tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post1834386803403660357..comments2024-02-17T10:23:58.479-06:00Comments on Tips & Techniques: How to force a PDF to open at a particular viewKeith Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17639216496820581739noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-42243083985489599322019-03-04T22:23:06.746-06:002019-03-04T22:23:06.746-06:00I'm after the opposite: I want to override wha...I'm after the opposite: I want to override whatever the author of the PDF set so each PDF opens in single page view. Preferences don't force a PDF to open in single page view. Any suggestions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-39781822813355584332018-03-22T12:48:11.031-05:002018-03-22T12:48:11.031-05:00Close all Adove application and just click on Edit...Close all Adove application and just click on Edit Tab and then go to Preference .Then make changes page layout to "Single Page" and Zoom to 100% or 125%. It will work fine. <br />Thanks <br /><br />Anindya BikashAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843554853961438298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-72023086215050989322018-01-04T02:52:10.922-06:002018-01-04T02:52:10.922-06:00Thank you, very helpfulThank you, very helpfulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-32707705628782319092017-12-04T06:56:22.699-06:002017-12-04T06:56:22.699-06:00perfect, very usefullperfect, very usefullAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-24290123740490116162017-08-03T16:18:15.203-05:002017-08-03T16:18:15.203-05:00Hi there, I read your blog like every week. Your w...Hi there, I read your blog like every week. Your writing style <br />is awesome, keep doing what you're doing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-36608738492144213292017-05-03T11:55:37.613-05:002017-05-03T11:55:37.613-05:00Let me clarify..I want it to be forced to print in...Let me clarify..I want it to be forced to print in legal.<br /><br />LorealLorealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-78216231717217750122017-05-03T10:30:48.551-05:002017-05-03T10:30:48.551-05:00My issue is related to this post, but doesn't ...My issue is related to this post, but doesn't address it entirely. I have to distribute a report bi-weekly and I want to constrain the .pdf to legal size, but am having issues where it jumps to 11x17. I want to make it so the end user doesn't have to select legal as page size; the .pdf will automatically drive it.<br /><br />Any thoughts..<br /><br />LorealLorealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-82739802215528564222017-04-25T14:23:53.209-05:002017-04-25T14:23:53.209-05:00This worked for Adobe Acrobat, but still opens inc...This worked for Adobe Acrobat, but still opens incorrectly as an internet document or on 'Preview'. I am sending my portfolio to employers and do not want to give them any extra work by instructing certain layout views. Any idea how to make this work in every PDF viewer?Julesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-20079859820763559352017-03-31T09:43:00.619-05:002017-03-31T09:43:00.619-05:00Thank you for your tips. Unfortunately, your tips ...Thank you for your tips. Unfortunately, your tips only partially worked. Like in your previous post on PDF viewing, I am also having trouble making the new settings in preferences and properties stick; even after I click ok and save the PDF. When I open the revised PDF again the properties and prefs have reverted to the default settings. Not only that but when I open the PDF in Safari and Internet Explorer, it opens at a huge magnification. Firefox, Chrome and Opera work fine and the PDF opens the entire page to fit the window. Do you know what I can do to fix these two issues? (1.) Making the new setting stick and the default on Acrobat DC, version 15 and (2.) Is there a setting to make Safari and IE recognize the revised properties settings? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12209252617631124404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-18642715268384023342016-10-27T11:05:09.119-05:002016-10-27T11:05:09.119-05:00For the folks that think this is idiotic, try to c...For the folks that think this is idiotic, try to consider some other use cases.<br /><br />I need a semi-bulletproof solution for displaying presentations fullscreen on various displays throughout our company. By 'bulletproof', I mean 'please don't wake me up at 1am to tell me that third shift is seeing a weird dialog box on the breakroom tv because the thin client rebooted after a power failure'.<br /><br />Perfect would be if the Adobe Reader would let us, the users, decide whether or not author-provided configs are automatically honored. That way I could set my install to gracefully recover from a power failure, and you could set your install to keep Obama from taking your guns. But don't throw the baby out with the bathwater... the idea is inherently good.Cliffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-32396566938383542892016-09-18T17:18:43.090-05:002016-09-18T17:18:43.090-05:00Excellent forum, with more tips than Acrobat DC of...Excellent forum, with more tips than Acrobat DC offers.<br /><br />Wow. Some of the previous comments I have read do not make end-user friendly sense. As an architect, my clients always complain that my drawings open rotated and not to 'fit page'. Especially those who view on tablets or phones (getting more frequent now). With your tips they all now open correctly. After all my years of trying to fix this you have answered my prayers. Thank you. HAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18317920509475075727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-35625169842906661492016-09-08T19:50:11.959-05:002016-09-08T19:50:11.959-05:00That is a very narrow minded view of the functiona...That is a very narrow minded view of the functionality and uses for a PDF.Jason Dirkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574282117233700881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-23104602419242924942016-07-01T12:20:46.901-05:002016-07-01T12:20:46.901-05:00We download PDF documents from a website and it ap...We download PDF documents from a website and it appears they have added this feature because the document is opening with bookmarks. As the recipient of the PDF I do NOT want this opening with bookmarks as it prevents the document from upload into another program we have. Can I change a default setting in Adobe so that documents NEVER open with bookmarks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-67351627603019306412016-06-03T11:45:44.340-05:002016-06-03T11:45:44.340-05:00Why would anyone actually do this? For the Love o...Why would anyone actually do this? For the Love of God, people—let people choose how it opens. Just because you like it one way says nothing. This is a feature that Adobe should completely remove; all it does is override the end-user's preferences.