How do I force Reader to show cover page in two-page view?

[ChrisWho11]

I use Reader at home mostly to read magazines & books.  I like these to always open in two-page view with a cover page.  You would think that most books & magazines would automatically set this in the creation, but no.  I set my default view to two-up view and zoom to fit page.  This works for maybe half.  When it does work, they show with a cover page.  So I set the override to two-up and fit page, but know NOTHING shows with a cover page.  How can I set it to force a cover page?

[Abambo]

Please show screenshots of what you intend to do.

[ChrisWho11]

Not sure why you need screenshots of standard Adobe behaviour, but I want the display to show the cover page like this:

Instead of this:

Because more than half of the magazines and books I read display in single page or fit-to width display even when my default is set to two-page and fit page, I tried using the Override Page Display to display two pages. The issue with this is that the cover page is not shown separately.  How do I force it to display as the first image?

[try67]

You can force the two-page view, but not showing a cover page by default. However, if you select that option under the View menu it might stick. To force the two-page view go to the application's Preferences, Page Display, and set Page Layout as "Two-Up" or "Two-Up Continuous".

[ChrisWho11]

This is how my preferences were set, but more than half of the magazines and books I open override the default setting and show as single page, fit page or single page, fit to width.  This was why I was trying to override the view settings.

[try67]

Try setting it under the Accessibility section of the Preferences dialog, too. That should override the document Initial View settings.

[ChrisWho11]

That is what I have done, but everything shows as two pages. I cannot force it to show the cover page.  If I can force it into two page view, why can I not force it to also show the cover page?

[try67]

No, as I wrote, you can't force that. As to why, that's a question for Adobe.

[RachelBostwick]

I would like to chime in with my frustration that this is not available as a default. I design PDFs for print for a living. When I open Acrobat, it is to look at something that is going to be PRINTED. I ALWAYS want to see a cover for the first page. ALWAYS. I am gobsmacked that I can't figure out how to set this as a default. I'm this close to setting a third party software as my default for PDF viewing. That is crazy.

[creative explorer]

I always thought it was also how the creator saves the PDF too. Many people would use the 'Default' layout

@ChrisWho11 you mentioned sometimes you can set that up. Once you get a set-up, close the PDF and go into your preferences, Command K for the Mac, Control K for the PC, and turn on 'Restore last view settings when opening your documents.' Click OK. Then re-open the PDFs if they do indeed re-opened with te last setting

[RachelBostwick]

Yes, keeping a single document consistent with the settings used for it works fine. It doesn't help with someone who is looking at different PDF documents daily.

[Meenakshi Negi]

Hi RachelBostwick,

If you wish the cover page to appear separately, Please try the following:

- Select either a two-page view or two-page scrolling.
- Then select Menu >View > Page display > Show cover page in two page view.

Please refer to the information provided in the following help document: https://adobe.ly/3YoSKCK. 

Let us know if that helps.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

[RachelBostwick]

Thank you. I do know how to do that. I really need it to do that by default, not have to change it everytime I open a new PDF file, which is more than once per day. It was annoying in the previous version to have to redo it everytime, but it's actually *more* clicks now. It slows down my workflow by a lot, and my wrist is already not as strong as it used to be, so I am trying to keep the number of clicks per project as low as possible. Thank you for checking in, though. You have the right idea, I just need to be able to set it to do that by default. I really, really need for every time I open a PDF file,  to show two page view, no scrolling, with a cover page, so I can start looking at the whole format of my project quickly and efficiently. It's important enough that I might buy 3rd party PDF viewing software that can do it in fewer clicks or by default. Thank you for listening.