Navigating PDF documents


    You can quickly navigate to a specific page of a PDF document or a specific area of a page. If you don't know which page contains the desired information, you can visually locate and then select the page.

    Illustration of Navigation options in the status bar: with these callouts: A. First Page B. Previous C. Page number D. Next E. Last Page
    Navigation options in the status bar: A. First Page B. Previous C. Page number D. Next E. Last Page

To navigate to a specific page or set of pages:

    Do one of the following in the status bar of the document window:

    • Type the page number in the Page Number text box, and then press Enter or Return.
    • Click the First Page button First Page button , the Last Page button Last Page button , the Next button Next button , or the Previous button Previous button .
    • Press the Page Up or Page Down key.

To navigate to a specific area of a page:

    Do one of the following in the document window:

    • Drag with the Hand tool Hand tool .
    • Use the horizontal and vertical scroll boxes.
    • Hold down the Control key, and press the arrow keys.

To visually locate and then select a page:

  1. In the status bar of the document window, click the Multi-Page View button Multi-Page View button .
  2. Navigate to the desired set of pages by using the First Page, Last Page, Next, and Previous buttons.
  3. In the document window, click the desired page.
  4. Visually locating and selecting a page.
    Visually locating and selecting a page.