General preferences – Adobe Acrobat XI User Manual

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Advance Every _ Seconds

Specifies whether to advance automatically from page to page every set number of seconds.

You can page through a document using mouse or keyboard commands even if automatic paging is selected.

Full Screen Appearance

Background Color

Specifies the window’s background color in Full Screen mode. You can select a color from the color

palette to customize the background color.

Mouse Cursor

Specifies whether to show or hide the pointer when Full Screen mode is in operation.

Full Screen Transitions

Ignore All Transitions

Removes transition effects from presentations that you view in Full Screen mode.

Default Transition

Specifies the transition effect to display when you switch pages in Full Screen mode and no

transition effect has been set for the document.

Direction

Determines the flow of the selected default transition on the screen, such as Down, Left, Horizontal, and so

on. The available options vary according to the transition. If no directional options affect the selected default transition,
this option is not available.

Navigation Controls Direction

Mimics the user’s progress through the presentation, such as transitioning from top to

bottom when the user proceeds to the next page and from bottom to top when the user backtracks to the previous page.
Available only for transitions with directional options.

General preferences

Basic Tools

Use Single Key Accelerators To Access Tools

Enables you to select tools with a single keystroke. This option is

deselected by default.

Create Links From URLs

Specifies whether links that weren’t created with Acrobat are automatically identified in the

PDF document and become clickable links.

Make Hand Tool Select Text & Images

Enables the Hand tool to function as the Select tool when it hovers over text in

an Adobe PDF.

Make Hand Tool Read Articles

Changes the appearance of the Hand tool pointer when over an article thread. Upon the

first click, the article zooms to fill the document pane horizontally; subsequent clicks follow the thread of the article.

Make Hand Tool Use Mouse-wheel Zooming

Changes the action of the mouse wheel from scrolling to zooming.

Make Select Tool Select Images Before Text

Changes the order in which the Select tool selects.

Use Fixed Resolution For Snapshot Tool Images

Sets the resolution used to copy an image captured with the Snapshot

tool.

Touch Mode

Sets how Acrobat enters the Touch mode, if at all, for touch enabled-devices. In Touch mode, Toolbar

buttons, panels, and menus shift apart slightly to accommodate selecting with your fingers. The Touch reading mode
optimizes viewing and supports most common gestures.

Warnings

Do Not Show Edit Warnings

Disables warning boxes that would normally appear when you delete items such as links,

pages, page thumbnails, and bookmarks.

Reset All Warnings

Restores default settings for warnings.

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