Default view settings

Question

I open PDFs all day in Acrobat Pro DC and I change every one from "fit to width scrolling" to "fit one full page" using the button in the toolbar.

Two questions:

1. Can I make "fit one full page" the default option?

2. Failing that, can I do it with a keyboard shortcut?

try67 · Accepted Answer

(I can see the letters are underlined when I click the toolbar button, but I'm not sure how to get to the toolbar from the keyboard -- Alt just takes me to the menu bar as usual)

Ctrl+0 sets the zoom level to "Zoom to page level".

Beyond that are the keyboard accelerators (the underlined characters in each item). To use them you simply open the menu and then press those letters for the sub-menus and the command you want to execute.

For example, to execute the Single Page View mode you press Alt+V (to open the View menu), then P (to open the Page Display sub-menu), then S (to select "Single Page View").

BriGuyAG · Answer

I came across this topic today, after a client said the PDF I sent her was so large, making it difficult to proof. I knew this was a zoom/Acrobat default view issue for her and instructed her on how to change the zoom level (2020 and clients still don't know how to zoom in/out... "I can't see the whole thing... what do I do???" /facepalm... but, I digress).

Anyway, you can also make "fit one full page" the default option, like you're asking in #1.

Do the following:

Open Acrobat with no documents open.
Select Edit -> Preferences
On the left side of the preferences menu, select Page Display
Back on the right/main section of the window, at the top, under "Default Layout and Zoom," select "Fit Page" next to "Zoom."
Click OK.

You're done. Documents that you open from now on should fit the full page to your screen.

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