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                        <p>Reader opens in
two different ways: on its own, as a standalone application, and
in a web browser. The associated work areas differ in small but important
ways.</p>

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                           The Reader work
area includes a <dfn class="term">document pane</dfn> that displays PDFs and
a <dfn class="term">navigation pane</dfn> on the left side that helps you browse
through the current PDF. Toolbars near the top of the window provide
other controls that you can use to work with PDFs. </p>

                        <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Opening
certain types of PDFs causes specialized parts of the work area
to appear: the document message bar and PDF package navigation features.
For other types of PDFs, these areas are not seen and not available.</div>

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                        <ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Using the Reader icon
on the desktop, Start menu (Windows), or Finder (Mac OS), start
the Reader application.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose File &gt; Open, navigate to and select any PDF
on your computer, and click Open.</span> </li>
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                        <ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Open a web browser application.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li>
                                    <p>Select a PDF anywhere on the Internet and
open it. </p>

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                                    <p>Choose File &gt; Open (or Open File). If necessary,
choose PDF or All Files in the pop-up menu for the type of file.
Then navigate to and select any PDF on your computer or local network,
and click Open.</p>

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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Identify items in the work area.</span> </li>
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<div><div class="relinfo"><strong>Related Information</strong><br></br><ul><li><a href="WSF8E615B0-223A-434c-ABF4-8A8FA2753A99.html">Document message bar</a></li><li><a href="WS04092BF2-9245-42cd-B647-BBA1881508A1.html">Navigation areas for PDF packages</a></li></ul></div>
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