Adobe® Reader® 7.

0 Software
Welcome to Adobe® Reader® 7.0.7 ReadMe file. Adobe Reader is the free viewing
companion for Adobe applications that produce Adobe Portable Document Format
(Adobe PDF) files. To create, enhance, review, edit, and share information in Adobe
PDF files, learn more about Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional and Adobe Acrobat 7.0
Standard by visiting www.adobe.com/products/acrobat.

Click the following links to learn more about Adobe Reader 7.0.7:

See System Requirements

See Enhancements in Adobe Reader 7.0.7
See Troubleshooting
Hebrew, Arabic, Thai, and Vietnamese Text
See Working with 3D files

System Requirements
Make sure that your system meets the minimum requirements to run the full version
of Adobe Reader 7.0.7 for Mac OS® (Adobe Reader 7.0.7 is available both as a full
version and as a patch version for Reader 7.0.5 users):

PowerPC® G3, G4, or G5 processor

Mac OS X version 10.2.8, 10.3, or 10.4
128 MB of RAM [256 MB recommended]
110 MB of available hard disk space
800 x 600 screen resolution

Enhancements in Adobe Reader 7.0.7

Support for 3D content

Reader 7.0.7 allows you to view, annotate, and measure 3D models created in
Computer Aided Design (CAD) applications or 3D modeling programs. For more
information, see See Working with 3D files.

Forms improvements

Work more efficiently with static and dynamic forms enabled for saving data using
Reader by Adobe Server products.

(Windows only) Yahoo! direct search text box

Search the web directly from Reader using the search text box. Enter the search
phrase and click the Yahoo! icon. Results are provided by Yahoo! and are returned
in a new browser window.

Troubleshooting
If you experience problems when running Adobe Reader 7.0, this section may help
you to determine the cause of those problems. For general product information and
additional troubleshooting information, visit the Adobe Product Support
Knowledgebase at www.adobe.com/support, or choose Online Support from the
Help menu in Adobe Reader.

