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About Glen Demers
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I can answer questions about creating pdf's for print.

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I've been working in the prepress industry for 25 years and am currently a prepress technician for Best Printing Online I've worked with Acrobat since 1994 and am familiar with the current version.

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Some college training in printing and have attended numerous seminars.

 
   

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Adobe Acrobat - navigating large PDFs in Reader


Expert: Glen Demers - 8/16/2008

Question
Dear Glen,

I get read-only PDF documents of several hundred pages each, which I don't want to print or to read in one sitting.

Currently, when I finish a reading session, I have to write the page number down on a scrap of paper and refer to it again so I can resume reading at the place I left off reading in the last session, which may be days or occasionally weeks later.

I have the same problem if I want to refer back to particular passages later.

Is there any way in Acrobat 9 Reader to 'save my place' for next time I go back to the document, or is it a 'pen and paper' only exercise?  That seems to be a computer-illiterate way for me to work, but I have no other exposure to PDF than reading documents in that format.

I have spent several hours checking forums and tutorials, but none seem to cover such basics, apart from one university site which wouldn't load.

I can't imagine ever wanting to create a PDF document myself, so getting any extra software just to bookmark my page seems excessive.

Thanks,

Nick


Answer
Hi Nick,

In Reader under the Document menu go to Accessibility Setup Assistant. Check "Set all accessibility option" and next. You can accept all the defaults until you get to the last screen (5 of 5). Check "Reopen documents to the last viewed page".
Hope this helps,
Glen Demers
Prepress Technician, Best Printing Online
www.bestprintingonline.com

For more Acrobat tips please visit our help pages <a href="http://www.bestprintingonline.com/submitting-pdf.htm">here</a>


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