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Adobe Reader 7

Automatically Scroll Through a Document

SUMMARY: Scroll through a PDF file without using the keyboard or mouse.

Tired of manually scrolling through a PDF in Adobe Reader 7? You can have Adobe Reader automatically scroll through the document without having to press cursor down or page down keys. Just select "View" - "Automatically Scroll" or press SHIFT-CONTROL-H.

* Press a number from 0 to 9 to change the scrolling speed. 0 is the slowest speed, 9 the fastest.

* To toggle the scrolling direction, press the minus sign (-).

* You can still use PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN to manually jump between pages in the PDF file.

* Press ESC to stop the scrolling.

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