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The Study Edition PDF format of
the eBibleLesson is available as an Adobe Acrobat®
PDF file. Unlike Web pages, which look different
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documents on screen and in print, regardless of
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use.
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PDF. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can
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and follow the instructions.
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If it does not launch automatically, try downloading
the PDF to your computer as described below.
Once you have the file open,
you can view it using Acrobat Reader's navigation
tools, or you can print it by selecting "Print"
from the file menu.
Note to users of Acrobat Reader v.8.0: If you see messages about "postscript errors," or if the PDF prints out with unreadable characters, you may need to uninstall Acrobat Reader version 8.0. Instead, you can download and install version 7.0.9 from the Adobe website.
Downloading and opening
PDF files
Downloading the PDF to your
desktop, rather than opening it in the browser,
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each PDF page individually. To download a PDF
file to your desktop, right-click (Mac users: CTRL and click) on the link to the PDF and do
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You will be asked where you
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If you have IE, and you get an error message that the file cannot be downloaded using the above method, try opening the PDF and saving it by clicking the "save" icon (it looks like a floppy disk) in the top menu bar.
Printing
Printing the Study Edition PDF
in black and white is faster and uses less ink.
Color printers provide a setting for black-and-white
printing, found in different locations depending
on the printer's make and model. To find it, click
"Print," click the "Properties"
button, and look for the black-and-white setting
(sometimes called "grayscale") in the
menus available.
If you are having difficulty
printing, or if the file won't print correctly,
turn the printer off for at least 15 seconds and
then restart it to remove anything that may be
cached in the printer's RAM (Random Access Memory).
Print the PDF file again. If the file prints,
the problem was full printer memory.
To copy the citations
Click the "Select text" button in the toolbar at the top of the PDF window. Click and drag your mouse over the citations to highlight them. Then hit Ctrl+C (on a Mac, Command+C), which will copy the highlighted text. You can paste it into another document by hitting Ctrl+V (Command+V) or by selecting Edit>Paste.
Changing size
You can view the Study Edition PDF
files at various sizes, from extreme close-up
(providing large type for the vision-impaired)
to two pages side by side.
To change sizes quickly:
- On a PC, use the key
combinations Ctrl– or Ctrl+.
- On a Mac use Command(Apple)–
or Command(Apple)+.
- Or click the plus (+)
or minus (-) in the Zoom toolbar.
Layouts
You can choose from three layouts: Single Page,
Continuous or Continuous-facing. Selecting Continuous-facing
displays two pages side by side as in a printed
newspaper.
Getting around
- To move from page to
page: use the left and right arrow keys on your
keyboard. Or use the arrows in Acrobat's top
or bottom toolbars, or use the scrollbar on
the right side of the window. When dragged,
the scrollbar will display page numbers.
- To use a thumbnail
index: click the Show/Hide Navigation icon in
the top toolbar to display a left column containing
thumbnails of the pages. Click a thumbnail to
move to that page. Clicking a specific part
of a thumbnail will display that area of the
corresponding page (unless the whole page is
already visible).
Most controls described above
can also be found in Acrobat Reader's pull-down
menus. Note that these menus will not appear when
Reader is running as a browser plugin.
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