Can you set the default zoom when generating a PDF file with PDFLaTeX? Apparently, PDFs are born with a default zoom that overrides the "initial zoom" option in the Acrobat Reader. My files always open with the "fit page" zoom. I would like them to open with "fit width" instead.
Can this be done, and how?
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Changing default zoom when generating PDF file?
Never mind, I found the answer myself. 
Using the hyperref package, you can add the option "pdfstartview=foo", where "foo" can be, for instance, "FitH", meaning "fit horizontally" (the same thing that in Adobe Reader is called "fit width".
More information can be found in the documentation to the hyperref package.
Using the hyperref package, you can add the option "pdfstartview=foo", where "foo" can be, for instance, "FitH", meaning "fit horizontally" (the same thing that in Adobe Reader is called "fit width".
More information can be found in the documentation to the hyperref package.
Re: Changing default zoom when generating PDF file?
Hello, if you're using the hyperref package, you have to use the option pdfstartview:
\usepackage[pdfstartview=FitH]{hyperref}
where FitH is for "Fit Horizontal". The problem with hyperref is that the default pdfstartview is FitPage (I don't remember if this is really the actual command). Remember you can use more than one option when loading this package. If this is not the zoom you want, you can search in the hyperref manual for more options for the start view.
Finally, when you DON'T use the hyperref package with pdfTeX, the default pdf start view is fit horizontal.
\usepackage[pdfstartview=FitH]{hyperref}
where FitH is for "Fit Horizontal". The problem with hyperref is that the default pdfstartview is FitPage (I don't remember if this is really the actual command). Remember you can use more than one option when loading this package. If this is not the zoom you want, you can search in the hyperref manual for more options for the start view.
Finally, when you DON'T use the hyperref package with pdfTeX, the default pdf start view is fit horizontal.
Changing default zoom when generating PDF file?
pfjorgeo wrote: Hello, if you're using the hyperref package, you have to use the option pdfstartview:
\usepackage[pdfstartview=FitH]{hyperref}
where FitH is for "Fit Horizontal". The problem with hyperref is that the default pdfstartview is FitPage (I don't remember if this is really the actual command). Remember you can use more than one option when loading this package. If this is not the zoom you want, you can search in the hyperref manual for more options for the start view.
Finally, when you DON'T use the hyperref package with pdfTeX, the default pdf start view is fit horizontal.
Um, yeah, thanks, but this is exactly what I said myself in the post above.
Re: Changing default zoom when generating PDF file?
You're right. I read it just before I posted my reply... Sorry 