Viewing PDF Files

To adjust how the opened PDF file looks in the view area, use the View menu or the View toolbar:

view toolbar

Zooming

To zoom contents of the PDF document, use the View > Zoom menu or the toolbar. The following zooming options are available:

  • Zoom In – zooms in the document. You can also press Ctrl+“+” or scroll the mouse wheel up while holding Ctrl.
  • Zoom Out  – zooms out the document. You can also press Ctrl+“–” or scroll the mouse wheel down while holding Ctrl.
  • Actual Size  zooms the document to its actual size (100% scale). You can also press Ctrl+0 to set the actual size of the document.

 You can set any specific scale manually by selecting it in the Zoom dropdown list or typing it there:

View modes

There are several page display modes in Master PDF Editor:

  • Fit Page  – in this mode the contents of the document are displayed so that the entire page fits the view area. You can switch to this view mode by pressing Ctrl+1.

fit page mode

  • Fit Width  – the contents of the document are displayed to fit the width of the view area. You can switch to this view mode by pressing Ctrl+2.

fit width mode

  • Facing pages  – this mode repeats the layout of books by displaying two pages side by side. You can use Facing pages with either Fit Page or Fit Width modes and with any custom scale.

facing pages modeBy default, the Facing Pages icon does not appear on the toolbar, but you can add it manually. For more details, see the Toolbars section.

When the Facing pages mode is enabled, you can turn on/off displaying of the document’s cover page as a standalone page using the View > Page Display > Show Cover Page during Facing option.

Displaying grid

You can turn on displaying of the grid in the menu: View > Grid or using the Ctrl+U keyboard shortcut.

grid display

Grid is essential for accurate editing, to place aligned objects. To simplify this, you can turn on grid snapping using the View > Snap to Grid menu.

Replacing colors

Replacing colors allows for easier reading of documents that have varying or hard to recognize colors of the font and background.

To enable replacing of colors, use the View > Replace Document Colors menu. This will turn the colors of the document to ones specified in Tools > Settings > Display.

To adjust replacement colors, go to the Tools > Settings menu and switch to the Display section:

replacing colors_menu

Rotating the page

  • To rotate the page clockwise, click the Rotate 90 degrees clockwise button .
  • To rotate the page counterclockwise, click the Rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise button .

Page Alignment

In Master PDF Editor, you can set page alignment to the left, center, or right. Alignment is performed relative to the page with the largest size in the document.

To align pages in the document:

  1. Go to the main menu and select View > Align to Largest Page.
  2. Choose the desired alignment: Left, Center, or Right.

P.SBy default, all pages are centered relative to the largest page.

Page Alignment in Master PDF Editor

More like this:

Master PDF Editor – Preferences
Managing pages of a PDF document
Editing text in PDF documents