GarryP Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Windows 10 Home 1809, Publisher 1.7.0.227. I have a document where the pages are non-facing and I would like the reader to automatically view them as single pages rather than as 'spreads'. When I export to a PDF in Publisher, the PDF shows in a web browser as I would expect with one page on top of the other scrolling downwards - see first attached image from Firefox. However, when I view the document in Acrobat Reader DC the document is always shown as a 'spread' - see second attached image. Is there a way for me to tell Publisher to 'force' or suggest to the PDF viewer - I don't know what software the user will be using - to use a certain page display mode, as shown in the third attached image which shows the options in Acrobat Reader DC? The one I want is called "Enable Scrolling". g333 and PaoloT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 It's usually a PDF viewer option. You can modify it in Adobe reader's preferences, but not in SumatraPDF in which I need to select the option each time I want it, in Foxit, it seems to be memorized by document, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Don't export as spreads. Use the All Pages option. The only means then of showing as spreads is if the viewer changes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 @Wosven I've used other software where the user can set the suggested page display mode - PDF specification / 7.7.2 Document Catalog / PageLayout - and was just wondering if Publisher could do the same.@MikeW I'm not exporting as spreads, just pages. Since my document doesn't have facing pages there are no spreads to export. Apologies if my using the term 'spreads' caused some confusion but I didn't know what else to call them as that's what they looked like. As it happens, I found that my copy of Reader was set to use "Two-Up Continuous" in "Preferences / Page Display / Page Layout" - can't remember setting that myself but there we go - so there's probably no actual problem in this specific case but it might be nice if Publisher gave the options to the user. Something for 1.8 perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 11 minutes ago, GarryP said: PDF specification / 7.7.2 Document Catalog / PageLayout Thanks for the info, it can be usefull to have a new preset with this option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David V Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I, too, would like to see better control over this aspect of PDF output from Publisher. Another example in addition to GaryP has suggested might be the Initial View tab of PDF Options in the LibreOffice Writer export. David g333 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g333 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) Yes, please let me set the initial view. I could use it quite often. Even Openoffice-pdf-export can do this. Edited April 14, 2021 by g333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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