<br /><br />Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Your setting preferences (fit page/single page) are something you like, and bully for you, but I utterly loathe this view and cannot comprehend why anyone would ever want it. I will never ever ever want this, as it 1) shrinks text to a size other than the most comfortable reading size, 2) makes resizing windows fail in the purpose for document comparison, and 3) makes your scrolling wheel cease to function in its best capacity. Any time I get one of these documents and open it, the first thing I do is curse, then I fix it follow my defaults, then I curse the person who was such a control freak that they made their document do this.<br /><br />Who wants a birds eye view of the document? Birds don't read. If you want that, hey, free country, but why would you force this on anyone else? This seems like the old days of Angelfire websites filled with sounds and moving .gifs just because you can.<br /><br />Exercise restraint. Let the reader use their own defaults.The Green Globulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15244014098715524274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-21477311581780343462016-03-09T01:09:57.241-06:002016-03-09T01:09:57.241-06:00How, how do I lock in bookmark column width, I siz...How, how do I lock in bookmark column width, I size it, however, when others open pdf it squishes up to about an inch wide. Have been unable to find solution - <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-82842315760622545242016-01-27T10:04:29.600-06:002016-01-27T10:04:29.600-06:00I am completely impressed, thank you so much for t...I am completely impressed, thank you so much for this tip!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-84084545348784732652015-12-10T22:19:09.577-06:002015-12-10T22:19:09.577-06:00
thank you very much !!<br />thank you very much !!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708624022082752309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-78605195099925915282015-11-02T08:05:51.399-06:002015-11-02T08:05:51.399-06:00Does anyone have any idea how to make sure the vie...Does anyone have any idea how to make sure the view options stay as set when the PDF is opened in a web browser? I have them set in Acrobat but now that I've uploaded it to our website, it opens in single page view and it really doesn't work with the particular report I've got, which is very much designed in spreads - http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/reports/ideas_into_action.pdfCarole Scotthttp://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-84128233954793031552015-10-19T08:55:40.135-05:002015-10-19T08:55:40.135-05:00Under Document Properties, I don't have a tab ...Under Document Properties, I don't have a tab for Initial ViewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-7808874733124195252015-09-23T06:51:37.656-05:002015-09-23T06:51:37.656-05:00What must I do if there is no Initial view tab to ...What must I do if there is no Initial view tab to select and at the thumbnails there is also no page properties to select to set up the pageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-22166597676906978842015-08-27T07:06:31.071-05:002015-08-27T07:06:31.071-05:00It's 2015 and your post is still helping peopl...It's 2015 and your post is still helping people. Good, clear instructions. Thank you kindly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-89405674571706867262015-06-12T09:44:30.814-05:002015-06-12T09:44:30.814-05:00Hi, is there any way to do this without Adobe Stan...Hi, is there any way to do this without Adobe Standard or Professional. Buying the product just to have one document opend to fit the page seems excesive to me :) Thanks a lot!danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12443836902920736736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-78318362890906001132015-03-26T04:42:16.716-05:002015-03-26T04:42:16.716-05:00As Greg Jones asked ...
I'm making a lot of P...As Greg Jones asked ...<br /><br />I'm making a lot of PDF's nad I like to know if there is a way to set these options with one click, either from Adobe Acrobat, or more easy, apply the settings without even opening every single PDF for propertiy editing.<br /><br />Thank<br /><br />Nikolaj Jorgensen<br />Denmark<br />f2860@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-42596929811355314952015-02-11T00:28:15.907-06:002015-02-11T00:28:15.907-06:00exactly. who are the idiots that create adobe? the...exactly. who are the idiots that create adobe? there should be a simple function to view PDFs in whatever size you feel comfortable with and it should be easy to find and you should be able to select that size and set it as default SIMPLY without any frustration. I still cannot size PDFs to open at 75% which is ideal for viewing, they always open up oversized making me have to manually correct the size each time. What idiots!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28416661.post-58750744186399362792015-01-30T09:38:42.804-06:002015-01-30T09:38:42.804-06:00Is there a way to make this a macro?.. I create a ...Is there a way to make this a macro?.. I create a lot of PDFs and it would be nice just to push a button <br /><br />Thank YouGregJones@HargroveInc.comnoreply@blogger.com