Moving around a document

Phil Bull philbull@gmail.com Anna Philips anna.cs.au@gmail.com Navigating, scrolling and zooming. Moving around a document

You can move around each page of a document by any of the following methods:

Scrolling up and down using the mouse wheel. To move around a page just by moving the mouse:

Right-click the page and select Autoscroll.

Move the mouse pointer towards the bottom of the window to scroll down; it will scroll faster depending on how far down the window you go.

To stop autoscrolling, click anywhere in the document.

Using the scroll bar on the document window.

Using the up and down arrow keys of your keyboard.

Dragging the page around with your mouse, as if you are grabbing it. To do this:

Move the mouse pointer over the page and hold down the middle mouse button to drag it around.

If you don't have a middle mouse button, hold down the left and right mouse buttons at the same time, then drag.

Flipping between pages

You can move between pages of a document using one of the following methods:

Press the CtrlPage Up or CtrlPage Down buttons on the keyboard.

To go to a specific page:

Type a page number in Select Page and press Enter.

If you want to go to the beginning or the end of the document:

Press CtrlHome on your keyboard.

Press CtrlEnd on your keyboard.

To move ten pages at a time, press ShiftPage Up or ShiftPage Down.

You can only move around one page at a time, by default. If you want to move between pages just by scrolling or dragging, go to the View menu and select Continuous.

Navigating with a page list or table of contents

When you open a file, you should have a side pane on the left side of the window. If you do not have a visible side pane, View Sidepane or press the F9 key on the keyboard.

The side pane shows a preview of all of the pages in the document.

You can move between pages by clicking on them in the side pane.

Some documents have an index or table of contents, which you can display in the side pane. Select the Thumbnails Combobox at the top of the side pane and select Index to view it.

Most documents don't use this feature, so you won't be able to view their index in the side pane.

Zooming in and out

To adjust the zoom level:

Select the desired zoom percentage from combobox in the toolbar.

Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+ to zoom in, or Ctrl- to zoom out.

Alternatively, hold down Ctrl and use your mouse scroll wheel to zoom.

The Fit Page option will make a document page fit the whole height of the window.

The Fit Width option will make a document page fill the whole width of the window.

If you want to see two pages at once, side by side, like in a book, go to ViewDual and press Dual.

If the allow-links-change-zoom gsetting is set to false, links are blocked from changing your zoom level.

You can use the whole of your screen to view the document:

Press F11.

To exit the full screen mode:

Press F11 or Escape