Changing the Layout of Panes

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Changing the Layout of Panes


 

editor.icon Changing the Layout of Panes

 


 

The size and location of all panes in PDF-XChange Editor can be customized as desired.

 

Editing Panes

 

The editing panes are listed in the Panes dropdown menu in the View tab:

 

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Figure 1. View Tab, Panes Dropdown Menu

 

Click to open panes:

 

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Figure 2. Thumbnails and Properties Panes Opened

 

Click and drag panes to undock them from the user interface, then move them to the desired location or to a new docking point. Available docking points will be displayed as detailed in (figure 3). Drag panes onto docking points to dock them:

 

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Figure 3. Example Docking Points

 

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Figure 4. Repositioned Thumbnails Pane

 

Note that the minimize/maximize buttons can be used to minimize/maximize panes:

 

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Figure 5. Minimize/Maximize Buttons

 

Document Panes

 

Document panes can be edited in the same manner as editing panes. Click and drag document tabs to reposition document panes:

 

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Figure 6. Document Tab Highlighted

 

Available docking points will be displayed in the center of the user interface:

 

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Figure 7. Document Pane Docking Points

 

Drag document panes onto docking points in order to open them in a new window above/below or to the left/right of the current pane. Dragging document panes to any other location will open them in a new instance of PDF-XChange Editor.