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Syntax
KEY
TYPE
VALUE
PageLayout
name
(Optional)
A name object specifying the page layout to be used when the
document is opened:
SinglePage
OneColumn
TwoColumnLeft
TwoColumnRight
TwoPageLeft
TwoPageRight
Display one page at a time
Display the pages in one column
Display the pages in two columns, with odd-
numbered pages on the left
Display the pages in two columns, with odd-
numbered pages on the right
(PDF 1.5)
Display the pages two at a time, with
odd-numbered pages on the left
(PDF 1.5)
Display the pages two at a time, with
odd-numbered pages on the right
Default value:
SinglePage
.
PageMode
name
(Optional)
A name object specifying how the document should be dis-
played when opened:
UseNone
UseOutlines
UseThumbs
FullScreen
UseOC
UseAttachments
Neither document outline nor thumbnail im-
ages visible
Document outline visible
Thumbnail images visible
Full-screen mode, with no menu bar, window
controls, or any other window visible
(PDF 1.5)
Optional content group panel visible
(PDF 1.6)
Attachments panel visible
Default value:
UseNone
.
Outlines
dictionary
(Optional; must be an indirect reference)
The outline dictionary that is
the root of the document’s
outline hierarchy
(see Section 8.2.2, “Docu-
(Optional; PDF 1.1; must be an indirect reference)
An array of thread
dictionaries representing the document’s
article threads
(see Section
(Optional; PDF 1.1)
A value specifying a
destination
to be displayed or
an
action
to be performed when the document is opened. The value is
either an array defining a destination (see Section 8.2.1, “Destinations”)
or an action dictionary representing an action (Section 8.5, “Actions”). If
this entry is absent, the document should be opened to the top of the
first page at the default magnification factor.
Threads
array
OpenAction
array or
dictionary