The term “click-scroll-feature” is made up by me. I have no idea how this is called. Some PDF documents have a feature enabled that allows you to scroll through the document by single clicking on the text. The presence of the feature is indicated by the hand cursor with a short horizontal bar and a … Read more
I would like to save several bookmarks in a PDF document I’m reading, so that each time I open the PDF, I could re-browse to certain locations. How can I do this? Ideally, I would be able to assign each bookmark its own name. I’d like an answer for Adobe Acrobat Reader, but if it’s … Read more
How can I hide ‘tools’, ‘comment’ and ‘sign’ buttons (note only the assosiated panes) from toolbar of Adobe Reader XI? I found this, but did not work for me: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2011/03/customizing-toolbars-in-acrobat-x-2/ Answer In adobe reader installation folder (typically C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0) Find the sub-folder Reader\Services. Remove files “DEXEchoSign.spi” and “DEXShare.spi”. (Adding .bak extension, or changing … Read more
Why does Adobe Acrobat Reader require a restart when you update it? It’s a piece of software that reads PDFs. Just what else is it installing/updating that requires a total OS reboot to “complete” the installation? A bit of Googling indicates that it’s to allow the OS to install the Adobe “Speed Launcher” – is … Read more
Is it possible to open the same PDF multiple times with Adobe Reader? Answer In acrobat reader 9 – To open the same document in a new tab in the same window, right click the tab, and choose Duplicate Tab then detach tab ( it will open in another window ) AttributionSource : Link , … Read more
I have a pdf document with many form fields on it. I need to see the names of the form fields. Can I do this with Adobe Reader? Perhaps a third party tool..? Answer It’s likely you’ll find a user-friendly application to do this for you, but this is how I achieve it with a … Read more
Adobe reader can show two pages up, but they must be continuous pages, is there any option to show two pages, for example, page 1 and page 5 side by side? Answer From within Acrobat Reader, select menu Window -> New Window, which will give you a second window open to the same file. Move/resize … Read more
I have some PDF’s which, when I double-click to open, automatically bring up the Print dialog box in Adobe Reader X. I’m on Windows XP. I think this is because of some code within the PDF itself. Is there some way I can disable such automatic printing from Adobe Reader? Answer If it’s happening only … Read more
I would like to see simultaneously pages in the beginning of the document and at the end. I can do that by opening the same document on different windows. But when I try to do so, the first instance opens and I can’t open a second one. I’ll will install a second PDF visualizer to … Read more
I’m trying to copy and paste text from a PDF file. However, whenever I paste the original text it is a huge mess of garbled characters. The text looks like the following (this is just one small extract): 4$/)5=$13! ,4&1*%-! )5’$! 1$2$)&,$40! 65))! .*5)1! -#$! )/’8*/8$03! (4/+$6&4;0!/’1!-&&)0!*0$1!.9!/,,)5%/-5&’!1$2$)&,$403!5′!+*%#!-#$! 0/+$!6/9! -#/-! &,$4/-5’8! 090-$+! 1$2$)&,$40! .*5)1!1$25%$! 1452$40! /’1! … Read more
