What readers can do
This page describes what the person opening your document sees. It’s worth knowing, because several of these are the reason a Living Page is easier to read than the PDF it came from.
Getting around
Section titled “Getting around”- Page turns with a click on either edge, or the on-screen arrows
- Thumbnails — a strip of every page, to jump straight to one
- Zoom from 1× to 3×, by button or by clicking the page. When zoomed in, dragging pans around
- Fullscreen
Search
Section titled “Search”Readers can search the full text of the document and get results page by page, with a snippet of the surrounding words. Selecting a result jumps to that page.
This works because every page’s text is extracted when the document is rendered. On scanned documents — where the pages are images with no text layer — OCR fills the gap on Solo and above.
Transcript
Section titled “Transcript”A panel showing the document’s text as continuous prose, page by page. Selecting any part of it jumps to that page.
It’s useful for reading on a phone, and it’s what makes the content readable by screen readers rather than being a wall of images.
On phones
Section titled “On phones”Phones default to a single page at a time rather than a two-page spread, which keeps the type readable without zooming. You can set this per client or per document — see Client workspaces.
Keyboard
Section titled “Keyboard”The reader is fully keyboard operable:
| Key | Does |
|---|---|
← → |
Previous / next page (pans when zoomed in) |
↑ ↓ |
Pan, when zoomed in |
Space |
Next page |
Home / End |
First / last page |
+ / - |
Zoom in / out |
z |
Toggle zoom mode |
f |
Toggle fullscreen |
Esc |
Close a panel, exit zoom, exit fullscreen |
The arrow keys, Home, End and Esc work anywhere on the page. The single-letter
shortcuts need the reader itself to be focused, so they don’t fire while someone is typing in
a search box.
Accessibility
Section titled “Accessibility”- Reduced motion — a reader whose system asks for reduced motion gets a plain scrolling view instead of the page-flip animation, rather than just a faster flip
- Screen readers get the page text, not just images
- High-contrast modes are respected
- Every control has a proper label, and focus is managed when panels open and close
What the reader can’t do
Section titled “What the reader can’t do”So you’re not caught out:
- No downloading the PDF. Readers get rendered images; the original file is only downloadable by you, from your dashboard
- No printing
- Links inside the PDF are not clickable — pages are rendered as images, so a URL in your document is visible but not tappable. Worth keeping in mind when a brochure ends with a call to action
- No deep link to a specific page — a share link always opens at page 1
- No pinch-to-zoom on touch devices; use the zoom controls
Embed on your website — the same reader, inside your own pages.