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CalvinDale
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February 13, 2019
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How to increase the mouse-wheel scroll speed

  • February 13, 2019
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How can I increase the mouse wheel vertical scrolling speed in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC? Mouse wheel activated vertical scrolling speed for all of my other Window 10 desktop programs is sufficiently fast. But Acrobat Reader DC is rather slow. And consequently it takes a lot of extra spinning of the mouse wheel to scroll vertically. For this reason alone, I strongly prefer using Microsoft Edge as my default PDF reader.

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    Dustinthewind27
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    May 17, 2020

    I'm using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (20.009.20063) on a Windows OS. Here is what worked for me:

     

    1). Preferences (Ctrl + k) > Page Display > Page Layout (Dropdown Menu) > Single Page Continuous

    2). View > Page Display > Enable Scrolling

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      barbarag41429168
      Participating Frequently
      June 2, 2020

      Thank you Dustinthewind27.  This has been frustrating me and I finally searched for an answer and your solution worked.  Thank you again.

      Barbara

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      rajivs85
      New Participant
      May 10, 2020

      The way to solve this is to go in windows 10 mouse options: in german on my machine it is mauseinstellungen. Then you will see a scroll bar to set the speed of the scrolling. I set it to 15 I found this optimal for my machine. I tested various speeds and found it to work. It is this way that you change it. 

       

       

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      Dustinthewind27
      Participating Frequently
      May 17, 2020

      Dear rajivs85, 

      Thank you for your recommendation! Unfortunately, this is not a good solution because it creates another problem: When switching between programs, one must either tolerate poorly scrolling calibration on other open programs or recalibrate the scroll-rate each time they transition from Adobe Reader to something else. Personally, I was already aware of how to change the scroll settings on my mouse; however, what is required for a proper solution is the ability to customize the scroll-rate WITHIN the application. Hopefully, Adobe responds to this issue!

       

      With respect,

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        Alfredo21916985uk99
        Participating Frequently
        November 24, 2021

        I just have solve it!!!

         

        I have setted the mouse to scroll multiple lines, at 4.

         

        And open the PDF with Chrome (as pdf reader). It flies!!!!

         

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        Germang200
        New Participant
        April 22, 2019

        Es inexplicable que todavía, en 2019, Adobe no haya dado una solución a una queja que viene DE AÑOS!. Si uno busca en Google acerca de este problema, encuentra que hay preguntas abiertas que datan del 2013 o anterior manifestando este inconveniente.

        ¿Tan difícil es para Adobe poner una configuración que permita regular el desplazamiento de páginas usando el scroll?

        NO alcanza con "desplazamiento de páginas continuo". Ni tampoco habilitando desplazamiento. Porque ni bien aumentas o reduces el zoom, la velocidad de desplazamiento con el scroll del mouse cambia.

        Es MUY FÁCIL, ADOBE. PONGAN UNA CONFIGURACIÓN QUE SEA TAN SENCILLO COMO ESTO:

        "Mouse: Desplazamiento de líneas> 1;2;3;4;5;etc."

        o algo así:

        "Mouse: Sensibilidad de desplazamiento> 10%; 20%; 30%; 40%; 50%;etc.".

        Es muy fácil y terminarían con AÑOS de una dificultad tan, aparentemente, insignificante pero que para nosotros, los usuarios, es de importancia para la comodidad a la hora de leer pdf de muchas hojas.

        Ojalá recapaciten sobre esto. Es sencillo. Y mucha gente lo pide.

        Saludos.

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          GG48GG
          New Participant
          March 21, 2020

          I was frustrated with the same issue but it is fixable:

          The scroll speed is controlled by the global OS setting for your input device (mouse, touchpad, touchscreen).

          It seems to not work, but it does:  You have to restart Acrobat (at least in Windows) in order for the change to take effect.

          Interestingly, Chrome does not need to be restarted for this type of change to take effect.

          Sorry that Adobe support could not answer this question for you before.  That is a sad state of affairs.

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            Alfredo21916985uk99
            Participating Frequently
            November 24, 2021

            I just have solve it!!!

             

            I have setted the mouse to scroll multiple lines, at 4.

             

            And open the PDF with Chrome (as pdf reader). It flies!!!!

             

            AnandSri
            Community Manager
            AnandSriCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            February 13, 2019

            Hello Calvindale,

            There aren't any specific settings in Adobe Reader to increase the mouse wheel scroll speed. You may update the mouse scrolling rate from View>Page Display>Single Page Continuous.

            What is the version of Acrobat installed? To identify, refer to Identify the product and its version for Acrobat and Reader DC

            Are you on a Mac or Windows machine and what is the version?

            Are you experiencing this with one specific PDF or with all the PDF files?

            We're here to help. just need more info.

            Thanks,

            Anand Sri.

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              CalvinDaleAuthor
              New Participant
              February 13, 2019

              I am running both

                  Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Continuous Release | Version 2019.010.20069

              and

                  Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Continuous Release | Version 2019.010.20091

              on a Windows 10 (Version 1803, OS Build 17134.590) Surface Book Pro 2 attached to dual 4K 28" monitors via the Surface Dock.

              Single Page Continuous is not listed an option in either program on my system. I do have the Enable Scrolling option checked.

              I experience insufficiently sensitive mouse-wheel vertical scrolling with all PDF files in either Acrobat program. By contrast, mouse-wheel sensitivity is sufficient (about right) for PDFs in either the Chrome or Edge web browser. It's a little better (slightly faster) in Edge than in Chrome. But Acrobat is quite slow and consequently frustrating to use.

              It's too bad there's not an option to speed it up a bit.

              Thanks!

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                CalvinDaleAuthor
                New Participant
                February 14, 2019

                As a postscript, I just tried it on my laptop without the external monitors attached (i.e, un-docked). There was no discernible difference in the responsiveness of the vertical scrolling distance relative to mouse-wheel rolling angle. It seems about the same which is far too insensitive for me.

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