About the Panel bar
The Panel bar is always visible on the left, except when full-screen view is selected. Resize the panel area by dragging the right separator bar. Exit the Panel area by clicking the close control (x) at the top right.
The Panel bar always displays two useful tools at the top:
Hand: Use as the basic navigation pointer. Select it to finish the use of any other tool. Specify the
Hand tool behavior in
.
Select: Use to select a text block or an image to edit or export properties.
Beneath these two tools, a customizable set of Panel tools is displayed. Each document can have its own set of visible panel bar tools. By default, the following tools are available.
Bookmarks: Place
bookmarks manually or automatically from a heading
hierarchy.
Pages: See and work with a set of
thumbnails: one for each page in the document.
Stamps: View a customizable
stamp collection and place stamps onto documents.
Attachments: Access and work with a list of all
attachments in the document along with added
information.
Comments: Access a list of all
comments in the document, and reply to them, set their
status, etc.
Security: Create and apply
security schemes covering password and certificate
security.
Auto-recovery: View a list of files for which changes could be lost following an abnormal
program termination.
Clip Art: View a customizable
clip art collection and place art into documents.
If you do not see a desired tool, right-click in an empty space on the Panel bar and select it. Remove the checkmark from any panels you do not need. Click Reset Panels to restore the basic panels shown above.
Here are additional options:
Collaboration: Share your document for co-editing over the LAN (Local Area Network). See
LAN Collaboration panel for details.
Compliance: Test file compliance against PDF/A standards or accessibility criteria. Available
in
Power PDF Advanced
only.
Destinations: Place and manage
destinations in your documents for easier navigation.
Envelope: Create and manage
envelopes, used to send groups of files with a cover page
and optional security protection.
Form controls: List all
form controls in the document.
Layers: Show and work with all
layers in the current PDF document.
Model Tree: See the structure of 3D objects in the document along with their properties and
values.
Signatures: View, verify and work with all
digital signatures in the document.
Sign / Certify: View and apply
signature schemes.
Tag: Create or modify
tags for the document or change tag labels.
Watermarks: View, create, reset, import and export
watermarks.
An AutoStore panel displays when an integration for this storage system becomes available and is installed on the local computer.