• 10 - 3Opening Documents with Acrobat ReaderAcrobat documents are stored as Portable Document Format (.pdf) files. Open themin the same way as you open files in other applications.Understanding the Acrobat ScreenThe Acrobat screen is divided into two parts; bookmarks on the left and pages on theright. Treat the bookmarks as a table of contents. If a bookmark has a triangle to theleft of it, you can click on the triangle to show a list of subtopic bookmarks. Click onthe triangle again to hide the subtopics. If you click on a bookmark, you will jump tothe first page in that section. There is a scroll bar at the bottom of the bookmarks sothat you can see all the text in a bookmark.Depending on the size of your computer’s screen, you may need to magnify the page.You can choose the magnification you want by clicking on the magnification box inthe status bar at the bottom center of the screen.• Fit Page shows the entire height of the page.• Fit Width shows the entire width of the page. You will not be able to see someof the top or bottom of the page.• Fit Visible is similar to Fit Width, but shows the width of the page betweenmargins.You can also choose percentage views from the list, or choose Other to create aspecific percentage view. You can also use the magnifying glass button in the toolbarto drag over an area of the page you want to enlarge.When you change the magnification it remains at that setting for all pages until youchange it again.Moving Through PagesYou can move forward and backward through the sections of the manual by draggingthe vertical scroll bar. When you do this you will see a window telling you which pageyou are selecting.If you click in the background area of the vertical scroll bar you will move one pageat a time. If the magnification you have chosen shows less than a full page, you willsee the top part of each page followed by the bottom part.You can also use the toolbar buttons to move from page to page.