The Help and How To windows are not available when you open Adobe
Reader from within a web browser. To access the Help button or the How To
window from a task button, start Adobe Reader from outside of a web
browser troubleshooting information, visit the Adobe Product Support
Knowledgebase at www.adobe.com/support, or choose Online Support from
the Help menu in Adobe Reader.
The Help and How To windows are not available when you open Adobe
Reader from within a web browser. To access the Help button or the How To
window from a task button, start Adobe Reader outside of a web browser.
The Detect And Repair feature in Windows repairs or replaces corrupt or
missing installation components.
You can drag the How to window anywhere on-screen. If you move the
window from a docked position, it becomes a floating window and can be
resized only by dragging the lower right corner. To re-dock a floating How
To window, Control-click below the title bar and choose Docked Left or
Docked Right. For more information, see the Adobe Reader Help.
The Enter key and the spacebar function differently in the Accessibility Setup
Assistant in Windows and Mac OS. In Windows, both the Enter key and the
spacebar close the wizard. In Mac OS, the Enter key advances the wizard to
the next page and the spacebar closes the wizard.
Windows XP and 2000 include Microsoft Magnifier, an accessibility tool that
uses the MSAA interface. When started, this tool activates acces¬sibility in
Adobe Reader until you quit Adobe Reader. Each time you open a PDF
document, the following message appears, "Please wait while the document is
prepared for reading." To reduce the time that Adobe Reader requires to
prepare a PDF document for reading, set the Page vs. Document preference to
Only Read The Currently Visible Pages in the Reading Preferences. Setting
the Reading Order preference to Use Reading Order In Raw Print Stream also
speeds up this process but may interfere with the functionality of Magnifier.
To improve the startup time and performance of Adobe Reader, defragment
your hard drive by using the disk defragmenting utility before you install
Adobe Reader. You can use the disk defragmenter included with your
operating system or a third-party utility. Hard drives become fragmented
through normal use (for example, installing and uninstalling applications,
 adding and deleting files). Over time, the computer is unable to locate
contiguous blocks of free space and saves files in pieces across the hard drive,
which increases the time required to open these files. Defragmenting the hard
drive pieces files back together and improves performance.
If you scan a PDF barcode into Notepad using a handheld scanner, the
resulting data may contain null bytes or illegal characters (characters that can't
be typed at the keyboard). This data may execute desktop shortcuts that cause
windows to open. The problem doesn't occur with all handheld scanners. No
solution exists.
When you try to start Acrobat Reader in Windows 2000 after installing it on a
non-system hard disk, the Acrobat installer starts and returns the message,
"An installation package for the Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer cannot
be found." See document 329118 in the Adobe Product Support
Knowledgebase at www.adobe.com/support.
If you open a PDF file in AOL 6.0 to 9.0, the file opens in a text editor. Save
the PDF file to the hard drive and open it in Adobe Reader.
Mac OS X v.10.3.x or later and Safari 1.2.2 or later are required to use Adobe
Reader in a browser window.
Although Adobe has tested Adobe Reader 7.0.7 on future versions of Mac
OS, these operating systems aren't supported by Adobe Reader as final testing
wasn't completed when Adobe Reader 7.0.7 was released.
If you paste the CJK-A character U+3400 into the search field and perform a
search, the search fails even if the character exists in the PDF document
you're searching. The same applies to the U+3500, U+3600, and U+3700.
Type the U+3400 character in the search field instead of pasting it.
If you install Adobe Acrobat Elements 6.0 after installing the full version of
Adobe Reader 7.0, you may encounter an error in Acrobat Elements when
you try to convert a file to PDF asking if you want to run the installer in
repair mode. If you click Yes, the same error appears the next time you try to
convert a file to PDF in Acrobat Elements. Install Acrobat Elements 6.0
before you install Adobe Reader 7.0.7 to ensure that both applications are
installed in the same folder. (Acrobat Elements 6.0 doesn't allow you to
specify the install location.) Please note that Installing Adobe Reader 7.0.7
doesn't remove Adobe Reader 6.0, which is installed by Adobe Elements to
the same folder. This installation of Adobe Reader 6.0 (unlike the
downloaded version) doesn't interfere with Adobe Reader 7.0.7 functionality.

Shortcut keys

Use the following keyboard shortcuts to navigate between the document pane, the
Help window, and the How To window:

·F6 moves focus between the document pane and the navigation pane. When focus
is in the navigation pane, press the Up and Down arrow keys to cycle through the
navigation tabs.
·F1 opens the Help window and moves the focus to the first item in the Help
Contents tab. If the Help window is already open, pressing F1 returns the focus to
the last selection. The Enter key opens the selected Help topic. Press the Up and
Down arrow keys to select other Help topics.

· Alt+Tab and Alt+F6 move focus between the open Help window and the
document pane. Shift+F4 also opens, and closes, the How To window. When you
close the How To window, the focus moves to the document pane.

Shift + F1 moves focus to the How To window only if you're in the document
pane, not if you're in the Help window.
F5 returns focus from the How To window to the document pane. When
focus is in the navigation pane, press the be and Down arrow keys to cycle
through the navigation tabs.
F1 opens the Help window and moves the focus to the first item in the Help
Contents tab. The Enter key opens the selected Help topic. Press the Up and
Down arrow keys to select other Help topics.

Hebrew, Arabic, Thai, and Vietnamese Text

This version of Adobe Reader supports the entry and display of Hebrew, Arabic,
Thai, and Vietnamese text.

Arabic and Hebrew language support

This version of Adobe Reader contains options for controlling the following aspects
of the right-to-left languages Arabic and Hebrew in forms and digital signatures:

Paragraph direction--You can select the paragraph direction to be from right

to left, which properly lays out bidirectional text (right-to-left text containing
numbers and text in other languages written from left to right).
Digit style--You can select whether to use Western digits or Arabic-Indic
digits when typing Arabic text.
Ligature support--available only to Arabic text, optional ligatures will be
automatically used if supported in the font.

