We have already discussed how to use
Adobe
Acrobat Reader for geographic data visualization ( How
to create a Geographic PDF file with
ArcGis ). Since the new version of this
software
has
provided
some
major changes , here is a new article devoted to the use of Adobe
Acrobat Reader DC.
You can download
this
version using the following link https://get.adobe.com/fr/reader/
Now, we will discuss how to run in Adobe
Acrobat Reader DC a PDF document created with ArcMap (version 10.3.1)
Open the document:
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Screen of
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Firstly, we will remove the right side tools panel,
clicking
on the menu View -> Show /
hide -> Panel Tools
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Disabling
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To navigate the different available
geographical data displays, we will use the standard tools: selection, shift,
zoom
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Standard
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But, mostly, the browser layers
located in the left side of the window:

Page Thumbnail layer
The first one is the page Thumbnail
layer:

It allows you to choose the page
to be displayed , but, also, to position
the zoom window in the current page .
Click the Thumbnails icon to
display the thumbnails layer:

Increase
the zoom to display only
a
part
of the page. You will get
the display window on the thumbnail:

By clicking on the hand located
in
the lower right corner of the display window of
the thumbnail, you can change the size of the main
window display .
By clicking-moving the thumbnail
window display, you move the main
window display.
These tools allow
you to perform the same operations
as the standard tools zoom and move but in
a graphic mode .