Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Troubleshooting tip for PDFs

A troubleshooting tip that might come up when working with PDF files. Lately, sometimes when I encounter PDF files, they don't have all of the buttons I want in the toolbar. Sometimes the "select" and "snapshot" tools (used for copying and pasting) aren't there. Other times basics like the "save" button or the "hand" for scrolling are missing! It's wierd.

To add buttons that are missing:

  • Right click an unoccupied part of the Acrobat toolbar
  • Make sure the important groups (usually "File" and "Select&Zoom") have checks by them. If not, click to put on a checkmark
  • Go to "More Tools"
  • Scroll down and click to check the checkboxes for the tools you need.

That's it! Play with the right-click menu on the next PDF document you're looking at if you have time, so you can get a feel for it.

1 comment:

  1. had this problem in a endnote class. I had a work around however, this is so much easier.

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