Adobe ACROBAT READER 7.0 User manual

Using Help

About the built-in help features

Using Help for vision- and motor-impaired users

Opening the Help documentation

Using the How To pages

About the built-in help features

Adobe®Reader®7.0 offers many built-in features to assist you while you work, including

the Help window you're using right now:

●Help documentation.

●How To pages. (See Using the How To pages.)

●Tool tips, which identify the various buttons, tools, and controls in the work area by name.

These labels appear when you place the pointer over the item you want to identify. Tool

tips are also available in some dialog boxes.

●Help buttons in some dialog boxes. When you click these Help buttons, the Help window

opens with the related topic.

You can also consult online resources. Choosing Help > Online Support leads to links for

software downloads, product information, support documents, and more. The Help menu

also contains links to various online resources and references.

Note: There is no printed user manual for this product. Overviews, explanations,

descriptions, and procedures are included in Help.

Using Help for vision- and motor-impaired users

Vision- and motor-impaired users can use the Accessibility Setup Assistant to change how

PDF documents appear on-screen and are handled by a screen reader, screen magnifier, or

other assistive technology. The first time you start Adobe Reader, the Accessibility Setup

Assistant starts if Adobe Reader detects that assistive technology is running on your

system. (See Setting accessibility preferences.)

Single-key accelerators and keyboard shortcuts make document navigation simpler. Some

of the more common keyboard shortcuts are described here. For a complete list of

keyboard shortcuts, see About keyboard shortcuts. For additional information on how

Adobe products enhance electronic document accessibility, visit the Adobe website at

http://access.adobe.com.

To activate single-key accelerators:

1. Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows®) or Adobe Reader > Preferences (Mac OS), and

click General on the left.

2. Select Use Single-Key Accelerators To Access Tools.

3. Click OK to apply the change.

To open the How To window:

Press Shift+F4.

To close the How To window:

Do one of the following:

●(Windows) Press Shift+F4 or Esc.

●(Mac OS) Click the Close button.

To open or close Adobe Reader Help:

Do one of the following:

●To open Help, press F1. In Mac OS, you can also press Command+?.

●To close Help, press Ctrl+W or Alt+F4 (Windows), or click the Close button.

Click the Search or Index tab to use that feature. In Windows, press Ctrl+Tab to cycle

forward through the tabs, or press Shift+Ctrl+Tab to cycle backward through the tabs.

Press F6 to move between the document pane and the navigation pane. In the Index tab,

you can type an entry into the Select Index Entry text box. The list scrolls to the first

match to the text string you type. Click a link to go to that topic.

Opening the Help documentation

Adobe Reader 7.0 includes complete, built-in documentation in a fully accessible Help system. The

Help documentation provides explanations about the tools, commands, concepts, processes, and

keyboard shortcuts. You can print individual Help topics as needed. (See Printing Help topics.)

Adobe Reader 7.0 Help opens in a separate window with two panes: a navigation pane on the left and a

topic pane on the right. You use the tabs in the navigation pane to find the topics you want to read. For

example, you click the Contents tab to show the list of topics available in Help. You click a title in the

list to open that topic in the topic pane. For more information on using the Contents, Search, and Index

panels, see Using the Help navigation pane to find topics.

Adobe Reader 7.0 Help A. Contents, Search, and Index tabs in the Help navigation pane B. Help topic pane

You can drag the vertical bar between the navigation pane and the topic pane to change their widths.

You can drag the lower right corner to resize the entire window. The Help window remains visible until

you close it.

To open Help:

Choose Help > Adobe Reader Help.

To close Help:

Click the Close button.

There are many keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate the Help. (See About keyboard

shortcuts.)

Related Subtopics:

Using the Help navigation pane to find topics

Navigating your Help-session history

Printing Help topics

Using the Help navigation pane to find topics

The Help window opens with the Contents tab selected in the navigation pane.

●Click the Contents tab to view the Help topics organized by subject matter, as in the table

of contents of a book. You can click the icons to the left of the topics to collapse or

expand the outline. Click a topic name to that topic in the topic pane.

●Click the Search tab to find a specific word in Help. Type the word in the text box, and

click Search. The results list shows the titles of all topics in which the search word

appears. Topics are listed in the order that they appear on the Contents tab.

Note: You cannot use Boolean operators (such as AND, OR, NOT, or quotation marks) to

limit or refine your search. If you type more than one word, the search results include

every topic in which at least one of the words appears.

●Click the Index tab to find a linked, alphabetical list of terms for various functions,

features, and concepts. You can browse the index in two ways. You can click the controls

(+ or -) to expand or collapse the entries under a letter of the alphabet, scroll to the term

you want, and click a link. Or you can type an entry into the Select Index Entry text box.

The list scrolls to the first match to the text string you type. Click a link to go to that topic.

Navigating your Help-session history

The Help system maintains a history of your Help session so that you can go back and

forth quickly among the topics you open.

Click the Previous Topic button on the Help toolbar to return to topics you opened

earlier in your Help session. Click the Next Topic button to move forward again.

When you close Help, you end your Help session and delete your Help history.

Printing Help topics

You can print any individual topic from the Help documentation.

Each topic must be printed individually. You can't print multiple topics at a time or entire

sections of Help.

To print a Help topic:

1. Open the Help topic.

2. Click the Print Topic button on the Help toolbar.

Using the How To pages

The How To pages supplement Adobe Reader Help by presenting overviews of some

topics. The How To window appears on the right side of the document pane and never

blocks the view of your open document.

There are many keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate the How To pages. (See

About keyboard shortcuts.)

To open the How To window:

Do one of the following:

●Choose Help > How To > [topic].

●Choose a topic from a How To menu in the toolbar.

To close the How To window:

Do one of the following:

●(Windows) Click the Hide button.

●(Mac OS) Click the Close button.

●(Mac OS) Control-click the How To toolbar (under the title bar), and choose Hide.

To reposition the How To window:

In Windows, right-click the How To title bar, and choose either Docked Left or Docked

Right.

In Mac OS, do any of the following:

●Control-click the How To toolbar (under the title bar), and choose either Docked Left or

Docked Right.

●Drag the title bar of the How To window to the opposite side of the Adobe Reader

window.

You can change the width of the How To window by dragging the separator bar. The

vertical dimension adjusts to match any changes you make to the document pane.

To navigate through the How To pages:

Use the Back button and the Forward button in the How To window to navigate

among the pages you've viewed in your current session.

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