General options

• Open documents as new tabs in the same window: Clear to open each document in a new window. By default, documents open in new tabs, similar to Web browser applications.

• Default PDF Application: Set Power PDF as your default program to open PDF files.

• Smooth text: For smoothing text, select from None, Monitor, or LCD in the selection box. Select whether to make graphics, images, and thin line smooth. The default setting is to smooth all three.

• Gray out text below: Gray-out displayed text when the number of pixels is below the set value.

• Use page cache: Store page data in temporary memory, to speed up page operations.

• Use logical page numbers: Default setting for page numbering.

• Show gaps between pages: Select it to increase the distance between neighboring pages when Continuous is the active scroll option.

• Default page layout: Set the default page display for PDF document viewing.

• Default zoom: Set a default magnification level for PDF documents. This value is used when the document zoom value is set to Default.

• Page Units: Set the unit of measurement to be used in the program: Points, Inches, Centimeters or Millimeters.

• Grid: Set grid properties and color for PDF document pages. Use the View menu to display or hide grids.

Provide identity information to appear on your Digital ID stamps.

• Advance every: Specify whether to advance automatically from page to page every set interval. By default, this setting is off. You can use mouse or keyboard commands to page through a document even if this option is selected.

• Loop after last page: Let the document return to first page after the last one, when paging through a PDF document. The option is typically used for setting up kiosk displays.

• Escape key exit: Allow using the Escape key to exit Full Screen mode. If the option is not selected, exit with the shortcut Ctrl + L.

• Left-click to go forward; right-click to go back: Allow mouse clicks to turn pages. You can also press arrow keys to page through a document.

• Show navigation bar: Show or hide the navigation bar.

• Mouse cursor: Specify mouse cursor status in Full Screen mode.

• Background color: Select a background color to surround the page in Full Screen mode. Click the button to display the system color palette. Click Other Color to define custom colors.

• Restore last view settings when reopening documents: Return to the same view when the user reopens a document. This setting is on by default.

• Open cross-document link in same window: Close the current document and open the linked document in the same window, minimizing the number of windows open. If you do not select this option, a new window opens each time you click a link to a different document.

  Link behavior can be set individually at link creation. For details, see About Actions.

• Create links from URLs: If the text just typed is possibly an URL, Power PDF automatically adds the hyperlink.
• Allow layer state to be set by user information: Set the state of the current layer of an object based on user information.
• Use Select tool as default instead of Hand tool: The Hand tool is active on the Panel Bar by default. Select this check box to promote the Select tool instead.
• Hand Tool Double Click: Determine how the document responds when the Hand tool is clicked. By default, it does nothing. Select "Page down" to have the display jump half a page down. Select "Scroll down" to have the page scroll down until the next mouse click.
• Reset All Warnings: Restore warning messages after previously selecting "Do not show this message again" in response to warnings.

• Set the number of recent files to be displayed at File > Open Recent Documents.

• Enable automatic check for update: Set this option to enable Power PDF to check for updates periodically.