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Adobe Acrobat Help Using Help

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Using Help
Using online Help
The Adobe Acrobat 5.0 application includes complete documentation in an accessible
PDF-based help system.The help system includes information on all the Acrobat tools,
commands, and features for both Windows and Mac OS systems.The accessible PDF
format is designed to provide easy navigation online, as well as easy reading using third-
party screen readers compatible with Windows.The file can also be printed out to provide
a handy desktop reference.
The online Help file displayed in Acrobat 5.0
To start online Help:
Do one of the following:
• Choose Help > Acrobat Help.
• Press F1.
Acrobat Help will open in a new document window with the bookmark pane open. If the
bookmark pane is not open , choose Window > Bookmarks, or type F5. You can navigate
the Help document using bookmarks, by using the Contents and Index navigation links, or
by searching the document for the term you are looking for.

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Adobe Acrobat Help Using Help

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Using Bookmarks
The contents of Acrobat Help are shown as bookmarks in the bookmark pane. To view
subtopics, click the plus sign next to a topic. The topic will be expanded to show the
subtopics it contains.
Each bookmark is a hyperlink to the associated section of the Help document.To view the
contents, click the bookmark. As you view the contents in the document pane, the
bookmark associated with that content will be highlighted in the bookmark pane to help
you easily identify where you are in the document.
You can turn highlighting on or off by selecting Highlight Current Bookmark in the
bookmark pane menu.
Using the navigation bar
A navigation bar is provided at both the top and bottom of each page of the Acrobat Help
document. Click Using Help at any time to return to this guide to using help. Click
Contents to view the table of Contents, or Index to see a complete index of Acrobat Help.
The navigation bar also provides the Next Page and the Previous Page navigation
arrows before and after the page number to allow you to navigate through the pages one
at a time. Clicking Back will take you to the last page you viewed.You can also page
through the document using the First Page, Previous Page, Next Page, and Last Page
navigation arrows in the Acrobat toolbar. For more information on navigating PDF
documents, see “Navigating in PDF documents” on page 20.
To find a topic using Contents:
1 Click on Contents in the navigation bar at the top or bottom of any page.
2 Click on a topic in the list that appears on the Contents page to view the first page of
that topic.
3 To see a list of the subtopics, click the plus sign next to the topic name in the bookmark
pane.
To find a topic using the index
1 Click on Index in the navigation bar at the top or bottom of any page.
2 Click on the appropriate letter of the alphabet displayed at the top of the index page.
You can also click a letter bookmark listed under Index in the bookmark pane.
3 When you have located the topic you want, click the page number to the right of the
topic to display the associated subject matter.
4 To view multiple entries, click Back to return to the same place in the index .
To find a topic using the Find command:
1 Choose Edit > Find.
2 Enter a word or a phrase in the text box, and click OK.
3 Acrobat will search the document, starting from the current page, and display the first
occurrence of the word or phrase you are searching for.
4 To find the next occurrence, choose Edit > Find Again.