Viewing PDF documents

The PDF Editor allows you to view and search PDF documents and copy text, pictures, and tables inside them.

To open a PDF document in the PDF Editor:

  • Open the New Task window, click the Open tab and then click the Open PDF Document task.
  • Open the New Task window and click File > Open PDF Document....

The document will be displayed in the PDF Editor.

To customize the way the document is displayed, use the following settings.

  • The viewing modes change the way pages are displayed and scrolled.
    See also: Viewing modes.
  • The zoom feature lets you zoom in to and out of the document.
  • Actual Size displays the page at a scale of 100%.
  • Fit to Width changes the scale at which the document is displayed so that the width of the document fits to the width of the screen.
  • Best Fit changes the scale at which the document is displayed so that the height of the document fits to the height of the screen.
  • Zoom Out/Zoom In lets you adjust the scale manually.

To show/hide the toolbar with PDF tools, click the PDF Tools button on the main toolbar.

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