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Reading and navigation

  • Scroll with a trackpad, mouse wheel, or the scroll bar to move through the document.
  • Go to the next or previous page with ⌘ ↓ and ⌘ ↑.
  • Jump to the first or last page with ⌘ ⇧ ↑ and ⌘ ⇧ ↓.
  • The Go menu lists all of these, along with Go to Page.
  • The current page is highlighted in the thumbnail sidebar on the left.

Choose how pages are laid out from the View menu:

LayoutShortcut
Single Page⌘ 1
Single Page Continuous⌘ 2
Two Pages⌘ 3
Two Pages Continuous⌘ 4

Continuous layouts let you scroll smoothly from one page to the next. The two-page layouts show a spread, which suits books and magazines.

Fit Wide Pages to the Column is on by default. A page wider than the rest is scaled down to match it. Turn this off to lay every page out at its natural width, which makes a document that mixes page sizes scroll sideways. You can change it under Settings > Reading on Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

ActionShortcut
Zoom In⌘ +
Zoom Out⌘ -
Fit Page⌘ ⇧ F
Actual Size⌘ 0

Fit Page scales the page to fit the window; Actual Size shows it at 100%.

To jump straight to a page, choose Go > Go to Page or press ⌘ ⌥ G, type the page number, and press Go.