit &gt; Preferences (Windows)
or Reader &gt; Preferences (Mac OS),
and select the panel you want under Categories. For viewing PDFs,
examine the preferences options for Documents, General, Multimedia,
and Page Display. </p>

                        <p>The preference settings control how the
application behaves whenever you use it; they are not associated
with any particular PDF document.</p>

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                           <dl><dt class="dlterm">Open Settings</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Show Each Document In Its Own Window</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Creates multiple Reader windows
rather than opening multiple PDFs in one instance of Reader.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Restore Last View Settings When Reopening Documents</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Determines whether documents open automatically to the last
viewed page within a work session.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Open Cross-document Links In Same Window</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Closes the current document and opens the document being
linked to in the same window, minimizing the number of windows open.
If the document being linked to is already open in another window,
the current document is not closed when you click a link to the open
document. If you do not select this option, a new window opens each
time you click a link to a different document.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Allow Layer State To Be Set By User Information</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Allows the author of a layered PDF document to specify layer
visibility based on user information.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Documents In Recently Used List</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Sets the maximum number of documents listed in the File menu
(Windows) or when you choose File &gt; Open Recent File (Mac OS).
The default is five for Windows and nine for Mac OS.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Save Settings</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Automatically Save Document Changes
To Temporary File Every _ Minutes</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>
                                                
                                                Determines
how often Acrobat automatically saves changes to an open document. </p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Save As Optimizes For Fast Web View</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Restructures a PDF document for page-at-a-time downloading
from web servers.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Examine Document</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p>Examines the PDF for items that may not be apparent, such
as metadata, file attachments, comments, and hidden text and layers.
The examination results appear in a dialog box, and you can remove
any type of item that appears there.</p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Examine
Document When Closing Document</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>(Not selected by default.)</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Examine Document When Sending Document By Email</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>(Not selected by default.)</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br></dl>

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                           <dl><dt class="dlterm">Full Screen Setup</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Current Document Only</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Specifies whether or not the display is limited to a single
PDF.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Fill Screen With One Page At A Time</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Sets the page view to the maximum screen coverage by a single
page.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Alert When Document Requests Full Screen</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Displays a message before going into Full Screen mode. Selecting
this option overrides a previous selection of Do Not Show This Message
Again in that message.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Which Monitor To Use</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Specifies the monitor on which full-screen display appears
(for users with multiple-monitor configurations).</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Full Screen Navigation</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Escape Key Exits</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Lets you exit Full Screen mode by pressing the Esc key. If
this option is not selected, you can exit by pressing Ctrl+L/Command+L.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Show Navigation Bar</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Shows a minimal navigation toolbar regardless of the document
settings.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Left Click To Go Forward One Page; Right Click To Go
Back One Page</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Lets you page through an Adobe PDF document by clicking the
mouse. You can also page through a document by pressing Return,
Shift-Return (to go backward), or the arrow keys.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Loop After Last Page</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Lets you page through a PDF document continuously, returning
to the first page after the last. This option is typically used
for setting up kiosk displays.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Advance Every _ Seconds</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Specifies whether to advance automatically from page to page
every set number of seconds. You can page through a document using
mouse or keyboard commands even if automatic paging is selected.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Full Screen Appearance</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Background Color</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Specifies the window’s background color in Full Screen mode.
If you choose Custom, you can select a color from the system color
palette.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Mouse Cursor</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Specifies whether to show or hide the pointer when Full Screen mode
is in operation. </p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Full Screen Transitions</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Ignore All Transitions</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Removes transition effects from presentations that you view
in Full Screen mode.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Default Transition</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Specifies the transition effect to display when you switch pages
in Full Screen mode and no transition effect has been set for the document. </p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Direction</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Determines the flow of the selected default transition on
the screen, such as Down, Left, Horizontally, and so forth. The
available options vary according to the transition. If no directional
options affect the selected default transition, this option is not
available.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Navigation Controls Direction</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Mimics the user’s progress through the presentation, such
as transitioning from top to bottom when the user proceeds to the next
page and from bottom to top when the user backtracks to the previous page.
Available only for transitions with directional options.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br></dl>

