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how to scroll down a PDF doc on my touch screen laptop using my finger

Debra25849558w4a4
Community Beginner ,
Jan 09, 2023 Jan 09, 2023

Hi, I used to be able to use my finger to scroll down on a PDF document on my touch screen laptop and second screen, I now cant do this. Any idea's how to fix

 

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maedre45
New Here , May 29, 2023 May 29, 2023

I don't know if you're still looking for help.  I was having this exact same issue and realized I couldn't find the toolbar I was looking for.  There is a pop up menu that comes up from the bottom of a PDF document that I can't for the life of me figure out how to consistently make come up, but, if you put your finger on the screen and make the "right click" menu come up, you'll see at the top that you probably have the pointer selected as a method of interacting with the document.  Right next t

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Stephen35637877ijvj
Community Beginner , Feb 22, 2024 Feb 22, 2024

In 2024 after installing Adobe Acrobat on a new PC, I experienced the very same issue many, many others have where PDFs dont scroll by TOUCH. After following all the known resolutions I found that Adobe MOVED the control of this and dont seem to have updated their help. 

 

THE SOLUTION

Touch scrolling is now called PAN. T enable it, click your mouse into the Pdf. A small pop up toolbar appears. Click the select Arrow icon to reveal the new hiding place for the PAN control. See the attached image. S

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Stephen35637877ijvj
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Feb 22, 2024 Feb 22, 2024

In 2024 I can't believe how crazy developers get with LACK of CONSITENCY !!!

I just posted one hiding place Adobe has put the page scroll option for touch. But minutes later discovered a similar but completely seperate menu control option that also affects how page scroll works. 

 

SOLUTION:

Look down on the bottom right of the Acrobat Reader,  click on the menu Icon marked "1:1" that you'd be right in assuming means page magnification. But click on it and check it out what else they hid in here..., a scroll control option and other handy extras. 

 

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Lizz37288940bbrd
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Feb 24, 2025 Feb 24, 2025
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I have the 2017 Adobe Acrobat Document reader and I was able to use the tool search bar to search and click enable scrolling and it made scrolling with my mouse on my documents work again. I don't know how it go turned off but I was able to get it back on this way.

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