Acrobat Reader DC: Find the hand and select tools

[daviddmack]

Here is a problem and a solution. In Adobe Reader DC you may want to use the hand tool and the select tool. But you won't get them to show in the main toolbar, no matter how deep you dig in the Show/Hide menu.

SOLUTION: hover your mouse in the lower part of the screen to show the Page Control tools. That's where you'll see the hand and select tools.

The complete steps are:

1. Click View > Show/Hide > Page Controls, and make sure that Show Page Controls is selected.

2. The page controls will appear either on your toolbar or at the bottom of the screen.

3. To move the page controls to the bottom of the screen (or back to your toolbar), click the icon that looks like a bar with a downwards arrow.

4. You will only be able to see the hand and select tools when the page controls are at the bottom of your screen.

Adobe, I usually love your software, but I spent a half hour looking for a hand icon. Frustration.  >:-((

[jotasprout]

How do I get the "text select tool" if I'm in Acrobat Pro DC (as opposed to Reader)? One of the coolest features in Acrobat used to be the ability to select text and press Ctrl+B to quickly create Bookmarks.

[CEEH]

Thanks -- this also worked in Acrobat Pro DC.

Any way to add the Hand tool to my Quick Tools set in Pro DC, so I don't have to constantly show and hide tools?

[wnave1980]

Thank you David. I spent 10 minutes trying to figure out where the hand tool was located... I appreciate your post.

     - Mike

[Nigel238011078y0z]

Thanks for that. I'm sure that this used to be in the toolbar but this could be a senior moment.

The air was blue looking for this option, should have used Google much earlier! 

[Terry23810510ewmc]

you NEED to fix this

[John24698534dwz7]

Acrobat, yes. It does have hand tool. But not for adobe reader. It's a shame...

[Juan E27068319u97a]

Thank you vert much for explaining how to get the Hand Tool to appear.  I looked for it everywhere!  One additonal detail: Below the Show Page Controls, make sure the Undock option is NOT checkmarked.  I actually got the hand tool to appear on the toolbar after selecting Show Page Controls and deselecting (no checkmark) the Undock option.

[Jeff24304007xn8h]

Yes thanks for this.  Adobe gets in its own way.  They are making their software worse, not better.