Coloured overlays for pdf reader?

[kazbrekker]

So,

I have an issye where reading black writing on a white background gives me massive headache, and tends to cause more visual disturbances on the page (i.e. shadows of words floating around on the page is not fun). As a student who has to read a lot of journal articles this is....less than ideal.

My question is this: does the PDF reader have any ways i can add a coloured overlay over existing PDF's to make reading them easier?

[Adorobat · Accepted solution]

Hi Kazbrekker,

I apologize for the delay in response.

Have you tried changing background color by launching Reader, navigate to Edit > Preferences > Accessibility > check the box next to 'Replace document colors' > page background, does that help?

Thanks,

Shivam

[MrsPea]

Hi, I am having issues with this setting. I have changed the page colour and it works on some PDFs, but not on others. Like the OP I cannot read on white backgrounds due to visual issues. Could you please tell me why some PDFs are ignoring the accessibility setting, and others it works? Any how I can resolve this so it applies to all PDFs opened in Acrobat Reader? Thank you 🙂

[Bernd Alheit]

This settings will not work for scanned documents.

[Jessica37089324nko7]

If you're using Acrobat Pro you can click "detect or recognise text" and it will convert a scanned document to an editable document which will add your overlay colour.

Also, as an FYI - on a Mac it's Acrobat -> Preferences, not Edit -> Preferences.

I realise this reply is many years late, however, it might be useful to someone else.