Using Navigation Tools

You can access navigation tools from the Adobe Reader window, from toolbars, and from menu commands. As with many operations in Reader, you can navigate by using any one of several methods that produce the same result. Becoming familiar with all the tools and menu commands at your disposal helps you choose your preferred methods for moving around documents.

Using the Status Bar

The Status Bar at the bottom of the Reader window provides several navigation tools for viewing and navigating PDF documents (Figure 5.1):

• First Page tool. Click this tool to go to the first page in a document.

• Previous Page tool. Click this tool to go to the previous page.

• Current Page. The text box displays both the current page and the total number of pages in a document. You can type a page number in the text box and press Enter/Return to jump to that page.

• Next Page tool. Click this tool to go to the next page in a document.

• Last Page tool. Click this tool to go to the last page in a document.

• Previous View tool. Clicking this tool takes you to the last view displayed in the Document pane. The previous view can be another page in the same document or the last viewed page in another document.

• Next View tool. This tool is active only after you click the Previous View tool. Once you open the previous view, you can click the Next View tool to return to the view you were in previously. This tool and the Previous View tool retrace your page views.

Figure 5.1. Navigation tools as they appear in the Adobe Reader Status Bar.

To easily navigate pages using the Status Bar navigation tools:

1.	Open two documents in Adobe Reader (use files that have more than one page). You don't need both documents open in the Document pane to use the Previous View and Next View tools. If the previous view was a document that's currently closed, Reader opens the file and places the last viewed page of that file in the Document pane.
2.	Click the Next and Previous Page tools in the Status Bar to move back and forth between pages.
3.	Choose Window and select the second document you opened in Reader.
4.	Click the Previous View tool shown in Figure 5.2. The first-opened document is brought forward in the Document pane with the page last viewed visible in the Document pane. Figure 5.2. Click the Previous Page tool to open the last view in the second file.
5.	Click the Next View tool. You return to the second document listed in the Window menu.

Using the Navigation Toolbar

The same navigation tools found in the Status Bar also appear in a separate toolbar. By default, this Navigation toolbar is not loaded when you open Reader. To open the toolbar, open a context menu from the Toolbar Well and select Navigation. The Navigation toolbar opens as a floating toolbar (Figure 5.3).

Figure 5.3. The Navigation toolbar contains the same tools found in the Status Bar.

Why would I use the Navigation toolbar?

At times, some users may find the Navigation toolbar to be more convenient. If you prefer having the floating toolbar positioned in a more accessible area than at the bottom of the Reader window, you can open the toolbar and drag it where you like it in the Reader window. Unfortunately, when you're viewing files in Full Screen mode, the toolbar disappears. So where it would make the most sense to use the toolbar is not yet available in Adobe Reader. Alternatively, you might want to keep the toolbar hidden from view to reduce screen clutter.