From: Ivan W. <iwe...@gm...> - 2008-10-18 12:37:58
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I work with two types of PDF files, back and forth: articles and slide presentations. For articles I like the "continuous" PDF display setting ON. For slides it is best to have discrete page transitions and set the "continuous" setting OFF. Since I go back and forth between the two it gets old to have to mouse my way into the relevant menu. I have a number of ideas, in increasing sophistication: 1. Is there any way to get a Skim keyboard shortcut for this operation? A feature request or hack just for myself. 2. Dreaming on, would it be possible to somehow automate Skim so that when the PDF file is landscape or has certain dimensions it displays with the continuous OFF. But when it is a full potrait page it uses continuous? Again, feature option or hack. Thanks for your help. -Ivan |
From: Christiaan H. <cmh...@gm...> - 2008-10-18 12:54:02
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On 18 Oct 2008, at 2:37 PM, Ivan Werning wrote: > I work with two types of PDF files, back and forth: articles and slide > presentations. > > For articles I like the "continuous" PDF display setting ON. > > For slides it is best to have discrete page transitions and set the > "continuous" setting OFF. > > Since I go back and forth between the two it gets old to have to mouse > my way into the relevant menu. I have a number of ideas, in increasing > sophistication: > > 1. Is there any way to get a Skim keyboard shortcut for this > operation? A feature request or hack just for myself. > You can add them in the system preferences. > 2. Dreaming on, would it be possible to somehow automate Skim so that > when the PDF file is landscape or has certain dimensions it displays > with the continuous OFF. But when it is a full potrait page it uses > continuous? Again, feature option or hack. > No, it's a bad UI design to do this automatically. Of course you're always free to download the source code and change it yourself. Also, with the latest release you can add setup bookmarks, that remember the full setup. Hold down Option and Shift to see the menu item in the Bookmarks menu. Christiaan > Thanks for your help. > > -Ivan |
From: Ivan W. <iwe...@gm...> - 2008-10-18 13:06:27
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On Oct 18, 2008, at 8:53 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> 1. Is there any way to get a Skim keyboard shortcut for this >> operation? A feature request or hack just for myself. >> > > You can add them in the system preferences. > Sorry, this should have been an obvious solution. This worked great! >> 2. Dreaming on, would it be possible to somehow automate Skim so >> that >> when the PDF file is landscape or has certain dimensions it displays >> with the continuous OFF. But when it is a full potrait page it uses >> continuous? Again, feature option or hack. >> > > No, it's a bad UI design to do this automatically. > > Of course you're always free to download the source code and change it > yourself. > > Also, with the latest release you can add setup bookmarks, that > remember the full setup. Hold down Option and Shift to see the menu > item in the Bookmarks menu. I will check this out! Thanks |