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mpkadobe
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February 8, 2012
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Scroll One Page at a Time

  • February 8, 2012
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Using InDesign CS5 version 7, on a mac OS10.6.8

I would like to be able to scroll through a document one page at a time using my mouse scroll wheel. In some other programs there is a setting to scroll "continuously" or "by pages" — in the latter, each scroll wheel click turns one page. Is there such an option with ID?

If not, how does one best scroll through a large document one page at a time?

Thanks.

Marc

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    Correct answer Steve Werner

    The scroll wheel works to scroll through the pages, just not one page at a time.

    Your best bet is learning the keyboard shortcuts. You can view them in InDesign Help > Keyboard Shortcuts. I usually use Option+Page Up/Page Down to go one spread at a time on the Mac.

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    tylerb34470970
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    December 15, 2016

    If you switch to view your document in Presentation Mode (Shift + W) you can use the arrow keys to go up and down one spread at a time. Or, click your left mouse button to go down / Shift+Click to go up. Then when you get to the page you want you can exit presentation mode my hitting the esc key or Shift + W.

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      matjažv64905975
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      August 22, 2021

      Hey! U heleped me a lot with reply

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      e_lin
      Participant
      November 13, 2012

      Hi,

      There is a way worked in Foxit Reader. Maybe you can try it on Adobe Reader.

      You can click VIEW--PAGE DISPLAY--SINGLE PAGE. It then shows only one page each time you scroll your mouse scroll wheel.

      Sincerely,

      Elin

      Steve Werner
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      Steve WernerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      February 9, 2012

      The scroll wheel works to scroll through the pages, just not one page at a time.

      Your best bet is learning the keyboard shortcuts. You can view them in InDesign Help > Keyboard Shortcuts. I usually use Option+Page Up/Page Down to go one spread at a time on the Mac.

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        mpkadobeAuthor
        Inspiring
        February 9, 2012

        Thank you for the helpful answers. Option+Page Up/Page Down it is — although the scroll wheel would be so much faster. That's how you scroll through a PDF for instance...

        Marc

        Conrad_C
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        Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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        February 9, 2012

        If you want to simplify it a little more, you can use the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box in InDesign to edit the Previous Page and Next Page shortcuts so that you don't have to also press the Option key, just Page Up and Page Down.

        I don't know if this applies to you, but I work with two-page spreads a lot and prefer to scroll by entire spreads at Fit Spread in Window magnification, so I take it a step beyond that and assign the Previous Spread and Next Spread commands to the Page Up and Page Down keys, respectively, so one key advances the entire spread.

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        slimbek
        Participant
        February 9, 2012

        Never heard of an InDesign option for the scrollwheel... would be nice though.

        Otherwise, I either use the arrows at the bottom-left of the InDesign window to navigate pages, or press Shift+Page Down/Up (on PC) to go one page at a time.

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