To enable right-to-left language options in Adobe Reader:

1. Choose Edit > Preferences.

2. In the Preferences dialog box, select International Categories and select Enable
Right-To-Left Language Options.

3. Click OK.

Enabling right-to-left language options displays the user interface elements for
controlling paragraph direction, digit style, and ligature.

Note: The right-to-left language option is enabled by default under Arabic and
Hebrew regional settings.

The following user interface elements let you control paragraph direction and digit
style:

Appearance tab of the following dialog boxes: Text Field Properties, Combo
Box Properties, List Box Properties, and Button Properties, and Digital
Signature Properties. In these dialog boxes, you select paragraph direction
using radio buttons and you select digit style using pull-down menus. In the
Radio Button Properties and Check Box Properties dialog boxes, the options
to select paragraph direction and digit style are not available.
The Appearance tab for the Digital Signatures Properties dialog box provides
the digits style selection. The text direction of digital signatures is controlled
by the Configure Signature Appearance dialog box available when a signature
is applied to the document.
Text Field Properties toolbar--When entering text in a Rich Text field or a
Drawing Markup Text Box, you can select paragraph and font direction and
digit style from the Text Properties Tool Bar.
To change paragraph direction, use the Paragraph Direction button in the
toolbar. Clicking this button displays two options: Left To Right Paragraphs
and Right To Left Paragraphs, which apply to all paragraphs in the field.
Paragraph alignment automatically changes according to your selection: if
paragraphs are left-aligned and you change the paragraph direction to right-
to-left, Adobe Reader makes all the paragraphs right-aligned, and vice versa.
After changing paragraph direction, you can go back and modify the
alignment of paragraphs individually.
To change text direction of selected text and not entire paragraphs, use the
Text Direction button to display a pull-down menu with three options:
Automatic, Left To Right Text, and Right To Left Text. Selecting the
Automatic option lays out the text depending on the paragraph's direction and
the type of characters used. The Left To Right Text option lays out the text
according to left-to-right rules, regardless of paragraph direction. The Right
To Left Text option lays out the text according to the right-to-left rules,
regardless of paragraph direction. Changing text direction is useful when the
default writing direction for text in a paragraph is different for the paragraph's
default writing direction or when the text direction cannot be automatically
determined. For example, to make sure that phone numbers written with
Western digits are displayed correctly in paragraphs of right-to-left Arabic
text, select the phone numbers and choose Left To Right from the pull-down
menu of the Text Direction button.
To select the digit style of the text you type into a field, use the Arabic-Indic
Digits button. This button toggles digit style from Arabic-Indic to Western
and applies only to form fields with an Arabic-Indic default digit style. Using
 this button doesn't change the digits already in the text.
Form Field Text Properties dialog box--In this dialog box, there are two tabs:
Font and Paragraph.
In the Font tab, you select paragraph direction using the Auto, Left To Right,
and Right To Left radio buttons and you select the digit style using the Digits
pull-down menus. Paragraph direction applies to the currently selected text.
Digit style applies only to new digits, but not to existing digits.
In the Paragraph tab, the paragraph direction radio buttons change the
paragraph direction of all the paragraphs in the field and not just the direction
of the currently selected text.
Context menus--You can use context menus to change paragraph direction
and digits.
Configure Signature Appearance dialog box--This dialog box contains
controls for specifying paragraph direction and digit style. Choosing a
paragraph direction also changes the signature appearance. For example, if
you set paragraph direction to Right To Left, the Name in the signature filed
is placed in the right half of the field and the text is right-aligned and vice
versa.

