How to Make Document Scroll One Page at a Time

[Brendan22159243sv86]

Hey all,

I have Acrobat Pro DC and I have noticed that some documents scroll one whole page at a time, and I think that makes the presentation much better. I have a report to submit soon and I would like to enable this for that document, but am unaware of how to do so. All I could find online is changing the PDF reader settings to force it, but I want it to work on other peoples computers. I would appreciate any tips / advice on how to get this to work!

Thanks

[Joel Cherney · Accepted solution]

When I am exporting a PDF from InDesign, I can make some choices in the export dialog that will affect how that PDF opens up on someone else's machine - so that the PDF defaults to Single Page View, or whatever.

However, since I don't know how you're making your PDFs, I can't suggest that as a solution. I just found this guide to changing default view of a single document, but I've not tried it and don't know for certain if it will work for you. If you do try it, please do come back and let us know whether or not it works for you.

[Joel Cherney · Accepted solution]

When I am exporting a PDF from InDesign, I can make some choices in the export dialog that will affect how that PDF opens up on someone else's machine - so that the PDF defaults to Single Page View, or whatever.

However, since I don't know how you're making your PDFs, I can't suggest that as a solution. I just found this guide to changing default view of a single document, but I've not tried it and don't know for certain if it will work for you. If you do try it, please do come back and let us know whether or not it works for you.

[Brendan22159243sv86]

That link you sent described how to do just what I wanted, thank you!

[Genyguy · Accepted solution]

You've tried the rest. Now try the best. Been trying to get this setting on and off for years and the internet answers are generally somehow always wrong in one way or another. Time to make Earth productive again and fix this totally moronic setting which should obvs be default. So to make this THE DEFAULT of always one page per scroll....here is the answer from Adobe Chat Tech Support which I'm posting here in the hopes the whole world can find this answer fast at the top of a Google Search etc: 

"Please open acrobat app then Click Menu on top left > Preferences > Accessibility > check Always use Page Layout Style and select Single Page Continuous.

If you want to scroll one page at a time then here you'd select Single Page." The last line there is key for single page scroll but so is the first part for the default component just to rapidly explain the above. So thanks for playing. Now go and get after it ya'll and make Earth productive again!!

[S. S]

Hi @Genyguy,

Hope you are doing well.

Thanks for writing about what worked for you.

Marking this as a correct answer for future users to use as reference.

-Souvik