Adding Transitions in Adobe Acrobat
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
Date Created: June 24th 2009
Last Updated: June 24th 2009
Excerpt/Capsule: Learn how to add pages transitions to a PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
In the previous tutorial of this PowerPoint to Secure PDF series, I showed you how to set PDF to play in full screen mode. If your PDF is playing full screen, and you want it to look like a presentation, it's a great idea to add slide transitions so that it mimics a PowerPoint presentation.
Follow these steps to add transitions in Adobe Acrobat Pro:
- Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro. From the Edit menu, choose Preferences as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Preferences
- This opens the Preferences dialog box, as shown in Figure 2. Select the Full Screen option under Categories on the left.
Figure 2: Full Screen
Here you can set the preferences for displaying your slideshow in fullscreen mode, you can set slideshow to loop after the last page and set the advance to a preset time (in seconds) -- this allows you to set how long each slide pauses before transitioning to the next page (slide).
- Under Full Screen Transition options, you can choose any of the available transitions. Figure 3 shows list of default transitions. Click OK to apply.
Figure 3: Default transitions
- Save the PDF.
In the next tutorial of this series, we'll explore how to password protect a PDF using Adobe Acrobat Pro.
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