​VIEWING PDF BOOKLET SETTINGS FOR YOUR VIEWER

After publishing your PDF book, you'll almost always want your viewer to "see" your book as it was intended, namely, like a book, with left and right pages appearing as spreads, such as this example:

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To "PUSH" this view follow the following steps and make the following setting changes:

1 | Open your PDF in Adobe Acrobat

2 | Go to Document Properties under the File Menu

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3 | Initial View menu, under Page Layout, choose Two-Up (Cover Page)

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4 | Initial View menu, under Magnification, choose Fit Page

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5 | Save your file / document.

6 | Test. Close your file and re-open it. When the file reopens it should appear with a Cover Page first, then all following pages should show up side-by-side as if looking at the book as it's intended. THIS SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE (REFLECT) ON YOUR DESIGN LAYOUT AND WHAT IS OR ISN'T WORKING, GRAPHICALLY.

 

 

​VIEWING PDF SPREADS

When you receive a PDF file that hasn't been set properly in the Document Preferences, you can still view it correctly by following these steps:

1 | Go to View Menu / Page Display, choose Two Page View

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2 | Go to View Menu / Page Display, choose Show Cover Page in Two Page View

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Note that this DOES NOT "SAVE" THE SETTINGS TO THE FILE, it is a temporary viewing only.

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