About the Panels

The Panel bar is always visible on the left, except when Full-screen view is set. Resize the panel area by dragging and dropping its right separator bar. Shut the Panel area by clicking the close control (x) at the top right of the panel.

 

The Panel bar always presents two universally useful tools at the top:

hand icon

Hand: This is the basic navigation pointer. Choose it to finish the use of any other tool. Specify the Hand tool behavior in File > Options > General > Miscellaneous.

select icon

Select: Use this to select a text block or an image to edit its properties, export it, etc.

 

Beneath these two tools, a customizable set of Panel tools is displayed.  Each document can have its own set of visible panel bar tools. By delivery default the following tools are placed.

 

bookmark icon

Bookmarks: Place bookmarks manually or automatically from a heading hierarchy.

pages icon

Pages: See and work with a set of thumbnails; one for each page in the document.

stamps icon

Stamps: View a customizable stamp collection and place stamps onto documents.

attachments panel icon

Attachments: This lists all attachments in the document along with added information, and lets you work with them.

comments panel icon

Comments: This lists all comments in the document and lets you reply to them, set their status and more.

security panel icon

Security: Create and apply security schemes covering password and certificate security.

autorecovery panel icon

Auto-recovery: Lists files whose changes risk being lost by an abnormal program termination.

clipart panel icon

Clip Art: View a customizable clip art collection and place art into documents.

 

If you do not see a desired tool, right-click in an empty space on the Panel bar and select it. Remove the checkmark from any panels you do not need. Click Reset Panels to restore the basic panels shown above.  Here are further choices:

 

compliance panel icon

Collaboration: Share your document for co-editing over the LAN (Local Area Network). See LAN Collaboration panel for details.

compliance panel icon

Compliance: Test file compliance against PDF/A standards or accessibility criteria. Available in Power PDF Advanced only.

destinations panel icon

Destinations: Place and manage destinations in your documents for easier navigation.

envelope panel icon

Envelope: Create and manage envelopes, used to send groups of files with a covering text and possibly security protection.

form controls panel icon

Form controls: List all form controls in the document.

layers panel icon

Layers: Show and work with all layers in the current PDF document.

model tree panel icon

Model Tree: See the structure of 3D objects in the document along with their properties and values.

signatures panel icon

Signatures: View, verify and work with all digital signatures in the document.

sign/certify panel icon

Sign/Certify: View and apply signature schemes.

tags panel icon

Tag: Create or modify tags for the document or change tag labels.

 watermarks panel icon

Watermarks: View, create, reset, import and export watermarks.

 

Note:

An AutoStore panel displays when an integration for this storage system becomes available and is installed on the local computer.