View PDFs in Full Screen mode



In Full Screen mode, PDF pages fill the entire screen; the menu bar, toolbars, and window controls are hidden. A PDF creator can set a PDF to open in Full Screen mode, or you can set the view yourself. Full Screen mode is often used for presentations, sometimes with automatic page advancement and transitions.

The pointer remains active in Full Screen mode so that you can click links and open notes. There are two ways to advance through a PDF in Full Screen mode: You can use keyboard shortcuts for navigational and magnification commands, and you can set a Full Screen preference to display Full Screen navigation buttons that you click to change pages or exit Full Screen mode.

Set the Full Screen navigation bar preference

  1. In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Full Screen.
  2. Select Show Navigation Bar, then click OK.
  3. Select View > Full Screen Mode.

The Full Screen navigation bar contains Previous Page , Next Page , and Close Full Screen View  buttons. These buttons appear in the lower-left corner of the work area.

Read a document in Full Screen mode

If the Full Screen navigation bar is not shown, you can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate through a PDF.

Note: If you have two monitors installed, the Full Screen mode of a page sometimes appears on only one of the monitors. To page through the document, click the screen displaying the page in Full Screen mode.
  1. Choose View > Full Screen Mode.
  2. Do any of the following:

    • To go to the next page, press the Enter, Page Down, or Right Arrow key.

    • To go to the previous page, press Shift+Enter, Page Up, or the Left Arrow key.

  3. To close Full Screen mode, press Ctrl+L or Esc. (Escape Key Exits must be selected in the Full Screen preferences.)
To show a Full Screen tool  in the Page Display toolbar, right-click the Page Display toolbar and choose Full Screen Mode. Then click the Full Screen tool to switch to Full Screen mode.