Adobe Acrobat X for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

2. Viewing a Document

In This Chapter

Opening a PDF File 20

Moving from Page to Page 22

Moving from View to View 23

Zooming In and Out 24

Choosing a Page Display 29

Searching for Text 31

Arranging Documents on the Screen 35

Using Read Mode 36

Using Links and Bookmarks 38

Measuring Sizes and Areas 40

Once you’ve launched Acrobat and have become familiar with its interface, you’re ready to navigate the pages of an open document. This chapter describes the tools in Acrobat X that you use to view a PDF document. We’ll look at some routine functions, such as all the ways to move from page to page and how to zoom in and out, as well as some of Acrobat’s more exotic capabilities, such as measuring the length and area of items on the page.