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Edit document properties

Guy van der Kolk
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Use Edit document properties (formerly Update PDF metadata) to modify PDF document properties and change how the PDF appears when it’s first opened. PDF document properties include information about the document and its contents—such as the author's name, keywords, and copyright information—that can be used by search utilities and assistive technologies like screen readers.

General

Edit document properties, General tab 

Field Description
Input Choose the source PDF document.
Output Enter the name of the modified PDF document.
Title Enter a document title (see also Initial view → Display title below).
Author Enter one or more authors*
Subject Enter a descriptive subject that search utilities may use to identify the document.
Keywords Enter one or more keywords* that search utilities may use to locate or categorize the document.
Document language Enter an ISO 639-1 language code (for example, "en" for English) to set the appropriate language and pronunciation rules when assistive technologies are reading the document.
Reading order Choose Structure (default) to tell screen readers to use the internal PDF structure tags to interpret the document content; or choose Row or Column to override this setting (not recommended).

 

* Semicolons or commas can be used to separate multiple values.

Initial view

Edit document properties, Initial view tab

Field Description
Navigation tab Choose whether bookmarks, thumbnails, the toolbar, and the menu bar are displayed when the document is opened:
  • Page only shows document pages without additional panels.
  • Bookmarks (default) displays a hierarchical list of bookmarks to the side of the document pages.
  • Full screen hides the menu bar, toolbars, task panes, and window controls.
  • Other options are Thumbnails, Attachments, and Optional content (Acrobat layers).
Page layout Choose the page layout mode for scrolling the document:
  • Automatic (default): Makes no changes.
  • Single page: Displays only the current document page and doesn’t show any bordering pages. When you scroll to the top or bottom of the current page, other pages aren’t visible at the same time as the current page.
  • Single page, Continuous: Displays the current document page, and if you scroll to the top (or bottom) of the current page, then the bordering page is also visible. If you reduce your page viewing magnification, you can see many document pages.
  • Two-up (Cover page): Displays the first page by itself and displays the remaining pages as a spread. Only one pair of pages is visible when you scroll up or down to another spread.
  • Two-up (Facing): Displays pages as a spread. Only one pair of pages is visible when you scroll up or down to another spread.
  • Two-up, continuous (Cover page): Displays the first page by itself and displays the remaining pages as a spread. If you scroll to the top (or bottom) of the current spread, then the bordering spread is also visible. If you reduce your page viewing magnification, you can see many document pages.
  • Two-up, continuous (Facing): Displays pages as a spread. If you scroll to the top (or bottom) of the current spread, then the bordering spread is also visible. If you reduce your page viewing magnification, you can see many document pages.
Magnification Choose the magnification (zoom) when the document is opened:
  • User default (default): Makes no changes.
  • Fit page height: Adjusts the magnification so that the PDF fills the document pane vertically.
  • Fit page width: Adjusts the magnification so that the PDF fills the document pane horizontally.
Display title Choose whether to display the Document title or File name (default) in the Acrobat title bar when the document is opened (see also, General → Title above).

 For more information on PDF/UA and PDF accessibility, see WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA – Your Questions Answered and Accessibility features in PDFs.

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