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Default user interface to include 'previous page view' button? How?

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2008-07-10 14:15:40
benj55
Registered: Jul 10 2008
Posts: 4

Hi folks,

Newbie here, but I've searched for about 3 hours on this one, and no luck yet.

Question:
For a given pdf, using acrobat pro 8 to tinker with the file, is there a way to set the default user interface to include 'previous page view' & 'next page view' buttons on the a user's toolbar?

I'm not looking to add buttons to the pdf itself. I just want to customize a user's toolbar when they open the pdf in reader.

The User Interface Options section on the Initial View tab of the pdf's properties gives a tantalizing hint of the possibility of doing something like this. There, you can select to HIDE the menu bar, or tool bar or windows controls, but nothing more specific.

If there's no obvious way to do this, maybe a javascript can be used to manage what appears on the toolbar?

Thanks!
Benj

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 8.1.2, Windows
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2008-07-10 15:39:52
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daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
This might help:
Put your mouse to the right of the tool bar.
Right click to open the context menu.
At the bottom, click on "More Tools"
In the More Tools dialog box, scroll down.
About two thirds the way down, in the Page Navigation Toolbar portion,
you can select/de-select First Page, Previous Page, Next Page, Last Page,
Page Number, Previous View, and Next View.

The items selected/checked will now show when you use Acrobat.

Be well...

Be well...

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2008-07-10 20:43:44
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benj55
Registered: Jul 10 2008
Posts: 4
Thanks for your reply, but I don't think you understood my question.

I don't need to know how to add the buttons for my instance of acrobat.

I'm wondering how to embed instructions into a pdf so that when it's opened, the previous & next view buttons appear on a user's toolbar.Thanks,
Benj
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2008-07-11 11:52:05
#3
lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
You can use Javascript to work with menu commands; however, you may encounter security restrictions when working in different environments. Thom Parker has an excellent tutorial on [url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tech_corners/javascript_corner/tips/index.php?sort=true&search_keyword=All&submitButtonName=Go]Executing Acrobat menu items from JavaScript[/url] that details how to do this.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2008-07-11 14:45:56
#4
rbogie
Registered: Apr 28 2008
Posts: 432
perhaps the simplest technique is to provide instructions to your audience along the lines suggested by daka630. The tip sheet can be in a separate pdf or a page in your master document or even in a read-only bookmark (ie, a bookmark that has no action associated with it).
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