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OSU Physics Faqs : Linux : Applications and Utilities : PDF : Acrobat Reader (“acroread”) : How do I make Acroread start up with a larger window?

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OSU Physics Faqs : Linux : Applications and Utilities : PDF : Acrobat Reader (“acroread”) : How do I make Acroread start up with a larger window?

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One choice is to set it in your .Xdefaults file, which lives in your home directory. You can specify all sorts of defaults for Acroread (or any other X-Windows application) in this file. (I think another choice is to use the .acrorc file, but I haven’t tried it out. The commands are probably the same with out the *acroread at the beginning.) To adjust the default size of the window in which the text appears (which is called the “document shell”, add these lines anywhere in your .