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I am having to read through a MASSIVE (1000+ page) PDF specification in Adobe Reader X (version 10). It has always bugged me that if you scroll to the edge of a page, the Reader automatically jumps to the top of the next page.

Is there away to cut this off so that when I reach the bottom of one page, the edge of the page meets the top of the next page and I can see a half-page of both the last and next page?

I know that MS Word can and does behave this way. Can I change a setting to scroll the document in this manner in Adobe Reader?

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For Adobe Reader 9:

Go to View >> Page Display >> check the option Single Page Continuous:

They see me scrollin', they hatin'

For Adobe Reader X:

Go to View >> Page Display >> check the option Enable Scrolling.

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This setting is initialized from the PDF file. You'll rapidly become accustomed to doing this every time you open the offending document... At least in Reader X there is a toolbar button whose tool tip reads "Fit to window width and enable scrolling" located to the right of center of the tool bar items that does what it says on the tin. – RBerteig Aug 17 '11 at 0:53
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You need to enable scrolling. In Adobe Reader X, there might be a button for this on the toolbar. If it's not there, you can choose to show the button by right clicking on the toolbar and selecting Enable Scrolling from the Page Display option.

You can make this the default view from Edit > Preferences... > Page Display > Page Layout. Set this to Single Page Continuous.

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In Adobe Reader open the View menu and in the Page Display sub-menu choose Single Page Continuous.

Alternatively, you can use you keyboard by pressing the below keys in the displayed order:

alt, V, P, C

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Everything they said was fine but when you close and open adobe reader again, it goes back to single page viewing and that's annoying so its better to make it the default by doing this:

Edit > Preferences > Accessibility > Always use Page Layout Style

this helped me a lot better than having to keep switching it

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I'm responding to my own question, though Jay's Tip got me close enough. For me, the correct option was View->Page Display->Enable Scrolling.

There is no "Single Page Continuous" option.

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Yeah, that's the difference not giving a version can make. I believe both Jay and I we're answering for Reader 9. – Windos Aug 16 '11 at 20:52
What @Windos said. You must have Adobe Reader X. I am using Reader 9. – Jay Mahendru Aug 16 '11 at 20:53
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Had forgotten to set a real default for single page continuous, it's not through the view, page display (where it truly should be and you believe it is), but as Lilly stated above, it's in preferences - accessibility - always use page layout style. It's stupid set up - should be default from view - page...drives long time users like me batty when it loses it's default and takes hours to find answer!!!

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