About the Main Toolbar

Instead of navigating through the menu-submenu structure, you can use button-type tools with direct access to the same functions. Tools are grouped into named toolbars and a set or subset of these toolbars forms the Main Toolbar, placed in the upper part of the program window.

Hover with the pointer over a tool to see its name. You can undock any toolbar to drag it into your working area. Once selected, a tool, as a rule, remains active until you select another one.

To customize toolbars

Choose View > Toolbars, or right-click in the toolbar area for a shortcut menu, and customize your toolbars as follows:

- Toggle specific toolbar names to display or hide any of them in the Main Toolbar.
- Select Reset Toolbars to restore pre-defined settings.
- Click Hide Toolbars to hide all toolbars.
- Select Show Button Labels to identify all, some, or none of the buttons with their names. Toolbars throughout this entire Help system are shown without their labels.
- Select Customize Toolbars to include or exclude specific tools within a toolbar.

Click a down arrow symbol to the right of a button to open a drop-down menu. E.g., click the arrow next to the New PDF button to display a set of options for creating a PDF document.

Toolbars specific to PDF Professional:

The PDF Portfolio Window and the Document Assembly view have their own toolbars. The 3D toolbar appears whenever the current PDF page contains a 3D object. Nuance PDF toolbars appear in integrated applications. These toolbars are described in separate topics.

Toolbars with more general functionality: