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Autoscroll
Hi Guys;
Any plan to implement Windows autoscroll?
I use your product for large format autocad drawing files and need to view at 100%, so autoscroll would be a real time saver.
Thanks and regards;
Mark
Any plan to implement Windows autoscroll?
I use your product for large format autocad drawing files and need to view at 100%, so autoscroll would be a real time saver.
Thanks and regards;
Mark
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Re: Autoscroll
HI MArk,
the Editor will get Autoscrolling like the Viewer has. Maybe build 308 in March if all goes well.
hth
the Editor will get Autoscrolling like the Viewer has. Maybe build 308 in March if all goes well.
hth
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Re: Autoscroll
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Re: Autoscroll
It seems that some users have been waiting a long time for this feature.
It has finally arrived in build 322, but it's rather useless because it is too slow, and flickers quite badly. It takes 2:15 to scroll a US Letter page. I am using PDF-XChange on a 1200x1600 portrait monitor, with a dual monitor system.
Middle-click fast scroll is much better. One can adjust the scroll speed by carefully adjusting the position of the down arrow (or up arrow to scroll up).
A quick test on a text heavy document suggests that for skim reading about 15 seconds per page is about right, while for normal reading one would need about 45 seconds.
It has finally arrived in build 322, but it's rather useless because it is too slow, and flickers quite badly. It takes 2:15 to scroll a US Letter page. I am using PDF-XChange on a 1200x1600 portrait monitor, with a dual monitor system.
Middle-click fast scroll is much better. One can adjust the scroll speed by carefully adjusting the position of the down arrow (or up arrow to scroll up).
A quick test on a text heavy document suggests that for skim reading about 15 seconds per page is about right, while for normal reading one would need about 45 seconds.
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Re: Autoscroll
Hi Bhikkhu,
I do agree that some form of customization is needed - but I just did some reading online - the average reading speed is about 200 words a minute, and in a 72 character per line, 40 lines per page text arrangement there are 420-450 words per page - so the 2 minutes it takes the current auto scroll to go through a page are about right for the average reader. Admittedly there are people reading much faster, and skim reading through pages is a separate case on it's own (but then mouse or other form of scrolling will probably be suited better)!
I will check with the devs what we can do so that the auto scroll speed can be customized in the future.
Cheers,
Stefan
I do agree that some form of customization is needed - but I just did some reading online - the average reading speed is about 200 words a minute, and in a 72 character per line, 40 lines per page text arrangement there are 420-450 words per page - so the 2 minutes it takes the current auto scroll to go through a page are about right for the average reader. Admittedly there are people reading much faster, and skim reading through pages is a separate case on it's own (but then mouse or other form of scrolling will probably be suited better)!
I will check with the devs what we can do so that the auto scroll speed can be customized in the future.
Cheers,
Stefan
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Re: Autoscroll
The publication I used for my tests has about 600 words per page.
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Re: Autoscroll
Thanks Bhikkhu,
Apparently you read much faster than the average (myself included - I am at about 220-230 words in English which is not my first language) - so you do need different speed options
Already passed to the dev team - awaiting their feedback now.
Regards,
Stefan
Apparently you read much faster than the average (myself included - I am at about 220-230 words in English which is not my first language) - so you do need different speed options
Already passed to the dev team - awaiting their feedback now.
Regards,
Stefan
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Re: Autoscroll
Hello guys,
The Auto-scroll speed can be modified by pressing Up and Down arrows once the Auto-scroll is active.
Alex
The Auto-scroll speed can be modified by pressing Up and Down arrows once the Auto-scroll is active.
- Press CTRL + SHIFT + H to initiate auto scroll.
You can adjust the scroll speed using the Up or Down arrow keys.
Press CTRL + SHIFT + H to stop auto scroll.
Press the minus (-) key to change the scroll direction.
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Re: Autoscroll
That's helpful. The minus (-) key shortcut needs a rethink. Minus reverses scroll direction, while Plus zooms in, or is that just on my customised UI?Sasha - Tracker Dev Team wrote:Hello guys,
The Auto-scroll speed can be modified by pressing Up and Down arrows once the Auto-scroll is active.Cheers,
- Press CTRL + SHIFT + H to initiate auto scroll.
You can adjust the scroll speed using the Up or Down arrow keys.
Press CTRL + SHIFT + H to stop auto scroll.
Press the minus (-) key to change the scroll direction.
Alex
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Re: Autoscroll
Hi Bhikkhu,
For me the - key was changing the thumbnails size as well as reversing the direction, while the + was only zooming those thumbs back in. So the - seems to keep it's normal behaviour + getting the reverse scroll use. You can reverse the scroll with just the arrows as well if you don't want to use the - key.
Regards,
Stefan
For me the - key was changing the thumbnails size as well as reversing the direction, while the + was only zooming those thumbs back in. So the - seems to keep it's normal behaviour + getting the reverse scroll use. You can reverse the scroll with just the arrows as well if you don't want to use the - key.
Regards,
Stefan
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Re: Autoscroll
After I opened the Customise dialogue to see what keys were assigned (I do not think I changed anything), the Up Down keys no longer do anything, and the Minus key now zooms out.
After restarting, the Up Down keys now work again, while minus does two things: it zooms out and reverses the scrolling direction.
Workable, but may need some more polish.
After restarting, the Up Down keys now work again, while minus does two things: it zooms out and reverses the scrolling direction.
Workable, but may need some more polish.
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Re: Autoscroll
Hello Bhikkhu,
The default shortcuts for the ZoomIn/ZoomOut on the Pages View are Ctrl+"Num +"/Ctrl+"Num -";
Cheers,
Alex
The default shortcuts for the ZoomIn/ZoomOut on the Pages View are Ctrl+"Num +"/Ctrl+"Num -";
Cheers,
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