Document Initial View

The Initial View tab displays the initial view settings that determine how the document will be initially displayed when opened. These settings can be changed to control how the document appears the next time it is opened.

Note: If "Ignore document setting" has been set on any of the options in the Display Preferences, PDF Studio to ignore the document's settings and use the selected option instead of the options set in the initial view settings of the document

How to View/Edit the Initial View Settings

1. Go to File Tab > Properties or using the shortcut keys Ctrl + D (Cmd + D on Mac).
2. Click on the Initial View Tab
3. Select the initial view settings you wish to use
4. Click OK to set the settings
5. Save the document to save the new initial view settings

Note: You must SAVE the document in order for the initial view settings to be set. Just setting them in the document properties does not apply them to the document.

Initial View Settings

Navigation tab - Sets the default behavior for the navigation tab when the document is opened

• Default: Uses the default settings for the application the document is opened in
• None (Document Only): No navigation tab will be displayed
• Bookmarks Panel: Displays the bookmarks panel when the document is opened
• Pages Panel: Displays the pages panel when the document is opened
• Attachments Panel: Displays the attachments panel when the document is opened
• Full Screen Mode: Displays the document in full screen mode when opened

Page Layout - Sets the default behavior for the page layout when the document is opened

• Default: Uses the default settings for the application the document is opened in
• Single: Displays only a single individual page at a time
• Single Continuous: Displays all of the document's pages in a single column that can be continuously scrolled
• Facing: Displays only two pages at a time side by side with odd pages on the left and even pages on the right
• Facing Continuous: Displays all of the documents pages in two columns with odd pages on the left and even pages on the right
• Cover: Displays the document just as when using Facing only the first page will be displayed alone
• Cover Continuous: Displays the document just as when using Facing Continuous only the first page will be displayed alone

Magnification - Sets the default magnification for the document when opened

• Default: Uses the default settings for the application the document is opened in
• Actual: Displays the document with a 1:1 ratio to match how the document would look if printed without any scaling
• Fit to Page: Scales the view to fit the width of the document in the PDF Studio frame
• Fit to Width: Scales the view to fit the entire  document within the PDF Studio frame
• %: Sets the zoom to the specified number value

Open to Page - Sets the page number to be displayed when the document is opened