Start pdf viewer in presentation mode

Question

Is there a way to let pdf viewers automatically start in presentation mode?

Matten · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-01T11:39:17.223

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Yes there is :)

Simply add this to your preamble

In LaTeX

\hypersetup{pdfpagemode=FullScreen}

In ConTeXt

\setupinteractionscreen[option=max]

edited Dec 01 '10 at 11:39

answered Dec 01 '10 at 09:14

Matten

Hmm, with beamer it doesn't work for me. – Hendrik Vogt Dec 01 '10 at 10:50
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The command is FullScreen (capital S), as @Peter Smit points out in his answer. – Seamus Dec 01 '10 at 11:36
sorry for the typo – Matten Dec 01 '10 at 11:39
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@Matten, I guess you should mention that unless you're using beamer, you need to \usepackage{hyperref} for the first version to work... (although why you'd want fullscreen apart from beamer is a mystery...) – Seamus Dec 01 '10 at 11:54
@Hendrik -- if you were using beamer, the package should be already used?! – Matten Dec 01 '10 at 14:26
@Matten: the capital "S" was the problem: My comment was before your edit. – Hendrik Vogt Dec 01 '10 at 14:28
Is there any PDF reader that supports a presentation mode like in LibreOffice? – Martin Thoma Mar 17 '13 at 16:20
does @moose's comment appear anywhere as a question? I'd really like to read that answer – craq Dec 03 '13 at 15:18
never mind, found it... but there appears to be no satisfactory answer – craq Dec 03 '13 at 15:32

Peter Smit · Answer 2 · 2010-12-01T09:59:58.293

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Yes, the hyperref package can do this for you.

\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{pdfpagemode=FullScreen}

edited Dec 01 '10 at 09:59

answered Dec 01 '10 at 09:15

Peter Smit

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If the OP is using beamer, the explicit hyperref call is superfluous: it's automatically loaded... – Seamus Dec 01 '10 at 11:36
It works with Adobe Acrobat but not with other software such as Skim (free software for Mac Os X) or Mac Os X's Preview. – PAC Oct 25 '13 at 14:07

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 26 '12 at 16:13

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You can also use the pdfTeX primitive \pdfcatalog to set up full screen mode directly into the pdf:

\pdfcatalog{ /PageMode /FullScreen }

edited Oct 26 '12 at 16:13

Claudio Fiandrino

answered Oct 26 '12 at 15:56

Luisg123v

This does not work for me. Using Beamer version 3.07. The presentation will typeset, but does not open in presentation mode. – Digger Jan 01 '16 at 00:05

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