Program to browse through PDF files

Cerawy said:

Sorry, but i dont really see how i can explain it more clear than i already did.

I got lots of pdf files, so having to open all of them and closing them individually isnt really a good solution.

I guess i could ask sumatra if they would implement it in their program.

Using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC...

Select all, (or desired), right click, Open with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC...





Or, Preview them in Explorer's Preview Pane...

Cerawy said:

Yes, that's not really what i want. Anyway, i just found out that you can use ctrl and shift, plus the arrow keys to scroll through pdf files with sumatra, so im going to keep that program.

I absolutely understand what you mean, Cerawy. I have the same problem/issue.



I have hundreds of pdf files. Like many of you have said, I know I can select a bunch of them, open the whole bunch and ctrl tab (or whatever) through them. But that's too slow and too troublesome. And I have to select the next bunch and do the same thing... over and over until I find what I need. That's not what I want... and not what Cerawy wants either. Like the photo I've inserted shows, I want something that allows me to view pdf files full-screen or almost full-screen, and click to the next pdf file with either the right arrow key or by clicking on the on-screen right arrow.... pretty much like what a photo viewer does to hundreds of jpg files. That's also the reason why I'm considering scanning my documents as jpgs instead of pdfs since I can't scroll through pdfs like jpgs. To me, that's a big put off for pdfs.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Cerawy said:

Yes, that's not really what i want. Anyway, i just found out that you can use ctrl and shift, plus the arrow keys to scroll through pdf files with sumatra, so im going to keep that program.

I use Sumatra, and wondered how one does that - eventually just tried CTRL-SHIFT-RT (or -LFT) whilst viewing the first file in a folder, and - hey presto! - it works as you say: it just opens the next file (alphabetically, apparently). It seems that capability has been there for some time, as I am using v3.1.2, dated 2016. Well I never - and thanks! Martin

mngerhold said:

I use Sumatra, and wondered how one does that - eventually just tried CTRL-SHIFT-RT (or -LFT) whilst viewing the first file in a folder, and - hey presto! - it works as you say: it just opens the next file (alphabetically, apparently). It seems that capability has been there for some time, as I am using v3.1.2, dated 2016. Well I never - and thanks! Martin

Dear Martin, thanks a million! I just found sumatra pdf in a different forum also. It could have been you too, who replied to the message. Yes, sumatra pdf works wonderfully. And it's forum users like you, who don't mind spending the time sharing their experience and expertise that makes the work a much better place. That really solve my issue with whether scanning documents in pdf or jpg format. With the advantages that pdf offers for documents, and with this issue solved, pdf is the right choice for document scanning.

Once again, thanks a million!

Frankie

I don't deserve any thanks - Cerawy gave the answer in 2019, I just tried it and described how it works.

Yes it works, unlike the other suggestions in this thread. I hope that adobe will implement this feature in their program some day, but sumatra gets the job done while im waiting.