Re: prevent click zoom in acrobat and reader
Further to my earlier reply:
A new option introduced in Acrobat/Reader 8.0 lets you disable the
activation of article threads when you click with the Hand tool:
Edit > Preferences, General, Basic Tools, turn off the "Make Hand tool read
articles" option.
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006
To: Jon Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Shlomo Perets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: prevent click zoom in acrobat and reader
Cc: Framers@FrameUsers.com
Jon,
You wrote:
One thing that drives me crazy about acrobat and reader is that I get so
many PDF files that zoom in whenever I click in the document window. It
also happens on my own docs that I create. Is there a way to prevent
this from happening? I looked in the acrobat 7.0 pro Help and it only
mentions the zoom toolbar. This occurs without even having the toolbar
open.
How do I prevent docs from zooming in when I click on them?
If you see the down-pointing arrow inside the hand cursor, then this is
the Article feature. Very often "article threads" are present in PDFs as a
result of default settings, and cause more problems than the limited
benefits they may offer if defined correctly -- see
http://www.microtype.com/Hmmms.html#0406 ("Help! Acrobat article threads!").
[ The limited functionality of articles in Acrobat was made even more
limited in Acrobat/Reader 7 by the new preference of "Enable text
selection for the Hand tool" ]
To prevent articles from being created in PDFs, turn off "Articles" in the
Bookmarks tab in FrameMaker's PDF Setup dialog box.
If the article thread is already present in the PDF, you can delete using
the Article tool in Acrobat.
Shlomo Perets
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RE: prevent click zoom in acrobat and reader
Jon -- It may be the article setting. Does the cursor change to a hand with something that looks like an I-beam cursor inside it? Then when you click and the page zooms in a bit, does the hand now contain a downward-pointing arrow? And every time you click, the page moves in some way? If so, what it's doing is zooming to an article. I believe this setting is supposed to make it easier to read documents like a newsletter with articles that jump around each other and from one page to another. You click on an article, the page zooms in to show you that single article, and then each time you click, it takes you to the next instance of that same article. To turn it off in any PDF you're reading, I suggest you pull up the help (sorry!) and do a search for "article". I suspect the instructions will be different between Acrobat and Reader and between version of both. In Acrobat V 7; select the article tool (it's a curvy arrow), select View > Navigation Tabs > Articles, select any article that is in the list, and delete it. You can also turn off that setting in Frame when you print a PS. --- To turn it off when you print a PS in Frame: In the Print Document window, select Generate Acrobat Data. Click the PDF Setup button. On the Bookmarks tab, de-select the Articles checkbox. (You can see it has two options: Thread by Text Frame and Thread by Column. You don't want either one.) --- I think the default PDF Setup has it turned on, so I try to always remember to look at it and make sure it's off. I have a handful of things I always check/fix when I make PDFs. If the problem is something else entirely, I have no solution. :^) Good luck, Melanie -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:19 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: prevent click zoom in acrobat and reader Hi all, One thing that drives me crazy about acrobat and reader is that I get so many PDF files that zoom in whenever I click in the document window. It also happens on my own docs that I create. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? I looked in the acrobat 7.0 pro Help and it only mentions the zoom toolbar. This occurs without even having the toolbar open. How do I prevent docs from zooming in when I click on them? ThanksJon ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: prevent click zoom in acrobat and reader
Jon,
You wrote:
One thing that drives me crazy about acrobat and reader is that I get so
many PDF files that zoom in whenever I click in the document window. It
also happens on my own docs that I create. Is there a way to prevent
this from happening? I looked in the acrobat 7.0 pro Help and it only
mentions the zoom toolbar. This occurs without even having the toolbar
open.
How do I prevent docs from zooming in when I click on them?
If you see the down-pointing arrow inside the hand cursor, then this is the
Article feature. Very often "article threads" are present in PDFs as a
result of default settings, and cause more problems than the limited
benefits they may offer if defined correctly -- see
http://www.microtype.com/Hmmms.html#0406 ("Help! Acrobat article threads!").
[ The limited functionality of articles in Acrobat was made even more
limited in Acrobat/Reader 7 by the new preference of "Enable text selection
for the Hand tool" ]
To prevent articles from being created in PDFs, turn off "Articles" in the
Bookmarks tab in FrameMaker's PDF Setup dialog box.
If the article thread is already present in the PDF, you can delete using
the Article tool in Acrobat.
Shlomo Perets
MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for FrameMaker
FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat
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Template Design, Single Sourcing, FM-to-PDF & Technical Indexing seminars
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RE: prevent click zoom in acrobat and reader
Hi, Jon - I don't know of a way to prevent it entirely, and I work in Pro, not regular, but if you move over to the margins, you'll see the hand/cursor will no longer have the + sign in it, indicating you can just click and be ok. hth Lorian Gans Technical Writer Cougar Mountain Software (208) 375-4455 ext. 147 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cougarmtn.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:19 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: prevent click zoom in acrobat and reader Hi all, One thing that drives me crazy about acrobat and reader is that I get so many PDF files that zoom in whenever I click in the document window. It also happens on my own docs that I create. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? I looked in the acrobat 7.0 pro Help and it only mentions the zoom toolbar. This occurs without even having the toolbar open. How do I prevent docs from zooming in when I click on them? ThanksJon ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/loriangans%40cougarm tn.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