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                           <dl><dt class="dlterm">Basic Tools </dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Use Single Key Accelerators To Access
Tools</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Enables you to select tools with a single keystroke. This
is off by default.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Create Links From URLs</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Specifies whether web links that weren’t created with Acrobat
are automatically identified in the PDF document and become clickable links.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Make The Hand Tool Select Text</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Enables the Hand tool to function as the Select tool when
it hovers over text in an Adobe PDF. </p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Make The Hand Tool Read Articles</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Changes the appearance of the Hand tool pointer when over
an article thread. Upon the first click, the article zooms to fill the
document pane horizontally; subsequent clicks follow the thread
of the article.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Make The Hand Tool Use Mouse-wheel Zooming</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Changes the action of the mouse wheel from scrolling to zooming. </p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Make The Hand Tool Select Images Before Text</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Changes the order in which the Hand tool selects. </p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Use Fixed Resolution For Snapshot Tool Images</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Sets the resolution used to copy an image captured with the
Snapshot tool.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Warnings</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Do Not Show Edit Warnings</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Disables warning boxes that would normally appear when you
delete items such as links, pages, page thumbnails, and bookmarks.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Reset All Warnings</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Restores default settings for warnings.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Print</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Show Page Thumbnails In Print Dialog</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Controls the print preview display in the Print dialog box.
Deselecting this option speeds up the preview.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Emit Passthrough PostScript When Printing</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Enables PostScript XObjects in the PDF file to be emitted
when that PDF file is printed to PostScript printer.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Application Startup</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Show Splash Screen</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Determines whether the application splash screen appears each
time the application starts.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Use Only Certified Plug-Ins</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Ensures that only Adobe-certified third-party plug-ins are
loaded.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br></dl>

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                           <dl><dt class="dlterm">Default Layout And Zoom</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p> </p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Page Layout</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Sets the page layout used for scrolling when you first open
a document. </p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Zoom</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Sets the magnification level for PDF documents when they
are first opened. This value overrides document settings.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Resolution</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Use System Setting</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Uses the system settings for monitor resolution.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Custom Resolution</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Sets the monitor resolution.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Rendering</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Smooth Text</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Specifies the kind of text-smoothing to apply: None, For
Monitor, or For Laptop/LCD. </p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Smooth Line Art</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Applies smoothing to remove abrupt angles in lines. </p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Smooth Images</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Applies smoothing to minimize abrupt changes in images. </p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Use Local Fonts</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Specifies whether the application uses or ignores local fonts installed
on your system. When deselected, substitute fonts are used for any
font not embedded in the PDF. If a font cannot be substituted, the
text appears as bullets and an error message appears.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Use 2D GPU Acceleration </dt>
<dd>
                                             <div class="p">(Appears only if your computer hardware supports 2D GPU.)
Speeds up zooming, scrolling, and redrawing of page content, and
speeds the rendering and manipulation of 2D PDF content. This option
is deselected by default.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If the 2D GPU Acceleration option
appears on the Page Display preferences but is not available, you
may need to update your GPU card driver to enable this hardware
feature. Contact your card vendor or computer manufacturer for an updated
driver.</div>

                                             </div>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Use Page Cache</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Places the next page in a buffer before the current page
is viewed to reduce the time required to page through a document.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Page Content And Information</dt>
<dd>
                                    <p></p>

                                    <dl><dt class="dlterm">Show Large Images</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Displays large images. If your system is slow to display image-intensive
pages, you can deselect this option.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Show Art, Trim, &amp; Bleed Boxes</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                                Displays
any art, trim, or bleed boxes defined for a document.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Show Transparency Grid</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>
                                                
                                                Displays the grid behind transparent
objects.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Use Logical Page Numbers</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>
                                                
                                                Enables
the Number Pages command for matching the position of the page in
the PDF to the number printed on the page. A page number, followed
by the page position in parentheses, appears in the Page Navigation
toolbar and in the Go To Page and Print dialog boxes—for example,
i (1 of 1) if the printed number of the first page is i. If this
option is not selected, pages are numbered with arabic numbers starting
at 1. Selecting this option helps prevent unexpected behavior when
clicking Back or Go Back in your web browser.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Always Show Document Page Size</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>Displays the page measurements beside the horizontal scroll
bar.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Use Smooth Zooming</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>When deselected, turns off animation effects, which improves
performance.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br><dt class="dlterm">Use Smooth Scrolling</dt>
<dd>
                                             <p>When deselected, turns off animation effects, which improves
performance.</p>

                                          </dd><br></br></dl>

                                 </dd><br></br></dl>

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