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Hover over Show to enable/disable additional features in the main window of PDF-XChange Editor:
Figure 1. View Tab Submenu. Show
•Click Show Rulers to enable/disable rulers. Rulers display along the top and left side of the main window, and facilitate the convenient measurement of document elements. Rulers are enabled in (figure 2).
•Click Show Grid to enable/disable the PDF-XChange Editor grid. This grid is positioned on top of pages and assists in the accurate placement/alignment of text, objects and other document content. It is especially useful when used in conjunction with the snapping feature, which is detailed here. The grid is enabled in (figure 2).
•Click Show Guides to enable/disable guides, which are used in conjunction with rulers to simplify the process of aligning text and objects. Click and drag from rulers to launch guides. Guides are detailed in (figure 2).
•Click Show Page Size/Position to enable/disable the display of the current page size and coordinates of the pointer location. This information is displayed in the Document Options Toolbar, which is located on the lower left side of the main window, as highlighted in (figure 2).
•Click Show JavaScript Console to show/hide the JavaScript Console, which can be used to add/edit document JavaScript. The JavaScript Console is detailed in (figure 3).
Figure 2. Show Options
Figure 3. JavaScript Console
JavaScript is a high-level programming language that can be used to perform a range of operations. See here for an index of existing JavaScript operations that PDF-XChange Editor supports and additional information about JavaScript.
•Enter the desired JavaScript in the main window, then click Run (or press Ctrl+Enter) to run JavaScript. Errors in JavaScript will be displayed in the lower window.
•Click Clear to remove error messages from the lower window.
•Click Options to customize JavaScript preferences, as detailed here.
•The keyboard shortcut to launch the JavaScript console is Ctrl+J.
•The Link Creation Tool can be used to create JavaScript-enabled links.