# Adobe Acrobat Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 2, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adobe-acrobat-question/451544 "2008-06-02T22:09:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adobe-acrobat-question/451544/1 "2008-06-02T22:09:14Z")
I have the free version. Can I set it up so that it displays all the pages of a document in a single column instead of (what seems to be ) the standard where the pages are lined up in 2 columns? The latter format makes it a royal PItA to read a document at 100% magnification-- jumping back and forth across the screen and scrolling up to get to the next pave, instead of just scrolling down. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adobe-acrobat-question/451544/2 "2008-06-02T22:18:49Z")
Ack!! Wrong forum. I’ll ask a mod to move. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adobe-acrobat-question/451544/3 "2008-06-02T22:19:04Z")
I have 6.0, so your version might have things laid out differently, but try View-\>Page Layout-\>Continuous. It sounds like you have it set to Facing. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adobe-acrobat-question/451544/4 "2008-06-02T22:21:11Z")
Moved from GD to GQ. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adobe-acrobat-question/451544/5 "2008-06-02T22:22:47Z")
I have a “page style” not a “page layout” option, but it’s grayed out, and so isn’t available to me. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adobe-acrobat-question/451544/6 "2008-06-02T22:35:32Z")
I’ve got the full version of Acrobat, but it’s such a basic function it really ought to be at least very similar. Do you have any buttons on the toolbar that look like [these](http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4750/acrobuttonsbv3.gif)? They might be in the bottom-right corner if not on the toolbar. If so, the left-hand one should do what you want. To set this as the default behaviour, go Edit \> Preferences \> Page Display and there should be a [default view setting](http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5525/acroprefsrw5.gif) where you can select “Single Page Continuous”. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adobe-acrobat-question/451544/7 "2008-06-03T00:53:50Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Badger] I’ve got the full version of Acrobat, but it’s such a basic function it really ought to be at least very similar. Do you have any buttons on the toolbar that look like [these](http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4750/acrobuttonsbv3.gif)? They might be in the bottom-right corner if not on the toolbar. If so, the left-hand one should do what you want. [/quote] That was it! Thanks. > [@](#): > > To set this as the default behaviour, go Edit \> Preferences \> Page Display and there should be a [default view setting](http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5525/acroprefsrw5.gif) where you can select “Single Page Continuous”. The edit tab doesn’t have a preferences setting on my version. No worries. Now I know how to get it the way I want it.