How do you zoom out <100% on PDF?

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Level 2

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How do you zoom out <100% on PDF?

PDFs fill the iPad screen even if that makes the PDF greater than 100%. Is there a way to zoom out on a pdf so that you can view it at 100% actual size or less? Have tried in Goodreader, iBooks, Quicklook, etc., but can't seem to get the stupid pdf's to reduce in size. They always want to go to full screen. Very problematic for proofing purposes.

Posted on Mar 16, 2011 1:54 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 16, 2011 2:17 PM in response to Neil Whittey

Hi,

Zoom with your thumb and forefinger, from close together to wide. In other words, pinch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uy_yrXGExM

Carolyn 🙂

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Answer 2

Yves T.

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Jun 8, 2016 6:55 AM in response to Neil Whittey

Hello Neil,

I stumbled upon this issue too, did you perhaps get a solution somewhere ?

Trying with #zoom=75 does do the trick when safari browser is able to open with acrobat reader component (e.g. on a Windows platform) , but every other pdf viewer (especially the one used on iOS/iPad) cannot handle that zoom parameter.

Regards,

Yves

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Answer 3

Neil Whittey Author

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Mar 16, 2011 2:45 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Well aware of "pinching" for zooming. But does not solve problem. PDFs seem to always revert to full screen or enlarged, never to less than full screen.

Necessary to view many PDFs as actual size, which is very often less than full screen on an iPad. Client proofs, etc. If you pinch and hold, you can get it to be less than full screen, but then you are blocking a good portion of the PDF for your client, so not really workable.

Hard to believe that you can enlarge but cannot reduce a pdf in any iPad or iPhone app.

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Answer 4

Neil Whittey Author

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Mar 18, 2011 8:20 AM in response to Neil Whittey

So, is this not possible?

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Answer 5

Mar 18, 2011 8:24 AM in response to Neil Whittey

You might try searching the app store for an app that offers that feature specifically (personally don't know of one). I suspect in most cases, the answer is no.

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