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How to Present a PDF like a PowerPoint

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With Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can present a regular PDF in similar fashion to a PowerPoint presentation.

Format presentation

  • Under the "Edit" tab, click "Preferences".
  • Under the "Full Screen Navigation" Section, you can loop the presentation by checking the "Loop after last page" option.
  • You can also set the "speed" of the presentation with the "Advance every [ ] seconds" option.
  • It is recommended to leave the "Escape key exits" option checked in order to quit the presentation early.

Present PDF

  • Under the "View" tab, click "Full Screen Mode". This will start the presentation.
  • In order to end the presentation before it's finished, press Esc .

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How to View a PDF Document in Full Screen View

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Adobe Acrobat enables you to view a PDF document in full screen view. The full screen view is useful when you are reading an online document or making a presentation using a PDF document. In the full screen view only the pages of the document are displayed with items such as the window controls, toolbars, the title bar, the status bar, and the menu bar hidden. You can also set various preferences for the full screen view such as automatically advancing a page after a specified time duration thereby creating a slide show effect.

Things You Should Know

  • Go to View > Full Screen View . You can also use the shortcut Ctrl + L in Acrobat. [1] X Research source
  • To set your preferences to always choose full screen view, go to Edit > Preferences > Full Screen .
  • Use Ctrl + L to exit full screen mode. You can also check the Escape key exits box in Preferences to use the ESC key to exit.

To view a document in full screen view

Step 1 Click Full Screen View on the View menu.

To set preferences for the full screen view

Step 1 Click Preferences on the Edit menu.

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  • ↑ https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/viewing-pdfs-viewing-preferences.html
  • ↑ https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/setting-pdfs-presentation.html

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  1. How to Present a PDF like a PowerPoint

    It is recommended to leave the "Escape key exits" option checked in order to quit the presentation early. Present PDF. Under the "View" tab, click "Full Screen Mode". This will start the presentation. In order to end the presentation before it's finished, press Esc. Keywords: PDF, presentation, full screen

  2. How to View a PDF Document in Full Screen View

    Alternatively, press CTRL + L. Acrobat displays the document in full screen view. [2] 2. Press the DOWN ARROW key, the RIGHT ARROW key or the ENTER key to view the next page of the document. 3. Press the UP ARROW key, the LEFT ARROW key, or SHIFT + ENTER to view the previous page of the document.