Page Scrolling

[Graham31920244p10m]

Greetings,

I apologize if this seems too rudimentary. When I read documents, I prefer to scroll, as opposed to having a new page pop up. I recall in earlier versions of Acrobat and Reader, that scrolling was available in toolbars and the header of the UI (just dated myself there).

Now, the only available option is on the bottom right edge of the UI, and that is fit screen/ scroll. That requires selecting the option and then resizing the page. I looked in the in the customization routine for the toolbar the floats near the top left. However, there didn't seem to be a group to add navigation options. 

The only way, I have found, to get continuous scrolling is to go to the view menu and select scrolling.

I like Acrobat for its capability as a PDF system. It's rather amazing. But it's really busy and I wonder if I am missing what I'm looking for because I can't see the forest for the trees. To repeat, I must admit my ignorance of the program.

So my question is (you new one would come eventually...eh, where would I find the scrolling tool so that I can add it to one of the toolbars? Or at least, find it without having to use the View menu.

Any help with my obviously elementary question would be most appreciated. I am using the Acrobat Pro subscription service. I tried to find the version, but I was taken to a website that only said Acrobat Pro subscription.

Thanks,

Graham

[gary_sc · Accepted solution]

Do please vote!

https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/suggestions/47082691-ditch-t...

[Amal.]

Hi @Graham31920244p10m 

Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

Are you looking for the hand tool to pan through the document? If yes, Please check out the screenshot below and see if that works:

For more information about the new Acrobat please go through the help page https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/new-acrobat-experience.html

Let us know if you are referring to something else.

Regards

Amal

[Graham31920244p10m]

Thanks Amal,

Actually I'm looking for the option for smooth scrolling of pages, as opposed to flipping to the next page. I would like that to be default. If that's not possible, I would at least like to have the option handy.

Thanks

Thanks

[gary_sc]

Hi, @Graham31920244p10m 

See if this helps you: https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/why-change-everything/m-p/14035242#M425921

[Graham31920244p10m]

Hi Gary,

I reverted to the old Acrobat. Set page as single page continuous and opened a few files. Each file opened scrolling.

Thanks,

Graham

[gary_sc · Accepted solution]

Do please vote!

https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/suggestions/47082691-ditch-t...

[Tiger_words]

@Graham31920244p10m Good but I want it permanently that way.  As it is, we have to set it each time we open a document.  So annoying and distracting.

[casual_protector16B8]

Would you be happy to change the app's default setting for all files? If so here's a solution for Acrobat 2023.

Click Menu > Preferences > Accessibility > check Always use Page Layout Style and select Single Page Continuous.

Or if anyone prefers to scroll one page at a time then here you'd select Single Page.

If you see a dialog called Prepare document for screen reader just cancel it.

(Screenshot from PC)

[Didi-]

Thank you for saving me, I was about to uninstall adobe for the scrolling problem 

[Ira37445056v5jk]

Thanks for this. It's hard to imagine a less intuitive to put this setting. Never would have found it without this post.

[Amit27470744kam5]

no, it doesn't work still have to go everytime and enable scrolling 

[riccardo_9475]

Have you tried reloading the document?

[Heather38791863esl3]

Thank you for giving the actual requested solution!

[gary_sc]

I thank @Aviv382790943kye for the final piece. When they pointed to Accessibility in Preferences, the option "Single Page Page Continous" was displayed. When this option is set, you do not need to constantly go to the menus to reset it for every document. 

It doesn't make any sense for Adobe to make this so hidden. I seem to recall that in previous versions, you could set this from the menu command or from the toolbars and be done with it. To hide this makes no sense.

 

[john_2874]

Sorry, but your initial feedback to assist was not helpful. This option has been there for a number of iterations of Acrobat.

[matt_3464]

This did not help. It still jumps to the next page without a smooth transition.

[gary_sc]

Hi, @matt_3464, OK, I now know what you are referring to. I'd suggest two changes in the Settings/Preferences.

#1) This is not essential, but I am one who does like to see the scroll bar access all the time. To make sure it's always available, set this in the Page Display setting.

#2) Here is the important one. And, why this is in Accessibility and not in the Page Display I have no clue. But, check the Always use Page Layout Style, and set this for Single Page Continuous.

 Please let us know if this is what you are looking for.

 

[Laura E33429152xn39]

I'm with you. I much prefer continuous scrolling to the sudden jump to a new page. It's like a repeated smack in the eyes when I have to read a long document. No one's eyes snap up that fast (scientific fact), so it's disruptive to the flow of the reading. Seems like that would be the standard way to read and the snapping should be the option you can choose if you want a change.

[Tiger_words]

Yes, and of course if you want to glance back at the preceding sentence on the previous page it creates a ridiculous jump. It's incredible that people actually come up with this stuff.

[defaultwo7f2a7r26oo · Accepted solution]

Just in case you haven't found the answer you were initially hoping for, or if anyone else comes across this looking for help, this is the easiest way I have found to do continuous scrolling.

View-Page Display-Enable Scrolling.

You will most likely have to do this on each document, and then make sure you save it! Hope this helps!

[Tiger_words]

Of course you prefer to scroll.  That's what normal people do and that's what virtually every other platform does - like internet pages, etc.  But the geniuses at Adobe turn the mouse roller into a page down key.  Why?  No logical reason [abuse remove].  So they constantly "improve" things...

[Tiny_Jay]

Bingo. 

[Wilonia31891828fu29]

Oh thank you!!

[Hank385294487nm0]

Why oh why does it have to be this way??!!! AAArgh! Thanks all for suggestions.

[Aviv382790943kye]

I rarely write comments on forums but this really was exceptional.
figured out how to change the default setting thanks to the comments below. this was unbelievably confusing, I passed through "Accessibility" like 5 times ticking and didn't find it myself. why is it so hard to change what should have been the default setting in the first place?
Just make it a tick box and call it "allow smooth scrolling". I know app design is a hard process but it really seems rudimentary to me...