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Guy van der Kolk
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The Edit document properties action allows you to modify PDF document properties (metadata) and change how the PDF appears when it’s first opened. PDF document properties includes 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 

The Edit document properties action panel showing the General tab

 

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

 

Initial view 

The Edit document properties action panel showing the Initial view tab

 

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:
  • User default (default) makes no changes
  • Other options are Single page, Continuous, Facing pages, and Continuous facing pages
Magnification Choose the magnification (zoom) when the document is opened:
  • User default (default) makes no changes
  • Fit page adjusts the magnification so that the PDF fills the document pane vertically
  • Fit 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 in the Acrobat title bar when the document is opened (see also, General → Title above)

 

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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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