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Selecting the page to view in a PDF document

When you open a PDF document with multiple pages, a single Preview window opens showing the first page of the document. You can see thumbnails of additional images or pages in the sidebar.

Here are some ways to select the page to view:

If the sidebar isn’t already open, choose View > Sidebar.

To navigate using the document’s table of contents, choose “Table of Contents” from the pop-up menu at the bottom of the sidebar.

To navigate using thumbnail images of the document’s pages, choose Thumbnails from the pop-up menu at the bottom of the sidebar.

To navigate to the document’s annotations, including text, rectangle, and oval annotations, choose Annotations from the pop-up menu at the bottom of the sidebar.

If you want to include link annotations in the list, click Include Links.

To jump to the next page, press the Down Arrow or Page Down key. To jump to the previous page, press the Up Arrow or Page Up key.

To use the vertical scroll bar to scroll through a PDF document with several pages, choose View > PDF Display > Single Page Continuous, or choose View > PDF Display > Two Pages Continuous.

To view a specific page, choose Go > “Go to Page,” and type its page number.

By default, the sidebar opens automatically only if you open a PDF file with a table of contents. To set the sidebar to open automatically even if there is no table of contents, choose Preview > Preferences, click PDF, and deselect “Open sidebar only for Table of Contents.”

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