Using the Go To Menu and Context Menus

You can navigate PDF documents using menu commands, context menus, the Status Bar, and keyboard shortcuts. The key is to find the option that works for you and helps you move quickly through documents and document pages. Here's a rundown of all options you have so you can find the tools or commands that work best for you.

Using the Go To Menu Commands

The Go To submenu (Figure 5.4) contains many of the same commands for page navigation as the Status Bar and the Navigation toolbar. Click View > Go To, to access the menu options.

Figure 5.4. The Go To submenu contains menu commands for page navigation.

In addition to the tools available in the Navigation bar, the Go To submenu includes the following tools:

• Page. Select View > Go To > Page, and the Go To Page dialog opens (Figure 5.5). Type a page number in the text box and click OK to jump to the respective page.

  Figure 5.5. Type a page number in the text box and click OK to jump to that page.

  

  
  

• Previous Document. If you have several documents open and are scrolling pages in one document, the Previous and Next View commands take you to the last viewed page in the same document. But if you select Previous Document, the last viewed document opens regardless of the pages viewed in the current document.

• Next Document. This tool works the opposite of Previous Documentit moves forward to the Next Document after you've viewed the Previous Document.

To the right of each command in the Go To submenu are the keyboard shortcuts. Figure 5.4 shows the keyboard shortcuts for Windows users. Figure 5.6 shows the keyboard shortcuts for Macintosh users.

Figure 5.6. Keyboard shortcuts appear to the right of the menu commands.

Using Context Menus

You can also move forward and backward in a PDF document using context menu commands. Typically, you will select the Hand tool when reviewing documents, but you can use some of the other tools from the toolbars when opening a context menu and selecting commands for navigating pages. Changing tools and opening context menus often changes the menu commands. However, the common menu commands to move forward and backward in a document remain in each context menu.

To navigate pages using a context menu:

1.	Open a multipage document in Adobe Reader.
2.	Press the H key on your keyboard. If you have another tool selected, pressing the H key selects the Hand tool. Note that you need to check the check box in the General preferences for Use single-key accelerators to access tools as discussed in Chapter 3, "Getting Familiar with Adobe Reader."
3.	Open a context menu in the Document pane. The menu commands appear (Figure 5.7). Figure 5.7. Open a context menu while using the Hand tool.
4.	Select Next Page. The next page appears in the Document pane.
5.	Open a context menu and select Previous Page. The previous page opens in the Document pane.

Obviously, using keyboard shortcuts offers you more page-navigation choices than the two commands available in the context menus. Memorize as many keyboard shortcuts as you can, so that you'll be able to move swiftly through document pages.