Working with 3D files

If your document has additional usage rights, you can interact with 3D models
created in professional 3D CAD (Computer Aided Design) or 3D modeling
programs. After you click a 3D model to activate it, you use the 3D toolbar to zoom
in and out, rotate, and pan across the object. Use the Model Tree to hide or isolate
parts, or make parts transparent.

When a PDF document with a 3D model is displayed in a browser, you can interact
with 3D model using Safari 1.2.2 or newer.

To show or hide the 3D Toolbar:

Control-click the 3D model, and choose Show Toolbar or Hide Toolbar.

You can also hide the 3D toolbar by disabling the 3D model by Control-clicking the
3D model, and then choosing Disable 3D.

To use the 3D navigation tools:

When you navigate in 3D, it helps to think that you are viewing the stationary 3D
model from a camera's perspective. You can rotate, pan (move up, down, or side-to-
side), and zoom in or out. If the 3D toolbar doesn't appear, you may need to enable
the 3D content by clicking in the 3D canvas area with the Hand tool.

Rotate. Orbits around objects in a scene. You can also rotate an object using the
Hand tool if Enable 3D Selection For The Hand Tool is selected in 3D section of
the Preferences dialog box.

Pan. Moves up, down, or from side to side. When the Hand tool is selected, hold
down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to pan the object.

Walk. Lets you go in any direction. It helps to think that you are the "camera," and
the 3D model is a stationary object in front of you.

Zoom. Moves toward, or away from, objects in the scene. When the Hand tool is
selected, hold down Shift to zoom in or out.

Distance Tool. Measures parts of the 3D model.

Default View. Returns to the original appearance of the 3D model. You can also
select a view you've saved from the Views pop-up menu.

Pause/Play. Pauses or plays animation enabled by JavaScript.

To change the rendering mode, lighting and background:

The model rendering mode determines the surface appearance of the 3D model.

Do any of the following:

To change the rendering style, choose an option from the Model Render
Mode pop-up menu. For example, you may want to choose Transparent to see
the inside of the 3D model.
To view an orthographic projection, click the Use Orthographic Projection
button. An orthographic projection effectively removes a dimension,
preserving the size ratio between objects but giving the 3D model a less
realistic appearance.
To turn lighting on or off or to change lighting, choose an option from the
Enable Extra Lighting pop-up menu.
To change the background color, choose an option from the Background
Color pop-up menu. For example, you may want to improve the contrast
between the 3D objects and the background.

Using the Model Tree

The Model Tree includes three sections. The top section includes the tree structure
of the 3D object. For example, a 3D object depicting a car may have separate
groups of objects (called nodes ) for the chassis, engine, and wheels. In the top
section of the Model Tree, you can move through the hierarchy and select, isolate,
or hide various parts. The middle section of the includes a list of views that you can
create. For example, after you isolate and rotate a part, you can save that particular
view. After making other transformations, you can simply click the view you
created to return the 3D model to the saved state. The bottom section of the Model
Tree includes metadata information, if any, about the part; the metadata is not
editable.

To view or hide the Model Tree:

1. Click a 3D object to select it.

2. Click the Toggle Model Tree icon on the 3D Toolbar, or click the Model Tree tab
on the left side of the window.

In some instances, the author of the PDF document can set up a 3D model so that
clicking it automatically displays the Model Tree.

To manipulate parts:

Some 3D models are subdivided into parts. You can use the Model
Tree to hide or isolate parts, zoom in to parts, or make parts
transparent.
1. In the Model Tree, click the part you want to manipulate.

2. From the Options menu, choose any of the following:

Model Render Mode changes the surface appearance of the entire 3D model.
Show All Parts displays the entire 3D model.
Display Bounding Box displays the box that encloses the 3D model.
Set Bounding Box Color changes the color of the bounding box. Choose this
option, select a color, and then click OK.
Hide removes the selected part from view. You can also click the Eye icon
next to the part to hide that part.
Isolate displays on the selected part. All other parts are hidden.
Zoom To Part changes the center focus from the entire 3D model to an
individual part. This is especially useful when rotating the part, allowing it to
rotate around its own center focus rather than the entire model's.
Transparent lets you see through the selected part.

