ADOBE READER 8
User Guide
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Application Startup
Show Splash Screen Determines whether the application splash screen appears each time the application starts.
Use Only Certified Plug-Ins Ensures that only Adobe-certified third-party plug-ins are loaded.
Page Display preferences
Default Layout And Zoom
Resolution
Use System Setting Uses the system settings for monitor resolution.
Custom Resolution Sets the monitor resolution.
Rendering
Smooth Text Specifies the kind of text-smoothing to apply: None, For Monitor, or For Laptop/LCD.
Smooth Line Art Applies smoothing to remove abrupt angles in lines.
Smooth Images Applies smoothing to minimize abrupt changes in images.
Use Local Fonts Specifies whether the application uses or ignores local fonts installed on your system. When
deselected, substitute fonts are used for any font not embedded in the PDF. If a font cannot be substituted, the text
appears as bullets and an error message appears.
Use 2D GPU Acceleration (Appears only if your computer hardware supports 2D GPU.) Speeds up zooming,
scrolling, and redrawing of page content, and speeds the rendering and manipulation of 2D PDF content. This option
is deselected by default.
Note: If the 2D GPU Acceleration option appears on the Page Display preferences but is not available, you may need to
updateyourGPUcarddrivertoenablethishardwarefeature.Contactyourcardvendororcomputermanufacturerfor
an updated driver.
Use Page Cache Places the next page in a buffer before the current page is viewed to reduce the time required to page
through a document.
Page Content And Information
Show Large Images Displays large images. If your system is slow to display image-intensive pages, you can deselect
this option.
Overprint Preview Turns overprint preview on or off. The Overprint Preview mode lets you see (on-screen) the
effects of ink aliasing in the printed output. A printer or service provider may create an ink alias is a document
contains two similar spot colors and only one is required, for example.
Show Art, Trim, & Bleed Boxes Displays any art, trim, or bleed boxes defined for a document.
Show Transparency Grid Displays the grid behind transparent objects.
Use Logical Page Numbers Enables the Number Pages command for matching the position of the page in the PDF
to the number printed on the page. A page number, followed by the page position in parentheses, appears in the Page
Navigation toolbar and in the Go To Page and Print dialog boxes—for example, i (1 of 1) if the printed number of
the first page is i. If this option is not selected, pages are numbered with arabic numbers starting at 1. Selecting this
option helps prevent unexpected behavior when clicking Back or Go Back in your web browser.
Always Show Document Page Size Displays the page measurements beside the horizontal scroll bar.