Open Acrobat and select the document you want to view.
Last updated on
Nov 5, 2025
Move between pages
Learn how to navigate through pages in Acrobat.
Select Menu > View > Page navigation (Windows) or View > Page navigation (macOS) and use the navigation menu tools:
- To go to the next page, select Next page from the menu.
- To go to the previous page, select Previous page from the menu.
- To go to the first page, select First page from the menu.
- To go to the last page, select Last page from the menu.
- To go to a specific page, select Go to page from the menu
Tip
To view a specific page in your document, enter the page number in the Side Panels. You can also select up and down arrows from the Side Panels to navigate the pages.
Retrace viewing path
Open Acrobat and select the document you want to view.
Select Menu > View > Page navigation > Previous view (Windows) or View > Page navigation (macOS)
- Select Previous view to view the previous visited page.
- Select Next view to view the next visited page.
Navigate bookmarked pages
Open Acrobat and select the document you want to view.
Select Bookmarks from the Side Panels and select the bookmarked page.
Automatically scroll through pages
Open Acrobat and select the document you want to view.
Select Menu > View > Page display > Automatically scroll (Windows) or View > Page display > Automatically scroll (macOS)
Press Esc to stop scrolling.
Open and navigate an article thread
Articles lead readers through the PDF content, jumping over pages or areas of the page that are not included in the article. It’s the same way that you skim through a traditional newspaper or magazine, following one specific story and ignoring the rest. When you read an article, the page view zooms in or out so that the current part of the article fills the screen. To read an article thread within a PDF:
Select Articles from the Side Panels.
Double-click the Article icon to begin reading the article.
To navigate the article thread, use Enter, Shift-click, Shift + Enter, or Ctrl-click.
To exit the article thread before reaching the end, ensure that the Hand tool is selected and then press Shift + Ctrl-click on the keyboard. It restores the previous page view.
