Law Technology

Customizing Toolbars in Acrobat X

By Rick Borstein

Yesterday, I received a note via email from a consultant who asked:

Why did Adobe eliminate the Previous Page and Next Page buttons from Acrobat X?

Acrobat X (and earlier versions) only display a default set of page navigation tools:

Adding in other Tools

It’s easy to add in all of Acrobat’s page navigation tools and— once you do— they stay that way.

Here’s how:

1. Right-click on the Page Navigation section of the toolbar
2. Choose the Page Navigation menu item
3. Choose Show All Page Navigation Tools

Here’s the result after making this change:

Try Customizing other Toolbars

Try right-clicking on the toolbar and exploring other options to add to the main toolbar.

Here are the ones I normally add:

• Select & Zoom> Marquee Zoom Tool
• Edit> Take Snapshot
• Edit> Advanced Search
• Page Display> Single Page View

Full post as published by Acrobat for Legal Professionals on March 11, 2011 (boomark / email).