Commenting on 3D designs
Comments added to a 3D object are associated with a particular view. If the view is
changed--for example, if the 3D object is rotated or moved--the comments are no
longer visible. If you don't want a comment to be associated with a 3D view, add
the comment outside the 3D object area. When the view of a 3D object is changed,
any comment associated with that object disappears.
To add comments to a 3D object:
1. Select a tool from the Commenting or Drawing Markups toolbar. (The Text Edit
tools have no effect on 3D objects.)

2. Add a comment to the 3D object area.

When you add a comment, a new view is created automatically. If your comment
disappears, click this view to see the comment again.

To display comments, click the view in the Model Tree that contains the comment
you added, or click the comment in the Comments list. The 3D object returns to the
view in which the comment was created.

Creating and managing 3D views

Setting a default (initial) view of a 3D design lets you quickly revert to their starting
point at any time as you interact with the model. A default view is different from a
poster frame, which determines what the 3D model looks like when it's not active.
The list of all available views for the 3D design appears in the Views dropdown
menu on the 3D toolbar.

You can also create additional views of the 3D model in Acrobat that you can
quickly navigate the 3D content based on the views you'd like to see (such as top,
bottom, left, right, inside, outside, exploded, or assembled). A view includes
lighting, camera position, rendering mode, the Model Tree state, and transparency
and cross section settings. When you add a comment or markup to the 3D model, a
view is created automatically. You can link views to bookmarks in the Bookmarks
tab, or you can use the Go To 3D View action to link views to buttons and links
that you create on the page.

To set a default (or new) view:

1. Click the 3D model to enable it.

2. Use the tools in the 3D toolbar to navigate to the view you want to save.

3. In the Model Tree, click the New View icon.

4. To rename the new view, click the view name in the Model Tree, click it again,
and then type a more descriptive name.

To create and manage views:

1. Use the tools in the 3D toolbar to navigate to the location you want.

2. In the 3D toolbar, choose Manage Views from the Views pop-up menu.

3. In the Manage Views dialog box, click New View.

4. Select the view from the list box at the right, and then do any of the following:

Click Use As Default to specify the view that will appear when the user
enables the 3D content.
Rename the selected view by typing a new name in the text-entry field and
clicking Rename.
Click Move Up or Move Down to move the selected view up or down in the
list.
Click Delete View to remove the view from the list.

To display a view:
Do one of the following:

From the 3D Toolbar, select the view from the Views pop-up menu.
In the Model Tree, click the view name.
To return to the default view, click the Default View icon.

To add a 3D view to a bookmark or link:

1. Control-click the bookmark or link, and choose Properties.

2. Click the Actions tab.

3. From the Select Action menu, select Go To A 3D View, and then click Add.

4. In the Select A 3D View dialog box, select the view you want, click OK, and
then click Close.

Applying Cross Sections

Applying a cross section of a 3D model is like cutting it in half and looking inside.
Use the Cross Section Controls dialog box to adjust the alignment, offset, and tilt of
the cutting plane.

To apply a cross section:

1. Click the Toggle Cross Section icon on the 3D Toolbar to turn on or off the cross
section.
2. To change cross section properties, choose Cross Section Properties from the
Cross Section pop-up menu on the 3D Toolbar.

3. To change the alignment, select whether the cross section applies to the x, y, or z
axis. Click Align To Face to align the camera to the selected axis, moving the view
perpendicular to the cutting plane.

4. To change the display settings, do the following:

Select Show Intersections so that lines indicate where the cutting plane slices
the 3D model. Specify a different color, if desired.
Select Show Cutting Plane to display the transparent field that cuts the 3D
model. Specify a different color and opacity, if desired.
Click Align Camera To Cutting Plane to rotate the 3D model so that it's level
with the cross section's cutting plane.

