[pdftex] Acrobat reader presets.

[Bob Howlett]

John Culleton wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 April 2003 09:30 am, Andreas Matthias wrote:
> 
>>John Culleton wrote:
>>
>>>Yesterday I received a pdf from a publisher. When called up in Acrobat
>>>Reader the document automatically come up in "actual size."
>>>
>>>I know how to make a document come up in "FullScreen" mode, using
>>>either pdftex or Context. How do I make it come up as "actual size"?
>>
>>\usepackage{hyperref}
>>\hypersetup{pdfstartview={XYZ 0 845 1}}
>>
>>Since you are using plain TeX you should have no problem
>>to find and extract the desired code from hyperref (hpdftex.def).
>>
>>Ciao
>>Andreas

For the record, and to save people the trouble of
deciphering the manuals, the plain pdftex code is

\pdfcatalog {} openaction goto page 1 {/XYZ 0 845 1}

Bob Howlett



> 
> 
> As it happens, I am not using plain tex but pdftex or Context,
> depending on the task. Plain tex has no provision for pdf
> insertions. The current task is a Context project. But my question
> relates to pdftex and not the Context macro package. Hence I asked
> it here. 
> 
> The Pdftex Manual describes how to set four different page modes but
> does not cover the question I asked. 
> 
> Following your suggestion I did discover an apparent fix:
> 
> \pdfcatalog{/OpenAction /Fit}
> 
> ...but surely there is a more direct method to arrive at this
> information other than analyzing LaTeX macros?
> 
> John Culleton
> 
> 
> 
> 
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