The Page Display panel of the Preferences dialog box includes the following options:
Default Layout and Zoom
- Navigation tab: specifies the panel to be displayed in the opening view.
Use Initial View: minimizes the Navigation panel and hides all panels.
Page Only: displays Pages panel by default in opening view.
Bookmarks Panel and Page: displays Bookmarks panel by default in opening view.
Pages Panel and Page: displays Pages panel by default in opening view.
Attachments Panel and Page: displays Attachments panel by default in opening view.
Layers Panel and Page: displays Layers panel by default in opening view.
Default page ayout: You can view PDFs in following layouts:
Automatic: With this option selected, in a multi-page document, displays pages in Continuous mode, or in Single mode if the page width is larger than the page height. If you change the page display in the View tab, the document will display in the page layout the last time you set.
Single Page -- Displays one page at a time, with no portion on other pages visible.
Continuous -- Displays pages in a continuous vertical column that is one page wide.
Facing -- Displays each two-page spread with no portion of other pages visible.
Continuous Facing -- Displays facing pages side by side in a continuous vertical column.
See also “Changing the Page layout”.
- Zoom: Sets the magnification level for PDF documents when they are first opened. This value overrides document settings. The default uses the settings of the PDF document.
Custom facing: The Default Facing for page layout is 2 pages. You can check the Custom Facing box and set the facing layout to your own preference.
Custom margin: Sets the margins between different pages with Facing or Continuous Facing page layout. The default is a margin of 8 pixels.
- Rendering
- Smooth text: Optimally adjusts text display that best suits your monitor.
- Smooth line art: Removes the abrupt angles in lines to make them smoother.
- Enhance thin lines: Enhances the display of thin lines to make them more visible. This option is selected by default.
- Page Content
Display transparency grid: Displays a grid behind transparent objects.
Use logical page numbers: Open PDFs with the logical page numbers. This option is selected by default. It is used to match the position (or the physical page number) of the page in the PDF to the printed page number of the document. For instance, for a document with 100 pages, when you turn to the second page, the page number displayed in the status bar will be 2/100 (the physical page number) theoretically. However, if the PDF contains four-page front matter (such as the cover page and the copyright page) which is numbered in lowercase Roman numbers (i-iv) while the main content is numbered in Arabic numbers starting from 1 (1-96), Foxit PDF Editor will display the logical page number, followed by the physical page number in parentheses, i.e. 2(6/100) when you turn to the sixth page of the PDF. With this option unselected, only the physical page number is displayed in the status bar, i.e. 6/100 for the sixth page. See also Change the format of page numbering on how to modify the format of page numbering for your PDFs.
Always display document page size: By default, the page size appears when users hover over the lower-left corner of the document pane and disappears when the mouse moves away. You can check this option to keep the page size permanently visible in the lower-left corner of the document pane, regardless of mouse movements.
Forbid the change of the current Zoom factor during execution of ‘Go to Destination’ actions (these actions can be launched from bookmarks): Check to forbid user to change the current Zoom factor during execution of ‘Go to Destination’.
See also “Adjust Page Magnification”.