5. To change the position and orientation, do the following:

Click Flip to reverse the cross section.

Drag the Offset to determine how much of the 3D model is sliced.
Drag the two Tilt sliders to determine the angle of the cutting plane.

6. (Optional) Click Save View to create a view that you can return to later.

Measuring 3D objects

You can use the Distance tool to measure the distance, angle, and radius of 3D
models added to a PDF document. You can also annotate the measurements by
adding comments.

To measure 3D objects:
1. Click a 3D model in a PDF document to enable it.

2. Click the Distance Tool icon on the 3D toolbar, or choose Tools > Measuring >
Distance Tool. The 3D Measurement Tool palette appears when you move the
pointer over the 3D model.

3. In the 3D Measurement Tool palette, do any of the following:

Choose an option from the 3D Measure Type menu to determine what kind of
data is measured in the 3D Measurement Tool palette.
To change the scaling ratio (such as 3:2) on the drawing areas, specify the
appropriate numbers in the 3D Measurement Tool palette. If desired, change
the unit of measurement next to this ratio.
Select Measurement Markup in the tool palette if you want the lines you draw
 to appear as an annotation. If desired, type the text that will appear in the
annotation. Unless Measurement Markup is selected, the object you draw will
disappear when you measure another object or select another tool.
To ensure precise measurement, make sure that Options > Snap To 3D
Content is selected.

4. Measure the 3D model:

As you drag the pointer over other points and edges, Acrobat 3D displays the
measurement between the initial selection and the current position.
If Measurement Markup is turned on, the first two clicks determine the
measurement, and the third click determines the location of the markup. For
example, to measure a radius, move the pointer over a circular shape. When a
circle appears, double-click the circle, drag the pointer where you want the
markup to appear, and click again. To measure a distance, click the first point,
then click the second point, and then move the pointer where you want the
markup to appear and click again.
If you begin a measurement and change your mind, Control-click and choose
Cancel Measurement.
To delete a measurement markup, select it using the Distance Tool, and then
press Delete.

To change 3D preferences:
You can determine whether the 3D Toolbar and Model Tree display by default. You
can also specify a default renderer and determine whether animations are allowed.

1. Choose Edit > Preferences, and then click 3D.

2. Specify any of the following, and then click OK.

Preferred Renderer. The rendering engine affects both performance and

quality, so it's important to select the appropriate renderer. Depending on your
system, you may want to change your render engine. For Windows XP, you
can select DirectX 8, DirectX 9, or Software. For Mac OS 10.3 or later, you
can select OpenGL or Software. If you select a DirectX or OpenGL option, all
rendering takes place using the graphics chip on the video card. If Software is
selected, rendering may take more time, but the performance may be more
consistent with the original model's.
Open Model Tree On 3D Activation. Determines whether the Model Tree is
displayed when the 3D model is activated. Choose Use 3D Content's Setting
to use whichever setting the author used when adding the 3D model to the
PDF document.
Default Toolbar State. Determines whether the 3D toolbar is displayed or
hidden when a 3D model is activated.
Enable Toggle For 3D Toolbar Control. Displays a button on the 3D model
 that lets you hide or display the 3D toolbar.
Enable Double-Sided Rendering. Some model parts have two sides. To save
time and space, you can deselect this option to render only the side facing the
user. If the user looks inside a part rendered with only one side, the back side
would be invisible.
Enable Camera Animations. Some 3D models include animations enabled by
JavaScript. Deselect this option to prevent 3D animation.
Enable 3D Selection For The Hand Tool. Lets the user select and highlight
parts of the 3D model using the Hand Tool. If this option is not selected, use
the Object Data Tool (Tools > Object Data > Object Data Tool) to select the
object.
Consolidate 3D Tools On The 3D Toolbar. Selecting this option places the
manipulation and navigation tools under the Rotate Tool, thereby shortening
the 3D toolbar.

Last updated November 15, 2005.

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