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- The default viewer for PDF documents in Mac OS X is Preview. Preview will open PDF documents for viewing but it will NOT display dynamic/interactive content embedded into PDF forms such as drop down menus and calendar features.
- In this tutorial, Luke shows you how to change your default PDF reader on your Mac computer. There are various programs that can be used to read PDFs and you don't have to decide on only one.
A new year has brought new changes to how Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’s settings and preferences work, which means relearning how to tweak things to get the UI setup you prefer. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post shows a reader how to get rid of that pesky sidebar.
Jul 13, 2018 F4 doesn't keep the thumbnail page open by default. Currently the only option to keep the thumbnail page open by default is to go to Edit > Preferences > Documents and check the box labeled 'Restore last view settings when reopening documents' (credit to vb64589654).). However this ONLY works for PDF files that you've already opened before.
Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites.
The Question
SuperUser reader MonkeyZeus wants to know how to stop Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’s sidebar from opening by default:
In Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, does anyone know how to prevent the sidebar from opening by default? It is not so bad when a PDF is in portrait mode, but it takes up too much visual real-estate when opening a PDF in landscape mode.
How do you stop Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’s sidebar from opening by default?
The Answer
SuperUser contributor Run5k has the answer for us:
Newer versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (currently at 15.023.20056) have changed both the wording and the function within Preferences. Instead of deselecting the option to open the Tools Pane by default, the application will now remember whether it was previously shown or hidden.
Adobe Acrobat Thumbnail Preview Fix
Before you make changes via Preferences, open Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, go to the Menu Bar, and navigate to View -> Show/Hide -> Tools Pane to hide it accordingly.
Once that is done, return to the Menu Bar and navigate to Edit -> Preferences. In the subsequent open window, highlight Documents in the upper-left corner and tick the box to Remember current state of Tools Pane, then click the OK Button.
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In Acrobat Pro, I try to set preferences (open in 'page-width' view and use 'one-page continuous) but it only makes changes for the document I have open, not as default for every time I open.
slhck6 Answers
I'm not 100% sure, but I think that to change the default for the 'Single Page Continuous' (or one-page continuous)
- In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Page Display.
- Open the Page Layout menu and choose Single Page Continuous
What are you trying to do, create PDFs? Edit PDFs...?
Note: The PDF opens with the page layout specified in Preferences unless a different page layout is specified in Document Properties (File > Properties > Initial View). The Document Properties setting overrides the Preferences setting. If using Document Properties, be sure to save and close the document for the change to take effect. Acrobat users can change the initial view, unless security settings prevent changes. Reader users cannot change the initial view.
BTW, welcome to SuperUser When you get a chance, read the FAQs
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The 'Default Page Layout' option never worked for me, but I've found another option in the Preferences that seems to work:
Open Preferences. In the Accessibility category, under 'Override Page Display' check the Always use Page Layout Style and select the preferred option. This works as a default setting for opened pdf documents.
This answer is for Adobe Acrobat Pro DC only.
Head to File >Document Properties (Ctrl-D)
Click on the Initial view tab, there, the first few fields are for setting the default view for that document. These preferences may be ignored depending on the application used to view the document, but should work in Adobe products (Acrobat and Reader).
Once set, accept the changes and save the document.
with PDF open, go to 'Edit' on top left, then to 'Preference', in 'Preference' go to 'Page Display', under 'Default', go to 'Layout and Zoom', go to 'Zoom' and select size you want on page. Worked for me in windows 10.
You might also need to uncheck 'Restore last view settings when reopening documents' in Edit > Preferences > Documents > Open Settings.
Adobe Acrobat Thumbnail Preview
Otherwise every time you open a document, it will appear with the last view settings you used for it. Which might not be the settings you want!
If you set it in the document properties that is for that document. However, the general properties for your use is under Edit>Preferences>Page Display