Sumatra PDF is a PDF, ePub, MOBI, CHM, XPS, DjVu, CBZ,

CBR reader for Windows

Keyboard shortcuts

Navigation
j/k, Up/Down
scroll up/down
by line
space scroll by screen
<Shift> +
space
scroll back by
screen
n/p
next/previous
page
Page
Down/Page Up
next/previous
page
<Ctrl> +
Down/<Ctrl>
+ Up
next/previous
page
<Alt> + Left go back
<Alt> + Right go forward
<Ctrl> + G, g go to page
Home go to first page
End go to last page
b
flip a page in
book mode
<Ctrl> +
<Shift> +
Right
open next
document in the
directory
<Ctrl> +
<Shift> + Left
open previous
document in the
directory


Actions
<Ctrl> + O
open a new
document
<Ctrl> + W
close current
document
<Ctrl> + S save as
<Ctrl> + P print
r reload

Viewing state
+, - zoom in/out
<Ctrl> +
scroll
wheel
zoom in/out
z
toggle zoom between
Fit Page, Fit Width, Fit
Content
c
toggle between
continous/non-
continous mode
<Ctrl>
<Shift>
-
rotate left
<Ctrl>
<Shift>
+
rotate right
F12
show/hide bookmarks
(table of contents)
F6
switch focus between
bookmarks window and
main window
<Ctrl> +
L or F11
enter presentation
mode (minimal full
screen mode)
<Ctrl>
<Shift>
+ L
enter full screen mode
<Shift>
+ F11
enter full screen mode
ESC
exit full screen or
presentation mode
.
in presentation mode,
change background to
black
w
in presentation mode,
change background to
white


<Ctrl> + F, / find text
F3, <Shift> +
F3
find
next/previous
<Ctrl> + Q or
q
quit program
<Ctrl> + Left
Mouse
select text or
image
i
show page information
in full
screen/presentation
mode
F8 show/hide toolbar
F9 show/hide menu
Advanced settings
Since version 2.3, SumatraPDF can be heavily customized by editing
settings file.
Command-line arguments
For most complete documentation, read this page.
Command-line arguments:
-page $pageno open PDF at a given page
-named-dest $dest open PDF at a specified named destination
-lang $language
set user interface language. $language is a two-letter
language code e.g. "en", "de"
-restrict run in restricted mode.
-reuse-instance
use existing Sumatra process instead of starting a new
process
-presentation
$file.pdf
opens a PDF file in presentation (full-screen) mode
-register-for-pdf
forces registering Sumatra as a default reader for PDF
files and exits
Note: -esc-to-exit and -bg-color options change the defaults and
persist them in sumatrapdfprefs.dat file (in %appdata%\SumatraPDF
directory if installed, in the same directory as executable in portable
mode). To revert back to defaults, you can delete sumatrapdfprefs.dat
file.
Printing related cmd-line arguments:
-print-to-default $file.pdf prints a PDF file on a default printer
-print-to $printer_name
$file.pdf
prints a PDF on a given printer


-print-dialog $file.pdf
opens a PDF file and shows a print dialog to select
printer and printing options
-exit-on-print
when -print-to-default or -print-to is used, will
exit after printing
LaTeX preview support
Sumatra has built-in support for easy previewing of LaTeX documents.
Read this page for more information and detailed instructions on how to
configure various text editors to integrate with Sumatra's preview
functionality.
Browser plugin
The "full installer" version includes a browser plugin for Firefox, Chrome
and Opera (Internet Explorer is not supported). It's not installed by
default so you have to use installer's options button to install it.
You might need to configure the browser too: enable Sumatra's PDF
plugin and disable PDF plugin from other programs.
Firefox
You need to disable PDF plugins from other programs (e.g. Adobe Reader
or Foxit) if you have them installed. Use Tools/Add-ons menu. Switch to
Plugins tab, enable Sumatra PDF plugin and disable other PDF plugins.
Chrome
Newer version of Chrome have a PDF plugin built-in. If you want to use
Sumatra's plugin, you need to disable Chrome's plugin (and potentially
plugins from other apps like Adobe Reader or FoxIt).
Type about:plugins in the address bar, make sure to enable Sumatra
PDF plugin and disable other PDF plugins.
Opera


1. Run Opera and hit CTRL + F12
2. Choose Advanced tab
3. From the list on the left choose Downloads
4. In the middle box find "application/pdf" and Click "Edit" on the right
5. Enable "Use the plugin" at the bottom and choose "SumatraPDF
Browser Plugin"
6. Click "OK" and then "OK". Restart Opera
Running in restricted mode
A restricted mode is useful if you want to use SumatraPDF as a bundled
viewer for your program's documentation or in kiosk mode. In restricted
mode some actions that are not appropriate in such context are disabled:
opening new files
launching URLs from with PDF document
text and image selection
printing
changing default settings
saving to disk
automatic and manual update checks
a history of recently opened files
TeX support
registering as a default PDF viewer
opening with Adobe Acrobat
e-mailing PDF
Notes
If "Remember settings for each document" is turned on and a PDF is later
opened again, Sumatra PDF will return to the page shown when it was
closed. Settings are not only stored for those 10 files shown in the "File"
menu - but resuming will not work if the file has been moved in the
meantime


Some settings (e.g. fullscreen) are saved as defaults without a GUI
option, when SumatraPDF is closed without any document open.
Known limitations
Editing interactive forms and adding comments is not implemented.
More documentation
You can find more documentation at this page.

Krzysztof Kowalczyk